World No.1 Scheffler: 'I'm the Prize Money Record Breaker'

Recent 2 Consecutive Wins Bring $8.5 Million Prize Money Excitement
New Record Surpasses $50 Million in 113 Matches
LIV Golf Debut Boosts PGA Tour Prize Money Increase Effect

He surpassed the "Golf Emperor" Tiger Woods (USA).

Scottie Scheffler is smiling while holding the trophy immediately after winning The Players Championship. [Ponte Vedra Beach, USA = Photo by Reuters and Yonhap News]

This is the story of Scottie Scheffler (USA), the world No. 1. He broke the PGA Tour record for the fastest to reach $50 million in career earnings. On the 17th, at the TPC Sawgrass (par 72, 7,275 yards) in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, he successfully defended his title for the first time in history at "The Players Championship," known as the "fifth major," with a total prize fund of $25 million, earning a winner's prize of $4.5 million (about 6 billion KRW).

Scheffler increased his total earnings to $53,504,729 (about 71.6 billion KRW). The number of players who have earned more than $50 million on the PGA Tour has now risen to 15. Woods, who still holds the all-time earnings record, surpassed $50 million in 177 events. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) reached the $50 million mark in 169 events, and Jon Rahm (Spain), who moved to LIV Golf, did so in 141 events.

Scheffler broke the $50 million barrier in just 113 events, far surpassing the previous record held by Rahm. The speed at which he accumulated earnings is remarkable. Including the $4 million winner's prize from last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, he added $8.5 million in just two weeks. Scheffler's record-breaking achievement was greatly aided by the PGA Tour increasing prize money to compete with LIV Golf. Scheffler made this new earnings history with a total of eight wins.

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