Yahoo Sports Prize money, full field, starting strokes format for 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake
The 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs come to a close this week at the Tour Championship, where the winner will take home $25 million in bonus money.
That's an increase of $7 million from a year ago. In 2019, the first year of the current format, the top prize was $15 million.
The money earned this week is considered bonus money and does not count towards a player's winnings on the PGA Tour's official money list.
This year marks the 18th season of the playoffs. PGA Tour players battled through 38 events to get to the finale. The top 70 in the FedEx Cup points made the 2024 postseason with the top 50 advancing to Week 2 and then just the top 30 reaching East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
Viktor Hovland won the Tour Championship in 2023.
How much money is at stake at the Tour Championship?
The winner of the Tour Championship is declared the FedEx Cup champion and takes home the first-place prize of $25 million in bonus money.
The runner-up gets $12.5 million, third place will earn $7.5 million, all the way down to 30th place, which is good for $550,000. The top 12 finishers will earn seven figures. Here's a closer look:
Bonus money payouts
Position | Payout | Position | Payout |
1 | $25,000,000 | 16 | $795,000 |
2 | $12,500,000 | 17 | $775,000 |
3 | $7,400,000 | 18 | $755,000 |
4 | $6,000,000 | 19 | $735,000 |
5 | $7,000,000 | 20 | $715,000 |
6 | $3,500,000 | 21 | $670,000 |
7 | $2,750,000 | 22 | $650,000 |
8 | $2,250,000 | 23 | $630,000 |
9 | $2,000,000 | 24 | $615,000 |
10 | $1,750,000 | 25 | $600,000 |
11 | $1,075,000 | 26 | $590,000 |
12 | $1,025,000 | 27 | $580,000 |
13 | $975,000 | 28 | $570,000 |
14 | $925,000 | 29 | $560,000 |
15 | $885,000 | 30 | $550,000 |
There is $100 million in bonus money from the entire FedEx Cup Playoffs in 2024.
The format
The PGA Tour will continue to utilize the FedEx Cup Starting Strokes, which was introduced for the first time in 2019. It's a staggered system whereby the golfer in the top position will start the Tour Championship at 10 under.
Starting strokes
Starting position | Starting score | Golfer |
No. 1 | 10 under | Scottie Scheffler |
No. 2 | 8 under | Xander Schauffele |
No. 3 | 7 under | Hideki Matsuyama |
No. 4 | 6 under | Keegan Bradley |
No. 5 | 5 under | Ludvig Aberg |
No. 6 | 4 under | Rory McIlroy |
No. 7 | 4 under | Collin Morikawa |
No. 8 | 4 under | Wyndham Clark |
No. 9 | 4 under | Sam Burns |
No. 10 | 4 under | Patrick Cantlay |
No. 11 | 3 under | Sungjae Im |
No. 12 | 3 under | Sahith Theegala |
No. 13 | 3 under | Shane Lowry |
No. 14 | 3 under | Adam Scott |
No. 15 | 3 under | Tony Finau |
No. 16 | 2 under | Byeong Hun An |
No. 17 | 2 under | Viktor Hovland |
No. 18 | 2 under | Russell Henley |
No. 19 | 2 under | Akshay Bhatia |
No. 20 | 2 under | Robert MacIntyre |
No. 21 | 1 under | Billy Horschel |
No. 22 | 1 under | Tommy Fleetwood |
No. 23 | 1 under | Sepp Straka |
No. 24 | 1 under | Mathieu Pavon |
No. 25 | 1 under | Taylor Pendrith |
No. 26 | Even | Chris Kirk |
No. 27 | Even | Tom Hoge |
No. 28 | Even | Aaron Rai |
No. 29 | Even | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
No. 30 | Even | Justin Thomas |
This system was established to give players at the top of the points list the reward of a starting advantage in the Tour Championship.
Only two multiple winners
The first 17 seasons of the playoff produced 14 different winners.
Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022) and Tiger Woods (2007, 2009) are the only golfers to have won it more than once.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Prize money, full field, starting strokes format for 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake
