The FedEx Cup Playoffs field was trimmed from 70 to 50 players, but the prize pool remained the same for the second leg. The BMW Championship divded up $20 million among those who teed it up this week at Castle Pines Golf Club in Colorado. The winner, Keegan Bradley, not only took home $3.6 million but better positioned himself for additional riches ahead of next week’s Tour Championship.
Hideki Matsuyama claimed the first playoff event of the season and climbed to third in the FedEx Cup standings, but it only accounted for his second-largest paycheck of the year; he claimed $4 million for his win at the Genesis Invitational. (Matsuyama ultimately withdrew from this event due to a lower-back injury.)
Scottie Scheffler has cashed a winner’s check on six separate occasions on the PGA Tour; he is approaching $30 million earned this season and north of $71 million in his career. In fact, with his most recent finish at the St. Jude Championship, Scheffler surged inside the top five in career earnings on the PGA Tour now trailing only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson.
The BMW Championship falls in line with the signature events from the regular season when it comes to the winner’s share, but those who finish further down the leaderboard will receive an increased amount of money. Everyone inside the top 40 of the 50-man field will clear six figures with those inside the top 20 clearing more than $250,000.
Here are your winners from the biggest events this season on the PGA Tour:
- The Sentry: Chris Kirk ($3.6 million)
- Pebble Beach Pro Am: Wyndham Clark ($3.6 million)
- Genesis Invitational: Hideki Matsuyama ($4 million)
- Arnold Palmer Invitational: Scottie Scheffler ($4 million)
- The Players Championship: Scottie Scheffler ($4.5 million)
- RBC Heritage: Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million)
- Wells Fargo Championship: Rory McIlroy ($3.6 million)
- The Memorial Tournament: Scottie Scheffler ($4 million)
- Travelers Championship: Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million)
- St. Jude Championship: Hideki Matsuyama ($3.6 million)
- BMW Championship: Keegan Bradley ($3.6 million)
Let’s take a look at the payout list for the 50 players, detailed for the top 10, who were in attendance at the 2024 BMW Championship.
2024 BMW Championship prize money, purse
Total purse: $20 million
1st: $3,600,000 — Keegan Bradley
2nd: $2,160,000 — Sam Burns, Ludvig Aberg, Adam Scott ($1.503 million each)
3rd: $1,360,000
4th: $990,000
5th: $830,000 — Cam Davis, Tommy Fleetwood, Si Woo Kim, Xander Schauffele ($728,750 each)
6th: $750,000
7th: $695,000
8th: $640,000
9th: $600,000 — Chris Kirk, Alex Noren ($580,000 each)
10th: $560,000
11th: $520,000
12th: $480,000
13th: $441,000
14th: $402,000
15th: $382,000
16th: $362,000
17th: $342,000
18th: $322,000
19th: $302,000
20th: $282,000
21st: $262,000
22nd: $245,000
23rd: $229,000
24th: $213,000
25th: $197,000
26th: $181,000
27th: $174,000
28th: $167,000
29th: $160,000
30th: $153,000
31st: $146,000
32nd: $139,000
33rd: $132,000
34th: $127,000
35th: $122,000
36th: $117,000
37th: $112,000
38th: $108,000
39th: $104,000
40th: $100,000
41st: $96,000
42nd: $92,000
43rd: $88,000
44th: $84,000
45th: $80,000
46th: $76,000
47th: $72,000
48th: $70,000
49th: $68,000
50th: $66,000
