The PGA Tour finalised, after the BMW Championship, the standings that distribute almost US$100 million. It is the FedExCup bonus ahead of the Tour Championship. The 50 players who reached Bellerive share exactly US$87,425,000 according to their ranking: US$67,175,000 in cash and US$20,250,000 deferred into their pension plans. Wyndham Clark’s victory lifted him to third and turned his week into a global haul of US$11,600,000.
The final putt of the BMW Championship not only crowned Wyndham Clark at Bellerive. It also closed another ranking with enormous economic significance: the distribution of the big FedExCup bonus for the full season. A novelty this season, both in the amount and the timing of the payout.
The distribution document produced by the PGA Tour allocates a total of US$97,875,000 among the top 125 in the standings. Of that amount, US$87,425,000 correspond to the 50 players who qualified for the BMW Championship. The other US$10,450,000 are distributed exclusively on a deferred basis among those who finished from 51st to 125th.
An important clarification is in order. This bonus is independent of the money won in each tournament and it does not yet decide who will be the FedExCup champion. Points are now reset to zero and the 30 qualifiers will contest the TOUR Championship on equal terms. The winner at East Lake will be crowned FedExCup champion and will receive US$10,000,000 as part of an official purse of US$40,000,000
Scheffler had already sealed the US$23 million
The biggest prize had been decided in Memphis. Scottie Scheffler mathematically secured the top spot in the standings with his eight‑shot victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
The World Number One will receive US$23,000,000 for that first place: US$22,000,000 in cash and another US$1,000,000 that is added deferred to his pension plan. It is the largest payment of all and represents just over a quarter of the money reserved for the top 50.
Matt Fitzpatrick finishes second and secures US$13,000,000 — twelve million in cash and one million deferred — while Clark’s win at the BMW places him third and gives him a bonus of US$8,000,000: seven million paid now and one million deferred. Cameron Young, fourth, receives US$6,500,000, and Si Woo Kim completes the top five with US$5,400,000.
Clark’s Sunday proves especially lucrative. To the US$8,000,000 corresponding to his third place in the FedExCup must be added the US$3,600,000 for winning the BMW Championship. In total, US$11,600,000 generated in a single day, although one million of that amount is deferred.
Rory falls just short of a million
The standings produce some striking payouts. Rory McIlroy, third at Bellerive, finishes eleventh in the FedExCup and obtains US$985,000: US$485,000 in cash and US$500,000 deferred. He falls just US$15,000 short of a million.
Gary Woodland, whose extraordinary week allowed him to return to the TOUR Championship for the first time since 2019, occupies 18th place and receives US$650,000. Patrick Cantlay, second at the BMW after his birdie at the 18th, rises to 19th and takes US$630,000.
Robert MacIntyre also extracted a huge return from his final round. His 65 on Sunday pushed him up to seventh in the tournament, 25th in the FedExCup and a bonus of US$530,000.
Ryan Fox held on in 30th position, the last spot that grants a ticket to East Lake. The New Zealander receives a total of US$460,000. Just behind appears Kurt Kitayama, who misses out on the TOUR Championship and collects US$319,000.
The direct economic difference between the two is US$141,000, but the sporting gap is much greater: Fox will still be able to compete for the US$10,000,000 reserved for the winner in Atlanta.
Kitayama, J.T. Poston, Rickie Fowler and the rest of those ranked between 31st and 40th receive US$75,000 in cash, in addition to a deferred amount that gradually decreases from US$244,000 to US$235,000. From 41st to 50th, the immediate payment drops to US$50,000.
How the bonus is paid
The cash column corresponds to the money each player receives now. The deferred amount is reserved in their pension plan. In the top positions direct payment clearly dominates, but from eleventh place the deferred part even exceeds the amount paid immediately.
