How Scottie Scheffler can make PGA Tour history with back-to-back FedEx Cup championships

Dan Treacy

How Scottie Scheffler can make PGA Tour history with back-to-back FedEx Cup championships image

Scottie Scheffler is on the doorstep of history again.

In what has been nothing short of a magical year for the two-time Masters champion, Scheffler can capture his second consecutive FedEx Cup at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

For Scheffler, a win would be nothing new — but the achievement would represent a first in FedEx Cup history.

Here's what you need to know about Scheffler's run at a second consecutive FedEx Cup championship.

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How can Scottie Scheffler win FedEx Cup?

Scheffler's only advantage in the Tour Championship is his skillset. In a change from last year's format, when he entered the Tour Championship with a two-stroke advantage, Scheffler will enter even par along with the 29 other players competing at East Lake. 

Scheffler will have to beat out all 29 competitors in a 72-hole, no-cut format — that's a 1-in-30 chance statistically, but with the way he has been playing, Scheffler is the clear frontrunner to capture a second consecutive FedEx Cup championship.

Had there been an advantage for golfers at the top of the FedEx Cup standings, Scheffler certainly would have benefited from it. The four-time major champion won the BMW Championship leading up to the Tour Championship and is more than doubling up the rest of the field with 7,456 points; no one else has even reached 4,000.

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How many back-to-back FedEx Cup champions have there been?

While the system was only introduced in 2007, Scheffler has a chance at joining a club of his own. He would be the first back-to-back FedEx Cup champion in PGA Tour history.

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are the only players to win the FedEx Cup championship multiple times. Woods won in 2007 and 2009, with his run interrupted by knee surgery in 2008, while McIlroy's three wins were spaced out between 2016, 2019 and 2022.

Scheffler cruised past the rest of the field in 2024, outlasting Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theelaga to add a FedEx Cup championship to his crowded list of accolades. 

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FedEx Cup champions

The FedEx Cup system was introduced in 2007, with Tiger Woods winning the inaugural FedEx Cup championship. Here is every winner since 2007 and their margin of victory: 

YearWinnerScore/PointsMargin
2007Tiger Woods123,033 points12,578 points
2008Vijay Singh125,101 points551 points
2009Tiger Woods4,000 points1,080 points
2010Jim Furyk2,980 points252 points
2011Bill Haas2,760 points15 points
2012Brandt Snedeker4,100 points1,273 points
2013Henrik Stenson4,750 points2,007 points
2014Billy Horschel4,750 points1,650 points
2015Jordan Spieth3,800 points1,493 points
2016Rory McIlroy3,120 points740 points
2017Justin Thomas3,000 points660 points
2018Justin Rose2,260 points41 points
2019Rory McIlory18-under4 strokes
2020Dustin Johnson21-under3 strokes
2021Patrick Cantlay21-under1 stroke
2022Rory McIlory21-under1 stroke
2023Viktor Hovland27-under5 strokes
2024Scottie Scheffler30-under4 strokes

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Dan Treacy

Dan Treacy is a content producer for Sporting News, joining in 2022 after graduating from Boston University. He founded @allsportsnews on Instagram in 2012 and has written for Lineups and Yardbarker.