PGA Championship payout distribution 2025: Prize money, purse, winner's share and FedEx Cup points awarded

The 2025 PGA Championship had some golf fans asking questions about Quail Hollow and the tournament as a whole early, when the leaderboard was populated by the likes of Jhonattan Vegas, Ryan Gerard and other lesser-known players after the first two days. Heading into Sunday's final round, however, things had evened out a bit with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler taking a commanding lead. While he was the heavy favorite to get the top prize money, some lesser-known players like Alex Noren were still hanging around while others, such as Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, were still lurking.

Scheffler was brilliant on Saturday to push himself to a three-stroke advantage going into the final round after an immaculate finish to his round, including dominating the famed Green Mile finishing stretch at Quail Hollow. However, his push to win his third major and first outside of The Masters seemed like it might ultimately be put in danger as Rahm made a charge and Scheffler began to show cracks in his armor. In the clutch, though, it was Scheffler who showed nerves of steel while Rahm's aggressive chase fell apart.

That left Scheffler in the winner's circle when it was all said and done, five strokes clear of the rest of the field with a dominant win. That also left him with quite a paycheck coming his way as well. As a major, we know that the PGA Championship payouts and purse were always going to be massive. And indeed, that's the case as the PGA of America set up record prize money for the 2025 tournament at Quail Hollow.

Let's see how it all breaks down for Scheffler and the rest of the field.

PGA Championship purse 2025: Winner's prize money, total purse

Scheffler, as the winner of the 2025 PGA Championship, will receive a record $3.42 million, up from the $3.3 million that Xander Schauffele received last year in 2024. That's because the PGA of America has continued to raise the stakes, quite literally, as they've increased the total purse to $19 milliion for this year's event at Quail Hollow. That's up from $18.5 million when the X-Man was triumphant at Valhalla and also up from the $17.5 million back in 2023.

Having said that, the total purse at both The Masters and the US Open is bigger than what's being awarded at the PGA Championship.

PGA Championship payout distribution by finishing position in 2025

In additon to the winner's more than $3 million in prize money this week at the PGA Championship, the runner-up will receive more than $2 million and the three top finishers for the week at Quail Hollow will take home more than $1 million. Beyond that, the $19 million purse also puts the Top 32 players on the leaderboard with a six-figure payday hitting their bank accounts.

Obviously, the prize money at the PGA Championship and any major championship is a big motivating factor beyond the prestige in these tournaments as well. However, players who will get a six-figure payday by finishing in the Top 15 and ties for the week are also looking to add to their bank accounts in the future at this major as anyone finishing in those spots earns an automatic invitation to the PGA Championship next year, which is set to be played at Aronimink.

FedEx Cup points awarded at the PGA Championship

The FedEx Cup points awarded at the PGA Championship are the same for all four major championships with a whopping 750 going to the winner. But while the winner's share of the FedEx Cup points allotment for the tournament, many of the finishing positions thereafter actually earn fewer points for the season-long standings than they do at a signature event. While signature events offer less (700) for the winner, second place receives 500 in those events as opposed to just 400 at major championships.

Even still, a great finish at a major championship can change a player's fortunes for the entire season based on the FedEx Cup points. And with the leaderboard around Scheffler entering the final round, that was a big chance for some of the players to finish strong and earn a big reward for the season-long standings and potentially make some headway for the FedEx Cup Playoffs and eventually the TOUR Championship.