Tour Championship prize money
How much does each PGA Tour star take home from East Lake?
It’s the end of the PGA Tour‘s FedEx Cup Playoff events – so what is the Tour Championship prize money and how much does each player take home from East Lake Golf Club?
The 2023 Tour Championship, with the top 30 players from the PGA Tour season, has a bonus pool of $75 million. The winner of the Tour Championship earns $18 million and wins the FedEx Cup.
The prize money breakdown is just one feature of the tournament that reaches the crescendo of the FedEx Cup.
The likes of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa survived the BMW Championship and now they are vying for glory in Georgia.
Here’s the full breakdown for the PGA Tour Championship prize money, and keep scrolling for historical winners’ cheques…
2023 Tour Championship prize money
Win: $18 million
2: $6,500,000
3: $5,000,000
4: $4,000,000
5: $3,000,000
6: $2,500,000
7: $2,000,000
8: $1,500,000
9: $1,250,000
10: $1,000,000
11: $950,000
12: $900,000
13: $850,000
14: $800,000
15: $760,000
16: $720,000
17: $700,000
18: $680,000
19: $660,000
20: $640,000
21: $620,000
22: $600,000
23: $580,000
24: $565,000
25: $550,000
26: $540,000
27: $530,000
28: $520,000
29: $510,000
30: $500,000
What about the Tour Championship money payout from previous years? Here is the total purse and the winner’s share from historical tournaments…
2022
Winner: $15,000,000 (Rory McIlroy)
2021
Winner: $15,000,000 (Patrick Cantlay)
2020
Winner: $15,000,000 (Dustin Johnson)
2019
Winner: $15,000,000 (Rory McIlroy)
2018
Purse: $9,000,000
Winner: $1,620,000 (Tiger Woods)
2017
Purse: $8,750,000
Winner: $1,575,000 (Xander Schauffele)
2016
Purse: $8,500,000
Winner: $1,530,000 (Rory McIlroy)
2015
Purse: $8,250,000
Winner: $1,485,000 (Jordan Spieth)
2014
Purse: $8,000,000
Winner: $1,440,000 (Billy Horschel)
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