Matt Fitzpatrick climbs to the top of PGA Tour money list with RBC victory

Scheffler moved to second with a $2.16 million check. Cameron Young, who led the money list for one week after his tie for third in the Masters, tied for 25th at Harbour Town and dropped to third.

Matt Fitzpatrick playing with his brother at Zurich

Fitzpatrick will have a chance to add to his lead this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He's playing with his brother Alex and has two top-20 finishes at the TPC Louisiana. Scheffler isn't playing in New Orleans, and the next-highest players on the money list in the Zurich field are No. 24 Ryan Gerard, No. 28 Sahith Theegala, No. 40 Shane Lowry, No. 42 Sam Stevens, and No. 44 Austin Smotherman.

None of them can catch Fitzpatrick with a victory in New Orleans.

How many millionaires are on the PGA Tour this season?

There are 58 players who have earned $1 million or more in on-course earnings this season, 29 with $2 million or more, 15 with $3 million or more and nine with $4 million or more.

Last season where were 67 millionaires through the RBC Heritage, 32 with $2 million or more, 19 with $3 million or more and 13 with $4 million or more. Rory McIlroy led the money list with more than $13.2 million but there was one less tournament on the Western Swing with the cancellation of The Sentry.

PGA Tour money leaders

Through RBC Heritage

• 1. Matt Fitzpatrick $9,177,488
• 2. Scottie Scheffler $8,406,430
• 3. Cameron Young $7,694,670
• 4. Jacob Bridgeman $6,740,179
• 5. Rory McIlroy $6,714,875
• 6. Collin Morikawa $6,614,430
• 7. Akshay Bhatia $6,114,402
• 8. Chris Gotterup $4,543,362
• 9. Xander Schauffele $4,166,488
• 10. Si Woo Kim $3,971,938
• 11. Ludvig Åberg $3,916,733
• 12. Min Woo Lee $3,727,898
• 13. Justin Rose $3,295,402
• 14. Sepp Straka $3,177,220
• 15. Jake Knapp $3,083,712
• 16. Robert MacIntyre $2,965,308
• 17. Russell Henley $2,931,316
• 18. Daniel Berger $2,864,780
• 19. Kurt Kitayama $2,856,321
• 20. Hideki Matsuyama $2,833,770
• 21. Tommy Fleetwood $2,670,600
• 22. Gary Woodland $2,659,253
• 23. Ryo Hisatsune $2,475,296
• 24. Ryan Gerard $2,444,873
• 25. Nico Echavarria $2,392,000
• 26. Nicolai Højgaard $2,331,427
• 27. Sam Burns $2,235,790
• 28. Sahith Theegala $2,220,543
• 29. J.J. Spaun $2,216,522
• 30. Adam Scott $1,998,997

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Matt Fitzpatrick's RBC victory vaults him to first in PGA Tour money