2026 Tour Championship Purse: Full Payout Breakdown by Place
By Staff Writer
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The 2026 Tour Championship distributed a $40 million purse across the 30-man FedEx Cup Playoffs field at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, the largest total payout of the PGA Tour season.
How much does the Tour Championship pay out?
First place was worth $10 million. Second place paid $5 million, and third place paid $3.705 million. Every player in the 30-man field earned at least $355,000, the largest last-place check of any PGA Tour event this year.
| Finish | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000,000 |
| 2nd | $5,000,000 |
| 3rd | $3,705,000 |
| 4th | $3,200,000 |
| 5th | $2,750,000 |
| 10th | $735,000 |
| 20th | $445,000 |
| 30th | $355,000 |
How does it compare to the majors?
The Tour Championship's $40 million purse outweighs every major played in 2026: the Masters paid $21 million, the PGA Championship $20.5 million, the U.S. Open $22.5 million and the Open Championship $17.75 million. The Players Championship, the Tour's own flagship event, paid $25 million.
Even the 30th-place finisher at East Lake outearned the winner of several regular PGA Tour events this season.
Viktor Hovland entered the final round leading by one shot, chasing his second FedEx Cup title after winning in 2023, with Ryan Gerard, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg and Adam Scott among those within range on the back nine at East Lake.
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