After dominating much of the season, Scottie Scheffler just narrowly missed out on a second consecutive FedEx Cup victory this weekend.
The Highland Park product tied for fourth in the Tour Championship, finishing four shots behind winner Tommy Fleetwood. As the result set in, golf fans on social media shared their thoughts on the FedEx Cup’s format and whether the right golfer came away with a title win.
Here’s a look at the nation’s reaction to Scheffler’s Tour Championship finish:
Scottie Scheffler going into the final tournament with twice as many points as 2nd place and won’t win the tour championship is the dumbest thing ever.
— Zahn Brooks (@ZahnBrooks) August 24, 2025
Let’s see:
1. Entering this week Scottie Scheffler had more than twice as many FedEx Cup points as 2nd place Rory McIlroy.
2. Scheffler just tied for 4th in the Tour Championship. He won 5 times this season, including the PGA Championship and British Open. He made 19 of 19…
— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) August 24, 2025
Scottie Scheffler, world No. 1, made some of the wildest worst swings today I’ve ever seen a Tour player make. Yet: he has such extraordinary hand-eye feel and touch that he still shot 68, will tie for 4th in the Championship and still has a chance to challenge Tiger’s career.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) August 24, 2025
On the bright side Scottie Scheffler is a four-time back to back to back to back Player of the Year on the PGA Tour if you want some positive
— TrackingScheffler (@SchefflerLegion) August 24, 2025
“Consolation prize:”
With the $2.6M he earned today by tying for fourth, Dallas’ Scottie Scheffler inches closer to joining the PGA Tour’s extremely exclusive career $100M earnings club:
1. Tiger Woods $120,999,166
2. Rory McIlroy $107,586,766
3. Scottie Scheffler $98,373,136— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) August 24, 2025
How is Scottie Scheffler not the FedEx Cup Champion….. they messed up with this new format 🤷🏼♂️
— Ian McGarvey (@Just4kicks26) August 24, 2025
The #FedEx cup is basically a 4 day horse race. Don’t pretend it’s season long. So stupid. Scottie has dominated the entire year and damn near pulled it off this weekend for another Top 5 finish. @PGATOUR
— Bret Hoovler (@BretHoovler) August 24, 2025
I like Tommy Fleetwood but the FedEx Cup means less than nothing when a guy with zero wins is about to claim it over a guy with five wins and two majors. So desperate to make it exciting that you succeeded in making it a title of zero significance except for $$$. Nice job, guys.
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) August 24, 2025
Absolute poetry. Tommy Fleetwood’s long-awaited maiden PGA Tour win comes in the year the Tour Championship reverts to a normal 72-hole stroke play format and his first PGA Tour win makes him the FedEx Cup champion. Just awesome
— Evin Priest (@EvinPriest) August 24, 2025
Scottie Scheffler’s T4 finish at the Tour Championship moves him past Phil Mickelson and into third place on the PGA Tour’s official career earnings list with $98,373,136. https://t.co/nHFHkRoAGF
— David Rumsey (@_DavidRumsey) August 24, 2025
Tour Championship results
(with the old starting strokes format)
-24 Scheffler
-23 Fleetwood
-19 Henley
-17 Cantlay
-17 Young
-16 Conners
-16 Thomas
-16 Griffin— Jamie Kennedy (@jamierkennedy) August 24, 2025
This new FedEx cup final format sucks!!! What’s the point of finishing high up on the rankings if you don’t win it!
The format should be a match play and have the top 36 players get into the finals and seed it based on points won. @PGATOUR #FedExCup
— Bill Ranson, PGA (@BillRansonGolf) August 24, 2025
Congrats to Fleetwood, but finally winning your first tour tourney should not make you the FedEx Cup champion. He was nowhere near close in points to Scheffler. Absolutely ridiculous format – change it or get rid of it. Give it to the player of the year-the one who won 6+ times.
— torgman (@jttorg) August 24, 2025