13 mind-blowing cash stats behind Scottie Scheffler’s historic season

There’s by no means a foul time for a historic season, however Scottie Scheffler’s profession yr was unquestionably well-timed.

Some day, golf historians will look again at Scheffler’s ascent to World No. 1 as the dual flame to the explosion of golf’s cash period. And after they take a look at that ascent, their conversations will start with the 2024 season.

Scheffler received eight instances in ’24, together with a Masters victory, an Olympic gold medal, and a season-closing triumph on the big-money Tour Championship. These are gaudy numbers, earned at lofty occasions, however someway they underlie essentially the most spectacular variety of Scheffler’s 2024: the one staring again from his checking account.

The World No. 1 earned greater than $62 million in 2024, together with bonuses from the FedEx Cup Playoffs and Comcast Enterprise Prime 10. That’s the highest-earning season in PGA Tour historical past, a quantity two instances greater than the next-highest earner on the PGA Tour (Xander Schauffele, $29 million) and dwarfing even essentially the most worthwhile seasons within the the rest of the PGA Tour’s five-decade historical past.

Certainly, solely the bloated (and nonetheless largely unofficial) signing bonuses of LIV Golf can evaluate to Scheffler’s earnings in a single season, and even then, the numbers don’t fairly evaluate. Together with his $25 million payday from the Tour Championship, no one can declare to have received as a lot cash in a single season from competing in golf tournaments within the historical past of the game. And, actually, the numbers aren’t even significantly shut.

With that in thoughts, let’s dive into a few of the craziest numbers from the yr that was for Scheffler.

13 mind-blowing cash stats from Scottie Scheffler’s 2024 season

$62,228,357: Scottie Scheffler’s official on-course earnings from the 2024 PGA Tour season.

7: Complete variety of gamers in PGA Tour historical past who’ve earned greater than Scheffler’s 2024 earnings of their complete profession. (Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Jordan Spieth.)

$3,275,176.68: Scheffler’s earnings per event begin in 2024.

$818,794.11: Scheffler’s earnings per event spherical in 2024.

$12,039.32: Scheffler’s earnings per shot in 2024.

$37,500: Scheffler’s on-course earnings from profitable Olympic gold, paid out by the U.S. Olympic Committee.

$37,500: Scheffler’s smallest event paycheck of the 2024 season.

190: Gamers on the PGA Tour cash checklist who earned much less in 2024 than Scottie Scheffler’s event common earnings.

48: Gamers on the PGA Tour cash checklist who earned extra in 2024 than Scottie Scheffler’s event common.

$61,729,067: Complete cumulative earnings of the underside 142 gamers on the PGA Tour cash checklist in 2024.

Which means: Scottie Scheffler earned extra in 2024 than the underside 142 gamers on the PGA Tour cash checklist … mixed.

$5,734,031: Jack Nicklaus’ profession on-course earnings.

476: The variety of pictures it took Scottie Scheffler to cross Jack Nicklaus’ profession on-course earnings in 2024, when averaging Scheffler’s earnings over the whole season.

7: Variety of rounds, precisely, it took Scottie Scheffler to cross Jack Nicklaus’ profession on-course earnings in 2024, when averaging Scheffler’s earnings over the whole season.

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James Colgan

Golf.com Editor

James Colgan is a information and options editor at GOLF, writing tales for the web site and journal. He manages the Scorching Mic, GOLF’s media vertical, and makes use of his on-camera expertise throughout the model’s platforms. Previous to becoming a member of GOLF, James graduated from Syracuse College, throughout which era he was a caddie scholarship recipient (and astute looper) on Lengthy Island, the place he’s from. He will be reached at james.colgan@golf.com.