{"id":588709,"date":"2026-05-17T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588709\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:10:11","slug":"pga-championship-prize-money-on-offer-in-record-year-as-rory-mcilroy-chases-second-2026-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588709\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Championship prize money on offer in record year as Rory McIlroy chases second 2026 major"},"content":{"rendered":"

The champion of this year’s PGA Championship will pocket a record-breaking $3.69 million (\u00a32.76 million) when the tournament concludes at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

The PGA of America confirmed the unprecedented prize fund on Saturday morning, with the total purse reaching $20.5 million (\u00a315.4 million) \u2014 representing a $1.5 million (\u00a31.13 million) increase from the previous year.<\/p>\n

Both figures establish new records for the 108th edition of the championship, which serves as the second major of the golfing calendar.<\/p>\n

Alongside the substantial financial reward, the victor will also claim the prestigious Wanamaker trophy.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy is chasing a record amount of prize money at the PGA Championship this year<\/p>\n

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The financial rewards extend well beyond the champion, with the runner-up set to collect $2.2 million (\u00a31.65 million) \u2014 a sum that actually surpasses what Phil Mickelson earned for his triumph at Kiawah Island in 2021.<\/p>\n

To illustrate how dramatically prize money has escalated, this year’s winner’s cheque exceeds the combined earnings from Rory McIlroy’s two PGA Championship victories by half a million dollars.<\/p>\n

The figure also represents triple what Tiger Woods received for his win at Medinah two decades ago.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Walker claimed $1.8 million for his 2016 success at Baltusrol, while Scottie Scheffler took home $3.42 million following his Quail Hollow triumph last summer.<\/p>\n

The prize money distribution rewards competitors throughout the field, with third place receiving $1.39 million and fourth earning $984,000.<\/p>\n

Fifth position commands $820,000, while sixth through tenth place finishers collect between $727,600 and $553,000 respectively.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n

This year’s PGA Championship has already been dripping in drama<\/p>\n

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Even those who failed to make the weekend cut will not leave empty-handed, with each receiving $4,300.<\/p>\n

The player finishing in 82nd position \u2014 the final competitor to survive the cut \u2014 will earn just under $24,000.<\/p>\n

Seventh place pays $681,050, eighth receives $636,400, and ninth takes home $593,700, demonstrating the depth of financial rewards available across the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

\"PGA<\/p>\n

PGA Championship prize money is up from last year’s record amount<\/p>\n

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The PGA Championship purse sits below The Masters, which boasted a $22.5 million fund when McIlroy claimed $4.5 million for his victory last month, and trails the US Open’s $21.5 million from last year.<\/p>\n

However, it significantly exceeds The Open Championship’s more modest $17 million offering.<\/p>\n

PGA of America chief executive Terry Clark addressed the competitive landscape earlier this week, stating: “It’s a balanced approach. <\/p>\n

“We’re really focused on all aspects of how do we improve and continue to look at improvement at the assets we have, including PGA Championships.”<\/p>\n

Clark indicated the organisation does not feel compelled to match payouts from LIV Golf or the PGA Tour directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The champion of this year’s PGA Championship will pocket a record-breaking $3.69 million (\u00a32.76 million) when the tournament…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,2623,2331,217,101,56,54,55,154037],"class_list":["post-588709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-us-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}