Scottie Scheffler is going to earn a whopping $18 million dollars on Sunday by sitting on his couch. Well, we don’t know if he’ll actually be sitting there watching the Wyndham Championship, he’ll likely be out hitting balls getting ready for the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Still, he’s going to pocket nearly $20 million in two bonuses that come with being the best player in the regular season.
The World No. 1 hasn’t played since he lifted the claret jug at Royal Portrush after winning the British Open, his second major this year and fourth of his career. He took off last week’s 3M Open and this week’s last regular season event at Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina.
The two bonuses are essentially the same but framed a little differently. Earlier this year the PGA Tour’s Policy Board approved changes that allowed the top 10 players in FedEx Cup points after the Wyndham Championship to split $20 million, with the No. 1 player earning $10 million. There’s the first $10 million in Scheffler’s pocket this week.
The tour also has the Comcast Business Top 10 standings which essentially goes to the top 10 in FedEx Cup points after the Wyndham. No. 1 on that list, of course, is Scheffler and that person will earn $8 million.
There’s the $18 million.
The winner of four events this year, including the British Open and PGA Championship, is likely to collect a few more bucks here over the next three weeks. The top 30 players after the BMW Championship—the second playoff event—will share $23 million, with the top players earning $5 million.
The following week, the winner at East Lake for the Tour Championship will take home $10 million. While it’s clearly a ton of money, if anyone this year deserves it, it’s the guy who has only finished outside the top 20 once all season and has everyone else on tour quivering when they see his name on the leaderboard.
