The prize pool for the 2022 BMW PGA Championship is $8 million, with the winner’s share coming in at $1,333,330, or the regular 16.67 percent payment in accordance with the European Tour’s prize money distribution system.
Rory McIlroy, Billy Horschel, Jon Rahm, and more elite golfers are in the lineup at the BMW PGA Championship.
On the 2022 European Tour schedule, the BMW PGA Championship is the 34th competition of the year.
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Final payouts for the BMW Championship: Patrick Cantlay takes home $2.7 million
The defending FedEx Cup winner won the second leg of the playoffs at Delaware’s Wilmington Country Club for the second year in a row.
The BMW Championship, which was played for the first time at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware, continued the PGA Tour playoffs. For the Tour Championship in Atlanta, only the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings were invited.
Patrick Cantlay won the BMW for the second year running and will finish behind Scottie Scheffler in the points standings in Atlanta. From the $15 million pool, Cantlay takes home $2.7 million.
The prize money for each golfer at the 2022 BMW PGA Championship is listed below.
On Sunday, two Irishmen engaged in a duel to the finish of the BMW PGA Championship in England’s Wentworth. Shane Lowry emerged victorious, defeating Rory McIlroy by one stroke.
Due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, the DP World Tour’s premier tournament had to be cut to 54 holes. On Sunday, Lowry came back with a seven-under-par 65. He had no bogeys and seven birdies, including a four on the final par-five hole. On the 18th hole, McIlroy (67) had a chance to tie but missed his eagle putt.
Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy played early and achieved a 10-under 62, which included two eagles, for a total of 17 under, one shot better than Lowry. American Talor Gooch, who has switched allegiances to LIV Golf, finished the round with a 67 and alone in fourth place.
Out of a $8 million total prize pool, $1.36 million went to the winner outside of London. The prize money for each player who made the cut this week is listed below.
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Update 3:45 pm on Sunday As players exit the course during the final round, you can follow along with the live update of where they will finish the FedEx Cup points race for the 2021–22 season here.
The BMW Championship continues to rank among the most lucrative competitions on the PGA TOUR, with a substantial $15 million prize fund guaranteeing a winner $2.7 million. The 2022 TOUR Championship will begin on Thursday in Atlanta, but the fight for FedEx Cup points is a different story, with the top 30 finishers in the season-long competition traveling there.
At Wilmington Country Club, a total of $15 million is up for grabs this week, with the last-place finisher earning $30,600. That will be former FedEx Cup points leader Will Zalatoris, who withdrew from the round on Saturday due to a back ailment after winning the St. Jude Championship the previous week.
A poor season can quickly improve because the St. Jude and BMW Championships each award four times as many FedEx Cup points as the majority of PGA TOUR regular-season competitions. A finish in the Top 10 at East Lake Golf Club for the TOUR Championship is more than possible with the 2000 points for winning at either the St. Jude or BMW. Additionally, the top 30 players in FedEx Cup points will get a combined $57,925,000 from the TOUR Championship, with $18 million going to the champion.
However, players at the BMW who don’t advance to the next round and place between 31st and 70th are still entitled to an additional $175,000 to $250,000 as their portion of the FedEx Cup prize fund, which will be deposited into their PGA TOUR retirement accounts.
All 70 players who qualified for the BMW Championship are already exempt from the PGA TOUR’s rules for the next season, but the victor of this competition guarantees that exemption for the 2024 campaign as well. If they aren’t already exempt, the BMW winner also receives a spot in the 2023 Masters and PGA Championship as well as an invitation to the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii in January.
A preview of the FedEx St. Jude Championship’s final round
Players are vying for positions in the top-30 of the FedEx Cup standings in order to go to East Lake and next week’s Tour Championship in addition to the $15 million reward. Additionally, the BMW is the final chance for players to earn Presidents Cup points and place in the top-6 (for American players) or top-8 (for international players) to secure automatic spots on their respective teams.
Patrick Cantlay, the defending winner, is ahead after 54 holes at 12-under. Last year, Cantlay defeated Bryson DeChambeau at Caves Valley, close to Baltimore, in a six-hole playoff. But prior to this week’s tournament, Cantlay criticized the PGA Tour’s approach of choosing courses that favor long hitters and the course design at this week’s event at Wilmington Country Club.
Xander Schauffele, Cantlay’s close friend and teammate for their victory at the Zurich Classic earlier this season, sits one shot behind him at 11-under. As a result of his 5-under 66 on the last day, Schauffele shot up the leaderboard. Scott Stallings, who also shot 66 on Saturday, is tied with Schauffele at 11-under.
