Scottie Scheffler clinched the BMW Championship with a dramatic chip-in birdie, while caddie Ted Scott missed the emotional win.
Scottie Scheffler has made a habit of chasing down leaders and turning pressure into trophies. On Sunday at Caves Valley Golf Club, he did it again, this time without his longtime caddie Ted Scott by his side.
The final round of the BMW Championship began with Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre holding a four-shot lead at 16-under. Scheffler, sitting at 12-under, was in the final pairing but trailing.
MacIntyre had led wire-to-wire through the first three rounds, including a career low 62 on Day 1. But Sunday, unfortunately for him, slipped away quickly as World No. 1 grabbed his fifth season title.
Scheffler started his winning round with a birdie on the first hole. MacIntyre, on the other hand, bogeyed it, and his four-shot lead was cut in half before the gallery had settled. By the fifth hole, Scheffler had drawn even. And by the seventh, after a laser approach to six feet, he had taken the outright lead.
MacIntyre struggled to find fairways and made three bogeys in his first five holes. Though he rallied with a birdie at the par-5 16th, Scheffler responded with a moment that will live in the BMW Championship’s highlights.
