Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2026 BMW Championship
James Gilbert
The top 50 in FedEx Cup points have reached the second playoff event, the BMW Championship, which is at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis this year. Only Sungjae Im moved into the top 50 last week in Memphis to punch his ticket to this week, which ultimately came at the expense of Keith Mitchell, who dropped to No. 51.
But, as usual, all eyes are on Scottie Scheffler, who won last week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and happens to be the defending champion of this event, which was at Caves Valley outside Baltimore last year. He and the rest will play for the $20 million purse with $3.6 million going to the champion.
After Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Chris Gotterup, Tommy Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa and Ludvig Aberg round out the top 10 in points. Rory McIlroy only beat three players last week in his first start since the British Open. He’s 13th in points.
Reminder that the top 30 after this week head to East Lake in Atlanta for the Tour Championship, where the winner will be crowned the FedEx Cup champion. Kurt Kitayama (28), Bud Cauley (29) and Rickie Fowler (30) are all on the bubble. Gary Woodland right now is the first man out at No. 31.
One final note—the top six automatic qualifiers for the U.S. Presidents Cup team will be solidified Sunday after the championship is over.
Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates on the money below.
Here’s the prize payout in St. Louis
WIN: $3.6 million
2: $2.16 million
3: $1.36 million
4: $990,000
5: $830,000
6: $750,000
7: $695,000
8: $640,000
9: $600,000
10: $560,000
11: $520,000
12: $480,000
13: $441,000
14: $402,000
15: $382,000
16: $362,000
17: $342,000
18: $322,000
19: $302,000
20: $282,000
21: $262,000
22: $245,000
23: $229,000
24: $213,000
25: $197,000
26: $181,000
27: $174,000
28: $167,000
29: $160,000
30: $153,000
31: $146,000
32: $139,000
33: $132,000
34: $127,000
35: $122,000
36: $117,000
37: $112,000
38: $108,000
39: $104,000
40: $100,000
41: $96,000
42: $92,000
43: $88,000
44: $84,000
45: $80,000
46: $76,000
47: $72,000
48: $70,000
49: $68,000
50: $66,000