News Flash: Scottie Scheffler is the best golfer in the world, and easily the best golfer on the PGA TOUR. He won the Procure yesterday—he pocketed $1,090,000 and lifted another trophy destined for the attic—and looked almost bored doing so. He was even battling one of his Ryder Cup teammates, Ben Griffin, all day, including down the stretch. For Scheff, no sweat. He wildly missed a few fairways on Sunday, which he rarely does. No sweat. He missed a couple of putts on the back nine that we’ve seen him make over and over again all summer. No sweat. He didn’t birdie the 18th, a par-5 playing as one of the easiest holes all week. Not a bead of sweat.
How good has he played in 2025? Against his peers so far this year, here’s how he’s stacked up:
Money List: #1 – $27,659,550; #2 – Tommy Boy Fleetwood – $18,496,238
Wins: #1 – 6 total; #2 – Rory – 3 total
Scoring Average: #1 – 68.131; #2 – Rory – 69.083 (that’s nearly a stroke a round better – or four strokes better per tourney)
Top 10 Finishes: #1 – 17; #2 – Ben Griffin – 11 (Scheffler has only failed to finish Top 10 in three of the 20 tourneys he has played; Griffin has played in 29 events to reach 11 Top 10s, along the way missing 2x as many cuts as Scheffler failed to finish Top 10. How about them apples?
For giggles, let’s compare Scheffler’s 2025 season to what is considered to be Tiger’s finest, his 2000 season:
Scottie Scheffler – 2025
- 6 PGA Tour wins (including 2 majors)
- Won the PGA Championship (5-shot win) and Open Championship (4-shot win)
- Constant top-10 presence, rarely out of contention
- His scoring average was nearly one stroke better than 2nd place
Tiger Woods – 2000
- 9 PGA Tour wins (including 3 majors)
- Won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by a record 15 shots
- Went on to win the Open Championship (8 shot win) and PGA Championship, threw in The Players for good measure
- Led the tour in scoring average by 1.5 shots. Damn!
Scheffler’s year hasn’t quite reached the stratosphere of Tiger’s 2000 — no season in modern golf history has even come close, that’s until this year. In 2025, Scheffler has at least played well enough for us to compare this season to Tiger’s best. Watching him has felt less like witnessing competition and more like watching inevitability. Next up: the Ryder Cup. And the US needs Scottie to play like Scottie to regain the trophy.
Back to the Procure…
Winners & Losers from Sunday at the Procure:
- Loser (but a winner in our hearts): Ben Griffin. It was his tourney to win, and he would have had Scottie not played last week. Ben missed a six-footer on the last to send the tourney into a sudden-death playoff. Instead, he misread the break and lipped out. You were close, Ben, but close doesn’t beat World #1.
- Winner: Jackson Koivun. Amateur. On Sunday, he didn’t pocket a penny from the PGA Tour after finishing 4th – his 3rd Top 10 finish of the year, and 7th made cut out of 9 tourneys played. Sure, he didn’t light up the final round. But he also didn’t poop the bed. This kid is crazy good. When he does turn pro, he’s going to win tourneys on the PGA Tour and represent his country on cup teams. We guarantee it.
- Loser: Hayden Springer. The kid needed to secure a bundle of FedEx points this week and was in prime position to do so, right up until he finished with a 6-over 78 Sunday, and dropped 45 spots on the leaderboard. Ouch. He needs at least a couple of good finishes over the final fall stretch to keep his card for next season. If he doesn’t, he won’t soon forget the 78 he posted yesterday.
- Winner: Matt Kuchar. After a final round 6-under, 66, and a T-13 finish, he now sits 113th on the FedEx fall points list. He needs one more solid finish coming in to retain his card for next season. The silver fox is alive in the race, and we’re laying two bets on Kuchar over the next month or so. 1: He’ll find a way to keep his card. 2: He still won’t pay that caddie in Mexico what he owes him.
- Winner: Max Homa. His final round 66 helped him jump 27 spots on the leaderboard to finish T-19. Max is playing better golf. We’re hopeful he can regain his 2019-2024 form and regain relevancy on tour.
