Scottie Scheffler is having a season for the ages.
The world no.1 has already picked up a second major of his career, easing to his second Masters victory in three years in April.
However that is only a small part of what is now becoming one of golf’s all-time years on the PGA Tour and has Scheffler earning comparisons with some of the greatest to play the game.
The 28-year-old from New Jersey beat Tom Kim in a playoff to make the Travelers Championship his sixth title of the year.
Many of Scheffler’s statistics this season have led to comparisons with some of Tiger Woods’ greatest years on the tour.
His current total of six wins in one season was last achieved by Woods in 2006, and the next target will be the eight that Woods achieved in 1999.
As well as a second Masters, he has added a second Players Championship, and second Arnold Palmer Invitational to his CV, while the RBC Heritage and Memorial Tournament have also been scooped up in 2024.
And for good measure his wife Meredith gave birth to their first child in May.
Scheffler has played 15 tournaments this year and has won 40% of the events he has teed it up in, making all 15 cuts for guaranteed prize money on every occasion.
Only once has he finished outside the top 25, that came at the U.S. Open in June, but he has 13 top 10 finishes in a remarkable season that has seen him collect more than $27.6milllon in prize money in 2024.
His caddie Ted Scott is also the beneficiary, given the usual scale for a bag-man’s earnings is 10% for a win and a sliding scale thereafter.
A conservative estimate would put Scott at $2.7m for the season and inside the top 50 on the 2024 player’s money list.
Having made his breakthrough when winning the Phoenix Open in February 2022, Scheffler now has 12 career titles in total.
His PGA Tour career earnings stand at a staggering $70.2million – that is enough to put him fifth on the all-time list.
Scheffler has already amassed the highest ever total of FedEx Cup points and he has a 382.4-point lead over second-placed Rory McIlroy in the world rankings.
That’s the same gap that separates McIlroy from the world no 102, Patrick Reed.
Scottie Scheffler Career Tournament Wins
2024, 2022 Masters
2024, 2023 Players Championship
2024, 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational
2024 RBC Heritage
2024 Travelers Championship
2024 Memorial Tournament
2023, 2022 WM Phoenix Open
2022 World Golf Championships Matchplay
With nine tournaments including the lucrative FedEx Cup playoffs and the final major of the year, there are plenty more records and plenty more prize money on offer for Scheffler to continue his memorable year.
He looks set to play a maximum of five more tournaments on the PGA Tour – and the FedEx Cup has $25m on offer in prize money.
However one thing that money can’t buy, and is sure to be top of his list of objectives is the Olympic gold medal, which he will chase at Le Golf National in Paris this summer.
Scheffler’s prize money remains his primary source of income, and his 2024 season is likely to see his net worth exceed $100m.
On top of his PGA Tour income he has endorsement deals with Nike,.TaylorMade, Titleist, Rolex, Netjets and Variety Community Bank.
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