Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler land HUGE cash windfall without swinging a club ahead of PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs
COM-CASH Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler land HUGE cash windfall without swinging a club ahead of PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs
FIVE-TIME major winner Rory McIlroy didn't swing a club at the Wyndham Championship.
But the Holywood hotshot still walked away with a cool $10 million.
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Scottie Scheffler landed top prize in the Top 10 Comcast and revamped FedEx Cup regular season payouts
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Rory McIlroy landed in second place on the ladder - and pocket a cool ten million bucks
While all eyes were on the final putts dropping at Sedgefield Country Club as players at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday night - it was Scottie Scheffler - and McIlroy - laughing all the way to the bank thanks to the restructured FedExCup bonus payouts.
Cam Young claimed his first tour win in the last qualifying event on Sunday evening before this week's playoffs begin at the St Jude Classic.
Scheffler, who skipped the event entirely, clinched the regular season No.1 spot, banking $18 million without striking a shot.
The world number one banked $8 million from topping the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 and another $10 million from the revamped FedExCup bonus pool.
McIlroy, meanwhile, held firm in second place on the points list and was the only other player to earn an eight-figure payday on Sunday after also opting to sit out the Wyndham Championship.
The Northern Irishman bagged a tidy $10 million for finishing runner-up in the regular season standings.
Previously, all $100 million in FedExCup bonuses were handed out based on final finishes at the Tour Championship.
But with the PGA Tour scrapping 'Starting Strokes' in favour of a traditional 72-hole stroke-play event at East Lake this year, the cash is now being dished out across three key checkpoints.
McIlroy is also well on course for another lucrative bump.
That's if he holds on to second place on the points ladder after the BMW Championship in two weeks.
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Down ace McIlroy would pocket a further $3 million before heading to the Tour Championship, where a clean win could be worth another $10 million on top.
The PGA Tour's Playoffs get underway this week with the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.
But McIlroy bizarrely is not playing in the event due to unknown reason.
A $20 million prize purse is on the line as the top 70 players from the season-long FedEx Cup standings.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler leads the betting as the red-hot favourite, while Japan's Hideki Matsuyama returns as defending champion.
A cool $3.6 million is up for grabs for whoever comes out on top on Sunday.
All the action is live on Sky Sports Golf from Thursday.
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