FedEx Cup recap: Scottie Scheffler reflects on record breaking year whilst Rory McIlroy admits to ‘hitting a wall’ following US Open final day loss

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Scottie Scheffler came out as winner again as he flew through at one of the year’s final PGA tournaments. We’re hearing from the world number one and other members of the field including Rory McIlroy as they reflect on the calendar year, one that will be remembered for the dominance of Scottie Scheffler.   All interview content courtesy of The PGA Tour.

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00:00Yeah, like you said, I've been leading the points list for a long time, and so to come

00:09in here with a lead is, you know, it's nice to play the way that I did and be able to

00:15finish off the right way.

00:16It's been a long year.

00:17It's been a very fun year.

00:18I think emotionally right now I'm pretty drained, so I'm looking forward to going home and getting

00:25rest for a week or so before I start prepping for the President's Cup because, you know,

00:29that's a tournament that I really want us to go out there and win, and so, yeah, I really

00:34don't know how to put it into words.

00:35It's been a very eventful year, but it's been a lot of fun.

00:39You have really just the one weird spot there at Valhalla, which I just don't really know

00:44what to say about it, but, yeah, everything else has been pretty special.

00:50You know, I made a lot of putts this year when I really needed to.

00:54You know, I think of, you know, the putt to win Memorial, I think of some of the putts

00:57I made over the week at the players and the putts I made the back nine Sunday at the Olympics.

01:02Like, I made some putts this year when I really needed to, and, you know, that's why I'm sitting

01:08here with a lot of wins instead of a few.

01:09You know, last year I was playing good golf and I wasn't able to make the key putts at

01:13the right time, and, you know, this year I was, and so that's really just the difference.

01:18Rory McIlroy came away from the FedEx Cup placed ninth, level with his Olympic teammate

01:23Shane Lowry.

01:25He touched on his current game and how his last day loss at the US Open has been affecting him.

01:31I think it was obviously a great season.

01:34You know, hopefully Scotty goes on and, you know, finishes this thing off because he deserves

01:39it after what a year that he's had, so, but, yeah, it's been a long season and, you know,

01:45I'm going to just have to think about trying to build in, you know, build in a few extra

01:50breaks here and there, you know, next year and going forward because, you know, I felt

01:55like I hit a bit of a wall sort of post-US Open and still feel a little bit of that hangover.

02:01Yeah, I mean, you know, we'll look back on 2024 and it's, you know, obviously one of

02:06the best individual years that a player's had for a long time.

02:13Colin Morikawa has had a steady year on tour, his T3 in the Masters being his biggest reflection.

02:19He placed T2 in the FedEx Cup and commented on the world number one, who he felt was never

02:24getting caught.

02:25Just nothing phases him.

02:26I mean, whether I was close, you know, in gaining some ground or he was gaining ground,

02:30it didn't change how he walked or how he played or how he went through every shot and that's

02:35something to learn.

02:36I think his mental game is a lot stronger than a lot of people know and it's amazing

02:41what he's been able to do for this entire season and honestly kind of over this past,

02:45what is it, three years now.

02:48It's been really cool to watch and hopefully I can kind of draw something from that.

02:51It almost like brought his focus back in for a half second and that's something you can't

02:56teach and it's just like you either have it or you don't.

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