Rory McIlroy remains first but Scottie Scheffler closes gap

Scottie Scheffler remained No. 1 on the World Golf Rankings. He ascended to first on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points list. And he won the season’s second major championship and his third overall at the PGA Championship on May 18 at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C. 

But he didn’t accomplish everything, not that money is the most important thing to Scheffler. He’s gone on record many times saying it isn’t. 

However, Scheffler left Quail Hollow second in one regard: the PGA Tour money list. 

Despite earning $3.42 million, Scheffler went from fourth to second in earnings and still trails leader Rory McIlroy by more than that much, $3,847,143 behind. 

Scheffler can chip away a bit more this week at the Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, where McIlroy is not entered. But even if Scheffler wins the first-place check of $1,710,000, it still doesn’t get him all the way to McIlroy’s total of $13,978,340. 

That might come the following week when both are in The Memorial, a PGA Tour Signature event with a top prize of $4 million. 

Davis Riley, Harris English make big moves

Davis Riley was the next biggest mover of the week, more than doubling his entire season total with a check for $1,418,666 for his tie for second. Riley went from 89^th to 43^rd on the money list and passed $2 million in earnings. 

Harris English, who was with Riley in tying for second, went from 23^rd to 14^th and now has more than $4.5 million. 

PGA Tour money leaders 

Through PGA Championship  

• 1. Rory McIlroy $ 13,978,340 
• 2. Scottie Scheffler $ 10,131,197 
• 3. Justin Thomas $ 8,680,663 
• 4. Sepp Straka $ 8,228,708 
• 5. Russell Henley $ 6,277,375 
• 6. Collin Morikawa $ 6,250,638 
• 7. Andrew Novak $ 5,858,105 
• 8. Ludvig Åberg $ 5,746,722 
• 9. Shane Lowry $ 5,743,758 
• 10. J.J. Spaun $ 5,044,457 
• 11. Hideki Matsuyama $ 4,945,413 
• 12. Maverick McNealy $ 4,939,743 
• 13. Corey Conners $ 4,835,073 
• 14. Harris English $ 4,532,620 
• 15. Justin Rose $ 4,119,618 
• 16. Daniel Berger $ 3,798,008 
• 17. Sungjae Im $ 3,741,443 
• 18. Tommy Fleetwood $ 3,681,531 
• 19. Brian Harman $ 3,493,814 
• 20. Patrick Cantlay $ 3,492,046 
• 21. Tom Hoge $ 3,300,047 
• 22. Ben Griffin $ 3,206,471 
• 23. Lucas Glover $ 3,190,285 
• 24. Nick Taylor $ 3,119,055 
• 25. Michael Kim $ 3,020,811 
• 26. Thomas Detry $ 3,011,364 
• 27. Jacob Bridgeman $ 2,935,495 
• 28. Min Woo Lee $ 2,801,835 
• 29. Keegan Bradley $ 2,726,839 
• 30. Si Woo Kim $ 2,681,752