A new-look East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, played host to the season's final event; the 2024 Tour Championship. From 70 to 50 to a final 30 consisting of the PGA Tour's best players this season, the FedEx Cup Playoffs would culminate at East Lake. With a spot in all of 2025's biggest events already assured for those who advanced to the season finale in Atlanta, the 2024 Tour Championship was all about a massive prize purse and the crowning of a champion at the end of a long and grueling season.
With a slim advantage already in hand coming into the week, World and FedEx Cup No.1 Scottie Scheffler got off to the perfect start at this year's Tour Championship and opened up a sizable gap over the rest of the field following a 6-under 65 during the first round at a recently renovated East Lake Golf Club. It appeared early on in the week like the world's best player was well on his way to another dominant victory but despite ensuing rounds of 66 on Friday and Saturday, this year's Masters Champion wasn't completely home and dry. Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa ensured that he was within touching distance of Scheffler's lead going into the final round as the 27-year-old recorded three rounds of 67 or better to remain within striking distance.
Morikawa would attempt to win his first FedEx Cup during the final round of the season-ending Tour Championship and in the process deny Scottie Scheffler an astonishing seventh win on the season; an outcome, per Justin Ray, that would see this year's Olympic champion join an elite group of just three others to have won seven or more times including a major in a single season since 1980.
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) August 31, 20247+ wins including a major, single PGA Tour season since 1980:
1980 Tom Watson
1999 Tiger Woods
2000 Tiger Woods
2004 Vijay Singh
2006 Tiger Woods
2007 Tiger WoodsScottie Scheffler joins with a win Sunday.
Whether it was Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, or a miraculous come-from-behind win by any of the chasing pack during the final round of this year's Tour Championship, whoever emerged triumphant would not only claim the season-ending FedEx Cup title but also an extraordinary winner's share from the largest prize purse of the season. But exactly how much was at stake at the season finale at East Lake? Let's take a look at the purse and payout breakdown by finishing position for the 2024 Tour Championship.
The incredible prize purse for the FedEx Cup and the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake is set at a massive $100 million for 2024 with this year's champion in Atlanta taking home a whopping winner's share of $25 million. Of the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus purse at the Tour Championship, $82.95 million will be divvied out to the elite field at East Lake while the remaining 120 players in the FedEx Cup standings will split the rest of the $17.05 million bonus prize. This is far and away the largest prize purse of the year with the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup rewarding those who earned their way to the season finale handsomely. Up $25 million from last year's FedEx Cup purse at East Lake, the prize money that will be divvied out in 2024 is a record-breaking amount for the PGA Tour.
Tour Championship payout distribution by finishing position in 2024
Here is a look at the full payout breakdown for every finishing position at the season-ending Tour Championship in 2024.
Finishing Position | 2024 Tour Championship Prize Money |
|---|---|
2024 FedEx Cup/Tour Champion | $25,000,000 |
2nd | $12,500,000 |
3rd | $7,500,000 |
4th | $6,000,000 |
5th | $5,000,000 |
6th | $3,500,000 |
7th | $2,750,000 |
8th | $2,250,000 |
9th | $2,000,000 |
10th | $1,750,000 |
11th | $1,075,000 |
12th | $1,025,000 |
13th | $975,000 |
14th | $925,000 |
15th | $885,000 |
16th | $795,000 |
17th | $775,000 |
18th | $755,000 |
19th | $735,000 |
20th | $715,000 |
21st | $670,000 |
22nd | $650,000 |
23rd | $630,000 |
24th | $615,000 |
25th | $600,000 |
26th | $590,000 |
27th | $580,000 |
28th | $570,000 |
29th | $560,000 |
30th | $550,000 |
Earning their share of this historic PGA Tour purse, the Top 5 finishers at the 2024 Tour Championship will earn at least $5 million while every player who finishes Top 12 or better at East Lake will take home an incredible seven figures. Every player in the field will take home at least $550,000 from this historically lucrative prize purse.
After setting a new record on the PGA Tour, the FedEx Cup/Tour Championship purse sits alone at the top amongst prize purses divvied out this season, with the Players Championship ($25 million) marking the second-most lucrative purse on the season's schedule. As these astronomical figures continue to rise, one can only begin to imagine what's in store for next season and beyond.
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