Current PGA Tour Standard Distribution - $ 5,000,000 Sample Base Purse
This has been the standard distribution method for nearly all official PGA Tour events since January of 1979.
NOTE --- Not all PGA Tour events use the formula shown below.
For more information, click-on any of the individual tournament links shown above.
Divide the 1st prize of the particular event being contested by $900,000.
Use the result to multiply individual place prizes shown below.
1..$ 900,000 11..$ 125,000 21..$ 60,000 31..$ 32,500 41..$ 20,500 51..$ 12,300 61..$ 10,900
2..$ 540,000 12..$ 115,000 22..$ 56,000 32..$ 31,000 42..$ 19,500 52..$ 12,000 62..$ 10,800
3..$ 340,000 13..$ 105,000 23..$ 52,000 33..$ 29,500 43..$ 18,500 53..$ 11,800 63..$ 10,700
4..$ 240,000 14..$ 95,000 24..$ 48,000 34..$ 28,250 44..$ 17,500 54..$ 11,600 64..$ 10,600
5..$ 200,000 15..$ 90,000 25..$ 44,000 35..$ 27,000 45..$ 16,500 55..$ 11,500 65..$ 10,500
6..$ 180,000 16..$ 85,000 26..$ 40,000 36..$ 25,750 46..$ 15,500 56..$ 11,400 66..$ 10,400
7..$ 167,500 17..$ 80,000 27..$ 38,500 37..$ 24,500 47..$ 14,500 57..$ 11,300 67..$ 10,300
8..$ 155,000 18..$ 75,000 28..$ 37,000 38..$ 23,500 48..$ 13,700 58..$ 11,200 68..$ 10,200
9..$ 145,000 19..$ 70,000 29..$ 35,500 39..$ 22,500 49..$ 13,000 59..$ 11,100 69..$ 10,100
10..$ 135,000 20..$ 65,000 30..$ 34,000 40..$ 21,500 50..$ 12,600 60..$ 11,000 70..$ 10,000
If more than 70 professionals finish the event, then each place beyond the 70th is worth $ 100 less
than the place above it (71st - $ 9,900; 72nd - $ 9,800; 73rd - $ 9,700; and so on). Prize money
is awarded to all professionals finishing 72 holes (or 54 holes, if scheduled as such).
PGA Tour Prize Money -- Handling of Ties
A: Any Position Other Than For First Place
»» Second Place
• Two-Way: Sum of $ 540,000 (2nd) + $ 340,000 (3rd) is divided by two for a result of $ 440,000.
• Three-Way: Sum of $ 540,000 (2nd) + $ 340,000 (3rd) + $ 240,000 (4th) is divided by three for
a result of $ 373,333.33. The player who finishes the final round the earliest will
receive an extra penny.
»» 22nd Place
• Seven-way: Sum of $ 56,000 (22nd) + $ 52,000 (23rd) + $ 48,000 (24th) + $ 44,000 (25th)
+ $ 40,000 (26th) + 38,500 (27th) + $ 37,000 (28th) is divided by seven for
a result of $ 45,071.42. The six players who finish the final round the
earliest each receive an extra penny.
B: For First Place - Championship/Title
Determined by playoff, either fixed-length (3, 4, 5 or 18 holes) or sudden-death.
The playoff winner always wins first place money, unless he is an amateur, in which case the playoff
runner-up (if he is a professional) gets the first place money.
If a playoff has three or more participants, then the winner (if he is a professional) gets first place
money, while the losers, who are all deemed to be tied for 2nd place, will receive equal money shares
as explained in the "Any Position Other Than First Place" section above. Each playoff loser is always
considered to be tied for second and receives an equal money share, regardless of when and where they
were eliminated from the playoff.
If there is a playoff where an amateur wins over two or more professionals, the money is awarded to
each pro in equal shares. For example, say that an amateur wins over three pros. First ($900,000),
second ($540,000) and third ($340,000) = $ 1,780,000, which is divided by three for a result of
$ 593,333.33. The pro who finished the final round ahead of the other two gets an extra penny.