The John Deere Classic always promises low scores and drama at TPC Deere Run with the PGA Tour's annual stop in Silvis, IL. The 2025 tournament was no different, and Doug Ghim got things started on Thursday to take the first round lead. As he slowed down, however, the likes of Max Homa, reigning champion Davis Thompson, Emiliano Grillo, and several others pushed their way into contention, trying to secure the top 2025 John Deere Classic payout and an all-important late-season win on tour.
Things got even more interesting to start Sunday, though. Not only did players like Brian Campbell and Grillo make a run while Homa started hot, then cooled off, but the conditions got a bit wild. Rain was pouring down on TPC Deere Run and making things quite a bit hectic throughout the course for the day. Yes, the softer conditions offered opportunities, but the conditions as a whole were still somewhat grueling to endure.
But again, it's all about surviving at the top of the leaderboard to secure the most prize money possible. How much of a payday are we talking? Let's walk through the 2025 John Deere Classic payouts to see how much prize money every finishing position will receive this week, starting with the winner.
John Deere Classic purse 2025: Winner's prize money, total purse
The winner of the 2025 John Deere Classic will receive a $1.512 million payout for the week, which is the standard 18 percent that we see on the PGA Tour from this week's $8.4 million total purse that's distributed in prize money in Silvis. That's not a ton of money when you compare it to purses and prize money that we see in even other non-signature events. At the same time, for guys like Thompson and Homa, who have been struggling this year, or others like Kevin Roy, Ghim and so on who haven't had much success at all throughout the season, that can still be a year-changing outcome, if not a career-changing one.
John Deere Classic payouts distribution by finishing position in 2025
Finishing Position | John Deere Classic Prize Money |
|---|---|
Winner | $1.512 million |
2nd | $915,600 |
3rd | $579,600 |
4th | $411,600 |
5th | $344,400 |
6th | $304,500 |
7th | $283,500 |
8th | $262,500 |
9th | $245,700 |
10th | $228,900 |
11th | $212,100 |
12th | $195,300 |
13th | $178,500 |
14th | $161,700 |
15th | $153,300 |
16th | $144,900 |
17th | $136,500 |
18th | $128,100 |
19th | $119,700 |
20th | $111,300 |
21st | $102,900 |
22nd | $94,500 |
23rd | $87,780 |
24th | $81,060 |
25th | $74,340 |
26th | $67,620 |
27th | $65,100 |
28th | $62,580 |
29th | $60,060 |
30th | $57,540 |
31st | $55,020 |
32nd | $52,500 |
33rd | $49,980 |
34th | $47,880 |
35th | $45,780 |
36th | $43,680 |
37th | $41,580 |
38th | $39,900 |
39th | $38,220 |
40th | $36,540 |
41st | $34,860 |
42nd | $33,180 |
43rd | $31,500 |
44th | $29,820 |
45th | $28,140 |
46th | $26,460 |
47th | $24,780 |
48th | $23,436 |
49th | $22,260 |
50th | $21,588 |
51st | $21,084 |
52nd | $20,580 |
53rd | $20,244 |
54th | $19,908 |
55th | $19,740 |
56th | $19,572 |
57th | $19,404 |
58th | $19,236 |
59th | $19,068 |
60th | $18,900 |
61st | $18,732 |
62nd | $18,564 |
63rd | $18,396 |
64th | $18,228 |
We saw 65 players on the number make the cut at the John Deere Classic but, with Aldrich Potgieter, last week's winner, being forced to withdraw following his third round, only 64 players will get their payouts for the week at TPC Deere Run.
As you can clearly see, this is one of the smallest purses on the PGA Tour, which has been the case for years. At the same time, the winner, as mentioned, still clears $1.5 million and the Top 21 finishers will all get a six-figure payday. Naturally, though, the lack of prize money means that this event also gets one of the weaker fields on tour as well. However, that makes for a fun week as some guys can go out, have a great showing, earn a solid payday, and also find a nice chunk of FedEx Cup points that can change their season in a big way.
John Deere Classic payouts for winners, list of champions over the last 5 years
Year and Champion | Winner's Payout | Total Purse |
|---|---|---|
2024: Davis Thompson | $1.44 million | $8 million |
2023: Sepp Straka | $1.332 million | $7.4 million |
2022: J.T. Poston | $1.278 million | $7.1 million |
2021: Lucas Glover | $1.116 million | $6.2 million |
2019: Dylan Frittelli | $1.08 million | $6 million |
Of course, the 2020 John Deere Classic was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which is why the "last five years" is actually the last five tournaments dating back to 2019. However, especially with the boom in purse size and prize money since that hiatus and the separation of LIV Golf, you can even see at this event how much the payouts have increased.
Yes, this is considered one of the smallest purse sizes on the entire PGA Tour. However, even with that, the total purse has increased by $2.4 million from 2019 to 2025. Meanwhile, the winner's payout in Silvis is up just shy of a full $500,000 over that same span. The money in the game of golf continues to balloon, which is great for the health of the league and the sport.