Scottie Scheffler’s hugely profitable 2024 season continued on Sunday at the Tour Championship in Florida, where he delivered a sensational 30-under-par performance to clinch the FedEx Cup title and secure a $25 million payday.
Collin Morikawa (-26) will receive $12.5 million for his second place finish, while Sahith Theegala (-24) finished third and will receive $7.5 million.
Scheffler already won an Olympic gold medal and a green Masters jacket in 2024 and now he nearly doubles his total seasonal earnings, which now stand at almost $62 million.
As calculated by CBS’s Kyle PorterScheffler earned $3.3 million per tournament in 2024, $830,000 per round and $12,000 per shot.
It was the best year since Tiger Woods won eight times in 2006, including six in a row and two majors, while coping with the death of his father. Scheffler’s eight victories included the Masters, The Players Championship, an Olympic gold medal and the Tour Championship, which finally allowed him to claim the FedEx Cup.
Scottie Scheffler holds his son Bennett Ezra Scheffler after winning the Tour Championship
Scottie Scheffler hits a chip out of the bunker during his $25 million win in Florida
Scottie Scheffler holds his son Bennett Ezra Scheffler as his wife Meredith Scudder looks on
Scottie Scheffler holds his son Bennett Ezra Scheffler on the 18th green
His seven PGA Tour titles are the most since Woods in 2007.
“Looking back at 2024, it was clearly one of the best individual years any player has had in a long time,” said Rory McIlroy.
This was the third straight year that Scheffler came to East Lake as the top seed, meaning he started the tournament at 10-under par with a two-stroke lead. Two years ago, he lost a six-stroke lead in the final round to McIlroy.
Scheffler led by at least five shots after each round. But there was a heartbreaking moment when storm clouds began to gather. He made two consecutive bogeys, the second on a sheer shank of a bunker on the reachable par-4 eighth hole. Morikawa made a birdie, and a seven-stroke deficit after two holes was reduced to just two with 10 holes to play.
And then it was over.
Collin Morikawa of the United States and Scottie Scheffler shake hands after the tournament
Scheffler hit his tee shot to 5 feet on the par-3 ninth for birdie. He wedged to 3 feet on No. 10 for birdie, then banked in a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 11th.
Just like that, his lead was back to five strokes. And when he hit a 15-foot eagle putt on the 14th hole, it was a matter of crossing the finish line.
Scheffler called the FedEx Cup a season-long race and said it was “stupid” because everything hinged on the final week at East Lake. There was no doubt that the FedEx Cup had a very capable champion.
Scheffler has finished outside the top 10 only three times in his 19 starts, with two runner-up finishes and seven PGA Tour titles.
“He’s the guy you have to beat every week,” Justin Thomas said. “I don’t think people understand how hard it is, when you’re expected to win, when you’re the favorite to win, when everything you do is being watched – good and bad – on the golf course, and how hard it is to get into your own little zone and your own little world and really tune out the noise.”
