Five of the PGA Tour's FedEx Fall Series events have smaller purses in 2024 than they did last year

The 2024 FedEx Fall Series features eight tournaments over an 11-week span, and the main point of emphasis for most of the participants is securing status for the PGA Tour's 2025 season. As it turns out, they'll also be playing for slightly less money overall than a year ago.

Of the eight events in the Fall Series, one is new: the Black Desert Championship in Utah. Of the seven that are back from a year ago, one will have more money on the line, another will offer the same amount as last year and five will feature lower total purses and lower winner's checks than they did in 2023.

While the money is down a tad, the perks are the same, according to the Tour:

Needless to say, there's still quite a bit to play for.

Here's a closer look at the fall 2024 events and the money.

Procore Championship

The lone fall event with a new name from a year ago was the Procore Championship, with its new title sponsor moving with lightning speed to get a deal done. Total purse in 2024 was $6 million – as compared to $8.4 million – and the first-place prize saw a drop of $432,000.

Sanderson Farms Championship

Wayne Sanderson Farms' run as a full partner with Jackson and its PGA Tour event has been a historic one. However, the 2024 Sanderson Farm Championship will be the last for the company as the title sponsor of the Jackson, Mississippi, stop. While its contract runs through 2026, the company decided in August to move on as the title sponsor, but remain as a major sponsor for the tournament, which is held at the Country Club of Jackson. The purse in 2024 is down $600,000 and the winner's check is a slight $8,000 lighter from 2024.

Shriners Children's Open

Tom Kim won $1.44 million for winning at TPC Summerlin in 2022 and saw a check that was $72,000 larger for repeating in 2023. But if he three-peats in Vegas in 2024, his prize will be $252,000 smaller than a year ago.

Zozo Championship

The Zozo Championship is holding steady with its total purse and first-place prize. Collin Morikawa, who won on the PGA Tour for the sixth time in this event in 2023, has committed to the tournament in 2024. Zozo's six-year title sponsorship deal started in 2019 and despite the event being moved to California in 2020 due to travel restrictions from the COVID pandemic, the contract will run through the 2026 tournament.

World Wide Technology Championship

The PGA Tour returns to the Baja California Sur peninsula for a second time this fall. The Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal at Diamante Cabo San Lucas will host once again. This event will see the second-largest dip from first-place prize from – $180,000 – from a year ago.

Butterfield Bermuda Championship

While the Zozo held firm, the event in Bermuda is going up with its money, the only increase among the fall events. The purse will go up $400,000 with the winner getting $72,000 more than a year ago.

RSM Classic

The finale of the fall campaign will see a slight dip in money, so if Ludvig Aberg were to win his second PGA Tour event in repeat style, he'd see a check $72,000 less than he did in 2023.

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