2025 Procore Championship Payouts
| Pos. | Pos. | Pos. | Pos. |
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -19 | $1,080,000 |
| 2 | Ben Griffin | -18 | $654,000 |
| 3 | Lanto Griffin | -17 | $414,000 |
| T4 | Jackson Koivun (a) | -16 | $0 |
| T4 | Emiliano Grillo | -16 | $294,000 |
| 6 | J.J. Spaun | -15 | $246,000 |
| T7 | Mackenzie Hughes | -14 | $210,000 |
| T7 | Garrick Higgo | -14 | $210,000 |
| T9 | Cameron Young | -12 | $181,500 |
| T9 | Rico Hoey | -12 | $181,500 |
| T11 | Austin Eckroat | -11 | $157,500 |
| T11 | Akshay Bhatia | -11 | $157,500 |
| T13 | Matt Kuchar | -10 | $115,500 |
| T13 | Isaiah Salinda | -10 | $115,500 |
| T13 | Sam Burns | -10 | $115,500 |
| T13 | Maverick McNealy | -10 | $115,500 |
| T13 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -10 | $115,500 |
| T13 | Ryo Hisatsune | -10 | $115,500 |
| T19 | Max Homa | -9 | $74,015 |
| T19 | Brandt Snedeker | -9 | $74,015 |
| T19 | Gary Woodland | -9 | $74,015 |
| T19 | Greyson Sigg | -9 | $74,015 |
| T19 | Davis Thompson | -9 | $74,015 |
| T19 | Jonathan Byrd | -9 | $74,015 |
| T19 | Russell Henley | -9 | $74,015 |
| T26 | Joseph Bramlett | -8 | $48,150 |
| T26 | Ben Kohles | -8 | $48,150 |
| T26 | Doug Ghim | -8 | $48,150 |
| T26 | Justin Hastings | -8 | $48,150 |
| T30 | Chad Ramey | -7 | $37,628 |
| T30 | Ricky Castillo | -7 | $37,628 |
| T30 | Steven Fisk | -7 | $37,628 |
| T30 | Jason Dufner | -7 | $37,628 |
| T30 | Patrick Cantlay | -7 | $37,628 |
| T30 | Luke List | -7 | $37,628 |
| T30 | Adam Schenk | -7 | $37,628 |
| T30 | Taylor Montgomery | -7 | $37,628 |
| T38 | Sahith Theegala | -6 | $28,560 |
| T38 | Vince Whaley | -6 | $28,560 |
| T38 | Patrick Fishburn | -6 | $28,560 |
| T38 | Kevin Velo | -6 | $28,560 |
| T38 | Mark Hubbard | -6 | $28,560 |
| T43 | Matt McCarty | -5 | $23,100 |
| T43 | Eric Cole | -5 | $23,100 |
| T43 | Harris English | -5 | $23,100 |
| T43 | Collin Morikawa | -5 | $23,100 |
| T47 | Mac Meissner | -4 | $16,620 |
| T47 | Beau Hossler | -4 | $16,620 |
| T47 | Karl Vilips | -4 | $16,620 |
| T47 | Trey Mullinax | -4 | $16,620 |
| T47 | Seamus Power | -4 | $16,620 |
| T47 | Zac Blair | -4 | $16,620 |
| T54 | Troy Merritt | -3 | $14,260 |
| T54 | David Skinns | -3 | $14,260 |
| T54 | Tyler Watts (a) | -3 | $0 |
| T54 | Keith Mitchell | -3 | $14,260 |
| T57 | Hayden Springer | -2 | $13,740 |
| T57 | Braden Thornberry | -2 | $13,740 |
| T57 | Vince Covello | -2 | $13,740 |
| T57 | Peter Malnati | -2 | $13,740 |
| T57 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | $13,740 |
| T57 | Kevin Streelman | -2 | $13,740 |
| T57 | Martin Laird | -2 | $13,740 |
| T64 | Thomas Rosenmuller | -1 | $13,140 |
| T64 | John Pak | -1 | $13,140 |
| T64 | Quade Cummins | -1 | $13,140 |
| T67 | Trevor Cone | E | $12,840 |
| T67 | Anders Albertson | E | $12,840 |
| 69 | Justin Thomas | 1 | $12,660 |
| T70 | Jim Knous | 2 | $12,480 |
| T70 | Will Chandler | 2 | $12,480 |
| 72 | Tom Kim | 5 | $12,300 |