{"id":60501,"date":"2026-09-03T09:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/60501\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:14:53","slug":"top-ranked-scheffler-wins-10m-pga-tour-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/60501\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-ranked Scheffler wins $10M PGA Tour Championship –"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scottie Scheffler holds his son Bennett after winning the PGA Tour Championship on Sunday in Atlanta. (AP photo)<\/p>\n

ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler\u2019s second FedEx Cup title, and his 22nd victory on the PGA Tour during this astonishing five-year run, was different from all the others, even if it looked all too familiar.<\/p>\n

Scheffler celebrated with a beer.<\/p>\n

He had just closed with a 4-under 66 in the Tour Championship on Sunday — no one else from the leading six players broke par — and Scheffler had to wait for the last two groups to finish to make it official.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an open bar inside and I\u2019m like, \u2018All right, I\u2019m grabbing a beer.\u2019 It tasted great,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI don\u2019t really drink often. My wife and manager were like, \u2018Wow, I haven\u2019t seen you have a beer in a long time.\u2019 Well, season\u2019s over now. I\u2019m going to have a beer. Well-earned beer.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was no arguing that, and there\u2019s no longer a debate over who had the best season in golf.<\/p>\n

Scheffler took care of that at East Lake when he made up a three-shot deficit in four holes and pulled away to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour earnings.<\/p>\n

Scheffler signaled his rally with a 5-iron to within 2 inches of the cup on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and wound up with a three-shot victory.<\/p>\n

It was his first time with the low 72-hole score at the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n

When he won in 2024, he had a two-shot lead before the tournament began given to the No. 1 seed under the \u201cstarting strokes\u201d format. He won by four shots, even though two other players had a lower actual score. That still bugs him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re coming down the stretch of a tournament and you\u2019re tied or one shot back, it\u2019s different than when you\u2019re adding it up at the end and there\u2019s starting strokes and all that stuff,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI think having a real tournament to finish the year, where I am the winner and the lowest score at East Lake, feels like a bit more of an accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler won for the third time this year — twice in the last three weeks during the PGA Tour\u2019s postseason — to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles in 2026.<\/p>\n

Players vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year. Scheffler has won the last four years — another would tie him with Woods for most consecutive awards.<\/p>\n

Taking over the top spot in career earnings was inevitable. The $40 million purse at the Tour Championship now counts as official money. Scheffler won $10 million, pushing his career total to $130,390,661.<\/p>\n

Woods, who never played for more than a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2009, had been at the top of the career money list for nearly 26 years.<\/p>\n

It was a small slice of redemption for Scheffler, who lost in a playoff to Hovland at the Travelers Championship, one of his five runner-up finishes this year.<\/p>\n

Hovland made only one birdie and closed with a 72 to finish alone in second, worth $5 million. <\/p>\n

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Scottie Scheffler holds his son Bennett after winning the PGA Tour Championship on Sunday in Atlanta. (AP photo)<\/p>\n

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