CJ Cup Byron Nelson payouts, prize money, purse and FedEx Cup points for 2025

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson didn't play out nearly like many golf fans expected. Leading into a massive couple of weeks on the PGA Tour and in the sport, the hope was to get guys trending into great form before the second major of the season in two weeks. Instead, one player did — Scottie Scheffler, who blitzed the field out of the gate and Round 1 and didn't look back, even with a six-hour weather delay on Friday completely turning the tournament schedule on its head. However, it was all in the name of trying to get that payout for this tournament and the FedEx Cup points that come with the prize money.

After Rico Hoey came out with a beautiful 8-under round early on Thursday, Scheffler bested him with ease to shoot 10-under. That lead only continued to grow and Scheffler began threatening to shoot the lowest tournament cumulative score in PGA Tour history. Needless to say, even going into Sunday's final round, no one was even close to the No. 1 player in the world. They were all playing for second.

However, playing for second on the PGA Tour can still end up with a nice payout. So let's break down the CJ Cup Byron Nelson prize money distribution by finishing position, starting with the winner's share, and then get into how the FedEx Cup points are awarded this week as well.

CJ Cup Byron Nelson purse 2025: Winner's prize money, total purse

The winner of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson will take home $1.782 million out of the $9.9 million total purse on the line at TPC Craig Ranch this week. While this obviously isn't an inflated purse like what we see at a signature event, it is up from the typical non-signature purse sizes that we see. Typically, these types of events offer somewhere around $8.9-$9.2 million when it comes to the total purse, so the increase in prize money, likely due to the CJ Cup and Byron Nelson cross-sponsorship of the tournament, has led to the nearly $10 million on the line.

CJ Cup Byron Nelson payout distribution by finishing position in 2025

All 70 players who made the cut will receive at least $20,000 for their showing at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, which isn't a massive payday by PGA Tour standards but is still well worth a week's work on the golf course. However, more impressive for a non-signature event, which is the result of the slightly elevated purse to nearly $10 million total, is that the Top 23 will receive at least $100,000 as a payout while the Top 36 will all clear $50,000.

One thing in an event like this, even with Scheffler dominating the field, that's always worth noting is the potential for more earnings throughout the rest of the season. Specifically, a good showing at a tournament such as this can help someone get the FedEx Cup points to keep their PGA Tour card and possibly make the playoffs. So let's check out how the FedEx Cup points are awarded at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

How FedEx Cup points are awarded at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Even though no one is taking the 500 FedEx Cup points away from Scheffler atop the leaderboard, there is still plenty of room to make up in the standings — especially in a weaker overall field we saw at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Someone like Sam Stevens or Erik Van Rooyen, who were on the leaderboard behind Scheffler, had a real opportunity to make a jump up in the standings and potentially give their season a shot in the arm that it needed coming into the event.