Scottie Scheffler converted his eighth consecutive solo 54-hole lead to win the PGA Championship by five (69-68-65-71). The win marks Scheffler’s third major championship, 15th career PGA TOUR title and 11th worldwide win since the start of 2024.
Off the heels of an epic Saturday 65 that featured a four-under 32 on the back nine, Scheffler followed it up with a 34 on the back on Sunday to secure the win.
Scottie was tied for the lead on the 10th tee box before making a 9-footer for birdie on 10 and a 7-footer for birdie on 14 with his Spider Tour X L-Neck putter to extend the lead to two. With a tap-in birdie on 15 and pars on 16 and 17, Scheffler’s lead extended to six as headed to the final hole.
He now joins Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the third player to win The Masters, the PGA Championship and multiple PLAYERS Championships. Scottie also joins those two names as the third player to win 15 PGA TOUR titles before turning 29.
Remarkably, Scottie has the same amount of major championships as he does missed cuts since Jan. 1 2022. The five-stroke victory makes Scottie the first player since 1983 to win by three-strokes or more in each of their first three major titles.
SCOTTIE CONQUERS CHARLOTTE WITH Qi35 7-WOOD
Prior to the start of the tournament, Scottie elected to replace his 3-iron with a Qi35 7-wood. His 7-wood launches about 1.5-2 degrees higher than his three-iron with about 1500 more RPM of spin. The goal was to produce a 240-carry number more consistently than he normally does with his 3-iron. Scottie’s self-dubbed “high one” launched at 14.9° at 5175 RPM carrying 245-yards at 160 MPH ball speed.
TaylorMade Senior Tour Manager,Adrian Rietveld made the 7-wood more upright than it was when Scottie played it at Torrey Pines to get the club to sit squarer at address. The spec of his 7-wood is built closer to a 5-wood spec to properly gap with his 3-wood.
“We fit his 3-wood shorter, so it did not go further than his desired distance with that club, so when you fit a standard 5-wood it goes too far,” said Rietveld. “You don’t want to add loft to a 5-wood because it closes the face, so we built a 5-wood spec in a 7-wood head. It has the dynamics of a 5-wood but with the spin and launch conditions of a 7-wood to produce the carry number he wants with that club.”
Scottie Qi35 7 Wood PGA Championship
SCOTTIE’S Qi35 7-WOOD SPEC
FINISHED LOFT: 20°
LIE: 60°
SHAFT: Ventus Black 9X
TIPPING: 2’’
LENGTH: 41 3/8” CUT
SWINGWEIGHT: D4
GRIP: Tour Velvet Rib 58
WRAPS: 6 Double Sided Tapes
11 WORLDWIDE WINS WITH SPIDER TOUR X
All 11 of Scottie’s worldwide wins since the start of 2024, and last two major titles, have come since he switched to Spider Tour X L-Neck putter at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
“In testing at the end of 2023, we identified something that could help him know he was striking the ball on the center of the face,” said Rietveld. “Instead of the sight dot he had on his blade, we started to re-introduce True Path and we were on to something in terms of his eyes and what he thought he was doing vs. what he was actually doing when hitting his putts. With a Spider putter there’s so much tech that you can see and also not see, all helping him hit better putts more often.”
Scottie Scheffler Spider Tour X PGA Championship In Hand
SCOTTIE’S SPIDER TOUR X SPEC
HOSEL: L-Neck
LENGTH: 35.5”
SIGHT LINE: True Path™ with Full Line
INSERT: Pure Roll
LOFT: 3°
LIE: 72°
GRIP: Golf Pride Pistol
Scottie Scheffler P 7 TW 6 iron Pebble Beach
WHY SCOTTIE PLAYS P·7TW IRONS
As the story goes, Scottie was playing P·730 irons during the final round of the 2020 Masters when he was paired with Tiger Woods. Scottie watched Tiger hit his irons around Augusta National and left wanting to test the irons designed by Tiger himself.
After a testing session back home in Dallas proved next level playability without sacrificing distance, Scheffler put the P·7TW’s in the bag. Since the switch, he has won 15 PGA TOUR events, two green jackets, a PGA Championship while setting records that have only been done by Tiger himself.
“What I noticed when I hit them at home was, I was able to hit different windows, so when I flighted it down, I could pitch it lower than I could the P·730,” he said. “When I wanted to hit it up, I could hit it higher and I saw more variability in the shots and then the distance control was basically the exact same. I saw the benefits of being able to flight it down and keep it flatter and not have that overspin with a little bit more variety.”
Scottie Scheffler Spider Tour X L Neck True Path Pebble Beach
SCOTTIE’S WINNING WITB
Qi10 8.0° Driver
Qi10 15.0° 3-Wood
Qi35 21.0° 7-Wood
P·7TW 5-PW
Spider Tour X L-Neck
Scottie Scheffler P 7 TW Swing PGA Championship
THE WIN IN PERSPECTIVE
The win marks Scottie’s third major title in 23 starts. Since Jan. 1 2022, Scottie has won three majors and missed only 3 cuts.
His win of five-strokes makes him the first player since 1983 to win by three-strokes or more in each of their first three major titles.
Scottie joins Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only three players to win multiple PLAYERS Championships, The Masters and the PGA Championship.
He also joins those two names as the third player to win 15 PGA TOUR titles before turning 29.
Scottie is the 14th player to win Masters Tournament and PGA Championship.
Scottie is now 3-for-3 when leading/co-leading after 54 holes at a major.
This marks his fourth consecutive season with multiple wins.
It is the fifth Top-10 finish in six PGA Championship starts.
He is now the 48th player with three or more major championships.
Saturday marked Scottie’s fourth round of 65 or lower (tied for most in PGA Championship history).
