Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger and Rory in the exclusive PGA Tour club with AmEx win

Scottie Scheffler picked up where he left off in his 2026 season debut, continuing to write his name in the history books of the PGA Tour.

The world No. 1 raced away from the field at the American Express on Sunday to win by four shots to claim his 20th PGA Tour victory. With that win, Scheffler joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players in history to win four majors and 20 PGA Tour titles before the age of 30.

“Any time you can be mentioned with those guys, it means you’re doing some things right,” Scheffler said Sunday after posting 27 under to lift the trophy.

But that wasn’t the only rare atmosphere Scheffler took part in with his PGA West win.

Upon cashing the $1.656 million winner’s check, Scheffler’s career earnings on the PGA Tour surpassed the $100 million mark, joining Woods and McIlroy as the sole members of the PGA Tour’s nine-figure club. Scheffler has now officially earned $101,109,136.

Here are the top five PGA Tour money lists of all time:

1. Tiger Woods: $120,999,166
2. Rory McIlroy: $107,981,766
3. Scottie Scheffler: $101,109,136
4. Phil Mickelson: $96,727,968
5. Dustin Johnson: $75,695,066

Of course, he barely registered with that elite company with Scheffler, who was already focused on what would come next by the time he started answering questions about his new place in PGA Tour history.

“It’s pretty wild,” Scheffler told Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis after the round. “It was a great start to my career. Some nice wins here. It was special. I try not to think about those things too much. I just tried to do the things I needed to do to be prepared to come out and play this week. I’m going to go home and rinse and repeat. You know, my next start will be in Phoenix. Just go from there.”

It was Scheffler’s fourth victory in his last seven starts, dating back to his win at the Open Championship.

Since dominating the field at Royal Portrush, Scheffler has lost to a total of eight golfers. He became Win-T3-Win-T4-Win-T4-Win.

While Scheffler may be able to shake off a dominant run in which he has won 40 percent of his last 35 starts, according to Justin Rayhis competitors see it for what it is: ruthless greatness.

“I mean, just the patience and not just the belief that he has in his game, but the ability to shake off all the distractions around him,” said former world No. 1 Jason Day, who finished T2 at the American Express. “To be able to go to the golf course and play like he does.

“Very unorthodox in the way he swings the club, and it’s not like we’re watching Tiger, but he’s putting up Tiger-like numbers, even though Tiger was, you know, clearly the GOAT. Every time he hits the ball, he’s right on the lead. And that’s one of the hardest things to do, always staying hungry to the point where you’re not satisfied. Because here it’s very easy to get satisfied. You win a few times, you’re like, Well, I’m kind of relaxed and can rest for a while. And it seems like he never wants to relax. He always does his job, has to do what he has to do to prepare, and he’s always in the lead. And that’s very, very difficult, given the amount of distractions there can be, especially at number 1.