Xander Schauffele: No. 1 ranking is motivator, not inflated purses
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Whichever golfer wins next week's Tour Championship will also hoist the FedEx Cup -- and he will go home with a combined $25 million for his trouble.
A few years into the LIV Golf-prompted era of massive earnings in men's professional golf, players like world No. 2 Xander Schauffele don't have toworry about having enough money to pay their teams and support their families.