2026 PGA Championship Prize Money, Purse, Payouts For Each Golfer

How much does the 2026 PGA Championship winner make from $20M purse, payout breakdown at Aronimick GC

Aaron Rai made history on Sunday, becoming the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship in 107 years. The 30-year-old fired a final-round 5-under 65 to finish at 9-under par and claim his first major championship title.

The victory came with a career-high payday as the 2026 PGA Championship offered a record purse of $20.5 million. Rai took home the winner’s share of $3,690,000.

What is the PGA Championship purse for 2026?

The purse for the 2026 PGA Championship is set for $20.5 million. That's up $1.5 from 19 million from 2025 purse (2024 - 18.5 million)

How much does the PGA Championship winner make

The PGA 2026 winner at Aronimick Golf Club will makes $3.690 million which is up $270K from the last year total prize winnings $3.42 million.

PGA Championship 2026 payouts, purse prize money, winners share breakdown.

The 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, has a total purse of $20.5 million. That's a $1 million increase from last year. Here is how much each finishing position pays out:

1st: Aaron Rai (-9) — $3,690,000

T2: Jon Rahm (-6) — $2,214,000

T2: Alex Smalley (-6) — $1,804,000

T4: Justin Thomas (-5) — $843,867

T4: Ludvig Åberg (-5) — $843,867

T4: Matti Schmid (-5) — $843,867

T7: Cameron Smith (-4) — $637,050

T7: Rory McIlroy (-4) — $637,050

T7: Xander Schauffele (-4) — $637,050

T10: Kurt Kitayama (-3) — $496,708

T10: Chris Gotterup (-3) — $496,708

T10: Justin Rose (-3) — $496,708

T10: Patrick Reed (-3) — $496,708

T14: Matt Fitzpatrick (-2) — $364,763

T14: Scottie Scheffler (-2) — $364,763

T14: Max Greyserman (-2) — $364,763

T14: Ben Griffin (-2) — $364,763

T18: Jordan Spieth (-1) — $221,832

T18: Stephan Jaeger (-1) — $221,832

T18: Pádraig Harrington (-1) — $221,832

T18: David Puig (-1) — $221,832

T18: Harris English (-1) — $221,832

T18: Min Woo Lee (-1) — $221,832

T18: Joaquín Niemann (-1) — $221,832

T18: Maverick McNealy (-1) — $221,832

T26: Nick Taylor (E) — $125,523

T26: Alex Norén (E) — $125,523

T26: Cameron Young (E) — $125,523

T26: Andrew Novak (E) — $125,523

T26: Daniel Hillier (E) — $125,523

T26: Tom Hoge (E) — $125,523

T26: Sam Burns (E) — $125,523

T26: Hideki Matsuyama (E) — $125,523

T26: Bud Cauley (E) — $125,523

T35: Christiaan Bezuidenhout (+1) — $78,806

T35: Patrick Cantlay (+1) — $78,806

T35: Ryo Hisatsune (+1) — $78,806

T35: Daniel Berger (+1) — $78,806

T35: Ryan Fox (+1) — $78,806

T35: Haotong Li (+1) — $78,806

T35: Aldrich Potgieter (+1) — $78,806

T35: Si Woo Kim (+1) — $78,806

T35: Martin Kaymer (+1) — $78,806

T44: Matt Wallace (+2) — $50,348

T44: Shane Lowry (+2) — $50,348

T44: Jhonattan Vegas (+2) — $50,348

T44: Denny McCarthy (+2) — $50,348

T44: Chandler Blanchet (+2) — $50,348

T44: Taylor Pendrith (+2) — $50,348

T44: Dustin Johnson (+2) — $50,348

T44: Nicolai Højgaard (+2) — $50,348

T44: Michael Kim (+2) — $50,348

T44: Kristoffer Reitan (+2) — $50,348

T44: Chris Kirk (+2) — $50,348

T55: Collin Morikawa (+3) — $34,186

T55: Corey Conners (+3) — $34,186

T55: Andrew Putnam (+3) — $34,186

T55: Brooks Koepka (+3) — $34,186

T55: Mikael Lindberg (+3) — $34,186

T60: Sami Valimaki (+4) — $29,218

T60: Sahith Theegala (+4) — $29,218

T60: Rico Hoey (+4) — $29,218

T60: Rickie Fowler (+4) — $29,218

T60: Brian Harman (+4) — $29,218

T65: Casey Jarvis (+6) — $26,900

T65: Jason Day (+6) — $26,900

T65: Rasmus Højgaard (+6) — $26,900

T65: Keith Mitchell (+6) — $26,900

T65: Sam Stevens (+6) — $26,900

T70: Luke Donald (+7) — $25,070

T70: Ryan Gerard (+7) — $25,070

T70: John Parry (+7) — $25,070

T70: William Mouw (+7) — $25,070

T70: Kazuki Higa (+7) — $25,070

T75: Elvis Smylie (+8) — $24,193

T75: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (+8) — $24,193

T75: Alex Fitzpatrick (+8) — $24,193

T75: Daniel Brown (+8) — $24,193

79th: John Keefer (+9) — $23,970

80th: Ben Kern (+10) — $23,930

81st: Michael Brennan (+11) — $23,910

82nd: Brian Campbell (+18) — $23,900

NOTE: Players missing the cut and turning in a 36-hole score will be paid $4,300 each. Any player making the cut, but failing to submit a 72-hole score, will also be paid $4,300..

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.

2026 -  Aaron Rai

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

PGA Championship prize money, purse, payout history over the years

For the curious, here’s a quick look at the history of the prize money payout at the PGA Championship:

Year: Winner's Pay, Total Purse

1916: $500, $2,580 (first year of the event)

1931: $1,000, $7,200 (first year winner's pay increased)

1953: $5,000, $20,700 (first year winner's pay was $5K)

1958: $5,500, $39,388 (first year of stroke play, also the winner's amount actually decreased that year)

1965: $25,000, $149,700

1978: $50,000, $300,240

1983: $100,000, $608,099

1988: $160,000, $1,000,000 (first year with a $1M total purse)

1993: $300,000, $1,702,750

1998: $540,000, $2,886,800

2000: $900,000, $5,031,100 (first year with a $5M total purse)

2003: $1,080,000, $5,938,300 (first year with $1M-plus to the winner)

2009: $1,350,000, $7,484,500

2014: $1,800,000, $9,913,000

2018: $1,980,000, $11 million

2021: $2,160,000, $12 million

2022: $2,700,000, $15 million

2023: $3,150,000, $17 million

2024: $3,300,000, $18 million

2025: $3,420,000, $19 million 

2026: $3,690,000, $20.5 million   

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