When fans talk about professional golf these days, it doesn’t take long for the conversation to move to the PGA Tour’s battle for supremacy against LIV Golf.
While the PGA Tour still holds an advantage in the talent department, there’s no doubting the financial power LIV wields thanks to their backing from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Even commissioner Jay Monahan has admitted he can’t compete financially with his LIV Golf adversaries, but that doesn’t mean the players on Tour are playing for peanuts.
While Scottie Scheffler set a season-long record with $14,046,910 in earnings, 126 players made more than $1 million in the Tour’s 2021-22 season, with the Tour reporting a player average of $1,621,221 in on-course earnings. Another 37 players made more than $500,000.
Check out just how much money the top players on Tour made this season.
More money: PGA Tour all-time money list
1. Scottie Scheffler - $14,046,910
After the U.S. Open, with 10 events left on the Tour’s schedule, Scheffler set a new record for most official money earned in a PGA Tour season. Thanks to a Tour-best four wins, Scheffler earned $14,046,910 total, a whopping $4 million clear of second.
2. Cameron Smith - $10,107,897
Smith earned massive wins at the British Open and Players Championship this season, and was one of the FedEx Cup favorites entering the playoffs, where reports broke that he’d be soon joining LIV Golf. Smith didn’t exactly deny his reported involvement with LIV, where he’d reportedly make 10-times what he earned this season, his best on Tour.
3. Will Zalatoris - $9,405,082
Zalatoris earned his long-anticipated first win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to cap an impressive start to his professional career. A back injury has sidelined the rising star for the last two weeks, and the young American will also miss out on next month’s Presidents Cup, where he would have been a top contender as a captain’s pick.
4. Patrick Cantlay - $9,369,605
Cantlay became the first player to ever defend a title in a FedEx Cup Playoff event and is in a great position to defend his FedEx Cup title as well entering the Tour Championship at East Lake. Cantlay also won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with teammate Xander Schauffele back in April.
5. Rory McIlroy - $8,654,566
This year was big for McIlroy, who had just as many wins as missed cuts (two). You could even argue the Northern Irishman should’ve bagged a few more trophies with close calls at the Masters (2nd), Wells Fargo (5th), PGA Championship (8th), U.S. Open (T-5) and British Open (3rd).
6. Xander Schauffele - $7,427,299
One of three players to win three times on Tour this season, second most behind Scheffler, Schauffele claimed the Zurich with Cantlay, the Travelers in June and the loaded Genesis Scottish Open in July. His $7,427,299 in earnings is $2 million more than his last best season in 2019.
7. Sam Burns - $7,073,986
The 2021-22 season was a coming out party for Burns. The other three-time winner alongside Smith and Schauffle, Burns won the Sanderson Farms in the fall and defended his title via a playoff at the Valspar Championship in March. He added the Charles Schwab in May, also in a playoff. He’ll make his Presidents Cup debut next month for Team USA.
8. Matt Fitzpatrick - $7,012,672
Fitzpatrick had a strong year and still earned nearly half his winnings for the year from his U.S. Open victory ($3,150,000). Not only that, Fitzpatrick’s major championship winnings were more than he had ever won for an entire season on Tour ($2,252,351 in 2021).
9. Justin Thomas - $6,829,576
Another major win, another top-10 showing on the money list. Thomas won his second PGA Championship in May via a playoff with Zalatoris. His $6,829,576 for 2021-22 is fourth-best of his career. His best season, you ask? That’d be when he was a five-time winner in 2017 to earn $9,921,560.
10. Cameron Young - $6,520,598
In his first full season on Tour, Young has finished runner up five times with 17 made cuts. Like his buddy Zalatoris, he’s constantly in the mix and will feature on these lists for years to come.
