Given that he hadn't won a tournament since January, there were some commentators who were beginning to describe Scottie Scheffler's results since as being a drought, which might sound ludicrous for a golfer this remarkably consistent, but in comparison to his succession of victories in both 2024 and 2025, you could sort of see where they were coming from.
But the world number one shut down all of that chat with an empathic, dominant triumph at the FedEx St Jude Championship, which he secured by a margin of eight shots.
This all added up to a 21st title on the PGA Tour, with the 30-year-old being the third youngest player to reach that total, only sitting behind Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. That is the historic standard that Scheffler is setting in a career that surely has so much more greatness to give.
But what helped to separate the four-time major champion from the pack at TPC Southwind?
Naturally, he's pretty good at everything, you don't maintain such a sustained level of brilliance without it, but we really ought to pay more attention to his putting, which is a part of his game that many were questioning during the early weeks of the summer, when he (shockingly) missed the cut in Scotland and seemingly burned every edge for a time throughout his defence of the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale.
TaylorMade has revealed that Scheffler's display at the St Jude was the best putting week of his career to date. The American gained a whopping +8.92 strokes on the greens. He made nearly 383 feet of putts during the week - which was second in the field. This included 110 feet 11 inches on Friday and 108 feet five inches on Sunday.
You don't need us to tell you that is rather impressive and ominous for the rest as the FedEx Cup Playoffs continue with the BMW at Bellerive Country Club later this week in Missouri.
Scheffler had switched to a Spider Tour X putter in 2024, which has brought with it continued success in the biggest championships in the game.
Explaining the process behind that move, TaylorMade's Adrian Rietveld said: "In testing at the end of 2023, we identified something that could help him know he was striking the ball on the centre of the face. 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."
Ultimately, while golf fans typically point to his accurate driving (using a Qi4D driver) or his sensational iron play, Scheffler is a lot better on the greens than some observers believe, as he currently sits third on the PGA Tour's Strokes Gained Putting ranking.
His performance with the putter in Memphis was further evidence of the potential that has been staring us all right in the face.
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