Scottie Scheffler has had a phenomenal season securing a Masters win and Olympic gold medal – as well as plenty of prize money too.
The American has claimed his second major title this year, winning six tournaments on the bounce and ending the season on a hefty pay day of $25million at the FedEx Cup.
According to CBS reporter Kyle Porter, the 28-year-old has raked in a staggering $62,228,357 (£42,353,273) in total PGA Tour payouts this year alone. Scheffler’s earnings come from his victories at the Arnold Palmer International, the Players Championship, the Masters, the RBC Heritage, the Memorial Tournament, the Travelers Championship, the FedEx Cup and the Olympics.
Porter wrote on X that Scheffler earns an average of $3.3m (£2.5m) per tournament, $830K (£631K) per round, $12K (£9.1K) per shot and $3K (£2.2K) per minute on the course – assuming each round takes 4.5 hours to complete.
His winnings across the season break down into $4m (£3m) for the Arnold Palmer International, $4.5m (£3.4m) for the Players Championship, $3.6m (£2.7m) for the Masters, $3.6m (£2.7m) at the RBC Heritage, $4m (£3m) at the Memorial Tournament, $3.6m (£2.6m) for the Traveler’s Championship and a whopping $25m (£19m) at the FedEx Cup.
Alongside the thrill of winning an Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games, Scheffler’s seven PGA Tour titles make him the most successful player since Tiger Woods achieved the same feat in 2007.
Scheffler is currently ranked as the number one golfer worldwide and has held this title for over 100 weeks – with no plans to slow down his success in the future.
Speaking after his first FedEx Cup win, the 28-year-old was quick to praise his caddie, Ted Scott, as he noted his right-hand-man kept him calm during the tournament.
The American said: “Ted did a good job of helping me reset. He gave me a nice pep talk there on the back of the eighth green because I looked at him like, ‘man, I don’t know about this, this isn’t looking so hot right now’.
“He gave me a little pep talk and then I was able to hit a really nice iron shot in there [on nine] and got things rolling. He really is a huge part of the team. I don’t know if I’d be able to do any of this without him on my bag.
“And then I did some really nice stuff to finish this tournament off.”
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