{"id":608401,"date":"2026-04-27T01:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608401\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:16:22","slug":"2026-zurich-classic-purse-payout-breakdown-winners-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608401\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Zurich Classic purse: Payout breakdown, winner&#8217;s share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\">It\u2019s Sunday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/news\/2025-zurich-classic-sunday-tee-times-round-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Zurich Classic<\/a> at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., and one golfer has the chance to <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/news\/fitzpatrick-brothers-leading-zurich-classic\/?srsltid=AfmBOopvleQZZihFkqWelnMAItIC-LhYA5zyNMValDCW9goHHiVUznBA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">receive the gift of a lifetime.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Fitzpatrick Brothers \u2014 Matthew and Alex \u2014 hold a four-shot lead heading into Sunday\u2019s final round at the Zurich Classic, and the 54-hole leaders of the PGA Tour\u2019s annual team event are staring down the barrel at a potentially life-changing day.<\/p>\n<p>Should Alex Fitzpatrick and Matt Fitzpatrick emerge successfully on Sunday in Louisiana, Alex would see his lifelong dream of PGA Tour membership achieved, in no small thanks to his all-world brother. Thanks to the PGA Tour\u2019s winner\u2019s exemption rules, Alex would earn a chance to play full-time on the big tour with a share of a win on Sunday. It\u2019s an unusual opportunity, and yet the kind of story that seems to arrive each week on the PGA Tour: a player chasing down a life dream in some manner, shape or form.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/sazerac-new-orleans-signature-cocktail\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img class=\"lazy inner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sazerac-cocktail.jpg\" alt=\"Sazerac cocktail\"   style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sazerac-cocktail.jpg?width=30);\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/lifestyle\/sazerac-new-orleans-signature-cocktail\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sazerac, New Orleans\u2019 signature cocktail, is a throwback that still feels fresh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        By:<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/writers\/jessica-marksbury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                Jessica Marksbury            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the brothers Fitzpatrick don\u2019t just have PGA Tour status to look forward to with a win on Sunday afternoon; they also have a whole boatload of cash. Below is the purse, payout information and winner\u2019s share for the 2026 Zurich Classic. You can watch the final round of the Zurich Classic from 1-3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel and from 3-6 p.m. ET on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>The Zurich Classic offers a $9.5 million purse, with $1,375,400 going to each member of the winning team. (Note: the payout listed below is for each member of the team.)<\/p>\n<p>2026 Zurich Classic purse, payout breakdown, winner\u2019s share<\/p>\n<p>1st: $1,372,500<\/p>\n<p>2nd: $560,500<\/p>\n<p>3rd: $366,900<\/p>\n<p>4th: $308,700<\/p>\n<p>5th: $268,400<\/p>\n<p>6th: $240,700<\/p>\n<p>7th: $192,400<\/p>\n<p>8th: $168,600<\/p>\n<p>9th: $149,600<\/p>\n<p>10th: $130,600<\/p>\n<p>11th: $111,600<\/p>\n<p>12th: $95,500<\/p>\n<p>13th: $80,300<\/p>\n<p>14th: $72,200<\/p>\n<p>15th: $66,500<\/p>\n<p>16th: $60,800<\/p>\n<p>17th: $55,300<\/p>\n<p>18th: $50,600<\/p>\n<p>19th: $46,100<\/p>\n<p>20th: $42,300<\/p>\n<p>21st: $38,500<\/p>\n<p>22nd: $34,700<\/p>\n<p>23rd: $30,900<\/p>\n<p>24th: $27,300<\/p>\n<p>25th: $24,800<\/p>\n<p>26th: $23,600<\/p>\n<p>27th: $22,700<\/p>\n<p>28th: $22,200<\/p>\n<p>29th: $21,800<\/p>\n<p>30th: $21,500<\/p>\n<p>31st: $21,100<\/p>\n<p>32nd: $20,700<\/p>\n<p>33rd: $20,300<\/p>\n<p>34th: $19,500<\/p>\n<p>35th: $19,100<\/p>\n<p>36th: $18,700<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Sunday at the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., and one golfer has the chance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-608401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}