Scottie Scheffler moves past Tiger Woods as career money leader
Scottie Scheffler has surpassed Tiger Woods as the PGA Tour's all-time career money leader following his recent FedEx Cup victory. The shift is attributed to the massive inflation of tournament purses driven by competition from LIV Golf and the evolution of the sport's commercial landscape.
Why it matters
The milestone highlights the rapid financial transformation of professional golf and the changing economic incentives within the sport.
ATLANTA -- Tiger Woods was going for his seventh straight PGA Tour victory when he tied for second at Torrey Pines. He earned $264,000 that day to move to No. 1 in career tour earnings.
That was Feb. 13, 2000, and Woods stayed there ever since — until Sunday.
Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship to capture his second FedEx Cup title and the $10 million prize — now considered official money — to raise his career total to $130,390,661.
Woods had been at $120,999,166 since he made his last cut on the PGA Tour at the 2024 Masters.
This is an entirely different era of golf, and Scheffler finally topping Woods in career earnings was inevitable. That it happened so quickly is a testament to Scheffler's dominance. He has been No. 1 in the world since May 2023.
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