Scottie Scheffler has dominated the men’s professional game in the past four years. He ascended to World No.1 in February 2022 and has been accumulating vast sums of prize money ever since, with Scheffler’s caddie also earning a healthy fortune along the way.
With 19 wins, including four Major Championships, there have been plenty of comparisons drawn between the red hot form of Scheffler and the famous period of utter dominance from Tiger Woods.
When Will Scheffler Pass Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour Earnings?
With the rate that Scheffler keeps winning appearing to gather speed rather than be slowing down, it’s hard to predict exactly when he will overtake Woods at the top of the career earnings list on the PGA Tour.
It’s pretty clear that it will happen relatively soon, barring a cataclysmic drop off in form or a significant injury, and if I was to hazard a guess I would say by the Masters in 2027 (at the latest).
There is a way that we can use some of his historic earnings to make a loose prediction, so stick with me while I talk you through my theory.
Scottie Scheffler has dominated the men’s professional game for the past four years
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Scheffler has earned just over $99 million dollars since turning professional in 2018. He didn’t earn over $1 million in a season until the 2019-2020 season, so we will take an average based on the past six seasons including that one.
Doing some very basic maths tells me that Scheffler has averaged around $16.5 million a season for the last six seasons, so based on that calculation it would take him just two more to eclipse the figure currently held by Woods.
That theory is based on the notion that Woods doesn’t add significant sums of prize money to his own total, which looks unlikely following Woods’ recent surgery and his history over the past few seasons.
There is another way to look at this, however.
Scheffler has earned at least $20 million in each of the last three seasons, with the…
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