The 2026 RBC Heritage was always going to be a fascinating PGA Tour event coming the week after the Masters. With the decision from the tour a few years ago to make this a signature event, many of the world's best in golf were teeing it up again at Harbour Town and trying to get another big-time payout. Rory McIlroy wasn't one of them, but two past champions in Matt Fitzpatrick and Scottie Scheffler were trying to make good on that in Hilton Head.
Fitzpatrick, the winner in 2023, came into Sunday with a three-stroke lead over Scheffler, who won in 2024. But we all knew it was going to be a frenetic finish at the RBC Heritage, especially with all of the prize money on the line. So let's dive into the money with full payout distribution by finishing position, a look back at the purse size of year's past, and more.
RBC Heritage winner's prize money, total purse for 2026
The winner of the 2026 RBC Heritage will receive a whopping $3.6 million, the standard winner's prize money for the signature events on the PGA Tour. Also standard is the $20 million purse and prize pool that players are competing for. Just one week after we saw Augusta National set a record for the Masters Tournament with its purse size, we still have $20 million on the line this week at Harbour Town, which only makes a historic tournament feel even more special.
RBC Heritage payout distribution by finishing position
Finishing Position | 2026 RBC Heritage Prize Money |
|---|---|
Winner | $3.6 million |
2nd | $2.16 million |
3rd | $1.36 million |
4th | $960,000 |
5th | $795,000 |
6th | $715,000 |
7th | $665,000 |
8th | $615,000 |
9th | $575,000 |
10th | $535,000 |
11th | $495,000 |
12th | $455,000 |
13th | $415,000 |
14th | $375,000 |
15th | $352,000 |
16th | $332,000 |
17th | $312,000 |
18th | $292,000 |
19th | $272,000 |
20th | $252,250 |
21st | $235,000 |
22nd | $220,000 |
23rd | $205,000 |
24th | $190,000 |
25th | $175,000 |
26th | $160,000 |
27th | $151,000 |
28th | $144,000 |
29th | $137,000 |
30th | $131,000 |
31st | $125,000 |
32nd | $119,000 |
33rd | $113,000 |
34th | $107,000 |
35th | $102,000 |
36th | $97,000 |
37th | $92,000 |
38th | $87,000 |
39th | $82,000 |
40th | $78,000 |
41st | $74,000 |
42nd | $70,000 |
43rd | $66,000 |
44th | $62,000 |
45th | $58,000 |
46th | $55,000 |
47th | $52,000 |
48th | $50,000 |
49th | $48,000 |
50th | $46,500 |
51st | $45,500 |
52nd | $44,500 |
53rd | $43,500 |
54th | $42,500 |
55th | $41,500 |
56th | $40,500 |
57th | $39,500 |
58th | $38,500 |
59th | $38,000 |
60th | $37,500 |
61st | $37,000 |
62nd | $36,500 |
63rd | $36,000 |
64th | $35,500 |
65th | $35,000 |
66th | $34,500 |
67th | $34,000 |
68th | $33,500 |
69th | $33,250 |
70th | $33,000 |
71st | $32,750 |
72nd | $32,500 |
73rd | $32,250 |
74th | $32,000 |
75th | $31,750 |
76th | $31,500 |
77th | $31,250 |
78th | $31,000 |
79th | $30,750 |
80th | $30,500 |
81st | $30,250 |
82nd | $30,000 |
It's still impressive to see the money available to players at signature events, especially in a week like this. The field size for the RBC Heritage coming in at 82 players means we have to go well down the board with payout distribution, especially since it's a no-cut tournament. But to come to Harbour Town and finish dead last and still earn $30,000 is nothing to scoff at — that's what a mid-tier finish in a regular PGA Tour event would earn.
Beyond that, seeing that the top three finishers will all make seven figures this week while everyone finishing Top 35 will get $100,000 or more speaks to all of the money available to these players if they play well at Harbour Town. That's why the PGA Tour made the calculated decision to have the RBC Heritage be a signature event, because now it's truly the best in the world battling for this elevated prize money.
RBC Heritage purse and winners in the last 5 years
Year | Winner | Winner's Prize | Total Purse |
|---|---|---|---|
2025 RBC Heritage | Justin Thomas | $3.6 million | $20 million |
2024 RBC Heritage | Scottie Scheffler | $3.6 million | $20 million |
2023 RBC Heritage | Matt FItzpatrick | $3.6 million | $20 million |
2022 RBC Heritage | Jordan Spieth | $1.44 million | $8 million |
2021 RBC Heritage | Stewart Cink | $1.278 million | $7.1 million |
You can see the drastic increase in purse size at Harbour Town starting with the 2023 tournament when the PGA Tour made the decision to make the event immediately following the Masters Tournament a signature event — something many speculated was a decision made to ensure that the world's best in the game of golf would play one of the most historic events on tour.
Even when you know the particulars, though, it's wild to look at the winner's prize money increasing by more than $2 million in just a few years, while also seeing that the runner-up at the RBC Heritage nowadays actually makes more than Spieth or Cink did for their victories before the tournament was given signature event status.
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