Tiger Woods is finally toppled from the top of golf’s all-time earnings list after 26 years… as new superstar passes legend’s $120 MILLION career total
Tiger Woods is no longer golf’s all-time leader in career earnings – a distinction that now belongs to Scottie Scheffler.
The 30-year-old Texan made up a three-shot deficit with a 4-under 66 to win the Tour Championship and claim a second FedEx Cup title on Sunday in Atlanta.
Taking over the top spot in career earnings from Woods was inevitable for Scheffler. The $40 million purse at the Tour Championship now counts as official money. Of that, Scheffler won $10 million, pushing his career total to $130,390,661.
Woods, who never played for more than a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2008, had been at the top of the career money list for nearly 26 years.
It was a small slice of redemption for Scheffler, who lost in a playoff to Hovland at the Travelers Championship, one of his five runner-up finishes this year.
Hovland made only one birdie and closed with a 72 to finish alone in second, worth $5 million.
Scheffler poses with the trophy, wife Meredith Scheffler and sons, Bennett and Remy following the final round of the TOUR Championship 2026 at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday
Tiger Woods was the PGA Tour’s all-time leader in career earnings for a 26-year stretch
Scheffler signaled his rally with a 5-iron to within 2 inches of the cup on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and held on to win at East Lake.
‘This was a week I brought a lot of good energy to the course and tried to do my best,’ Scheffler said at the trophy presentation. ‘Coming from behind and being able to win tournaments is a really cool feeling.’
Scheffler won for the third time this year — twice in the last three weeks during the PGA Tour’s postseason — to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles in 2026. He won his first FedEx Cup two years ago.
Players vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year. Scheffler has won the last four years — another would tie him with Woods for most consecutive awards.
Scheffler had two bogeys — one a bad miss with a wedge from the fairway on No. 7, the other from a gnarly lie in the rough on the 14th — and still was the only player from the last three groups of the final round to break par.
The final birdie came from a fairway bunker to 11 feet on the 16th. Hovland had three putts in a four-hole stretch catch the lip of the cup — two for birdie, one for par.
Scheffler hits from the first fairway during the final round of the PGA Tour Championship
Ryan Gerard, one shot behind Hovland staring out, made double bogey on the opening hole, followed with 13 straight pars and shot 72 to finish alone in third.
Scheffler, who won his season opener in The American Express, ended the year with the 22nd title of his career — 13 of them by at least three shots — and 25th worldwide, including an Olympic gold medal in Paris two years ago.
This has obviously been a difficult year for Woods, given his latest DUI arrest following a rollover crash in Florida and rehab stint, not to mention his girlfriend Vanessa Trump’s ongoing cancer battle.
Woods will make his first courtroom appearance over the matter on September 8.
The date had reportedly been postponed a number of times amid prosecutors continuing the investigation process in South Florida.
He will be represented by attorney Douglas Duncan. Woods had waived his arraignment and requested a jury trial over the matter.
His most recent hearing was held on August 4, following a July ruling that allowed prosecutors to obtain Woods’ hospital records that were connected to the crash.
