PGA Tour to pay out nearly $100M in FedEx Cup bonuses Sunday

By Staff Writer

August 22, 2026

2 min read

Key takeaways

The PGA Tour will distribute nearly $100 million in season-long FedEx Cup bonuses after Sunday's final round of the BMW Championship.
Scottie Scheffler has already clinched the top $23 million bonus by winning last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship.
The gap between second place ($13 million) and 10th ($1.31 million) is more than $11.6 million.
The Tour Championship still separately determines the 2026 FedEx Cup champion, worth $10 million at East Lake.
Some of the bonus money is deferred rather than paid immediately.

The BMW Championship is the second-to-last event of the 2026 FedEx Cup Playoffs, but under rule changes made over the past two seasons, it's now the event that sets the season-long FedEx Cup bonus payouts. Those bonuses, distributed after Sunday's final round, total nearly $100 million across the top 125 players in the final standings.

Who has already secured the top bonus?

Scottie Scheffler locked up the largest prize, a $23 million bonus, by winning last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship and topping the season-long points race. No result at the BMW Championship can move another player past him for that top spot. Every other position on the bonus list, however, is still shaped by this week's scores at Bellerive Country Club, since the Tour Championship at East Lake separately decides the year's FedEx Cup champion and its $10 million prize.

How steep is the drop-off after the top spots?

The gap between finishing positions narrows quickly outside the top few spots but stays significant well into the top 10. Second place is worth $13 million total, compared with $1.31 million for 10th - a difference of more than $11.6 million for a handful of spots on the leaderboard.