Scottie Scheffler Wins 2026 Tour Championship, Second FedEx Cup

Scottie Scheffler closed with a 4-under 66 on Sunday to win the 2026 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, beating Viktor Hovland by three strokes to capture his second FedEx Cup and pass Tiger Woods as the PGA Tour's career money leader.

How did Scheffler close out Hovland?

Scheffler entered the final round three shots behind Hovland, who had led since Saturday. He pulled to even with Hovland by the fourth hole, dropping a 24-foot putt after a tee shot to two inches at the par-3 second. A bogey at the seventh was answered immediately with a wedge to seven feet for birdie. Scheffler moved ahead for good with a birdie at 13, stretched the margin to two at 16 with a wedge from a fairway bunker to 11 feet, and closed out the win as Hovland bogeyed the 17th. A three-shot deficit at the start of the day became a three-shot win by the end of it.

What does the win mean for the career money list?

The $10 million first prize moved Scheffler's career PGA Tour earnings to $130,390,661, ahead of Tiger Woods's $120,999,166. Woods had held the record for 26 years.

How did Scheffler's season unfold?

Scheffler won The American Express in January, then went 210 days without a victory, a stretch that included five runner-up finishes, tied for the most in a single season on Tour in the last 40 years. He broke through again at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first playoff event, before a bout of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease contributed to a T-12 finish at the BMW Championship. The Tour Championship was his third win of the year and gives him a strong claim on a fifth PGA Tour Player of the Year award.

A three-shot deficit at the start of the day became a three-shot win by the end of it.

Scheffler also finished the season with a 67.96 scoring average, the lowest mark on the PGA Tour since 1983.