Scottie Scheffler's going to win the PGA Tour money title after the Tour Championship Aug. 27-30 at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta unless he has a total collapse and Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick or Wyndham Clark win and take home the $10 million first-place check.
Scheffler's tie for 12th at the BMW Championship on Aug. 23 at Bellerive in St. Louis earned $426,250 and bumped his total earnings this season to $20,937,524. Young ($14,408,482), Fitzpatrick ($14,271,066) and BMW winner Clark ($14,236186) are the only players who can catch Scheffler for the money title, and they need to win for that to happen. The $5 million second-place check won't cut it.
And a victory is no guarantee. If Young, for example, wins the Tour Championship and
Scheffler finishes solo third ($3,705,000), he'd nose out Young for the money title. Scheffler is guaranteed at least $355,000 for finishing last at East Lake.
No other player can catch Scheffler. Rory McIlroy, in fourth place, has $9,866,606 and a victory doesn't get him to Scheffler's haul through the BMW.
Scheffler, McIlroy have Tiger Woods in sight
Another money milestone can fall this week. Both Scheffler and McIlroy can pass Tiger Woods on the career money list, a spot Woods has held for more than 26 years, since Feb. 13, 2000.
Woods has $120,999,166. Scheffler is a bit more than $500,000 behind at $120,390,661 and McIlroy is $3.1 million behind.
Scheffler will pass Woods if he finishes solo 13th or better at the Tour Championship ($570,000) and McIlroy will pass Woods if he finishes solo fourth or higher ($3,200,000). Both could pass him, or neither one.
If the latter happens, it wouldn't take long for Scheffler or McIlroy to catch and pass Woods early next season.
PGA Tour money leaders
Through BMW Championship
1. Scottie Scheffler $20,937,524.50
2. Cameron Young $14,408,482.00
3. Matt Fitzpatrick $14,271,066.93
4. Wyndham Clark $14,236,186.44
5. Rory McIlroy $9,866,606.00
6. Si Woo Kim $9,735,443.56
7. Collin Morikawa $9,458,378.44
8. Sam Burns $8,896,539.72
9. Chris Gotterup $8,738,885.49
10. Jacob Bridgeman $8,278,364.84
11. Akshay Bhatia $7,941,048.58
12. Xander Schauffele $7,452,725.33
13. Ludvig Åberg $7,147,271.00
14. Tommy Fleetwood $7,054,604.86
15. Viktor Hovland $6,495,826.27
16. Kristoffer Reitan $6,448,739.26
17. Russell Henley $6,446,084.78
18. Ryan Gerard $6,299,898.01
19. Patrick Cantlay $6,083,596.49
20. J.T. Poston $5,973,029.19
21. Min Woo Lee $5,763,252.32
22. Hideki Matsuyama $5,679,456.57
23. Ryan Fox $5,538,658.50
24. Alex Smalley $5,430,907.82
25. Aaron Rai $5,406,601.75
26 .Gary Woodland $5,266,378.99
27. Kurt Kitayama $5,224,658.04
28. Justin Rose $5,160,355.61
29. J.J. Spaun $5,099,908.23
30. Robert MacIntyre $5,020,887.83
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Scottie Scheffler close to another PGA Tour money title, passing Tiger Woods
