Scheffler Wins Second FedExCup, Passes Tiger Woods on Career Money List

ATLANTA, Scottie Scheffler came to East Lake on Sunday three shots back and left with everything worth taking. A second FedExCup. A $10 million check. And, for good measure, Tiger Woods' spot at the top of the PGA Tour's all-time career earnings list, where Woods had sat for 26 years.

According to a recap published by NBC Sports, Scheffler shot a 4-under 66 in the final round of the Tour Championship, caught and passed second- and third-round leader Viktor Hovland, and won by three strokes. The victory was his third of the 2026 season and the 22nd of his career.

The start of the comeback was hard to miss. CBS Sports reported that Scheffler signaled his intentions on the par-3 second hole, sticking a 5-iron to within 2 inches of the cup from 211 yards. He caught Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, took the outright lead for the first time on the 13th, and never gave it back.

Hovland, to his credit, didn't fold quietly. Golf Monthly's live updates noted that he was still making run after run on putts down the stretch, only to watch them graze edges and stay out. By the 17th, when Hovland could only make bogey, the math was finished. Scheffler parred 18 for a three-shot win.

The company Scheffler now keeps is short. Per NBC Sports, he joins Tiger Woods (2007, 2009) and Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022) as the only players with multiple FedExCup titles. He won his first two years ago.

The money record deserves a sentence of its own. According to Yahoo Sports, the $10 million winner's share pushed Scheffler's career total to $130,390,661, moving him past Woods, who had held the top spot for more than a quarter-century. The PGA Tour now counts the Tour Championship's $40 million purse as official money, which helped compress the timeline on what was already an inevitable chase.

The 2026 season had a strange shape for someone supposed to be the best player in the world. CBS Sports noted that after winning the American Express in January, Scheffler went 210 days without a victory, a stretch that included five runner-up finishes. He tied for the most second-place finishes in a season in the last 40 years. One of those runner-ups came at the Travelers Championship in June, where Hovland beat him in a playoff. Sunday was the direct response.

Where this fits in the larger Scheffler story is worth a moment. Per Golf Channel, Scheffler has now won the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year four straight years. One more would tie Woods for most consecutive. He's 30 years old.

Next stop for the world No. 1 is the Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club, September 22-27, where NBC Sports reports he'll lead the U.S. team. Six more captain's picks are due Tuesday.

For Hovland, who led by three heading into Sunday and shot 72, it's another near-miss in a season that had plenty. For Scheffler, it's another trophy, another record, and another year of quiet, relentless dominance that the sport keeps struggling to find new words for.

Sources cited:
- NBC Sports (https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/2026-tour-championship-recap)
- CBS Sports (https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/tour-championship-leaderboard-2026-live-updates-fedex-cup-playoffs-round-4/live/)
- Yahoo Sports (https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/scottie-scheffler-wins-tour-championship-215025898.html)
- Golf Monthly (https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/live/tour-championship-leaderboard-2026-live-updates)
- Golf Channel (https://www.golfchannel.com/pga-tour/news/scottie-scheffler-captures-another-fedex-cup-tour-championship)