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Reminder: Scottie Scheffler pocketed another $8 million before he hit a shot this week. Here’s why

Scheffler has already earned a record $28,148,691 this season.

Scottie Scheffler officially finished as the FedEx Cup regular-season leader after the Wyndham Championship.

That means Scheffler won the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 for the second time in three years, earning an $8 million bonus before he hits a shot in this week’s playoff opener at the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis.

Scheffler’s bonus was double that of last year’s winner, Jon Rahm. Scheffler earned $3 millon for finishing second to Rahm and picked up $4 million in 2022. That brings his total from the Tour Top 10 to $10 million.

Xander Schauffele was second and received a $6 million bonus. Rory McIlroy ($4.8 million), Collin Morikawa ($4.4 million) and Wyndham Clark ($4 million) rounded out the top five.

Scottie Scheffler of the United States looks on from the rough on the second hole during a practice round prior to The 152nd Open championship at Royal Troon on July 16, 2024, in Troon, Scotland. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Scheffler has won Masters green (jacket) and Olympic gold

Scheffler enters the week with six victories this season, highlighted by the Masters and The Players Championship. Two weeks ago, he shot 62 in the final round to win the Olympic gold medal.

Scheffler has already earned a record $28,148,691 this season, with the potential to earn a share of the combined purses of $115 million for the St. Jude Classic, next week’s BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colo., and the Tour Champions at East Lake in Atlanta.

Scheffler already among top 10 in career PGA Tour earnings

The first-place checks in the first two playoff events are $3.6 million. Winning the FedEx Cup would bring $18 million so the possibility exists that if Scheffler sweeps all three, his earnings would surpass $53 million.

For now, the Tour Top 10 bonus means he has more than $36 million in on-course earnings this season. That money alone would put Scheffler 40th on the PGA Tour’s career money list – and he’s already seventh and climbing, less than $1 million behind sixth-place Vijay Singh.

Scottie Scheffler captures season-long Aon Risk Reward challenge, $1 million prize

Scheffler earned some extra money because of his season-long performance.

Scottie Scheffler has another million reasons to smile after his thrilling PGA Tour regular season.

He claimed the season-long Aon Risk Reward challenge and the corresponding $1 million prize, it was announced Tuesday. That’s on top of the $4 million he earned Sunday for finishing first in the The Comcast Business Tour Top 10, both of which are bonus money on top of the record money he has already earned.

It has been a season to remember for Scheffler, who has won four times, including capturing his first major title, the Masters. He remains first in the FedEx Cup standings as the playoffs get underway Thursday at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

“I love this competition because you have to string together really good scores on some of the most challenging holes in golf – testing your ability and rewarding you for making better decisions,” Scheffler said. “I am excited to win the Aon Risk Reward Challenge as it recognizes the work that my team and I put in throughout the season.”

The Challenge is based around chosen holes at Tour stops throughout the year and designed to test a player’s strategy on what are considered some of the most challenging holes a player will face week to week. For every participating event, a player’s best two scores on the designated hole counts towards the season-long leaderboard. Scheffler had 29 birdies and three eagles on eligible holes this season.

Scheffler has earned $13.176 million thus far this year. Add in the bonus money, that’s $18.176 million. He also has a chance to add another $18 million if he wins the FedEx Cup Playoffs, plus whatever earnings he gets in the next three tournaments.

Safe to say Scheffler’s strong play has paid off for his wallet.

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Why Sungjae Im has a million reasons to be happy with T-2 finish at Wyndham Championship

Sungjae Im earned a $1 million bonus while Hideki Matsuyama, who got bounced to 11th, gets a pat on the back.

Sungjae Im didn’t win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, but he had a million reasons to be happy with finishing tied for second.

That’s because he’s $1 million richer as he vaulted into the top 10 in the FedEx Cup point standings at the end of the regular season. Im, who entered the week at No. 15 in the season points race, picked up 245 FedEx Cup points to improve to 10^th, 35 points ahead of Hideki Matsuyama, who got bounced to No. 11.

The Comcast Business Tour Top 10 rewards the top-10 finishers with $20 million in shared bonuses for their performance during the regular season. Scottie Scheffler earned a cool $4 million for finishing No. 1 in the points standings. By vaulting into the top 10, Im, who won the Shriners Hospital’s Open in October, collected an extra $1 million in his bank account while Matsuyama gets a pat on the back but no cash for finishing 11^th in the regular season.

Had Im finished third or even in a three-way tie for second, they would have flipped spots and Im wouldn’t have won the bonus money. He made a birdie at 16 to move into a share of second, then got some help when John Huh made bogey at 17 to drop back to third. A bogey at the last by Im and par by Huh meant the two tied for runner-up, five strokes behind winner Tom Kim.

Will Zalatoris, who started the week at No. 11, was the only other player in the field who had a chance to crash the top 10 and make some bonus money. But he finished T-21 in the regular season finale, and Im leapfrogged Zalatoris.

It was an impressive rally by Im, who finished T-2 in his two final starts (3M Open and Wyndham Championship) to climb into the top 10, and he expressed his pleasure after the round.

“Finishing Top-10 in the season on the PGA Tour is definitely an honor, and I’m happy with it,” Im said, “but still got three Playoff events remaining and I’m going to focus on playing well.”

Here’s the top 10 at the conclusion of the FedEx Cup regular season point standings.

Scottie Scheffler, $4 million
Cameron Smith, $3 million
Sam Burns, $2.4 million
Xander Schauffele, $2.2 million
Patrick Cantlay, $2 million
Rory McIlroy, $1.7 million
Tony Finau, $1.4 million
Justin Thomas, $1.2 million
Cameron Young, $1.1 million
Sungjae Im, $1 million

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A few things to know about the PGA Tour schedule in 2022

New media-rights deals kick off in January and a few tournaments have new dates.

The calendar has flipped and we leave 2021 in the rearview mirror. Bring on 2022.

So what’s new and different in the new year for the PGA Tour?

There’s a new TV and streaming deal in place, so keep that smart TV remote handy. There’s a few tournaments with new dates on the calendar—but the Waste Management Phoenix Open will still ride shotgun with the Super Bowl. And the two major men’s tours are co-sanctioning an event for the first time.

There’s still some familiarity with the schedule. The Players will be in March, the Masters is a fixture in early April, the PGA Championship returns to May for the third time in the last four years, the U.S. Open has its traditional spot in June and all eyes will be on the Old Course for the Open Championship in July.

But there’s plenty of other changes to note, so check them out here.