Atlanta – Scottie Scheffler is on the verge of passing Tiger Woods on the all-time earnings list as the current top-ranked golfer in the world seeks another Tour Championship this week at East Lake. Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are both within striking distance of Woods’ PGA Tour earnings record despite a dramatic disparity in victories. Woods won 82 times on the PGA Tour, tied for first all-time.
Scheffler, 30, has 21 victories. McIlroy is $4.5 million behind Woods’ earnings record of $120,999,166. Scheffler, currently second on the list, is just over $1 million from taking over the top spot.
The winner of this week’s tournament takes home $10 million. A spot in the top eight would push Scheffler to No. 1 on the Tour’s all-time earnings list. Eighth place in the $40 million purse finale takes home $1,070,000.
Like I said, it’s apples and oranges. The reason our purses are so large today is because of the influence and impact that Tiger had on the game. I think it’s more — I think it just shows one of the many effects he had on the game of golf in a positive way.
Like the Tour is only getting more competitive as it goes forward, and I think that’s part of kind of how he played the game.” Scheffler said he’s about 95% healthy and mostly over the hand, foot and mouth disease he dealt with last week in St. Scheffler said it was painful to grip most clubs during the tournament, but he finished tied for 12th at the BMW Championship. But other than that, I feel really good,” Scheffler said of his recovery.
He played the front nine at East Lake on Tuesday and was headed out for a closer look at the back nine on Wednesday in a bid to win the Tour Championship for the second time in three years. Scheffler called the newly proposed 2028 playoff format “interesting,” characterizing the latest iteration of the PGA Tour postseason as “something new and fun.” At the conclusion of the Series Finale, the top 32 players will move on to the new-look Tour Championship that will feature match play contested over two weeks at different venues. Like I said, when I show up at a tournament, I love to be able to compete and give myself a chance to win.
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