{"id":823977,"date":"2026-08-24T07:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/823977\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:36:19","slug":"pga-tour-money-leader-list-where-scottie-scheffler-rory-mcilroy-stand-after-bmw-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/823977\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour money leader list: Where Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy stand after BMW Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS \u2014 It might not have been at the top of Scottie Scheffler\u2019s mind as he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/scottie-scheffler-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-2026-bmw-championship-top-10-finish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">battled through sickness<\/a> and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/scottie-scheffler-shoots-68-on-moving-day-at-2026-bmw-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">navigated his way out of Bellerive\u2019s bunkers<\/a>, but he moved closer to being No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s already No. 1 in the world and topped the FedExCup points list, but he\u2019s now roughly $600,000 shy of Tiger Woods\u2019 PGA Tour career earnings mark.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/bmw-championship-2026-full-payout-from-20-million-purse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">collected $426,250<\/a> in tying for 12th in St. Louis. He\u2019s now at $120,390,661 in official PGA Tour money.<\/p>\n<p>Tiger sits at $120,999,166. He\u2019s held the top spot since Feb. 13, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, Scheffler, with <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/scottie-scheffler-back-to-dominant-ways-wins-by-8-at-fedex-st-jude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his 8-shot win in Memphis<\/a>, bumped Rory McIlroy from his perch at No. 2 on the all-time list.<\/p>\n<p>Both players could actually be No. 1 after the playoff finale. The Tour Championship offers an official $40 million purse. The winner will get $10 million and solo second is worth $5 million. Scheffler would need roughly a 13th-place finish to surpass Woods.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy, who is at $117,848,372, could leap past Scheffler and Woods depending on how things shake out at East Lake.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"BMW Championship 2026: Full payout from $20 million purse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/bmw-championship-2026-full-payout-from-20-million-purse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"BMW Championship 2025 - Final Round\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787556979_712_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the purse was paid out at the 2026 BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LOUIS \u2014 It might not have been at the top of Scottie Scheffler\u2019s mind as he battled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-823977","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\/823977","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=823977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}