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For all the debate this summer about rapidly rising prize money payouts in professional golf, it was crazy to think what was on the line this week at the Tour Championship. The winner on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club was going to earn $18 million for his victory.

Let’s repeat that: $18 million.

By comparison, for their entire PGA Tour careers, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, winners of 25 majors and 135 tour titles, earned a combined $7,595,888.

And that winner was Rory McIlroy, the man who has served as the de facto face of the PGA Tour in 2022 as LIV Golf has risen to prominence.

McIlroy began the tournament six shots back of Scottie Scheffler, was 10 shots back after two holes (when he opened with a triple bogey, bogey), nine back after 36 holes and a six back to start the final round. But with rounds of 67-67-63-66 to get to 21-under, he rallied for a third career FedEx Cup title to the ones won in 2014 and 2019.

Technically speaking, the money on the line in Atlanta is not tournament prize money, but rather the payout for the $75 million FedEx Cup bonus pool that players are receiving for their finishes in the season-long points race. No player’s career earnings will increase as a result of their performance in the 2021-22 season finale.

Here then is the prize money payout for each golfer in the final FedEx Cup standings after the conclusion of the Tour Championship.

Win: Rory McIlroy, -21, $18,000,000
T-2: Scottie Scheffler, -20, $5,750,000
T-2: Sungjae Im, -20, $5,750,000
4: Xander Schauffele, -18, $4,000,000
T-5: Max Homa, -17, $2,750,000
T-5: Justin Thomas, -17, $2,750,000
T-7: Sepp Straka, -16, $1,750,000
T-7: Patrick Cantlay, -16, $1,750,000
9: Tony Finau, -15, $1,250,000
10: Tom Hoge, -14, $1,000,000
T-11: Joaquin Niemann, -13, $925,000
T-11: Hideki Matsuyama, -13, $925,000
T-13: Jordan Spieth, -12, $825,000
T-13: Aaron Wise, -12, $825,000
T-15: Viktor Hovland, -11, $710,000
T-15: Matt Fitzpatrick, -11, $710,000
T-15: J.T. Poston, -11, $710,000
T-15: Jon Rahm, -11, $710,000
19: Cameron Young, -10, $660,000
20: Cameron Smith, -9, $640,000
T-21: Brian Harman, -8, $600,000
T-21: Billy Horschel, -8, $600,000
T-21: Collin Morikawa, -8, $600,000
24: Sam Burns, -7, $565,000
25: Adam Scott, -4, $550,000
26: Corey Conners, -3, $540,000
27: K.H. Lee, -1, $530,000
28: Sahith Theegala, +1, $520,000
29: Scott Stallings, +3, $510,000
30: Will Zalatoris, $500,000

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