The new million earned by Scottie Scheffler
08/13/2024 07:49 PM
The reigning Masters champion, world number 1 and recent Olympic champion at the Paris Games, American Scottie Scheffler is the golfer of the moment, currently the best player in the world, and has just earned another million for his merits on the American circuit.
In response to the influx of millions from LIV Golf, the controversial Saudi Super League where Basque Jon Rahm and other stars currently play, the PGA Tour reacted with new prizes to try to retain its players and Scheffler is currently the main beneficiary.
Aaron Rai won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, the last tournament of the regular season in the United States, so that the top 10 in the ranking at this point share a bonus of 40 million dollars (almost 37 million euros), eight of them for the leader, Scottie Scheffler, 7.3 million euros at the current exchange rate.
Scottie Scheffler, earnings"It has been an incredible year for me, both on and off the course, so finishing the regular season obtaining the first place in the top-10 of the Comcast Business Tour is an honor," said Scheffler, 28, winner this year of six titles, something that no one has achieved since Tiger Woods in 2009.
"Every year I try to perform and compete to the best of my abilities, so this award really represents the hard work put in throughout the season with the support of my family and my team," added the No. 1, who has just added Olympic gold to his six titles this year on the PGA Tour, including his second Masters in Augusta (2022, 2024).
PGA Tour regular season Top-10 cash bonus 1. Scottie Scheffler (USA) 7.3 million euros 2. Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.5 million euros 3. Rory McIlroy (Irl. N.) 4.4 million euros 4. Collin Morikawa (USA) 4 million euros 5. Wyndham Clark (USA) 3.6 million euros 6. Ludvig Äberg (Sue) 3.1 million euros 7. Sahith Theegala (USA) 2.5 million euros 8. Hideki Matsuyama (Jap) 2.2 million euros 9. Sungjae Im (Cd) 2 million euros 10. Shane Lowry (Irl) 1.8 million euros
If such prizes are already juicy, the top 70 golfers on the American circuit will be rubbing their hands even more with what is coming to them in the next three weeks, the three FedEx Cup playoff tournaments, where another 100 million dollars in prizes await them (92 million euros), 25 for the eventual champion, around 23 million euros.
The top 70 have qualified to play this week in the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis (14-18 August), then the top 50 will advance to the BMW Championship in Castle Rock (22-25 August) and only the top-30 will have the honour of fighting for the grand bonus of 25 million dollars at the Tour Championship in Atlanta (29 August-1 September).
