2026 St. Jude Championship Prize Money: A Dominant Performance by Scottie Scheffler

The 2026 FedEx Cup Playoffs kicked off with the St. Jude Championship, drawing 69 of the PGA Tour’s best to Memphis. Scottie Scheffler led the pack with a healthy advantage for the No. 1 spot in the season-long standings over Matt Fitzpatrick. Scheffler’s dominant performance left the field in his wake, securing an eight-shot margin of victory, the largest on the PGA Tour this season.

Prize Money Breakdown: A Look at the Top 50 Finishes

The St. Jude Championship offered a $20 million purse, ensuring every player in the field would take home at least $41,000. The top 36 players secured a six-figure payday, with the winner’s share going to Scottie Scheffler at $3.6 million. The breakdown of payouts for each spot on the leaderboard is as follows:

Top 10 Finishes

• 1st: $3,600,000 — Scottie Scheffler
• 2nd: $2,160,000 — Si Woo Kim
• 3rd: $1,360,000 — Alex Noren, Sam Burns ($1,160,000 each)
• 4th: $960,000
• 5th: $800,000 — Wyndham Clark, Sungjae Im ($760,000 each)
• 6th: $720,000
• 7th: $670,000 — Ludvig Åberg, Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, Jake Knapp ($602,800 each)

As the players vied for top 50 qualifications, cementing a spot in the second event of the postseason, the BMW Championship, the competition remained tight. However, by the time the St. Jude Championship concluded, the jockeying for position had largely subsided.

Remaining Payouts: From 51st to 68th Place

The remaining payouts for the top 68 finishes are as follows:

51st-68th Place Finishes

• 51st: $49,800
• 52nd: $48,600 — Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Ryo Hisatsune ($47,800 each)
• 53rd: $47,800
• 54th: $47,000
• 55th: $46,600 — Min Woo Lee, Michael Kim, Jordan Smith ($46,200 each)
• 56th: $46,200
• 57th: $45,800
• 58th: $45,400 — Ryan Fox, Kristoffer Reitan, Eric Cole ($45,000 each)
• 59th: $45,000
• 60th: $44,600
• 61st: $44,200 — Alex Fitzpatrick, Aldrich Potgieter ($44,000 each)
• 62nd: $43,800
• 63rd: $43,400 — Matt McCarty, Ricky Castillo, Aaron Rai ($43,000 each)
• 64th: $43,000
• 65th: $42,600
• 66th: $42,200
• 67th: $41,800 — Sahith Theegala
• 68th: $41,400 — Akshay Bhatia

The St. Jude Championship marked one of the last opportunities for players to boost their bank accounts before the PGA Tour’s long offseason. With just three events left on the 2026 schedule, the playoffs presented a final chance for players to secure a significant payday.