The regular season may be over, but that does not mean the PGA Tour's big-money payouts have come to an end for the year. Transitioning to the postseason, the PGA Tour rewarded those who qualified for the 2024 St. Jude Championship -- and the next two weeks of the FedEx Cup Playoffs -- quite handsomely starting with a $20 million prize pool that was up for grabs in Memphis.
This sum falls in line with the eight signature events from the regular season. The winner's share, which goes to 2024 champion Hideki Matsuyama, stands at $3.6 million -- just like five of the signature events with the Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial shelling out a bit more at $4 million for their champions.
More times than not this season, it has been Scottie Scheffler emerging victorious from those big-money tournaments; he has four signature-event wins under his belt in 2024. Scheffler has collected $15.2 million in just winner's checks alone and has accumulated north of $28 million so far this season. This has propelled him all the way up to fifth in PGA Tour's career money leaders with a shade over $70 million to his name.
Here are your eight winners from signature events this season:
- The Sentry: Chris Kirk ($3.6 million)
- Pebble Beach Pro Am: Wyndham Clark ($3.6 million)
- Genesis Invitational: Hideki Matsuyama ($4 million)
- Arnold Palmer Invitational: Scottie Scheffler ($4 million)
- RBC Heritage: Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million)
- Wells Fargo Championship: Rory McIlroy ($3.6 million)
- The Memorial Tournament: Scottie Scheffler ($4 million)
- Travelers Championship: Scottie Scheffler ($3.6 million)
Matsuyama is not the only player who walked through Memphis with a smile on his face, though, as everyone inside the top 11 cleared at least $500,000. Those inside the top 36 will see six figures hit their bank accounts, while everyone in the field will be taking home a paycheck with last place receiving $40,000.
Let's take a look at the payout list for the 70 players who in attendance at the 2024 St. Jude Championship. The top 10 are listed, and the rest can be viewed on the complete leaderboard.
2024 St. Jude Championship prize money, purse
Total purse: $20 million
1st: $3,600,000 -- Hideki Matsuyama
2nd: $2,160,000 -- Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland ($1,760,000 each)
3rd: $1,360,000
4th: $960,000 -- Scottie Scheffler
5th: $800,000 -- Sam Burns, Nick Dunlap ($760,000 each)
6th: $720,000
7th: $670,000 -- Wyndham Clark, Robert MacIntyre ($645,000 each)
8th: $620,000
9th: $580,000 -- Denny McCarthy
10th: $540,000 -- Billy Horschel, Seamus Power ($520,000 each)
11th: $500,000
12th: $460,000
13th: $420,000
14th: $380,000
15th: $360,000
16th: $340,000
17th: $320,000
18th: $300,000
19th: $280,000
20th: $260,000
21st: $240,000
22nd: $224,000
23rd: $208,000
24th: $192,000
25th: $176,000
26th: $160,000
27th: $153,000
28th: $148,000
29th: $142,000
30th: $136,000
31st: $130,000
32nd: $124,000
33rd: $118,000
34th: $113,000
35th: $108,000
36th: $103,000
37th: $98,000
38th: $94,000
39th: $90,000
40th: $86,000
41st: $82,000
42nd: $78,000
43rd: $74,000
44th: $70,000
45th: $66,000
46th: $62,000
47th: $58,000
48th: $54,800
49th: $52,000
50th: $50,400
51st: $49,200
52nd: $48,000
53rd: $47,200
54th: $46,400
55th: $46,000
56th: $45,600
57th: $45,200
58th: $44,800
59th: $44,400
60th: $44,000
61st: $43,600
62nd: $43,200
63rd: $42,800
64th: $42,400
65th: $42,000
66th: $41,600
67th: $41,200
68th: $40,800
69th: $40,400
70th: $40,000
