The field has been trimmed from 70 to 50 players, but the prize pool remains the same. The BMW Championship will divide up $20 million among those who tee it up this week at Castle Pines Golf Club in Colorado. The winner will not only take home $3.6 million, but he will better position himself for additional riches ahead of next week’s Tour Championship.
Hideki Matsuyama claimed the first playoff event of the season and climbed to third in the FedEx Cup standings, but it only accounted for his second-largest paycheck of the year; he claimed $4 million for his win at the Genesis Invitational. Scottie Scheffler has cashed a winner’s check on six separate occasions on the PGA Tour and is approaching $30 million earned this season and north of $71 million in his career. In fact, with his most recent finish at the St. Jude Championship, Scheffler surged inside the top five in career earnings on the PGA Tour and trails only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson.
The BMW Championship will fall in line with the signature events from the regular season for the winner, but those who finish further down the leaderboard will receive an increased amount of money. Everyone inside the top 40 of the 50-man field will clear six figures, with those inside the top 20 clearing more than $250,000.
Here are your winners from the biggest events this season on the PGA Tour:
The Sentry: Chris Kirk ($3.6 million)
Chris Kirk ($3.6 million) Pebble Beach Pro Am: Wyndham Clark ($3.6 million)
Wyndham Clark ($3.6 million) Genesis Invitational: Hideki Matsuyama ($4 million)
Hideki Matsuyama ($4 million) Arnold Palmer Invitational: Scottie Scheffler ($4 million)
Scottie Scheffler ($4 million) The Players Championship: Scottie Scheffler ($4.5 million)
Scottie Scheffler ($4.5 million) RBC Heritage: Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million)
Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million) Wells Fargo Championship: Rory McIlroy ($3.6 million)
Rory McIlroy ($3.6 million) The Memorial Tournament: Scottie Scheffler ($4 million)
Scottie Scheffler ($4 million) Travelers Championship: Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million)
Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million) St. Jude Championship: Hideki Matsuyama ($3.6 million)
Let’s take a look at the payout list for the 50 players who in attendance at the 2024 BMW Championship.
2024 BMW Championship prize money, purse
Total purse: $20 million
1st: $3,600,000
2nd: $2,160,000
3rd: $1,360,000
4th: $990,000
5th: $830,000
6th: $750,000
7th: $695,000
8th: $640,000
9th: $600,000
10th: $560,000
11th: $520,000
12th: $480,000
13th: $441,000
14th: $402,000
15th: $382,000
16th: $362,000
17th: $342,000
18th: $322,000
19th: $302,000
20th: $282,000
21st: $262,000
22nd: $245,000
23rd: $229,000
24th: $213,000
25th: $197,000
26th: $181,000
27th: $174,000
28th: $167,000
29th: $160,000
30th: $153,000
31st: $146,000
32nd: $139,000
33rd: $132,000
34th: $127,000
35th: $122,000
36th: $117,000
37th: $112,000
38th: $108,000
39th: $104,000
40th: $100,000
41st: $96,000
42nd: $92,000
43rd: $88,000
44th: $84,000
45th: $80,000
46th: $76,000
47th: $72,000
48th: $70,000
49th: $68,000
50th: $66,000