{"id":815338,"date":"2026-08-16T08:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/815338\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:20:11","slug":"scottie-scheffler-closing-in-on-tiger-woods-for-no-1-in-pga-tour-career-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/815338\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler closing in on Tiger Woods for No. 1 in PGA Tour career earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler has drawn plenty of Tiger Woods comparisons in recent years, and in one facet, he\u2019s about to surpass him.<\/p>\n

Scheffler is on the verge of becoming No. 1 in official career earnings on the PGA Tour. He\u2019s currently No. 3, but will pass No. 2 Rory McIlroy after Sunday\u2019s conclusion to the FedEx St. Jude Championship.<\/p>\n

Scheffler, who is just over $82,000 behind McIlroy on the career list, leads through 54 holes in Memphis, Tennessee. The winner will receive $3.6 million, with at least $500,000 paying out to anyone in the top 10. McIlroy is tied for 62nd.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how the $20 million purse will be paid out at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.<\/p>\n

A win would put Scheffler at $119,964,411 \u2014 $1.04 million from passing Woods.<\/p>\n

Woods has been atop the list since Feb. 13, 2000.<\/p>\n

Of course, two playoff events remain, both with official purses. The BMW Championship will pay out another $3.6 million to the winner and the Tour Championship will offer $10 million to the victor.<\/p>\n

That gives both Scheffler and McIlroy opportunities to pass Woods \u2014 and each other.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the current top 5 in official PGA Tour earnings<\/a>:<\/p>\n

1. Tiger Woods: $120,999,1662. Rory McIlroy: $116,446,7723. Scottie Scheffler: $116,364,4114. Justin Rose: $78,589,3735. Justin Thomas: $74,203,414<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler has drawn plenty of Tiger Woods comparisons in recent years, and in one facet, he\u2019s about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-815338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}