ST. LOUIS — Scottie Scheffler is on the cusp of a PGA Tour record Tiger Woods has held for more than 26 years.
It’s also mark that means next to nothing to the current longtime No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking because of so many factors in play.
Scheffler is coming off the 21st victory of his PGA Tour career, all in the past five years. Last weekend’s win in the St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis was worth $3.6 million, the fifth time this year he has earned $2 million or more. That brought him to within $1,034,756 of surpassing Woods on the career earnings list.
He could do that with a three-way tie for third in the BMW Championship, the second tournament in the FedEx Cup playoffs that tees off Thursday in St. Louis. Just don’t look for any sparkling wine, much less a celebration. Prize money began to soar because of Woods, and it spiked with the arrival of the rival LIV Golf League four years ago. It was a matter of time.
Besides, that’s not the way Scheffler keeps score.