Scottie Scheffler claimed a number of little bits of Gamers Championship historical past along with his mesmerizing Sunday 64 that gained him the title for a second straight 12 months. Take that repeat victory, as an example. The 27-year-old Texan is the primary ever to win the PGA Tour’s flagship occasion in back-to-back years. And to rally from 5 pictures again of the lead on the ultimate day ties a file for the largest comeback on the event because it moved to TPC Sawgrass in 1983. Oh, and that bogey-free eight-under 64 matches the bottom rating shot by a winner within the now 50 editions of the occasion. All great things.
Within the strategy of profitable his eighth profession tour title, Scheffler additionally claimed a record-tying prize cash payout of $4.5 million. And the addition to his checking account allowed Scheffler to go a formidable profession earnings milestone: He’s the fifteenth golfer to interrupt the $50 million mark on the PGA Tour.
Scheffler formally has earned $53.5 million on tour, which jumps him previous Jon Rahm into 14th place on the all-time cash listing. He’s additionally the quickest to interrupt the $50 million barrier, doing it in 113 begins. By comparability, it took Tiger Woods 177 begins to eclipse the mark (he did it in 2005), Rory McIlroy 169 begins when he broke via in 2019 and Rahm 141 begins (the Spaniard carrying out the feat eventually 12 months’s U.S. Open).
Thoughts you, that Scheffler can boast of being the quickest to $50 million comes with an enormous asterisk. As has been well-documented, purses in PGA Tour occasions have skyrocketed in the previous couple of years because the tour upped the ante within the face of the risk from LIV Golf and its big-ticket tournaments. Contemplate then that Scheffler has eight tour wins at this level. When McIlroy hit $50 million, he had gained 18 instances. And when Tiger hit the large 5-0, he had gained 48 instances. Massive distinction.
Given the bump in prize cash, the $50 million membership is poised to confess a couple of extra members within the very close to future. After his T-6 end at Sawgrass, Hideki Matsuyama now has $49.796 million in profession earnings. And Rickie Fowler is at $49.307 million.