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On its face, the Tour Championship would seem such a simple tournament to understand and follow. The PGA Tour’s season finale has a limited field of 30 players, each earning their way into the event based on their play over the course of the season. And this year, the winner (Tommy Fleetwood) was also crowned the FedEx Cup champion.
With us so far?
Good, because for 2025, the event had a few new wrinkles, including the prize money payout being handed out Sunday at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club. All 30 players began the tournament at even par. Isn’t that how every PGA Tour event works? Yes, but it was a switch made mid-season and a departure from what had been done since 2019 at the Tour Championship, where the FedEx Cup points leader entering the event started at 10 under par and the rest of the field trailed by a certain number of strokes based on their place in the rankings.
That was all gone this year, but Tommy Fleetwood still claimed two titles. He shot 64-63-67-68 for an 18-under-par 262 total to top Russell Henley and Patrick Cantlay by three shots.
However, Fleetwood made a little less than in the past few years yet more than any tournament winner has ever made in official prize money.
(We told you there were a few wrinkles.)
So along with the decision to do away with the staggered start at the Tour Championship, the PGA Tour Policy Board also changed how the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus pool would be distributed. Rather than have it all be decided on the finish at the Tour Championship—when Scottie Scheffler claimed last year earned $25 million for being the FedEx Cup winner—$60 million has already been allocated after the Wyndham Championship and last week’s BMW Championship.
That left $40 million being offered as a purse this week, with Fleetwood earning $10 million. And this will all be official prize money that counts toward players’ career money totals. That means that technically speaking the Tour Championship offered an all-time record prize money payout overall and for the winner.
Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer this week at East Lake.
Win: Tommy Fleetwood, -18/262, $10,000,000
T-2: Russell Henley, -15/265, $4,352,500
T-2: Patrick Cantlay, -15/265, $4,352,500
T-4: Corey Conners, -14/266, $2,616,666.62
T-4: Scottie Scheffler, -14/266, $2,616,666.62
T-4: Cameron Young, -14/266, $2,616,666.62
T-7: Justin Thomas, -13/267, $1,121,666.62
T-7: Sam Burns, -13/267, $1,121,666.62
T-7: Keegan Bradley, -13/267, $1,121,666.62
T-10: Chris Gotterup, -12/268, $715,000
T-10: Ben Griffin, -12/268, $715,000
12: Viktor Hovland, -11/269, $660,000
T-13: Brian Harman, -10/270, $570,000
T-13: Harris English, -10/270, $570,000
T-13: Akshay Bhatia, -10/270, $570,000
T-13: Shane Lowry, -10/270, $570,000
T-17: Harry Hall, -9/271, $482,500
T-17: Robert MacIntyre, -9/271, $482,500
T-19: Collin Morikawa, -8/272, $452,500
T-19: Nick Taylor, -8/272, $452,500
T-21: Justin Rose, -7/273, $422,500
T-21: Ludvig Aberg, -7/273, $422,500
T-23: Rory McIlroy, -6/274, $395,000
T-23: Maverick McNealy, -6/274, $395,000
T-25: J.J. Spaun, -4/276, $377,500
T-25: Andrew Novak, -4/276, $377,500
T-27: Sungjae Im, E/280, $367,500
T-27: Jacob Bridgeman, E/280, $367,500
29: Hideki Matsuyama, +3/283, $360,000
30: Sepp Straka, +7/287, $355,000
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