ATLANTA — When the 30 golfers in the TOUR Championship field tee off at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta on Thursday, they will be vying for not only the FedEx Cup Championship -- but also a record prize money payout.
Some golfers have an advantage toward getting the ultimate goal -- a record-setting $25 million first-place prize -- due to the fact that the TOUR Championship starts golfers with a certain score to par based on their season play.
The PGA Tour is handing out $100 million for the FedEx Cup, which will be split based on finishing position for all 30 golfers in the field. The prize money breakdown for each finishing position looks like this. If players are tied, the money will be split equally between them:
1: $25,000,000
2: $12,500,000
3: $7,500,000
4: $6,000,000
5: $5,000,000
6: $3,500,000
7: $2,750,000
8: $2,250,000
9: $2,000,000
10: $1,750,000
11: $1,075,000
12: $1,025,000
13: $975,000
14: $925,000
15: $885,000
16: $795,000
17: $775,000
18: $755,000
19: $735,000
20: $715,000
21: $670,000
22: $650,000
23: $630,000
24: $615,000
25: $600,000
26: $590,000
27: $580,000
28: $570,000
29: $560,000
30: $550,000
Here's how the field will start, with Scottie Scheffler leading the field by two strokes to start Thursday's opening round.
1: Scottie Scheffler, -10
2: Xander Schauffele, -8
3: Hideki Matsuyama, -7
4: Keegan Bradley, -6
5: Ludvig Åberg, -5
T-6: Rory McIlroy, -4
T-6: Collin Morikawa, -4
T-6: Wyndham Clark, -4
T-6: Sam Burns, -4
T-6: Patrick Cantlay, -4
T-11: Sungjae Im, -3
T-11: Sahith Theegala, -3
T-11: Shane Lowry, -3
T-11: Adam Scott, -3
T-11: Tony Finau, -3
T-16: Byeong Hun An, -2
T-16: Viktor Hovland, -2
T-16: Russell Henley, -2
T-16: Akshay Bhatia, -2
T-16: Robert MacIntyre, -2
T-21: Billy Horschel, -1
T-21: Tommy Fleetwood, -1
T-21: Sepp Straka, -1
T-21: Matthieu Pavon, -1
T-21: Taylor Pendrith, -1
T-26: Chris Kirk, E
T-26: Tom Hoge, E
T-26: Aaron Rai, E
T-26: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, E
T-26: Justin Thomas, E
First-round play gets going on Thursday at 11:16 a.m.
