Abstract: The top quark is the least understood of all quarks and is a main focus of research for experiments at the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab. Due to its large mass, the top quark plays an important role as a fundamental parameter in the Standard Model (SM) as well as in its extensions. A precise measurement of the top quark mass will contribute to our description of the SM and might provide an early indication of New Physics. Moreover from precision measurements of the top quark mass, a prediction of the mass of the as yet unobserved Higgs particle can be obtained. I will present the most precise measurements of the top quark mass from the CDF experiment as well projections into the LHC era.