Scottie Scheffler has passed Tiger Woods as the PGA Tour career money leader after winning the Tour Championship on Sunday, reaching $130,390,661 and moving to the top of a list Woods had led for nearly 26 years.
The victory also gave Scheffler his second FedEx Cup title, underlining just how quickly his run at the top of the game has translated into historic financial success. He has been No. 1 in the world since May 2023, but this latest milestone takes him into a different conversation altogether.
The money list has changed shape
Woods set the standard on Feb. 13, 2000, when he earned $264,000 at Torrey Pines and climbed to No. 1 in career tour earnings. Since then, the PGA Tour landscape has changed dramatically, with prize funds growing sharply in the years that followed.
That growth has been driven in part by Woods' influence on the sport and by the arrival of Saudi-funded LIV Golf in 2022. Scheffler's total now stands at $130,390,661, while Woods had been on $120,999,166 before being overtaken.
The size of the figures matters because it shows how different the modern Tour is from the one Woods first dominated. The FedEx Cup finale has also counted as official money for the last two years, which has added to the totals at the very top end.
Scheffler on Woods' influence
Scheffler was careful not to frame the moment as a direct challenge to Woods' legacy. He said the reason purses are so large today is because of Woods' impact on the game, adding that he would not really consider this a Tiger record being broken.
He also said the milestone shows one of the many positive effects Woods has had on golf. That is an important distinction. This is less about one player replacing another and more about a generation benefiting from the financial boom that followed Woods' era.
There is also a striking contrast in the recent Masters history between the two men. At the 2024 Masters, Woods finished in last place and made $44,000, while Scheffler won and moved up to No. 12 on the career earnings list at $57,658,464.
What comes next for Scheffler?
Scheffler's rise now sits alongside a broader statistical picture that shows how dominant he has been over the last two years. He has won 15 prize funds in that span, and the latest Tour Championship success only strengthens the sense that he is the defining player of the current PGA Tour era.
Woods remains the reference point for modern golf, but Scheffler's place at the top of the money list is a reminder that the numbers keep moving when a player wins as often as he does. The next question is not whether Scheffler belongs in elite company. It is how far his era at the top can still go.
