Why Tommy Fleetwood won £11million LESS than last year’s champ Scottie Scheffler
Tommy Fleetwood finally tasted victory at a PGA Tour event on Sunday when he won the lucrative Tour Championship. But the 34-year-old earned considerably less than 2024 champion Scottie Scheffler.
Fleetwood had gone 163 Tour competitions without a win before he took to East Lake Golf Club last week. Having shared the lead into the final round, he stood firm and won by three strokes over Patrick Cantlay.
The Englishman will pocket £7.4m for his efforts, but thanks to changes in how the Tour dish out FedEx Cup prize money, he’ll be receiving far less than last year’s winner, Scheffler. The American earned £18.5million for his exploits 12 months ago.
Fleetwood has been one of the Tour’s finest shooters for some time, but had long been unable to shake his lack of a tournament win. At the FedEx St. Jude Championship earlier this month, for example, he surrendered a two-shot gap with three to play and eventually finished in third.
However, this all changed on Sunday evening, when Fleetwood was able to hang on to his lead and beat both Cantlay and Russell Henley by three strokes to secure his first-ever victory.
For his efforts, he was rewarded with the Tour Championship’s top prize of £7.4m, the richest individual reward on the PGA Tour. Though the world No. 1 was handed a substantial amount more last year. Scheffler, who has continued his golden streak into 2025 with five wins, including at The Open and US PGA Championship, won the event last year and was rewarded handsomely.
