Matt Fitzpatrick takes a jibe at the FedExCup playoff format while congratulating Scottie Scheffler for his win
Matt Fitzpatrick took a playful jibe at the FedEx Cup final's format while congratulating Scottie Scheffler on his victory. The final FedEx Cup event concluded on Sunday, September 1, at the East Lake Golf Club, with the current World No. 1 emerging as the champion.
The tournament follows a stroke-gained format, where players start with a score based on their rankings in the FedEx Cup standings, with round scores being added as the tournament progresses. Scottie Scheffler entered the Tour Championship as the No.1 in the FedEx Cup standings, and started with a score of 10-under, two strokes ahead of Xander Schauffele.
After four rounds at the Tour Championship, his score was 20-under. Adding his starting score of 10-under, he finished with a total of 30-under to triumph at the event.
Following the end of the tournament, Fitzpatrick, who failed to qualify for the Tour Championship after finishing outside the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings following the BMW Championship, took to X (formerly Twitter), and wrote:
"Congrats to Scottie, thoroughly deserved after the season he had! Happy that the playoff format didn’t take that away from him haha."
In the four rounds of the Tour Championship, Collin Morikawa scored the lowest, at 22-under. As he had started with a score of 4-under, his total reached 26-under, placing him four strokes behind Scheffler on the final leaderboard. Morikawa finished in second place followed by Sahith Theegala. Russell Henley tied for fourth place with Adam Scott and Xander Schauffele.
A look into Matt Fitzpatrick's performances in 2024
Matt Fitzpatrick has competed in 21 PGA Tour events this season and has recorded three top-10 finishes. He has missed only four cuts. The English golfer began his season at The Sentry, finishing in T14. He missed the cut at the Sony Open.
Fitzpatrick had a rough outing at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he finished T58. His most recent competition was at the BMW Championship, where he tied for 28th place.
Here are the results of all the events Matt Fitzpatrick played in 2024:
- The Sentry: T14
- Sony Open in Hawaii: CUT
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T58
- WM Phoenix Open: T15
- The Genesis Invitational: CUT
- Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches: T21
- Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard: CUT
- THE PLAYERS Championship: 5
- Valero Texas Open: T10
- Masters Tournament: T22
- RBC Heritage: T28
- Zurich Classic of New Orleans: T11
- Wells Fargo Championship: T52
- PGA Championship: CUT
- The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday: T5
- U.S. Open: T64
- Travelers Championship: T36
- Genesis Scottish Open: T39
- The Open Championship: T50
- Men’s Olympic Golf Competition*: W/D
- FedEx St. Jude Championship: T18
- BMW Championship: T28
Matt Fitzpatrick finished in 40th place in the FedEx Cup standings.