Scottie Scheffler has ascended to the top of the golf world in record time — and he’s just getting started.

After winning three events and hitting OWGR’s No. 1 spot in 42 days — the shortest period of time between a first career win and attaining the top ranking — Scheffler won the Masters on Sunday, finishing 10 strokes under par.

The 25-year-old’s impressive on-course performances have sparked an equally meteoric rise in earnings.

• Prior to 2022, Scheffler had earned $8.7M in his career.
• After adding $2.7M from Sunday’s win, Scheffler has earned $10.1M since the start of the PGA Tour season — already the sixth-most ever in a single Tour season.
• He’s won $8.6M just from the four wins in his last six starts.
• Forbes estimates that Scheffler has made $6M from endorsement deals with Nike, TaylorMade, and Titleist — among others — in the last year.

Between the endorsements he’s likely to add following his triumph at Augusta and the remaining event schedule, 2022 could be a watershed financial year for Scheffler.

Four of the top five tournaments with the biggest purses have yet to be played, with the largest ever first-prize reward — $17.5 million — for the season-long FedEx Cup, which he leads by a massive 1,236 points.

Before that, Scheffler will set his sights on his second career major: He has the second-best odds (+1200) to win the PGA Championship, which starts May 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Just moments after winning their final game of the season — but missing the postseason with a dismal 33-49 record — the Lakers reportedly decided to fire head coach Frank Vogel, per ESPN.

When asked about it, Vogel said, “I haven’t been told s**t.”

The exchange encapsulates the dysfunction and lack of transparency in an organization that saw little return on its gigantic offseason investment — and found an easy scapegoat. 

• James, Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook made up 73.4% of the team’s $164M payroll, but played just 21 games together — and went 11-10
• The Lakers were the only team without at least one five-man lineup playing at least 100 minutes together.
• He finished his three-year tenure with a 127-98 record and 56.4% win percentage — seventh-highest in Lakers history (min. 200 games). 

Now, they’re reportedly looking for a “recent championship coach” to fill the spot. Apparently, Vogel doesn’t qualify despite leading L.A. to its first title in 10 years in 2020.

The prestigious franchise, and third-highest-valued team in the NBA ($5.5B), continues to suffer a shocking turnover rate: L.A. will hire a sixth coach since 2012 — and third since LeBron James signed in 2018. 

Their non-coaching outlook includes aging superstars on expiring contracts, no financial flexibility, and no first-round picks until 2026.

Thanks to his blistering fastball and prodigious power at the plate, Hunter Greene made a Sports Illustrated cover at 17 with the question: “Baseball’s LeBron or the new Babe?”  

On Sunday, Greene made one of the most anticipated MLB debuts in recent memory when he took the mound for the Reds at Truist Park. The 22-year-old went five innings, yielding three earned runs on four hits, two walks, and seven strikeouts for his first career victory.

Perhaps most impressive was the flamethrower’s dominant fastball — a four-seamer averaging 99.7 mph and topping out at 101.6.

• The 2017 No. 2 overall pick inked a then-record $7.23M signing bonus, more than the $7.19M allotted in the draft slot.
• In November, the Reds purchased his contract for $700,000.
• He will be eligible for arbitration after three MLB seasons and for FA after six seasons if he doesn’t sign an extension.
• Of his 92 pitches Sunday, 20 were 100.0-plus mph — the eighth-most in a single game since 2008.

The Reds finished 20th in ERA last season (4.40), reached the postseason once in the last eight years, and haven’t won the World Series since 1990.

Greene may not reach Ruth or LeBron status, but he has the third-best odds (+600) to win the NL Rookie of the Year behind the Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki (+250) and the Pirates’ Oneil Cruz (+500).