- The PGA Championship raised $1 million in prize money from last year’s event.
- Each competitor who finished in the top 10 took home more than $500,000.
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After winning the PGA Championship on Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club, Xander Schauffele will pocket $3.3 million as the event raised his first-place prize money to $1 million this year.
Schauffele’s birdie putt on the final hole of the tournament raised his leaving Kentucky money at nearly $1.4 million, while second-place finisher Bryson DeChambeau earned $1.998 million for his six-point effort. under par on Sunday.
Each of the top three finishers becomes a millionaire from this event alone, as Viktor Hovland won $1.258 million.
The PGA Championship’s total purse is the largest in the event’s history at $18.5 million, with each player earning at least $22,100 for completing 72 holes.
Each player who finishes in the top 10 takes home more than half a million dollars.
Xander Schauffele earned $3.3 million from his PGA Championship victory at Valhalla Golf Club
Schauffele’s first major victory earned him a smaller lump sum than other golf events.
Every golfer who finished in the top 31 earned at least $100,000 during their weekend in Louisville.
The Masters had a total purse of around $20 million, giving the next major golf tournament a slightly smaller amount of total winnings.
Scottie Scheffler, who earned $521,418 for finishing tied for eighth, earned $3.6 million for winning a green jacket.
The strange thing for Scheffler is that winning the Masters was only his third-highest prize of the season. He won $4.5 million at the Players Championship and $4 million at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Collin Morikawa and Thomas Detry earn $814,000 each for finishing tied for fourth place.