Charles Schwab Challenge payout distribution 2025: Prize money, purse and FedEx Cup points awarded

Most people expected World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to show up at Colonial back in his home state this week for the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge and run away with the winner's share of the $9.5 million purse on the line this week. However, after a disappointing Round 2, he was going to have to chase down some lesser-known players trying to get a life-changing win this week to be able to do so. After a blistering Saturday, though, he put himself in a spot to do exactly that and notch another PGA Tour win.

Though Ben Griffin and Matti Schmid maintained excellent form through the first three rounds to be tied for the lead at 13-under after three rounds, four shots clear of the rest of the field, Scheffler was only six strokes off the pace with other proven veterans like Robert MacIntyre, Rickie Fowler and Akshay Bhatia even closer behind in the chase pack. That set up a fun Sunday at the Charles Schwab Challenge, especially at a place like Colonial.

But how much money was going to be handed out to the winner and the rest of the field from the purse? Let's take a look at how the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge payouts break down by each finishing position before also diving into the FedEx Cup points on the line this week as well.

Charles Schwab Challenge purse 2025: Winner's prize money, total purse

From the $9.5 million purse available at the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge, the winner at Colonial will take home a $1.71 million payout this week. They say that everything's bigger in Texas, but that doesn't necessarily apply to this tournament as a standard event on the PGA Tour, which is honestly quite mundane in comparison to several other events, even outside of the signature events.

Nonetheless, it's still a nice payday for the winner. However, it definitely makes you think that we could benefit from seeing a signature event at Colonial at some point. It's one of the most fun and challenging golf courses we see regularly on the PGA Tour, and it'd be nice to see a bigger purse and also a deeper field of the best players in the world step up to such a test.

Charles Schwab Challenge payout distribution by finishing position in 2025

With the relatively smaller purse on the line at Colonial, we obviously see that trickle down throughout the prize money and payouts at the bottom of the leaderboard for players who made the cut at the Charles Schwab Challenge. After all, clearing the Top 40 at the bottom of that range will still net players only a little more than $40,000 for the week. That's a nice payday but, when you compare it to other events, it's definitely on the smaller side.

At the same time, the top of the leaderboard shows why we see some big-name players like Scheffler play these types of events selectively. It's still a nice payday at the top of the leaderboard with at least $1 million going to the winner and runner-up, as well as at least $300,000 to the Top 7 finishers. So if you have the ability on your schedule, it can still be highly profitable to show up and play well at events such as the Charles Schwab.

FedEx Cup Points awarded at the Charles Schwab Challenge

While the FedEx Cup points allotment for a tournament like the Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour isn't quite what it is for a signature event or a major championship, it can still be a big push. For instance, if Griffin held on to win after going into Sunday as the co-54-hole leader, he would vault all the way into sixth in the season-long standings, which would surely get him into the playoffs at the end of the year and give him a shot at life-changing money — not to mention into every major championship next year.

Even for non-winners, Jordan Spieth, who didn't make it into the TOUR Championship last year, would get into the Top 50 with a strong finish and set him up to get back on track even more so going into next season. It's a big-time push for these types of players trying to make a move going into the summer.