2024 PGA Championship prize money, purse: Payments to Xander Schauffele, golfers from $18.5 million fund
The Wanamaker Trophy and substantial winner’s check were presented Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club to Xander Schauffele, 2024 PGA Championship champion. Increasing the purse for the PGA Championship by $1 million from a year ago, the PGA of America is offering the largest prize pool in its championship history with a total purse of $18.5 million .
A whopping $3.3 million will be awarded to Schauffele for scoring 21-under at Louisville with seven-figure sums awarded to golfers who finished on the podium but didn’t make the cut. tallest. Each golfer in the top 10 by the end of the championship will take home at least $500,000 and each golfer in the top 31 will receive a check for $100,000.
The payouts are down slightly from those awarded after the 2024 Masters – and from signature events on the PGA Tour – both of which held $20 million in purses. Scottie Scheffler won $3.6 million for winning his second green jacket, although it wasn’t even his biggest payday of the season as he won 4 million dollars at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and $4.5 million at the Players Championship.
Not only did those who got the weekend off from their time in Kentucky with a little green to show for it, but so did those who missed out. All players who play a total of 36 holes will receive $4,000 for their troubles. Considering how many PGA professionals are in the field, that’s not bad for two days of work.
Let’s take a look at the wallet breakdown of the PGA Championship.
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Prize money and wallet for the 2024 PGA Championship
Total amount: 18.5 million USD
First Place (Winner): $3,300,000 — Xander Schauffele
2nd place: $1,998,000 — Bryson DeChambeau
3rd place: 1,258,000 USD — Viktor Hovland
4th place: $888,000 — Thomas Detry, Collin Morikawa (each $814,000)
Rank 5: 740,000 USD
6th place: $660,580 — Justin Rose, Shane Lowry (each $639,440)
7th place: 618,300 USD
8th place: $577,790 – Scottie Scheffler, Billy Horschel, Robert MacIntyre, Justin Thomas ($521,418 each)
9th place: $539,030
10th place: 502,040 USD
11th place: 466,810 USD
12th place: $433,340 — Taylor Moore, Rory McIlroy, Lee Hodges, Sahith Theegala, Dean Burmester, Alex Noren ($359,943 each)
13th place: 401,630 USD
14th place: $371,690
Day 15: $343,500
16th place: $317,080
17th place: $292,420
18th place: $269,520 — Rio Hisatune, Harris English, Tony Finau, Keegan Bradley, Austin Eckroat ($230,764 each)
19th place: 248,380 USD
Day 20: $229,000
Day 21: $211,390
Day 22: $195,530
23rd place: $181,440 – Russell Henley, Tom Hoge, Maverick McNealy (each $170,137)
Day 24: $169,990
Day 25: $158,980
26th place: $148,410 — Ben Kohles, Kurt Kitayama, Brooks Koepka, Tommy Fleetwood, Brian Harman, Min Woo Lee, Corey Conners, Tom Kim, Mark Hubbard ($113,962 each)
Day 27: $138,280
Day 28: $128,590
Day 29: $119,340
Day 30: $110,540
Day 31: $103,490
32nd: 97,330 USD
33rd place: 92,040 USD
34th: 87,640 USD
35th place: $84,110 — Brice Garnett, Max Homa, Hideki Matsuyama, Doug Ghim ($79,183 each)
36th: 80,770 USD
37th: 77,510 USD
38th: 74,340 USD
39th place: $71,250 — Aaron Rai, Joaquin Niemann, Jordan Smith ($66,848 each)
40th time: 68,260 USD
41st time: 65,350 USD
42nd place: 62,530 USD
43rd place: $59,800 — Byeong Hun An, Lucas Herbert, Lucas Glover, Matt Wallace, Will Zalatoris, Dustin Johnson, Grayson Murray, Adam Svensson, Jordan Spieth, Jason Day ($48,969 each)
44th place: 57,160 USD
45th place: 54,610 USD
46th place: 52,140 USD
47th place: 49,760 USD
48th place: 47,470 USD
49th place: 45,270 USD
50th time: 43,160 USD
51st place: 41,130 USD
52nd place: 39,190 USD
53rd place: $37,340 — Thorbjørn Olesen, Jesper Svensson, Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay, Zac Blair, Andrew Putnam, Erik van Rooyen ($32,587 each)
54th place: 35,580 USD
55th place: 33,910 USD
56th place: 32,320 USD
57th place: 30,830 USD
58th place: 29,590 USD
59th place: 28,540 USD
60th place: $27,660 — Gary Woodland, Taylor Gooch, Adam Hadwin ($27,017 each)
Rank 61: 26,950 USD
Rank 62: 26,440 USD
63rd place: $26,000 — Rickie Fowler, Cameron Young, Tyrrell Hatton, SH Kim, Cameron Smith ($25,202 each)
Rank 64: 25,590 USD
65th place: 25,190 USD
Rank 66: 24,800 USD
Rank 67: 24,430 USD
68th place: 24,060 USD — Nicolai Hojgaard, Luke Donald, Sebastian Soderberg, Rasmus Hojgaard (each 23,538 USD)
Rank 69: 23,690 USD
70th place: 23,340 USD
Rank 71: 23,060 USD
72nd place: $22,830 — Braden Shattuck
73rd place: $22,650 — Alejandro Tosti, Martin Kaymer (each $22,560)
Rank 74: 22,470 USD
75th place: $22,350 — Ryan Fox
76th place: 22,230 USD — Stephan Jaeger
77th place: $22,140 — Jeremy Wells
78th place: $22,100 — Brendon Todd
Players who do not make it past the 36-hole round will be paid $4,000 each. Any player who qualifies but does not submit a 72-hole score will also be paid $4,000.
