Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship to capture his second FedEx Cup title and the $10 million prize, raising his career total to $130,390,661. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Tiger Woods was going for his seventh straight PGA Tour victory when he tied for second at Torrey Pines, earning $264,000 to move to No. 1 in career tour earnings. That was Feb. 13, 2000, and Woods stayed there ever since until Sunday.
Woods had been at $120,999,166 since he made his last cut on the PGA Tour at the 2024 Masters. This is an entirely different era of golf, and Scheffler finally topping Woods in career earnings was inevitable. That it happened so quickly is a testament to Scheffler's dominance. He has been No. 1 in the world since May 2023.
The popularity and momentum Woods brought to the sport 30 years ago generated enormous spikes in prize money. And then with the arrival of Saudi-funded LIV Golf in 2022, the PGA Tour responded with even greater increases to keep more players from defecting. There were 15 prize funds of $20 million or more this season on the PGA Tour schedule. Woods never played for a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2009.