Adam Scott achieves a unique money milestone despite a forgettable outing at the Sentry Tournament of Champions

Despite not placing particularly well during the Sentry Tournament of Champions, Adam Scott made history. Scott finished 29th, which is an unenviable spot for the first PGA Tour event of the calendar year. Despite that, he earned a decent amount of money.

All Adam Scott had to do was finish the tournament and he'd earn $210,000. Since he didn't drop out for any reason, his placement didn't matter. He could have finished last in the rankings and it wouldn't have made a difference.

That $210,000 pushes his career earnings into rarefied air and not many players have earned more money than Scott now has. Thanks to his latest outing, he's topped the $60 million mark.

To be exact, Adam Scott now has $60,083,599 in 370 starts, which is a very good total. Only a few players have eclipsed that total:

1. Tiger Woods earned $120,895,206 in 371 starts, 82 wins
2. Phil Mickelson earned $94,955,060 in 658 starts, 45 wins
3. Dustin Johnson earned $74,897,059 in 307 starts, 24 wins
4. Jim Furyk earned $71,507,269 in 635 starts, 17 wins
5. Vijay Singh earned $71,236,216 in 636 starts, 34 wins
6. Rory McIlroy earned $68,064,549 in 221 starts, 23 wins

Compared to the rest of this list, Scott has the most money on tour per win with $4,291,685 per win. Per start, he is fourth at $162,388 for his 369 events.

Several players are on the cusp of joining Scott on this list. With prize purses increasing on the PGA Tour, there's a real chance that a few of the following will make this list soon:

• Justin Rose
• Matt Kuchar
• Sergio Garcia
• Jordan Spieth
• Justin Thomas
• Jason Day

Sergio Garcia would have to leave the LIV Golf and rejoin the PGA Tour to make it, though.

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Full standings for Adam Scott's ironically historic Sentry Tournament of Champions

The Sentry Tournament of Champions was the first event for the PGA Tour in 2023. It kicks off a long string of tournaments where stars will try and improve their OWGR ranking.

Here's how the event turned out:

1. Jon Rahm
2. Collin Morikawa
3. Tom Hoge
4. Max Homa
5. Tom Kim
6. J.J. Spaun
7. Tony Finau
8. K.H. Lee
9. Scottie Scheffler
10. Matt Fitzpatrick
11. Will Zalatoris
12. Luke List
13. Cameron Young
14. Jordan Spieth
15. Sungjae Im
16. Patrick Cantlay
17. Brian Harmon
18. Viktor Hovland
19. Corey Conners
20. Aaron Wise
21. Mackenzie Hughes
22. Sepp Straka
23. J.T. Poston
24. Hideki Matsuyama
25. Seamus Power
26. Justin Thomas
27. Scott Stallings
28. Trey Mullinax
29. Adam Scott
30. Billy Horschel

Several golfers had good tournaments, and even though Scott didn't, he arguably came out better than most.