Overview
- Scheffler won the Tour Championship at East Lake on Sunday, closing with a 4-under 66 to finish 16 under and beat Viktor Hovland by three strokes.
- The victory paid $10 million and pushed Scheffler’s official PGA Tour on-course earnings to $130,390,661, surpassing Tiger Woods’ previous mark of $120,999,166.
- Tiger Woods posted a public congratulations on social media, praising Scheffler’s season-long consistency.
- Scheffler’s 2026 campaign included three PGA Tour wins, five runner-up finishes and the FedExCup title, a run that produced the bulk of his rapid rise in career payouts.
- The milestone uses official on-course prize money only and highlights how much larger modern purses have sped up earning totals, complicating direct comparisons with Woods’ era and leaving other revenue streams like endorsements out of the tally.