Prize money BMW Championship
How much does each PGA Tour star take home from Olympia Fields?
It’s one of the PGA Tour‘s FedEx Cup Playoff events – so what is the BMW Championship prize money and how much does each player take home from Olympia Fields Country Club?
The total 2023 BMW Championship purse is a $20 million purse – the same prize money payout as the majority of the designated events on the PGA Tour in 2023.
The prize money breakdown is just one feature of a tournament that offers crucial FedEx Cup points heading into the Tour Championship.
The likes of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland and Lucas Glover survived the FedEx St. Jude Championship and now they are vying for spots at East Lake.
Here’s the full breakdown for the most recent tournament, and keep scrolling for historical winners’ cheques…
BMW Championship 2023 purse
Win: $3.6 million
2: $2,160,000
3: $1,360,000
4: $990,000
5: $830,000
6: $750,000
7: $695,000
8: $640,000
9: $600,000
10: $560,000
11: $520,000
12: $480,000
13: $441,000
14: $402,000
15: $382,000
16: $362,000
17: $342,000
18: $322,000
19: $302,000
20: $282,000
21: $262,000
22: $245,000
23: $229,000
24: $213,000
25: $197,000
26: $181,000
27: $174,000
28: $167,000
29: $160,000
30: $153,000
31: $146,000
32: $139,000
33: $132,000
34: $127,000
35: $122,000
36: $117,000
37: $112,000
38: $108,000
39: $104,000
40: $100,000
41: $96,000
42: $92,000
43: $88,000
44: $84,000
45: $80,000
46: $76,000
47: $72,000
48: $70,000
49: $68,000
50: $66,000
What about the BMW Championship prize money from previous years? Here is the total purse and the winner’s share from historical tournaments…
2022
Purse: $15,000,000
Winner: $2,700,000 (Patrick Cantlay)
2021
Purse: $9,500,000
Winner: $1,710,000 (Patrick Cantlay)
2020
Purse: $9,500,000
Winner: $1,710,000 (Jon Rahm)
2019
Purse: $9,250,000
Winner: $1,665,000 (Justin Thomas)
2018
Purse: $9,000,000
Winner: $1,620,000 (Keegan Bradley)
2017
Purse: $8,750,000
Winner: $1,575,000 (Marc Leishman)
2016
Purse: $8,500,000
Winner: $1,530,000 (Dustin Johnson)
2015
Purse: $8,250,000
Winner: $1,485,000 (Jason Day)
2014
Purse: $8,000,000
Winner: $1,440,000 (Billy Horschel)
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