Scottie Scheffler Wins His Second FedEx Cup and Moves Past Tiger Woods in PGA Tour Career Earnings
Scheffler erased a three-shot deficit and won his third PGA Tour title of the season, moving ahead of Tiger Woods in career earnings.
- On Sunday, Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, securing his second career FedEx Cup title by finishing three shots ahead with a 4-under 66.
- Scheffler began the final round three shots behind leader Viktor Hovland but surged ahead by the 13th hole, marking his third win of 2026 and strengthening his case for a fifth-straight Jack Nicklaus Award.
- The $10 million prize pushed Scheffler's career earnings to $130,390,661, surpassing Tiger Woods' total of $120,999,166 and ending Woods' nearly 26-year reign atop the career money list.
- Despite battling hand, foot and mouth disease at last week's BMW Championship, Scheffler recovered to dominate the postseason, saying he was "proud of fighting back" after tough starts.
- The PGA Tour announced that East Lake will host its final Tour Championship in 2027 before the playoff format shifts toward match play in 2028, concluding an era at the historic venue.
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The American took the PGA of Atlanta and pulverized a brand of the Tiger in force for more than 25 years only in tournaments of that circuit. In total income, the Chilean is very close to the top ten, to only 50 thousand dollars of Spanish Sergio García.
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There is something almost unfair about Scottie Scheffler’s latest piece of dominance. The rest of the PGA Tour spent the first half of the year making a perfectly reasonable case that perhaps the gap had closed, maybe the world’s best player had finally become a little more human.
He Now Sits Atop Golf's All-Time Earners
Scottie Scheffler has nudged Tiger Woods out of a spot he held for more than a quarter-century. With his Tour Championship win over the weekend in Atlanta—worth $10 million—Scheffler moved to the top of the PGA Tour's career earnings list with more than $130 million, surpassing Woods' $120...
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Scottie Scheffler moves past Tiger Woods in PGA Tour career earnings
Scottie Scheffler has moved past Tiger Woods atop the PGA Tour career earnings list.
Scottie Scheffler writes golf history: With 130.39 million dollars he overtakes Tiger Woods after 26 years. So down-to-earth the new record holder celebrates.
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