Scottie Scheffler interview after winning BMW Championship
Written by Rob Bolton
The last eight times that Scottie Scheffler held the 54-hole lead, he’s gone on to win, including in all of his first four opportunities of 2025. But it’s not a prerequisite to reach paydirt. Since the streak started at the 2024 Masters, he’s won another three times coming from behind, including the Olympic Men’s Golf Competition and the Hero World Challenge.
With a 3-under 67 in the final round of the BMW Championship, Scheffler prevailed by two strokes over Robert MacIntyre, who was bidding for a wire-to-wire win. Scheffler signed for four red numbers en route to 15-under 265.
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.
Scroll or swipe past the table below for more details of the outcome.
POSITIONGOLFER (ODDS TO WIN)SCOREFEDEXCUP POINTSEARNINGS1Scottie Scheffler (+220)265 / -152000.000$3,600,000.002Robert MacIntyre (+5500)267 / -131200.000$2,160,000.003Maverick McNealy (+3300)269 / -11760.000$1,360,000.00T4Tommy Fleetwood (+2000)270 / -10490.000$910,000.00T4Sam Burns (+3500)270 / -10490.000$910,000.006Harry Hall (+6000)272 / -8400.000$750,000.00T7Viktor Hovland (+3500)273 / -7340.000$645,000.00T7Rickie Fowler (+6000)273 / -7340.000$645,000.00T7Ludvig Åberg (+2200)273 / -7340.000$645,000.0010Michael Kim (+15000)274 / -6300.000$560,000.0011Cameron Young (+2700)275 / -5280.000$520,000.00T12Ben Griffin (+3500)277 / -3242.667$441,000.00T12Rory McIlroy (+750)277 / -3242.667$441,000.00T12Harris English (+5000)277 / -3242.667$441,000.00T15Taylor Pendrith (+7000)278 / -2216.000$372,000.00T15Russell Henley (+3500)278 / -2216.000$372,000.00T17Keegan Bradley (+4500)279 / -1200.000$332,000.00T17Matt Fitzpatrick (+4000)279 / -1200.000$332,000.00T19Si Woo Kim (+6000)280 / E176.000$272,750.00T19Brian Harman (+8000)280 / E176.000$272,750.00T19Kurt Kitayama (+3500)280 / E176.000$272,750.00T19Jacob Bridgeman (+15000)280 / E176.000$272,750.00T23Shane Lowry (+7000)281 / 1148.667$213,000.00T23J.J. Spaun (+3000)281 / 1148.667$213,000.00T23Jason Day (+8000)281 / 1148.667$213,000.00T26Hideki Matsuyama (+4000)282 / 2133.000$177,500.00T26Akshay Bhatia (+5000)282 / 2133.000$177,500.00T28Xander Schauffele (+1800)283 / 3121.000$163,500.00T28Denny McCarthy (+8000)283 / 3121.000$163,500.00T30J.T. Poston (+8000)284 / 4106.000$146,000.00T30Justin Rose (+4000)284 / 4106.000$146,000.00T30Patrick Cantlay (+2500)284 / 4106.000$146,000.00T33Chris Gotterup (+3500)286 / 682.333$119,666.67T33Bud Cauley (+12500)286 / 682.333$119,666.67T33Tom Hoge (+50000)286 / 682.333$119,666.67T33Justin Thomas (+2500)286 / 682.333$119,666.67T33Nick Taylor (+10000)286 / 682.333$119,666.67T33Collin Morikawa (+3500)286 / 682.333$119,666.6739Corey Conners (+3400)287 / 768.000$104,000.00T40Sungjae Im (+8000)290 / 1062.000$98,000.00T40Lucas Glover (+12500)290 / 1062.000$98,000.0042Sam Stevens (+12500)291 / 1156.000$92,000.0043Ryan Fox (+12500)292 / 1252.000$88,000.0044Ryan Gerard (+15000)294 / 1448.000$84,000.0045Jhonattan Vegas (+12500)295 / 1544.000$80,000.0046Thomas Detry (+15000)297 / 1742.000$76,000.0047Brian Campbell (+75000)298 / 1840.000$72,000.0048Andrew Novak (+8000)300 / 2038.000$70,000.00
NOTE: “Points and Payouts” cites pre-tournament odds to win at FanDuel for all golfers who made the cut. For live odds, visit FanDuel.
Scheffler’s margin of victory was boosted by what arguably was his shot of the tournament. After finding the rough left of the green at the par-3 17th hole on Sunday, he chipped in for birdie from one inch inside 82 feet. A standard-issue par at the last closed out the title for the odds-on favorite to do just that.
Bettors with tickets on which MacIntyre was an outright were given a thrill ride. He was +5500 to win, smack dab in the middle of the field. Instead, the lefty settles for his second runner-up finish in seven starts (also by two shots at the U.S. Open).
The chase for third place was on in earnest behind the lead twosome. It was Maverick McNealy who emerged to finish four swings off Scheffler’s pace. McNealy was a respectable +3300 to win.
Defending champion Keegan Bradley (+4500) placed T17, while the first winner at Caves Valley (in 2021), Patrick Cantlay (+2500), drifted to T30.
The only swap among the top 30 in the FedExCup for entry into the TOUR Championship involved Harry Hall (+6000), who finished sixth to climb to 26th in points, and Lucas Glover (+12500), who tumbled to 36th after a T40.
The season-long ledger for Scheffler has taken on a life of its own in the last two seasons, so it’s timely to take a peek at where things stand with the Playoffs finale up next.
If you bet exactly $100 for Scheffler to win in all 18 of his PGA TOUR starts in 2025, you’d be $330 richer in the aggregate. The total kickback of his five wins is $1,630 and you’d have recaptured $500 of your original investments for a gross of $2,130. The net isn’t enough for a down payment on a luxury automobile or to put the kids through college, but that the persistent tournament favorite has you back in the black in the outright market after going winless in his first eight starts is objectively bananas.
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