The Tour Championship feels separate from the rest of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and in some ways, it stands out that way. The amount of money at stake -- $45 million split between 30 golfers -- dwarfs every other prize pool in golf, and while winning that trophy is prestigious, capturing the $15 million that comes with it can be life-changing for several golfers in this field.
Last year, in the first iteration of these playoffs, Rory McIlroy took home the first $15 million first prize (it was previously $10 million). This year, Dustin Johnson went wire-to-wire at the Tour Championship to cash the huge first-place prize.
That's not to say getting second is a bad thing. The runner-up netted $5 million, while third place got $4 million and so on down the list.
Even those who struggled at East Lake took home six-figure bonuses. Let's take a look at all 30 payouts from the 2020 Tour Championship on Monday. Golfers that tie split the value of the combined spots in the field.
1st -- $15 million -- Dustin Johnson
2nd -- $5 million -- Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele (tie at $4.5 million)
3rd -- $4 million
4th -- $3 million -- Jon Rahm
5th -- $2.5 million -- Scottie Scheffler
6th -- $1.9 million -- Collin Morikawa
7th -- $1.3 million -- Tyrrell Hatton
8th -- $1.1 million -- Rory McIlroy, Patrick Reed, Sebastian Munoz (tie at $960,000)
9th -- $950,000
10th -- $830,000
11th -- $750,000 -- Sungjae Im
12th -- $705,000 -- Harris English, Webb Simpson (tie at $682,500)
13th -- $660,000
14th -- $620,000 -- Mackenzie Hughes
15th -- $595,000 -- Hideki Matsuyama, Daniel Berger (tie at $582,500)
16th -- $570,000
17th -- $550,000 -- Tony Finau
18th -- $535,000 -- Abraham Ancer, Lanto Griffin (tie at $527,500)
19th -- $520,000
20th -- $505,000 -- Viktor Hovland, Brendon Todd (tie at $497,500)
21st -- $490,000
22nd -- $478,000 -- Bryson DeChambeau
23rd -- $466,000 -- Kevin Kisner
24th -- $456,000 -- Cameron Smith, Ryan Palmer, Cameron Champ (tie at $445,333)
25th -- $445,000
26th -- $435,000
27th -- $425,000 -- Kevin Na, Joaquin Niemann (tie at $420,000)
28th -- $415,000
29th -- $405,000 -- marc Leishman
30th -- $395,000 -- Billy Horschel
