While factual and fresh, it’s strictly academic to state that Scheffler banks 2,000 FedExCup points for the win at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, because he was a lock to advance to the TOUR Championship long ago. What’s new is the $3.6 million in earnings that the FedExCup points leader grabs from a purse of $20 million.

Scheffler trailed by four shots entering the final round at Caves Valley but quickly overcame that and then chipped in late, to capture his fifth PGA Tour win of the season.

At the BMW Championship, the penultimate event of the PGA Tour season, many players were trying to extend their season. Harry Hall was the only one who did.

Scottie Scheffler erased a four-shot deficit in five holes and then delivered the dagger with a chip-in birdie from 81 feet at the par-3 17th Sunday at the BMW