2024-09-02 08:20:02
The largest prize fund ever established was dished out on Sunday at the 2024 Tour Championship as the entire PGA Tour season concluded at East Lake Golf Club. With the top 30 players from the PGA Tour vying for their slice of the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus pool — up $25 million from last year — competitors had the chance to see jaw-dropping figures hit their back accounts by week’s end.
Signature events and the first two playoff events boasted a total purse of $20 million, which amounted to $5 million less than what this week’s eventual winner will take home. Increasing $7 million compared to the last two seasons, the winner’s share represents the largest in PGA Tour history and a $10 million increase compared to 2019 — the first year of the staggered start format.
Scottie Scheffler was the lone man to surpass $25 million in earnings this season as he won the Masters, Players Championship and four signature events — six of the largest paydays of the year. Xander Schauffele nearly clipped $20 million himself thanks to two major victories, while Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark and Rory McIlroy round out those to earn more than eight figures in 2024.
Scheffler and Collin Morikawa, who is winless on the season, were engaged in a two-horse race to the finish before Scheffler got to 30 under and took down the two-time major champion for his seventh PGA Tour victory of the season and the biggest payday in golf history.
Still, a top-five finish guaranteed players at least a $5 million bonus, while those inside the top 12 all saw seven figures next to their names. Everyone in the field earned at least a half million dollars for qualifying for the Tour Championship.
Let’s take a look at the payout list for the 30 players who were in attendance at the 2024 Tour Championship. The other 120 players in the FedEx Cup standings will split the remaining $17.05 million.
2024 Tour Championship payout, prize money
FedEx Cup purse: $100 million
Tour Championship purse: $82.95 million
1st: $25,000,000 — Scottie Scheffler
2nd: $12,500,000 — Collin Morikawa
3rd: $7,500,000 — Sahith Theegala
4th: $6,000,000 — Russell Henley, Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele ($4.8 million each)
5th: $5,000,000
6th: $3,500,000
7th: $2,750,000 — Sungjae Im
8th: $2,250,000 — Wyndham Clark
9th: $2,000,000 — Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Shane Lowry ($1.61 million each)
10th: $1,750,000
11th: $1,075,000
12th: $1,025,000 — Viktor Hovland, Sam Burns ($1 million each)
13th: $975,000
14th: $925,000 — Taylor Pendrith, Justin Thomas ($905,000 each)
15th: $885,000
16th: $795,000 — Ludvig Åberg
17th: $775,000 — Robert MacIntyre, Patrick Cantlay, Matthieu Pavon ($755,000 each)
18th: $755,000
19th: $735,000
20th: $715,000 — Tommy Fleetwood
21st: $670,000 — Keegan Bradley, Ben An ($660,000 each)
22nd: $650,000
23rd: $630,000 — Billy Horschel, Aaron Rai, Tony Finau ($615,000 each)
24th: $615,000
25th: $600,000
26th: $590,000 — Akshay Bhatia
27th: $580,000 — Chris Kirk, Sepp Straka ($575,000 each)
28th: $570,000
29th: $560,000 — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom Hoge ($555,000 each)
30th: $550,000
