He didn’t make it easy on himself, but Scottie Scheffler picked up his dominant win on Sunday after all.
Scheffler, after nearly blowing a five-shot lead, rallied late to pick up a commanding win at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina and claimed the PGA Championship. Along with the iconic Wanamaker Trophy, Scheffler is also taking home a $3.42 million check.
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The PGA of America announced Saturday that it offered a record $19 million purse, which sent the winner home with a $3.42 million check. The purse is nearly in line with the largest offered on the PGA Tour this season. By comparison, the Masters offered a $21 million last month, a record for the event that sent Rory McIlroy home with a $4.2 million check for his win. The Players Championship is the largest offered on Tour at $25 million.
Last season, the PGA Championship had an $18.5 million purse, which beat only the British Open among the four major championships. That was the largest amount offered at a PGA Championship in history, and allowed Xander Schauffele to take home $3.3 million for his win.
Scheffler posted a final-round 71 on Sunday, and he fended off a brief push from Jon Rahm midway through the day. Scheffler, who started the day with a three-shot lead over the field, pushed that to five before seeing it disappear completely as Rahm became co-leader as Scheffler made the turn. Scheffler eventually found his footing again, and rattled off a pair of late birdies while Rahm fell apart, to claim the win. It marks his third career major championship, and his first outside of Augusta National.
Here’s a look at how much money Scheffler and the rest of the field earned in North Carolina.
2025 PGA Championship payouts
1. Scottie Scheffler — $3.42 million
T2. Harris English, Bryson DeChambeau, Davis Riley — $1.419 million
T5. Taylor Pendrith, Jhonattan Vegas, J.T. Poston — $694,700
T8. Joaquin Niemann, Ben Griffin, Denny McCarthy, Ryan Gerard, Joe Highsmith, Matt Fitzpatrick, Keegan Bradley, Jon Rahm, Si Woo Kim — $415,262
T17. Alex Noren, Sam Burns — $290,230
T19. Sam Burns, Corey Conners, Beau Hossler, Aaron Rai, Taylor Moore, Harry Hall, Cam Davis, Adam Scott, Tony Finau, — $190,109
T28. Ryan Fox, Alex Smalley, Viktor Hovland, Marco Penge, Xander Schauffele — $115,820
T33. Max Greyserman, Maverick McNealy, Thorbjørn Olsen, Daniel Berger — $89,193
T37. Lucas Glover, Ryo Hisatsune, J.J. Spaun, Richard Bland — $75,378
T41. Michael Thorbjornsen, Eric Cole, Nico Echavarria, Tommy Fleetwood, Nicolai Højgaard, Matthieu Pavon — $60,677
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T47. Robert MacIntyre, Cameron Young, Rory McIlroy — $49,190
T50. Wyndham Clark, Tom McKibbin, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Collin Morikawa, Kevin Yu — $40,674
T55. Garrick Higgo, Rafael Campos, Michael Kim, Brian Campbell, Chris Kirk — $32,138
T60. David Puig, Tyrrell Hatton, Max Homa, Luke Donald, Sam Stevens, Justin Lower, Brian Harman — $27,015
T67. Rasmus Højgaard, Austin Eckroat, Sergio Garcia — $24,297
70. Stephan Jaeger — $24,240
71. Tom Kim — $23,940
T72. Elvis Smylie, Bud Cauley — $23,660
74. Ben An — $23,420
Golfers who missed the cut earn $4,000.
