As several other high-profile players left for LIV Golf—which is currently broiled in all kinds of chaos as it looks to find new investors—Scottie Scheffler remained a mainstay on the PGA Tour.
That decision has paid off for him in more ways than one. Scheffler has earned four consecutive PGA Tour of the Year awards and is a strong contender to rack up his fifth. He’s currently the No. 1 golfer in the world, and he just made a cool $10 million after winning the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, securing his second FedEx Cup in three years.
The victory propelled Scheffler past Tiger Woods as the PGA Tour’s all-time highest earner. Woods, who had been atop the tour’s all-time earnings leaderboard for 26 straight years, has made about $121 million over his career. Scheffler now sits at $130.4 million in on-course earnings.
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Scheffler became just the fourth player to earn multiple Tour Championship victories, joining Woods (who’s won three), Rory McIlroy (three), and Phil Mickelson (two).
Over this season, Scheffler has made about $30.94 million for the 2026 PGA Tour season. He only won a single event during the regular season, which is fewer than he has in previous years. However, over his first 17 starts, he had five runner-up finishes and finished in the top five 11 times, meaning he was earning big money pretty steadily.
Once the playoffs began, Scheffler found another gear. He won the FedEx St. Jude Championship by eight shots, and his four-stroke victory at the Tour Championship came after entering the final round three shots behind runner-up Viktor Hovland.
The Tour Championship victory is also a big day for Scheffler’s caddie, Ted Scott. As you might imagine, caddying for the world’s top golfer can prove to be quite lucrative.
Traditionally, a golfer will pay an elite caddie 10% of their prize money for a win, 7% for a top-10 finish, and 5% for other made cuts. This payment is in addition to a weekly base salary and any other bonuses the golfer deems fit.
With a $10 million top prize out of a $40 million Tour Championship purse, that means Scott likely made about $1 million from this win alone. We estimate his total tournament bonuses for the year to be about $2.58 million.
That figure doesn’t include his weekly salary, endorsements, or any additional private bonuses received from Scheffler. And it excludes Scheffler’s separate FedEx Cup bonus money; the PGA Tour pays incentives for season accomplishments.
Adding in those numbers, which are private, might push Scott’s earnings close to $3 million for the year. His $2.58 million in bonuses alone is above what the average PGA Tour golfer made this season.
Scott has been a successful caddie for quite some time, working with Bubba Watson for 15 years and serving on Watson’s bag for Masters wins in 2012 and 2014. That duo parted ways in 2021, and Scott was thinking about quitting full-time caddying before Scheffler asked if he wanted a gig with him.
Scheffler’s first PGA Tour win came in February 2022. Scott has been with him every step of the way. Now, the golfer is the all-time leader in career earnings. He’s only 30 years old, so there are likely millions of more dollars coming in future seasons, both for Scheffler AND Scott.