Scottie Scheffler Nears Tiger Woods’s Career Earnings As He Laps FedEx Field
He can break Woods's record at the BMW Championship in St. Louis.
Scottie Scheffler's victory in the FedEx St. Jude Championship brought him within $1 million of equalling Tiger Woods' record for the highest career earnings on the PGA Tour. The win in Memphis netted Scheffler $3.6 million, raising his total PGA Tour earnings to $119.96 million. Woods is currently just under $121 million in career earnings, while Rory McIlroy finished 66th with $116.49 million.
Scheffler's performance was marked by a -17 score and an 8-stroke lead over second-place Si Woo Kim. He had been in the lead on Sunday until a brief scare when he hit a ball into the water off a sewer grate, resulting in a bogey on the par-5 third hole. However, Scheffler recovered by birdying the fifth and sixth holes and never faced serious threats.
Despite being ranked No. 1 in golf, Scheffler's 2026 season has been inconsistent, with only one win in major championships. Nonetheless, he has finished in the top five 12 times and as runner-up five times this year, winning over $20 million on the PGA Tour. Next week's BMW Championship in St. Louis, worth $3.6 million for the winner, is the second of three playoff events.
The FedEx Championship at the end of the season boasts a $40 million purse, including $10 million for the winner. To surpass Woods in career earnings, Scheffler must finish ninth or better next week. This win marks the final week to secure a place in the top 50 PGA Tour golfers, with the last four players out being Keith Mitchell, Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, and Harris English.
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