Scottie Scheffler, poses with the J. K. Wadley Trophy and The Keeper after winning the BMW Championship golf tournament.

Scottie Scheffler continues to amaze.

Starting the final round four strokes back, Scheffler stepped on the gas, shooting 3-under 67, and raced past Robert McIntyre to win the BMW Championship on Sunday in Owings Mills, Maryland.

The Ultimate Driving Machine? It’s been Scheffler, the world No. 1, who won for the fifth time, and joined Tiger Woods as the only player to win at least five times in consecutive seasons in the last 40 years. (Woods did it six times, most recently in 2006-07.)

Scheffler even had some Tiger-like heroics in capturing his 18th career PGA Tour title, delivering the knockout punch at the par-3 17th. Nursing a one-stroke lead, he missed the green to the left and faced a delicate pitch that he had practiced earlier in the week from 82 feet.

“It was kind of a bowl pin back there to where everything kind of funnels towards it, and I knew it was just going to be really fast,” he said. “When it came out, it came out how we wanted to and then it started breaking and it started looking better and better, and yeah, it was definitely nice to see that one go in.”

Scheffler lifted his left arm high in the air in celebration. Thanks to the birdie, Scheffler signed for a 72-hole total of 15-under 265 and a two-stroke win. Playing without regular caddie Ted Scott, who was at home dealing with a family matter, didn’t bother Scheffler, who elected to use Michael Cromie, who works for Chris Kirk, at Scott’s suggestion.

"Ted is at home with his family, and he's where he's supposed to be. We're praying for them, and his family is doing all right," Scheffler said. "Cromie did a great job this week. It's not easy stepping in and trying to fill in for Ted. Those are some big shoes to fill, but he did a great job."

Scheffler fired rounds of 66-65-67 and trailed MacIntyre, a Scot who won twice on Tour last season, by four strokes to start the final day. With Scheffler lurking, MacIntyre knew that winning was no foregone conclusion.

"I was really expecting to go out there, foot down, and perform the way I have the last couple days," said MacIntyre, who started with a career-best 62. "But look, he's the better player on the day. I'm just really pissed off right now."

MacIntyre got off to an inauspicious start in the final round with bogeys at the first two holes. Scheffler birdied the second to trim his four-stroke deficit to one.

“I knew I needed to get off to a good start today and Bob gave me a couple gifts there early in the round,” Scheffler said. “All of a sudden I went from being four back to we were standing on the third tee and I'm only one back, and all of a sudden, it's like, ‘All right, it's game on now. No more cushy lead; it's time to go get it.’ ”

But he made one of his few mistakes at the third green, taking three putts to give a stroke back. Just like at the first hole, there’d be a two-shot swing at the par-4 5th. Scheffler hit a beautiful approach and drained a 12-foot birdie putt, while MacIntyre missed the green with his second shot and settled for bogey.

Scheffler took the lead for good with a birdie at No. 7. Then he wedged from 88 yards to 3 feet at No. 11 to stretch his lead to two but one hole later he made another three putt – from 22 feet – to give the stroke back. MacIntyre, who had been leading the field in putting all week, failed to apply any pressure. He made his fourth bogey at 13 and didn’t make a birdie until 16. Scheffler let MacIntyre hang around because he made a sloppy 3-putt of his own at 14 to slice his lead in half to one. With Scheffler’s drive in a fairwaybunker and MacIntyre eyeing a birdie putt, the world No. 1 sensed he better step up with another clutch shot. “All of a sudden he hits it in there about seven feet on 15, it's a golf tournament now,” Scheffler said. “Bob made some mistakes early in the round, but I knew he wasn't going to make many more as the day went on. He did a good job of battling all day without his best stuff.”

Scheffler refused to buckle and stuck his 8-iron from 163 yards to 6 feet and converted the birdie putt while MacIntyre missed his attempt.

“Shot of the day was probably on 15 coming out of that bunker,” Scheffler said. “That was a really important shot in the tournament, one that I think will fly a little bit under the radar.”

Scheffler made just six bogeys all week, the fewest of anyone in the field, and recorded his 17th consecutive round under par. When Scheffler holed the chip shot at 17, MacIntyre, who closed with 73, only could smile and appreciate the brilliance that is Scheffler.

“He’s darn good,” said Rickie Fowler, who closed in 69 but finished outside the top 30 at No. 32 after a tough finish.

In the tournament within a tournament, England’s Harry Hall, who chipped in at 17 too and closed in 70, was the only player to move inside the top 30 and advance to the Tour Championship, the finale of the FedEx Cup playoffs, while Lucas Glover was the lone player to slip out. Michael Kim was the odd man out, missing by less than 10 points, when Viktor Hovland holed a birdie putt at 18 to steal some points from him.

Scheffler enters the Tour Championship next week at No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings for the fourth consecutive year as he attempts to become the first back-to-back FedEx Cup champion.

Wouldn’t that be amazing?

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Ultimate Driving Machine: Scottie Scheffler wins 2025 BMW Championship at Caves Valley

Reporting by Adam Schupak, Golfweek / Golfweek

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