The PGA Tour has 39 official tournaments on its 2024 PGA Tour schedule, with prize money totaling at least $572,900,000. There's a lot of money on the line from the beginning of the season in January to the end of the season with the culmination of the FedEx Cup playoffs at the Tour Championship in August.
However, not every tournament has the same purse. In fact, purses in PGA Tour events range from $4 million to $25 million in 2024. The smallest purse belongs to the Puerto Rico Open, as well the Kentucky Championship, Barracuda Championship, Myrtle Beach Classic and Corales Puntacana Championship. The largest purse belongs to The Players Championship, which now boasts a $25 million purse.
The four major championships are expected to have a purse of at least $17.5 million, while the 13 PGA Tour-owned elevated events will have a purse of at least $20 million. The Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Genesis Invitational and Jack Nicklaus' the Memorial Tournament share the Signature distinction with purses at $20 million, as do the Travelers Championship, RBC Heritage, Wells Fargo Championship and The Sentry.
There are purses of every size in between.
The two FedEx Cup playoff events have the same purse of $20 million.
With the Tour Championship now representing the final event for the FedEx Cup schedule and having no purse of its own, it technically has a payout of $100 million for the 30 qualifying players and the next 120 players on the FedEx Cup points list.
Only five tournaments have a first-place payout of less than $1 million.
Take a look at the full list of PGA Tour purses from largest to smallest.
2024 PGA Tour purses, every event ranked from biggest to smallest
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| DATE | TOURNEY | PURSE | 1st PLACE |
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| Aug. 29 – Sept. 1 | Tour Championship | $100,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
| March 14-17 | The Players Championship | $25,000,000 | $4,500,000 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| Aug. 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| Aug. 22-25 | BMW Championship | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| Feb. 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| Feb. 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| Jan. 4-7 | The Sentry | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
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| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| May 4-7 | Wells Fargo Championship | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| April 6-9 | Masters Tournament | $18,000,000 | $3,240,000 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | $17,500,000 | $3,150,000 |
| July 18-21 | The Open Championship | $15,000,000 | $2,700,000 |
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| May 2-5 | The CJ Cup Byron Nelson | $9,500,000 | $1,710,000 |
| May 30 – June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | $9,400,000 | $1,692,000 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | $9,200,000 | $1,656,000 |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | $9,200,000 | $1,656,000 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children’s Houston Open | $9,100,000 | $1,638,000 |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | $9,100,000 | $1,638,000 |
| Feb. 29 – March 3 | Cognizant Classic at The Palm Beaches | $9,000,000 | $1,620,000 |
| Jan. 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | $9,000,000 | $1,620,000 |
| July 11-14 | Genesis Scottish Open | $9,000,000 | $1,620,000 |
| April 20-23 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | $8,900,000 | $1,602,000 |
| Feb. 8-11 | Waste Management Phoenix Open | $8,800,000 | $1,584,000 |
| Jan. 18-21 | The American Express | $8,400,000 | $1,512,000 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | $8,400,000 | $1,512,000 |
| Jan. 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | $8,300,000 | $1,494,000 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | $8,300,000 | $1,494,000 |
| Feb. 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | $8,100,000 | $1,458,000 |
| Aug. 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | $7,900,000 | $1,422,000 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | $7,800,000 | $1,404,000 |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | $4,000,000 | $720,000 |
| July 11-14 | Kentucky Championship | $4,000,000 | $720,000 |
| March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | $4,000,000 | $720,000 |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | $4,000,000 | $720,000 |
| July 18-21 | Barracuda Championship | $4,000,000 | $720,000 |
