Scottie Scheffler is well on his way to winning another PGA Tour money title.With his lopsided eight-shot victory in the FedEx St. Jude Classic on Aug. 16 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Scheffler earned $3.6 million and passed the $20 million mark in earnings for the fourth year in a row.He can’t be overtaken this week at the BMW Championship at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, since he has a lead of more than $6 million over Cameron Young and the purse is the same as St. Jude, $20 million overall and $3.6 million for the winner.Two more decent performances, at the BMW and the Tour Championship Aug. 27-30 at East Lake in Atlanta ($40 million purse, $10 million for the winner) should enable Scheffler to win the money title for a fifth year in a row.Young, Fitzpatrick in battle for secondYoung doesn’t have much a lead in the bankroll department over his next nearest rival, topping third-place Matt Fitzpatrick by less than $185,000.However, it’s only a two-way battle for second this week. Wyndham Clark, in fourth, is $3,666,296 behind Young, which means the best he can hope for is third, with a victory and if Fitzpatrick finishes at or near the bottom of the 50-player field.Clark did accomplish one goal: He became the fourth PGA Tour player to top $10 million in earnings with his tie for fifth at St. Jude, and a check for $760,000.Si Woo Kim, who tied Clark, passed $9 million and Sam Burns, who tied for third and took home $1.16 million, jumped past the $8 million mark to join Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy.There are 112 players who have earned $1 million or more this season, a number that won’t increase until the FedEx Cup Fall events, since anyone making less than $1 million isn’t in the BMW Championship field. Jordan Smith became the 67th player with $2 million or more with a tie for 55th and a check for $45,600 at Southwind.PGA Tour money leadersThrough FedEx St. Jude Classic1. Scottie Scheffler $20,511,2742. Cameron Young $14,302,4823. Matt Fitzpatrick $14,118,0664. Wyndham Clark $10,636,1865. Si Woo Kim $9,610,9436. Sam Burns $8,743,5397. Collin Morikawa $8,601,7118. Rory McIlroy $8,506,6069. Chris Gotterup $7,882,21810. Jacob Bridgeman $7,678,36411. Akshay Bhatia $7,514,79812. Xander Schauffele $7,275,22513. Tommy Fleetwood $6,984,60414. Ludvig Åberg $6,835,27115. Viktor Hovland $6,371,32616. Kristoffer Reitan $6,227,73917. Russell Henley $6,019,83418. Ryan Gerard $5,987,89819. J.T. Poston $5,752,02920. Min Woo Lee $5,693,25221. Hideki Matsuyama $5,526,45622. Ryan Fox $5,468,65823. Alex Smalley $5,118,90724. Aaron Rai $5,094,60125. Kurt Kitayama $5,047,15826. Justin Rose $4,939,35527. J.J. Spaun $4,878,90828. Rickie Fowler $4,870,73629. Nicolai Højgaard $4,822,86830. Tom Kim $4,663,710This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Scottie Scheffler’s victory gives him commanding PGA Tour money lead
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