There is a new man atop the PGA Tour’s profession earnings listing, and that man desires a beer in his hand.
On Sunday, World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler completed on the suitable aspect of his battle towards Viktor Hovland and received his second Tour Championship.
After dropping a playoff to the Norwegian on the Vacationers Championship in late June, Scheffler beat Hovland by three strokes to win simply his third match of the season.
The victory noticed him take dwelling $10million, pushing him previous Tiger Woods on the all-time tour earnings listing at $130,390,661. Woods had held the title since February of 2000 and sits at simply shy of $121million in profession earnings.
To have fun the event, Scheffler instructed reporters that just a few grownup drinks had been calling his title because the PGA Tour season got here to an finish.
‘There was an open bar inside and I am like, alright, I am grabbing a beer,’ Scheffler stated. ‘It tasted nice.’
Scottie Scheffler says he celebrated successful the Tour Championship with a ‘well-earned beer’
Scheffler’s spouse, Meredith, and his supervisor had been stunned as a result of he would not drink typically
The victory moved Scheffler previous Tiger Woods to the highest of the PGA Tour profession cash listing
He added: ‘I do not actually drink fairly often. My spouse and supervisor had been like, wow, I have not seen you have got a beer in a very long time. Effectively, season’s over now. I will have a beer. Effectively-earned beer.’
With one other title below his belt, Scheffler’s year-long earnings totaled $30.9million to push him previous Woods.
The 15-time main champion congratulated Scheffler on social media after the accomplishment was solidified.
‘Three wins, 5 runner-ups and ending the season No. 1. These are some numbers to be pleased with. Unimaginable consistency all season lengthy. Congrats on a historic season, Scottie,’ Woods wrote on X on Sunday.
Scheffler had battled all season lengthy. After successful the primary match of the season at The American Specific in California, he would not win one other occasion within the PGA Tour’s common season.
It definitely wasn’t as a result of he was taking part in unhealthy golf. Scheffler got here runner-up on the Masters, the Cadillac Championship at Doral and the 3M Open whereas dropping in playoffs at Harbour City and the aforementioned Vacationers.
Add in top-3 finishes on the WM Phoenix Open and the Byron Nelson in addition to top-five finishes on the Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, the US Open and The Open Championship and Scheffler simply continued to come back up quick.
That’s, till the FedEx Cup Playoffs started. Scheffler received the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind and adopted that up with a tie for twelfth on the BMW Championship the week prior.
Scheffler received three occasions and completed runner-up 5 occasions, together with two playoff losses
In the long run, Scheffler completed tied for essentially the most wins on the tour alongside Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick and Chris Gotterup.
‘I feel that is one thing I am very pleased with. I feel while you look over the course of the season, and particularly a few of the robust begins — capturing over-par to start out a match on the PGA Tour isn’t a great place to be in,’ Scheffler stated about his season.
‘I am very pleased with combating again and having some good finishes and even giving myself some possibilities to win with a few of these poor begins.
‘Total simply continued to battle, such as you stated, day in and time out. It is one thing that I am very pleased with. It is a present to be out right here on tour. Every day I will attempt to give it my finest.
‘This was every week which simply introduced a number of good power to the course and simply tried to do my finest.’
