{"id":59327,"date":"2026-09-01T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/59327\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:55:12","slug":"scottie-scheffler-sets-new-pga-tour-record-by-achieving-feat-no-other-player-in-history-has-managed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/59327\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler sets new PGA Tour record by achieving feat no other player in history has managed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler finished his 2026 PGA Tour season in style on Sunday at East Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler won the Tour Championship by three strokes after shooting a final-round 66, and he secured his second FedEx Cup trophy in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old world number one ended the PGA Tour season with three wins.<\/p>\n<p>While that represents somewhat of a drop-off for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/scottie-scheffler\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98399\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottie Scheffler<\/a>, his numbers are actually even better than last season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2292624198-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler reacts to his putt on the 18th hole at East Lake during the third round of the Tour Championship\" class=\"wp-image-2611850\" \/>Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He recorded the lowest ever scoring average in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/pga-tour\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98401\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a> history this season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/scottie-scheffler-moves-ahead-of-jack-nicklaus-on-one-all-time-pga-tour-list-with-tour-championship-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scheffler is now fifth on the all-time PGA Tour win percentage list<\/a>, behind only Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/tour-championship\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"99036\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour Championship<\/a> on Sunday, though, Scheffler achieved a feat that no other player in history has managed.<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler sets new PGA Tour record<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to argue that Scheffler is already one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>In order to become one of the best four or five golfers of all-time, though, he will need to continue doing what he\u2019s doing for the next 5-10 years.<\/p>\n<p>MORE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>That said, he has already broken two PGA Tour records.<\/p>\n<p>However, one of them is far more meaningful than the other.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2292317244-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler holds the FedEx Cup trophy after winning the Tour Championship\" class=\"wp-image-2612346\" \/>Photo by David J. Griffin\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/how-scottie-schefflers-pga-tour-prize-money-compares-to-tiger-woods-after-becoming-all-time-leader\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scheffler became the career money leader on the PGA Tour<\/a> on Sunday, but that one doesn\u2019t hold that much weight, considering the recent purse increases.<\/p>\n<p>However, another record that he has now broken does have genuine meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler\u2019s win at the Tour Championship on Sunday saw him top the money list for the fifth consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p>Even Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus were unable to manage that.<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler continues to dominate<\/p>\n<p>Topping the PGA Tour money list for five consecutive seasons is a record that Scottie Scheffler can be truly proud of.<\/p>\n<p>It is evidence of his remarkably consistent brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>The worrying thing for his rivals is that he doesn\u2019t seem to be slowing down either.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a good chance that in 10 years\u2019 time, we will be talking about Scottie Scheffler as one of the genuine greats of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The world number one just needs to remain hungry to keep getting better and there is no doubt that he will end up compiling one of the most successful PGA Tour careers of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Scottie Scheffler finished his 2026 PGA Tour season in style on Sunday at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[144,208],"class_list":["post-59327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scottie-scheffler","tag-pga-tour","tag-scottie-scheffler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}