Adding the two columns, the top 50 are distributed as follows:
| Pos. | Jugador | Efectivo | Diferido | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | $22,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $23,000,000 |
| 2 | Matt Fitzpatrick | $12,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $13,000,000 |
| 3 | Wyndham Clark | $7,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 4 | Cameron Young | $5,500,000 | $1,000,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 5 | Si Woo Kim | $4,400,000 | $1,000,000 | $5,400,000 |
| 6 | Chris Gotterup | $3,400,000 | $900,000 | $4,300,000 |
| 7 | Collin Morikawa | $2,500,000 | $800,000 | $3,300,000 |
| 8 | Sam Burns | $1,700,000 | $700,000 | $2,400,000 |
| 9 | Tommy Fleetwood | $1,050,000 | $600,000 | $1,650,000 |
| 10 | Ludvig Åberg | $760,000 | $550,000 | $1,310,000 |
| 11 | Rory McIlroy | $485,000 | $500,000 | $985,000 |
| 12 | Xander Schauffele | $410,000 | $475,000 | $885,000 |
| 13 | Jacob Bridgeman | $360,000 | $450,000 | $810,000 |
| 14 | Russell Henley | $320,000 | $435,000 | $755,000 |
| 15 | Akshay Bhatia | $290,000 | $420,000 | $710,000 |
| 16 | Hideki Matsuyama | $285,000 | $405,000 | $690,000 |
| 17 | Ryan Gerard | $280,000 | $390,000 | $670,000 |
| 18 | Gary Woodland | $275,000 | $375,000 | $650,000 |
| 19 | Patrick Cantlay | $270,000 | $360,000 | $630,000 |
| 20 | Kristoffer Reitan | $265,000 | $345,000 | $610,000 |
| 21 | Min Woo Lee | $260,000 | $330,000 | $590,000 |
| 22 | J.J. Spaun | $255,000 | $320,000 | $575,000 |
| 23 | Alex Smalley | $250,000 | $310,000 | $560,000 |
| 24 | Alex Fitzpatrick | $245,000 | $300,000 | $545,000 |
| 25 | Robert MacIntyre | $240,000 | $290,000 | $530,000 |
| 26 | Viktor Hovland | $235,000 | $280,000 | $515,000 |
| 27 | Justin Rose | $230,000 | $270,000 | $500,000 |
| 28 | Adam Scott | $225,000 | $260,000 | $485,000 |
| 29 | Tom Kim | $220,000 | $250,000 | $470,000 |
| 30 | Ryan Fox | $215,000 | $245,000 | $460,000 |
| 31 | Kurt Kitayama | $75,000 | $244,000 | $319,000 |
| 32 | J.T. Poston | $75,000 | $243,000 | $318,000 |
| 33 | Rickie Fowler | $75,000 | $242,000 | $317,000 |
| 34 | Bud Cauley | $75,000 | $241,000 | $316,000 |
| 35 | Nicolai Højgaard | $75,000 | $240,000 | $315,000 |
| 36 | Alex Noren | $75,000 | $239,000 | $314,000 |
| 37 | Sungjae Im | $75,000 | $238,000 | $313,000 |
| 38 | Jake Knapp | $75,000 | $237,000 | $312,000 |
| 39 | Aaron Rai | $75,000 | $236,000 | $311,000 |
| 40 | Sepp Straka | $75,000 | $235,000 | $310,000 |
| 41 | Ben Griffin | $50,000 | $234,000 | $284,000 |
| 42 | Maverick McNealy | $50,000 | $233,000 | $283,000 |
| 43 | Justin Thomas | $50,000 | $232,000 | $282,000 |
| 44 | Michael Thorbjornsen | $50,000 | $231,000 | $281,000 |
| 45 | Nico Echavarría | $50,000 | $230,000 | $280,000 |
| 46 | Michael Brennan | $50,000 | $229,000 | $279,000 |
| 47 | Ryo Hisatsune | $50,000 | $228,000 | $278,000 |
| 48 | Sahith Theegala | $50,000 | $227,000 | $277,000 |
| 49 | Eric Cole | $50,000 | $226,000 | $276,000 |
| 50 | Matt McCarty | $50,000 | $225,000 | $275,000 |
The table combines the final FedExCup standings after the BMW Championship with the distribution of cash and deferred amounts established in the PGA Tour document. The total column is the sum of both items.
The BMW ended with Clark lifting the trophy, Cantlay, MacIntyre and Woodland securing tickets to Atlanta and Scheffler confirming an advantage built throughout the season. Now points no longer matter. At East Lake everyone will start from the same place, but the big checks for season‑long consistency already have owners
