Comparing Scottie Scheffler's $1,000,000 Hero World Challenge win to other payouts: Golfer's biggest paychecks of 2024 explored

Scottie Scheffler won $1 million after winning the 2024 Hero World Challenge. However, the payout doesn't even rank among his top-5 earnings for the 2024 season due to its comparatively smaller purse.

The 2024 Hero World Challenge is an official event on the PGA Tour with a prize purse of $5 million. Scottie Scheffler's biggest earning came after winning the 2024 Tour Championship and becoming the FedEx Cup winner of the year. From a prize purse of $100 million, Scheffler took home an enormous share of $25 million.

Further, Scheffler won $4.5 million at the PLAYERS Championship where the prize purse was $25 million. Scheffler won $4 million at both the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial tournament. Both the tournaments had a prize purse of $20 million.

At RBC Heritage, Travelers Championship, and Masters Tournament, each with a prize purse of $20 million, the World No. 1 took home $3.6 million per win. Hero World Challenge ranks the lowest prize money in a tournament Scheffler has won in 2024.

At the RBC Heritage, Travelers Championship, and Masters Tournament, each with a $20 million prize purse, the World No. 1 earned $3.6 million per win. In comparison, the Hero World Challenge, with just a $5 million purse, had the smallest prize money among his 2024 wins apart from the Olympics men's golf event.

Let's take a look at Scottie Scheffler's earnings in PGA Tour tournaments:

1. TOUR Championship: 1st ($25,000,000)
2. THE PLAYERS Championship: 1st ($4,500,000)
3. Arnold Palmer Invitational: 1st ($4,000,000)
4. the Memorial Tournament: 1st ($4,000,000)
5. Masters Tournament: 1st ($3,600,000)
6. RBC Heritage: 1st ($3,600,000)
7. Travelers Championship: 1st ($3,600,000)
8. Hero World Challenge: 1st ($1,000,000)
9. FedEx St. Jude Championship: 4th ($960,000)
10. Charles Schwab Challenge: T2 ($809,900)
11. The Sentry: T5 ($690,500)
12. AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T6 ($642,500)
13. Texas Children's Houston Open: T2 ($553,735)
14. WM Phoenix Open: T3 ($519,200)
15. PGA Championship: T8 ($521,418)
16. The Genesis Invitational: T10 ($455,000)
17. The Open: T7 ($451,833)
18. Hero World Challenge: 1st ($1,000,000)
19. The American Express: T17 ($132,300)
20. BMW Championship: T33 ($119,667)
21. U.S. Open: T41 ($72,305)
22. Olympic Men's Golf Competition: 1st (No earnings)

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Scottie Scheffler says that he doesn't "play golf for money"

Scottie Scheffler won the 2024 Hero World Challenge with a margin of six strokes over South Korea's Tom Kim. Scheffler scored 67, 64, 69, and 63 in the four rounds of the tournament in a dominating display.

In the press conference ahead of the tournament, the 28-year-old said that he doesn't play golf for money. He said (via Golf Digest):

"As far as I'm concerned, I don't play golf for money. I've been playing golf my whole life for free. And the money's just a bonus. And so if somebody wants to pay us to come out here and play golf, then that's great. I'm not gonna say no to it. I'm gonna do the best I can in my community to steward that money well."

Scottie Scheffler has won nine tournaments this year including the Olympics and Hero World Challenge. He further said:

"And I wanna win just as bad for zero dollars as I do for whatever millions of dollars it is. The money's not my motivation. And so I don't, it's not something I think about. It's just a bonus that happens when you're out here playing tournaments. It's a very nice thing to have."

Scottie Scheffler earned $63.2 million this year, including the PGA Tour earnings and FedExCup earnings.