Scheffler made roughly $29.2 million in earnings across the season, according to ESPN , about 9.2 percent of the $317.4 million total purse from tournaments he played in.
In 2007, Woods earned roughly $10.9 million — about 9.7 percent of the $112.5 million available in prize money.
Scheffler, 28, also pocketed a pair of massive bonuses — $25 million for winning the FedEx Cup and $8 million as the leader in the Comcast Business Tour Top 10, bringing him to $62.2 million in total earnings this year — not including endorsements or other income.
And that number will soon grow as the PGA pays out its Player Impact Program bonuses.
“If you can describe it in words, more power to you,” Scheffler said Sunday of his year. “Because I don’t think I can. All I’m trying to do is hit a good shot. This year, I’ve been able to do that a lot.”
Scheffler’s contemporaries aren’t even close.
Tiger Woods was the last golfer to win seven PGA Tour tournaments in one year, which he did in 2007. Getty Images
Soon after, ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship, Scheffler was arrested while trying to drive into Valhalla Golf Club, though charges were later dropped.
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