Scottie Scheffler has had a dominance in golf not felt since Tiger Woods' prime.
He's starting to make money like Woods.
Scheffler won the season-ending Tour Championship on Sunday to claim the FedExCup title.
It's Scheffler's seventh PGA Tour victory in 2024, the most since Woods won seven in 2007.
Scheffler made roughly $29.2 million over the course of the season. According to ESPN:That represents about 9.2% of the $317.4 million he has won in tournaments since then.
In 2007, Woods won approximately $10.9 million, or about 9.7 percent of the total prize money of $112.5 million.
The 28-year-old Scheffler also earned two huge bonuses — $25 million for winning the FedExCup and $8 million for leading the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 — bringing his total earnings this year to $62.2 million, excluding sponsorship deals and other income.
And that number will soon increase as the PGA pays out Player Impact Program bonuses.
“If I could put it into words, that would be amazing,” Scheffler said Sunday about this year, “because I don't think I can. All I'm trying to do is hit good shots, and I've done a lot of that this year.”
Scheffler's contemporaries fall far short.
Including prize money and bonuses, Xander Schauffele is second in earnings with $29.3 million. According to Sportico.
Collin Morikawa is in third place with $25.3 million, and Rory McIlroy is in fourth place with $19.2 million.
Schaeffler's historic season also made waves off the track.
Scheffler became a father in May, welcoming a baby boy just before the PGA Championship.
Shortly after, Scheffler was arrested while driving into Valhalla Golf Club ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship, but the charges were later dropped.
