Scottie Scheffler is well on his way to winning another PGA Tour money title.
With his lopsided eight-shot victory in the FedEx St. Jude Classic on Aug. 16 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Scheffler earned $3.6 million and passed the $20 million mark in earnings for the fourth year in a row.
He can't be overtaken this week at the BMW Championship at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, since he has a lead of more than $6 million over Cameron Young and the purse is the same as St. Jude, $20 million overall and $3.6 million for the winner.
Two more decent performances, at the BMW and the Tour Championship Aug. 27-30 at East Lake in Atlanta ($40 million purse, $10 million for the winner) should enable Scheffler to win the money title for a fifth year in a row.
Young, Fitzpatrick in battle for second
Young doesn't have much a lead in the bankroll department over his next nearest rival, topping third-place Matt Fitzpatrick by less than $185,000.
However, it's only a two-way battle for second this week. Wyndham Clark, in fourth, is $3,666,296 behind Young, which means the best he can hope for is third, with a victory and if Fitzpatrick finishes at or near the bottom of the 50-player field.
Clark did accomplish one goal: He became the fourth PGA Tour player to top $10 million in earnings with his tie for fifth at St. Jude, and a check for $760,000.
Si Woo Kim, who tied Clark, passed $9 million and Sam Burns, who tied for third and took home $1.16 million, jumped past the $8 million mark to join Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy.
There are 112 players who have earned $1 million or more this season, a number that won't increase until the FedEx Cup Fall events, since anyone making less than $1 million isn't in the BMW Championship field. Jordan Smith became the 67th player with $2 million or more with a tie for 55th and a check for $45,600 at Southwind.
PGA Tour money leaders
Through FedEx St. Jude Classic
- 1. Scottie Scheffler $20,511,274
- 2. Cameron Young $14,302,482
- 3. Matt Fitzpatrick $14,118,066
- 4. Wyndham Clark $10,636,186
- 5. Si Woo Kim $9,610,943
- 6. Sam Burns $8,743,539
- 7. Collin Morikawa $8,601,711
- 8. Rory McIlroy $8,506,606
- 9. Chris Gotterup $7,882,218
- 10. Jacob Bridgeman $7,678,364
- 11. Akshay Bhatia $7,514,798
- 12. Xander Schauffele $7,275,225
- 13. Tommy Fleetwood $6,984,604
- 14. Ludvig Åberg $6,835,271
- 15. Viktor Hovland $6,371,326
- 16. Kristoffer Reitan $6,227,739
- 17. Russell Henley $6,019,834
- 18. Ryan Gerard $5,987,898
- 19. J.T. Poston $5,752,029
- 20. Min Woo Lee $5,693,252
- 21. Hideki Matsuyama $5,526,456
- 22. Ryan Fox $5,468,658
- 23. Alex Smalley $5,118,907
- 24. Aaron Rai $5,094,601
- 25. Kurt Kitayama $5,047,158
- 26. Justin Rose $4,939,355
- 27. J.J. Spaun $4,878,908
- 28. Rickie Fowler $4,870,736
- 29. Nicolai Højgaard $4,822,868
- 30. Tom Kim $4,663,710
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Scottie Scheffler's victory gives him commanding PGA Tour money lead