2025 PGA Championship prize money, purse, payout breakdown

How much does the 2025 PGA Championship winner make? purse, payout, prize money breakdown at Quail Hollow

The golfer who takes home the Wanamaker Trophy as the winner of the PGA Championship will again take advantage of the increased payouts of the tour's major tournaments.

Scottie Scheffler is a three-time major champion.

The No. 1 player in the world won his second consecutive start, taking the title at the 2025 PGA Championship on Sunday afternoon at Quail Hollow Club. After struggling on the front nine, Scheffler took control on the back and led by as many as six shots en route to victory by five. He also won his hometown event, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, two weeks ago.

The PGA Championship prize money payouts have increased from a year ago. When Xander Schauffele hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2024, he banked $3.3 million. The 2025 winner will make a deposit of $3.42 million.

In 2025, the top three finishers will earn a seven-figure payday. Everyone in the top 10 will make at least $500,000. The top 32 will all clear six figures. The golfer who finishes last in 74th will collect $23,420.

What is the PGA Championship purse for 2025?

The purse for the 2025 PGA Championship is $19 million. That's up from $0.5 million last year purse 18.5 million.

How much does the PGA Championship winner make

The winner at Oak Hill will make $3.42 million, which is up $120K from the last year total prize winnings .

What if players finish the tournament tied?

If golfers are tied, money they would earn for those positions is added up and then split evenly among the number of players tied.

2025 PGA Championship payouts, purse prize money, winners share breakdown.

Pos. Player Score Earnings

1 Scottie Scheffler -11 $3,420,000

T2 Bryson DeChambeau -6 $1,418,667

T2 Harris English -6 $1,418,667

T2 Davis Riley -6 $1,418,667

T5 Taylor Pendrith -5 $694,700

T5 Jhonattan Vegas -5 $694,700

T5 J.T. Poston -5 $694,700

T8 Joaquín Niemann -4 $415,262

T8 Ben Griffin -4 $415,262

T8 Denny McCarthy -4 $415,262

T8 Ryan Gerard -4 $415,262

T8 Joe Highsmith -4 $415,262

T8 Keegan Bradley -4 $415,262

T8 Matt Fitzpatrick -4 $415,262

T8 Jon Rahm -4 $415,262

T8 Si Woo Kim -4 $415,262

T17 Alex Noren -3 $290,230

T17 Matt Wallace -3 $290,230

T19 Sam Burns -2 $190,109

T19 Corey Conners -2 $190,109

T19 Beau Hossler -2 $190,109

T19 Aaron Rai -2 $190,109

T19 Taylor Moore -2 $190,109

T19 Harry Hall -2 $190,109

T19 Cam Davis -2 $190,109

T19 Adam Scott -2 $190,109

T19 Tony Finau -2 $190,109

T28 Xander Schauffele -1 $115,820

T28 Marco Penge -1 $115,820

T28 Viktor Hovland -1 $115,820

T28 Alex Smalley -1 $115,820

T28 Ryan Fox -1 $115,820

T33 Daniel Berger E $89,193

T33 Thorbjorn Olesen E $89,193

T33 Maverick McNealy E $89,193

T33 Max Greyserman E $89,193

T37 Richard Bland 1 $75,378

T37 J.J. Spaun 1 $75,378

T37 Ryo Hisatsune 1 $75,378

T37 Lucas Glover 1 $75,378

T41 Nicolai Hojgaard 2 $60,677

T41 Tommy Fleetwood 2 $60,677

T41 Nico Echavarria 2 $60,677

T41 Eric Cole 2 $60,677

T41 Michael Thorbjornsen 2 $60,677

T41 Matthieu Pavon 2 $60,677

T47 Rory McIlroy 3 $49,190

T47 Cameron Young 3 $49,190

T47 Robert MacIntyre 3 $49,190

T50 Kevin Yu 4 $40,674

T50 Collin Morikawa 4 $40,674

T50 Tom McKibbin 4 $40,674

T50 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 4 $40,674

T50 Wyndham Clark 4 $40,674

T55 Chris Kirk 5 $32,138

T55 Brian Campbell 5 $32,138

T55 Michael Kim 5 $32,138

T55 Rafael Campos 5 $32,138

T55 Garrick Higgo 5 $32,138

T60 Brian Harman 6 $27,015

T60 Justin Lower 6 $27,015

T60 Sam Stevens 6 $27,015

T60 Luke Donald 6 $27,015

T60 Tyrrell Hatton 6 $27,015

T60 Max Homa 6 $27,015

T60 David Puig 6 $27,015

T67 Sergio Garcia 7 $24,927

T67 Austin Eckroat 7 $24,927

T67 Rasmus Hojgaard 7 $24,927

70 Stephan Jaeger 8 $24,240

71 Tom Kim 9 $23,940

T72 Bud Cauley 10 $23,660

T72 Elvis Smylie 10 $23,660

74 Byeong Hun An 13 $23,420

NOTE: The PGA of America also indicated that players missing the cut and turning in a 36-hole score will be paid $4,000 each. Any player making the cut but failing to submit a 72-hole score will also be paid $4,000.

Previous PGA Championship winners of last 10 years:

It’s a tournament that has typically favoured American players in recent years, with each of the last nine champions having been from the United States. New Zealander Jason Day was the last non-American to lift the Wanamaker Trophy in 2015, with Rory McIlroy having tasted glory at this tournament a year prior in 2014.

2025 -  Scottie Scheffler

2024 - Xander Schauffele

2023 - Brooks Koepka

2022 - Justin Thomas

2021 - Phil Mickelson

2020 - Collin Morikawa

2019 - Brooks Koepka

2018 - Brooks Koepka

2017 - Justin Thomas

2016 - Jimmy Walker

2015 - Jason Day

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