Scottie Scheffler cruises to the FedEx Cup in the Tour Championship and pays another $25 million to increase your 2024 earnings to $62 million

Scottie Scheffler’s wildly profitable 2024 continued Sunday at the Tour Championship in Florida, where he cruised to the FedEx Cup title with a sensational 30-under par to secure the $25 million.

Collin Morikawa (-26) earns $12.5 million for his second place finish, while Sahith Theegala (-24) was third with $7.5 million.

Scheffler already won Olympic gold and a Masters green jacket in 2024, and now he’s nearly doubling his total earnings of nearly $62 million per season.

According to calculations by CBS’ Kyle Porter, Scheffler would make $3.3 million per tournament in 2024, $830,000 per round and $12,000 per shot.

It was his best year since Tiger Woods won eight times in 2006, including six in a row and two majors, all while dealing with the death of his father. Scheffler’s eight victories included the Masters, The Players Championship, an Olympic gold medal and the Tour Championship, which eventually led to the FedEx Cup.

His seven PGA Tour titles are the most since Woods in 2007.

“We look back at 2024 and it’s clearly one of the best single years a player has had in a long time,” Rory McIlroy said.

It was the third year in a row that Scheffler entered East Lake in the top spot, meaning he entered the tournament at 10 under par by two shots. Two years ago, he lost a six-shot lead in the final round to McIlroy.

Scheffler led by at least five shots after each round. But there was a painful moment when the storm clouds began to threaten. He made two straight bogeys, one from the bunker on the par-4 eighth hole with a clean drive. Morikawa birdied the seven-shot deficit he faced after two holes to just two shots with 10 holes to play.

And then it was over.

Scheffler hit his tee shot to 5 feet on the par-3 ninth for birdie. He hit the wedge to 3 feet on No. 10 for birdie and then passed out on a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 11th.

Just like that, his lead returned to five shots. And when he holed a 15-foot Kotkan Putt on the 14th hole, it was a matter of finishing.

Scheffler referred to the FedEx Cup as a season-long competition as “stupid” because it all came down to the final week at East Lake. There was no doubt that the FedEx Cup had a most fitting champion.

Scheffler finished in the top ten just three times in his 19 starts. He had two runner-up finishes and seven PGA Tour titles.

“He’s the guy that wins every single week,” Justin Thomas said. “I don’t think people realize how hard it is to do when you’re expected to win, when you’re the favorite to win, when every single thing you do is scrutinized — for better or for worse” on the golf course, and how hard it is to get into your own little area and your own little world and really just shut up noise.