We shouldn't have been shocked when the PGA Tour moved to the FedEx Cup Playoffs with the first even this week, the 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, that Scottie Scheffler took the crown and just started running with it. In terms of wins this year, the No. 1-ranked player in the world hasn't racked them up at the number we've grown accustomed to over the past couple of years, but he's been knocking on the door the entire time. And when he took hold of the tournament this week at TPC Southwind, there was simply no stopping him.
Scheffler surged into the lead in the second round with a brilliant performance and, while it was close entering the final round, he stayed steady while most of his competition ultimately faded from the top of the leaderboard — or at least well behind him. That set Scheffler up to secure yet another monstrous payout and prize money this week on the PGA Tour and keep adding to his résumé on top of that.
FedEx St. Jude Championship winner's prize money, total purse for 2026
As the winner of the 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Scottie Scheffler will take home $3.6 million from the $20 million total purse on the line this week in terms of prize money at TPC Southwind. If those payout totals look familiar, you're absolutely correct in that. These are largely totals we're familiar with seeing at signature events, though the full payout structure is a bit different, with only 68 players finishing the week, while some signature event fields were nearly 80 players who either made the cut or played in the no-cut event.
No matter what, though, it undeniably pays well to be winning in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
FedEx St. Jude Championship payout distribution by finishing position
Finishing Position | FedEx St. Jude Championship |
|---|---|
Winner: Scottie Scheffler | $3.6 million |
2. Si Woo Kim | $2.16 million |
T3. Alex Noren | $1.16 million |
T3. Sam Burns | $1.16 million |
T5. Wyndham Clark | $760,000 |
T5. Sungjae Im | $760,000 |
T7. Ludvig Ã…berg | $562,500 |
T7. Xander Schauffele | $562,500 |
T7. Hideki Matsuyama | $562,500 |
T7. Tommy Fleetwood | $562,500 |
T7. Jake Knapp | $562,500 |
T12. Bud Cauley | $369,571.43 |
T12. Matt Fitzpatrick | $369,571.43 |
T12. Patrick Cantlay | $369,571.43 |
T12. Nico Echavarria | $369,571.43 |
T12. Adam Scott | $369,571.43 |
T12. Kurt Kitayama | $369,571.43 |
T12. Tom Kim | $369,571.43 |
T19. Pierceson Coody | $281,000 |
T19. Patrick Rodgers | $261,000 |
T19. Maverick McNealy | $241,000 |
T19. Jordan Spieth | $224,500 |
T19. Viktor Hovland | $208,500 |
T24. Alex Smalley | $162,500 |
T24. Max Homa | $162,500 |
T24. Harry Hall | $162,500 |
T24. Ryan Gerard | $162,500 |
T24. Jackson Koivun | $162,500 |
T24. J.T. Poston | $162,500 |
T30. Russell Henley | $127,500. |
T30. Jacob Bridgeman | $127,500. |
T30. Chris Gotterup | $127,500. |
T30. Brian Harman | $127,500. |
T34. Sepp Straka | $103,700 |
T34. Nicolai Hojgaard | $103,700 |
T34. Keith Mitchell | $103,700 |
T34. J.J. Spaun | $103,700 |
T34. Rickie Fowler | $103,700 |
T39. Justin Rose | $86,500 |
T39. Cameron Young | $86,500 |
T39. Nick Taylor | $86,500 |
T42. Harris English | $70,500 |
T42. Ben Griffin | $70,500 |
T42. Sam Stevens | $70,500 |
T42. Michael Brennan | $70,500 |
T42. Gary Woodland | $70,500 |
T47. Corey Conners | $53,420 |
T47. Michael Thorbjornsen | $53,420 |
T47. Sudarshan Yellamarju | $53,420 |
T47. Matti Schmid | $53,420 |
T47. Justin Thomas | $53,420 |
T52. Shane Lowry | $47,800 |
T52. Collin Morikawa | $47,800 |
T52. Ryo Hisatsune | $47,800 |
T55. Min Woo Lee | $46,200 |
T55. Michael Kim | $46,200 |
T55. Jordan Smith | $46,200 |
T58. Ryan Fox | $45,000 |
T58. Kristoffer Reitan | $45,000 |
T58. Eric Cole | $45,000 |
T61. Alex Fitzpatrick | $44,000 |
T61. Aldrich Potgieter | $44,000 |
T63. Matt McCarty | $43,000 |
T63. Ricky Castillo | $43,000 |
T63. Aaron Rai | $43,000 |
66. Rory McIlroy | $42,200 |
67. Sahith Theegala | $41,800 |
68. Akshay Bhatia | $41,400 |
The full field for the FedEx St. Jude Championship was supposed to be 70 players, but Daniel Berger, likely due to injury, was unable to play this week in Memphis. That pushed the field down to 69 players, which was then shrunk further when Robert MacIntyre was forced to withdraw ahead of the second round of play, which got us down to the 68 players seen here.
FedEx Cup Playoffs bonus money on the line
While the purse for the FedEx St. Jude Championship (and next week's BMW Championship) will both be at $20 million, there is a lot of bonus money to be had in the FedEx Cup Playoffs if players advance.
For example, if a player makes it into the Top 50 of the standings after this week in Memphis, that $20 million will be split among just 50 players instead of 70 (or 68) as it was this week at TPC Southwind. More importantly, though, there will be a $40 million purse at the TOUR Championship to cap off the season with only 30 players in the field. The winner that week will receive $10 million at East Lake, though that will be counted as bonus money entirely and not toward all-time PGA Tour money list winnings.
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