PGA Championship 2018 purse: Winner’s payout is $2M in prize money

The PGA Championship has one of the richest purses in golf.

The PGA Championship may be considered the least prestigious men’s major, but it’s as competitive as any when it comes to cash. The PGA is actually the major that started the recent arms race among the majors, as each bumps its purse higher and higher every year in a constant bid to outdo the other.

Back in the fall of 2013, the PGA of America, in conjunction with the PGA Tour, made the announcement in a public press conference that they were moving their purses to the $10 million mark. It was a new frontier and one that evidently demanded the public show, as Ted Bishop and Tim Finchem strutted out the news that the PGA Championship and Players Championship, each organization’s premier event, were taking things to the next level.

Since then, each major has joined and zoomed past that $10 million mark. The U.S. Open made the biggest move last year, making a ridiculous $2 million jump in one fell swoop. Their purse has now been $12 million for the last two years. The winner clear more than $2.1 million, which would be an unimaginable amount just five years ago. The Masters purse jumped to $11 million this year while The Open, which got hammered by Brexit, switched from pounds to USD last year and jumped to $10.5 million this year.

For the 100th edition, the PGA has bumped their purse by another $500k increment and now settles at an even $11 million. It’s not to the U.S. Open level, but to steal an old and bad PGA slogan, this is major. When the runner-up is well into seven figures, it’s an enormous purse. The winner will take home just shy of $2 million.

At the start of the day, Brooks Koepka held a two-shot lead. He has looked like a machine through 54 holes and was rightfully the heavy favorite to close it out and win his third major in the last two years. He’s already got $21,995,873 in career earnings and a win on Sunday would mean he’s banked more than $4 million in just two events this season. That is getting some good return.

It’s a loaded leaderboard full of established stars that aren’t exactly hurting for money. The cash is nice, but not life-changing for this set. It’s adding another major to the resume that is the game-changer. Here are your payout totals for the 100th PGA Championship:

Winner: $1.980 million

2. $1.188 million

3. $748,000

4. $528,000

5. $450,500

6. $380,000

7. $343,650

8. $319,600

9. $295,600

10.$272,300

11. $251,590

12. $232,400

13. $214,800

14. $199,050

15. $184,280

16. $170,700

17. $161,000

18. $152,000

19. $143,000

20. $134,000

21. $125,000

22. $116,000

23. $107,000

24. $100,000

25. $93,000

26. $87,000

27. $82,000

28. $77,000

29. $74,000

30. $71,000

31. $68,000

32. $65,000

33. $62,000

34. $59,000

35. $56,000

36. $53,000

37. $50,000

38. $48,000

39. $46,000

40. $44,000

41. $42,000

42. $40,000

43. $38,000

44. $36,000

45. $34,000

46. $32,000

47. $30,250

48. $28,500

49. $27,500

50. $26,500

51. $25,500

52. $25,000

53. $24,500

54. $24,000

55. $23,500

56. $23,000

57. $22,500

58. $22,200

59. $21,900

60. $21,600

61. $21,400

62. $21,200

63. $21,000

64. $20,800

65. $20,600

66. $20,400

67. $20,200

68. $20,000

69. $19,800

70. $19,600