Tiger Woods is not golf’s all-time chief in profession earnings – a distinction that now belongs to Scottie Scheffler.
The 30-year-old Texan made up a three-shot deficit with a 4-under 66 to win the Tour Championship and declare a second FedEx Cup title on Sunday in Atlanta.
Taking excessive spot in profession earnings from Woods was inevitable for Scheffler. The $40 million purse on the Tour Championship now counts as official cash. Of that, Scheffler gained $10 million, pushing his profession complete to $130,390,661.
Woods, who by no means performed for greater than a $10 million purse throughout his peak years from 1997 by 2008, had been on the prime of the profession cash checklist for almost 26 years.
It was a small slice of redemption for Scheffler, who misplaced in a playoff to Hovland on the Vacationers Championship, one among his 5 runner-up finishes this 12 months.
Hovland made just one birdie and closed with a 72 to complete alone in second, price $5 million.
Scheffler poses with the trophy, spouse Meredith Scheffler and sons, Bennett and Remy following the ultimate spherical of the TOUR Championship 2026 at East Lake Golf Membership on Sunday
Tiger Woods was the PGA Tour’s all-time chief in profession earnings for a 26-year stretch
Scheffler signaled his rally with a 5-iron to inside 2 inches of the cup on the 211-yard second gap. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth gap, pulled forward for the primary time on the thirteenth and held on to win at East Lake.
‘This was every week I introduced a whole lot of good power to the course and tried to do my finest,’ Scheffler mentioned on the trophy presentation. ‘Coming from behind and having the ability to win tournaments is a very cool feeling.’
Scheffler gained for the third time this 12 months — twice within the final three weeks through the PGA Tour’s postseason — to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for many titles in 2026. He gained his first FedEx Cup two years in the past.
Gamers vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour participant of the 12 months. Scheffler has gained the final 4 years — one other would tie him with Woods for many consecutive awards.
Scheffler had two bogeys — one a nasty miss with a wedge from the green on No. 7, the opposite from a gnarly lie within the tough on the 14th — and nonetheless was the one participant from the final three teams of the ultimate spherical to interrupt par.
The ultimate birdie got here from a fairway bunker to 11 ft on the sixteenth. Hovland had three putts in a four-hole stretch catch the lip of the cup — two for birdie, one for par.
Scheffler hits from the primary fairway through the ultimate spherical of the PGA Tour Championship
Ryan Gerard, one shot behind Hovland beginning out, made double bogey on the opening gap, adopted with 13 straight pars and shot 72 to complete alone in third.
Scheffler, who gained his season opener in The American Categorical, ended the 12 months with the twenty second title of his profession — 13 of them by no less than three photographs — and twenty fifth worldwide, together with an Olympic gold medal in Paris two years in the past.
This has clearly been a tough 12 months for Woods, given his newest DUI arrest following a rollover crash in Florida and rehab stint, to not point out his girlfriend Vanessa Trump’s ongoing most cancers battle.
Woods will make his first courtroom look over the matter on September 8.
The date had reportedly been postponed quite a few occasions amid prosecutors persevering with the investigation course of in South Florida.
He can be represented by legal professional Douglas Duncan. Woods had waived his arraignment and requested a jury trial over the matter.
His most up-to-date listening to was held on August 4, following a July ruling that allowed prosecutors to acquire Woods’ hospital data that have been related to the crash.
