And just like that, we have a new king at the summit of the PGA Tour’s money leaderboard mountain. Adam Scott now finds himself as the top earner of the season with an impressive win at the Honda Classic this past week, and right after finishing as the runner up at the Northern Trust Open the week before.
There are a few more notable shake-ups in the Tour’s money rankings this week, so go right ahead and check out the latest updates on the top 25 money-making golfers below.
Don’t forget that a $9.5 million purse is at stake this week at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, where virtually all of the sport’s biggest names will tee off for the biggest tournament of the season to date. As such, feel free to check our complete preview and sleeper picks for this upcoming event from the Blue Monster course in Doral right after this.
As you’ll see below, Adam Scott shot straight up to the peak of the PGA Tour’s money leaderboard from the number 13 spot last week with his back-to-back top-2 finishes in February.
Scott also found some inadvertent help from Kevin Kisner and Brandt Snedeker, last week’s top money-makers. The former had an underwhelming T70 finish at the Honda Classic this past week, while the latter remained inactive by not entering a tournament since his T35 finish at Pebble Beach.
We might also be in for some unfortunate slides from two top-class golfers in the weeks ahead, as Hideki Matsuyama (hip flexor) and Jason Bohn (serious arterial blockage) suffered injuries that would require both of them to miss some time on the Tour.
The simultaneous loss of Matsuyama and Bohn in action is rather tragic, but that also means that more of the season’s unheralded contenders such as William McGirt (who debuted on the money list at number 24 this week) can move up the rankings in the coming weeks.
Then again, this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship will pretty much feature every heavy-hitter in the PGA. Having said that, we can expect true contenders like Bubba Watson and Jordan Spieth to climb up faster than we think, while the pretenders like Kisner and Snedeker will in turn see gradual dips in the standings.
Rank
Player Name
Earnings
FedExCup Rank
Recent Finish
1
Adam Scott
$2,507,218
3
1 – Palm Beach Gardens
2
Kevin Kisner
$2,362,171
2
T70 – Palm Beach Gardens
3
Brandt Snedeker
$2,320,421
1
T35 – Pebble Beach
4
Russell Knox
$2,157,976
4
T26 – Palm Beach Gardens
5
Justin Thomas
$2,104,177
5
T3 – Palm Beach Gardens
6
Kevin Na
$1,846,457
6
CUT – Pacific Palisades
7
Graeme McDowell
$1,809,100
7
5 – Palm Beach Gardens
8
Hideki Matsuyama
$1,667,493
11
WD – Palm Beach Gardens
9
Smylie Kaufman
$1,639,208
8
T37 – Palm Beach Gardens
10
Bubba Watson
$1,565,300
12
1 – Pacific Palisades
11
Fabian Gomez
$1,439,252
9
CUT – Palm Beach Gardens
12
Jordan Spieth
$1,426,550
14
CUT – Pacific Palisades
13
Jason Dufner
$1,423,188
10
T61 – Palm Beach Gardens
14
Rickie Fowler
$1,321,807
16
T6 – Palm Beach Gardens
15
Vaughn Taylor
$1,301,359
15
CUT – Pacific Palisades
16
Emiliano Grillo
$1,291,983
13
T74 – Palm Beach Gardens
17
Patrick Reed
$1,285,934
17
CUT – Palm Beach Gardens
18
Jason Bohn
$1,273,246
15
WD – Palm Beach Gardens
19
Phil Mickelson
$1,233,940
18
T37 – Palm Beach Gardens
20
Peter Malnati
$1,127,515
24
CUT – Palm Beach Gardens
21
K.J. Choi
$1,082,546
20
T5 – Pacific Palisades
22
David Lingmerth
$1,005,878
21
T53 – Palm Beach Gardens
23
Freddie Jacobson
$91,001,503
22
T26 – Palm Beach Gardens
24
William McGirt
$976,154
23
T8 – Palm Beach Gardens
25
Jason Kokrak
$890,892
27
CUT – Palm Beach Gardens
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