Nos. 11-100
| Position | Player | Events | Prize money |
| 11 | Tony Finau | 24 | $6,117,886 |
| 12 | Hideki Matsuyama | 20 | $5,776,298 |
| 13 | Sungjae Im | 25 | $5,567,974 |
| 14 | Max Homa | 23 | $5,289,842 |
| 15 | Jon Rahm | 18 | $5,248,220 |
| 16 | Joaquin Niemann | 23 | $5,076,060 |
| 17 | Jordan Spieth | 21 | $5,018,444 |
| 18 | Billy Horschel | 21 | $4,940,600 |
| 19 | Viktor Hovland | 20 | $4,868,461 |
| 20 | Collin Morikawa | 18 | $4,837,271 |
| 21 | Sepp Straka | 32 | $4,722,434 |
| 22 | Tom Hoge | 31 | $4,310,046 |
| 23 | Scott Stallings | 30 | $3,933,593 |
| 24 | Corey Conners | 24 | $3,876,590 |
| 25 | Kevin Kisner | 24 | $3,757,424 |
| 26 | Talor Gooch | 22 | $3,718,990 |
| 27 | Keegan Bradley | 25 | $3,623,137 |
| 28 | Shane Lowry | 18 | $3,616,679 |
| 29 | Aaron Wise | 23 | $3,454,521 |
| 30 | K.H. Lee | 27 | $3,347,180 |
| 31 | J.T. Poston | 29 | $3,292,443 |
| 32 | Brian Harman | 26 | $3,226,839 |
| 33 | Davis Riley | 29 | $3,190,793 |
| 34 | Sahith Theegala | 31 | $3,124,668 |
| 35 | Seamus Power | 26 | $3,100,241 |
| 36 | Anirban Lahiri | 24 | $3,084,598 |
| 37 | Keith Mitchell | 26 | $3,068,341 |
| 38 | Cameron Tringale | 29 | $3,050,519 |
| 39 | J.J. Spaun | 29 | $2,951,152 |
| 40 | Adam Scott | 19 | $2,913,198 |
| 41 | Denny McCarthy | 29 | $2,882,771 |
| 42 | Tommy Fleetwood | 17 | $2,874,008 |
| 43 | Tyrrell Hatton | 19 | $2,849,792 |
| 44 | Russell Henley | 22 | $2,837,505 |
| 45 | Joohyung Kim | 11 | $2,824,580 |
| 46 | Mito Pereira | 27 | $2,797,925 |
| 47 | Luke List | 28 | $2,734,720 |
| 48 | Maverick McNealy | 27 | $2,689,754 |
| 49 | Adam Hadwin | 26 | $2,574,396 |
| 50 | Lucas Herbert | 20 | $2,558,440 |
| 51 | Kurt Kitayama | 24 | $2,547,912 |
| 52 | Sebastián Muñoz | 25 | $2,545,121 |
| 53 | Brendan Steele | 23 | $2,531,909 |
| 54 | Chris Kirk | 25 | $2,408,913 |
| 55 | Jason Kokrak | 19 | $2,339,960 |
| 56 | Taylor Pendrith | 21 | $2,330,840 |
| 57 | Harold Varner III | 23 | $2,294,141 |
| 58 | Mackenzie Hughes | 27 | $2,276,212 |
| 59 | Si Woo Kim | 29 | $2,234,151 |
| 60 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 24 | $2,233,289 |
| 61 | Trey Mullinax | 28 | $2,172,365 |
| 62 | Emiliano Grillo | 28 | $2,094,647 |
| 63 | Matt Kuchar | 20 | $2,051,300 |
| 64 | Marc Leishman | 23 | $2,015,561 |
| 65 | Gary Woodland | 23 | $1,992,732 |
| 66 | Cam Davis | 25 | $1,989,011 |
| 67 | Alex Noren | 22 | $1,971,531 |
| 68 | Lucas Glover | 28 | $1,941,796 |
| 69 | Andrew Putnam | 30 | $1,920,393 |
| 70 | Matt Jones | 20 | $1,914,560 |
| 71 | Chez Reavie | 28 | $1,908,670 |
| 72 | Troy Merritt | 26 | $1,906,304 |
| 73 | Abraham Ancer | 18 | $1,777,504 |
| 74 | Daniel Berger | 12 | $1,769,539 |
| 75 | Taylor Moore | 28 | $1,751,237 |
| 76 | Paul Casey | 7 | $1,740,282 |
| 77 | Lanto Griffin | 23 | $1,717,566 |
| 78 | Beau Hossler | 23 | $1,716,430 |
| 79 | Hudson Swafford | 21 | $1,714,926 |
| 80 | Joel Dahmen | 26 | $1,712,942 |
| 81 | Russell Knox | 28 | $1,683,424 |
| 82 | Brendon Todd | 25 | $1,659,052 |
| 83 | John Huh | 26 | $1,631,948 |
| 84 | Alex Smalley | 30 | $1,631,567 |
| 85 | Wyndham Clark | 30 | $1,544,055 |
| 86 | Matthew NeSmith | 28 | $1,539,142 |
| 87 | Matthew Wolff | 16 | $1,485,181 |
| 88 | Brandon Wu | 26 | $1,472,515 |
| 89 | Justin Rose | 18 | $1,426,994 |
| 90 | Lee Hodges | 29 | $1,377,251 |
| 91 | Adam Long | 28 | $1,364,131 |
| 92 | Kevin Streelman | 27 | $1,354,092 |
| 93 | Doug Ghim | 29 | $1,347,458 |
| 94 | Aaron Rai | 28 | $1,346,601 |
| 95 | Adam Schenk | 32 | $1,339,523 |
| 96 | Patrick Rodgers | 27 | $1,327,382 |
| 97 | Brooks Koepka | 16 | $1,317,085 |
| 98 | C.T. Pan | 24 | $1,313,259 |
| 99 | Hayden Buckley | 30 | $1,303,036 |
| 100 | Stephan Jaeger | 31 | $1,289,503 |
