The Dallas native made his 2026 debut at the American Express in La Quinta, Calif., this week and cruised to a win, the 20th of his career.<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2014 We’re basically one step below Scottie Scheffler’s accountant here at WFAA, tracking his winnings for the Olympics<\/a>, the Masters<\/a>, the Open Championship<\/a>, even a made-for-TV event<\/a> where he pocketed $5 million in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n So we’re at it again. Because Scottie Scheffler is playing golf again, which means Scottie Scheffler is winning golf tournaments again.<\/p>\n The Dallas native made his 2026 debut at the American Express in La Quinta, Calif., this week and cruised to a win, the 20th of his career. He’s now the 40th golfer in PGA Tour history to win 20 events, and he’s also just the third player ever to reach a ridiculous money milestone: $100 million in career earnings.<\/p>\n Yes, at the ripe old age of 29 (he turns 30 in June), Scheffler has $101,109,136 in career winnings, trailing only Rory McIlroy ($107,981,766) and Tiger Woods ($120,999,166). Scheffler won around $1.6 million for his win Sunday, when he beat the field in a birdie fest by four strokes, and that was despite hitting a ball in the water on No. 17.<\/p>\n Yeah, he can play a little bit.<\/p>\n Another detail here: Scheffler is the first player to win 20 tournaments before turning 30 since … Tiger. He’s also the fastest player to 20 wins since … Tiger, winning the American Express in his 151st career start. Tiger won 20 out of his first 95 starts.<\/p>\n Scottie Scheffler wins The American Express with a four-stroke margin of victory. <\/p>\n Scheffler is the first player since Tiger Woods to reach 20 career wins prior to turning 30 years old. In his 151st career start on TOUR, it marks the second-fewest starts by a player to reach 20\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2hBuCOoL9Y<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Four years ago, Scheffler hadn’t won a tournament on the PGA Tour, but he went on a run of wins in the spring of 2022, culminating in his first major victory at the Masters. Scheffler’s rise has also been in step with the recent inflation of purses on Tour, so a few more wins and he’ll likely pass Tiger as the top-earning golfer of all-time.<\/p>\n