FedEx Cup earnings: How much each golfer in the 2024 Tour Championship will earn over their career

The 2024 Tour Championship may not be the biggest event on the calendar, but it boasts the largest prize fund in professional golf. With the FedEx Cup Playoffs collectively spend $100 million in bonusesPlayers will compete for a prize pool of nearly $83 million, with $25 million going to the eventual winner at East Lake Golf Club.

Hideki Matsuyama and Keegan Bradley each took home $3.6 million for their victories in the first two playoff events, but that’s just a fraction of the money that will hit the FedEx Cup champion’s bank account once the Tour Championship concludes. In fact, all competitors will earn at least half a million dollars for reaching the final playoff event of the season, with the top 12 all receiving seven-figure bonuses and the top five earning at least $5 million.

The $83 million fund represents an increase from last season when $75 million was awarded. Viktor Hovland won $18 million for FedEx Cup Crown. While that’s $7 million less than the eventual winner will receive this season, it’s still more than the $15 million awarded in 2019 — the first year of the staggered start format.

To put the $25 million prize money in perspective, only one player in the PGA Tour season (Scottie Scheffler, shocker!) has surpassed that total by playing on the Tour Championship. The combined seasons of Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel, Shane Lowry and Collin Morikawa would approach that figure.

For more context, CBS Sports breaks down what $25 million means for each Tour Championship participant. Looking at the players’ on-course earnings — not counting past FedEx Cup wins, which count as prize money — the prize money becomes even more absurd.

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Let’s take a look at what winning $25 million would mean for each golfer remaining in the FedEx Cup race.

Scheffler has had a stellar season in recent years, climbing into the top five in career earnings after the FedEx St. Jude Championship to now rank behind only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, McIlroy and Dustin Johnson. McIlroy and Scheffler aren’t the only two players to rank high on that list, however, as Justin Thomas, Schauffele and Matsuyama are all in the top 15.

A $25 million check wouldn’t be a drop in the bucket for them, but it’s safe to say others might feel it a little more. In fact, nearly half of the players would double their career earnings with a win. Tommy Fleetwood and Lowry are among that group of 13 players who would nearly double their total.

Matthieu Pavon, a DP World Tour veteran turned PGA Tour rookie, will make the biggest splash five times his earnings. Similar increases could be achieved for players like MacIntyre, 22-year-old Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai, Taylor Pendrith and Christiaan Bezuidenhout.

Perhaps the strangest outcome would be if Ludvig Åberg won the FedEx Cup but failed to post the lowest score over 72 holes (not counting starting strokes). Without a win this year, the young Swede could be crowned champion for the entire season without ever technically finishing first in a tournament.