Scottie Scheffler is one shot down at 10-under and appears set to retake the top spot in the FedEx Cup standings going into East Lake, giving him a two-shot lead to begin the tournament. Adam Scott, who leads after 36 holes, is also at 10-under and needs a strong finish to return to the Tour Championship for the first time since 2019.
How Much Money Will the Winner Receive from the BMW Championship Purse and Payouts?
The top 70 players in the standings will continue their quest for the $18 million top prize this weekend at the BMW Championship, which is part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Only the top 30 will continue on to the TOUR Championship at East Lake after this weekend.
The $18 million prize for winning the FedEx Cup Playoffs is the focus of attention, but the victor at Wilmington Country Club will also earn a sizable sum of money. How much money will the winner receive for winning the 2022 BMW Championship?
Does the FedEx Cup winner receive the entire prize sum at once?
The top 150 finishers in the rankings will split a whopping $75 million prize pool for the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs. The top 30 finishers will each receive at least $500,000, while all 30 golfers who qualified for the Tour Championship will receive at least $1 million.
What is the 2022 FedEx Cup prize money?
The Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta marked the conclusion of the 2021–22 PGA Tour season, a season that in many ways won’t soon be forgotten. Will Zalatoris withdrew from the competition on Tuesday due to a back issue, leaving a field of 29 players, who were placed in order of FedEx Cup points on the leaderboard.
With a weekend score of 63-66, Rory McIlroy defeated top seed Scottie Scheffler to win the FedEx Cup for the third time and earn a $18 million bonus.
How much is awarded to the Fedex winner?
It was absurd to consider the stakes at the Tour Championship this week, given the controversy this summer over professional golf’s rapidly escalating prize money payouts. The winners on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club would have received $18 million in prize money.
Comparatively, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, winners of 25 major championships and 135 tour titles, made a combined $7,595,888 throughout the course of their PGA Tour careers.
And it’s only natural that the winner was Rory McIlroy, who has essentially been the PGA Tour’s spokesperson for 2022. McIlroy has been the calming influence the PGA Tour needed, rallying some of the biggest stars to try to keep the tour together as LIV Golf has gained popularity and caused a divide in men’s pro golf this summer.
McIlroy started the competition six shots behind Scottie Scheffler and was 10 shots behind him after two holes (after he bogeyed three times in a row), nine shots behind him after 36 holes, and six shots behind him to begin the final round. But he fought back to win a third FedEx Cup championship of his career, joining the ones won in 2014 and 2019. He had rounds of 67-67-63-66 to reach 21 under.
Technically, the $75 million FedEx Cup bonus pool that players are collecting for their finishes in the year-long points race is what is at stake in Atlanta rather than the tournament prize money. No player’s pay over the course of their career will rise as a result of how well they perform in the 2021–22 season finale.
The payoff for each golfer in the final FedEx Cup standings following the Tour Championship is shown below. In the case of a tie for first place in this final tournament of the 2021–2022 PGA Tour season, money is divided equally among competitors as it is in regular PGA Tour competitions. Soon after Sunday’s conclusion, we’ll update this list to include specific individuals and their earnings.
When East Lake was still known as Atlanta Athletic Club, Tom Bendelow really designed the first course, and it was on that layout that Stewart Maiden instructed the now-famous Bobby Jones in the game. On the same site, Donald Ross essentially constructed a new course in 1915. It remained unaltered until renovations were performed before the 1963 Ryder Cup. The downtown East Lake facility of Atlanta Athletic suffered financial difficulties after the club relocated to the suburbs in the late 1960s. Businessman Tom Cousins saved the venue in the 1990s and transformed it into a fine example of the blending of corporate and inner-city engagement. Rees Jones has altered the majority of the holes during the previous two decades, and the club adopted the new routing permanently for normal play when the PGA Tour switched the nines for the 2016 Tour Championship (turning the unpopular par-3 finish into the ninth hole).
In addition, each of the top 150 FedEx Cup finishers receives a portion of the bonus pool. Because of this, there are far more names on the list below than there are Tour Championship competitors.
How much does the caddie for Jordan Spieth make?
Michael Greller, Jordan Spieth’s caddie and a former sixth-grade teacher, has most certainly earned $2 million this year. Let that sink in, please.
According to Michael Shamburger of the Big Lead, Greller’s earnings would place 39th on the PGA Tour money list. Not bad for someone who quit a secure career to bet on the top-ranked amateur golfer at the time.
According to the Dallas Morning News, Greller would need decades to make as much money as he was rumored to have made in 25 PGA Tour events with Spieth, based on the $50,000 starting pay for Dallas teachers.