The PGA Tour is “altering the disbursement” of $100M in bonus money that is “paid out to players who make it to the final event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.” Because the Tour Championship will “no longer have a starting strokes format and will have all 30 players competing for a single tournament title, the winner will now receive” $10M in bonus money, with $5M “going to second place and $355,000 going to last place.” There will be a “total purse” of $40M. For the FedEx Cup, the $25M bonus to the winner is “no longer being paid,” but the money is “being spread to the points leaders through the BMW Championship.” The leader in points will earn $5M there, “in addition to the purse” that will be $20M “just as the FedEx St. Jude Championship and the eight signature events.” Still “in place is the Comcast Business Tour Top 10,” which pays $40M in bonus money to the top 10 in the final FedEx Cup standings through the Wyndham Championship (SI, 7/2).
PGA Tour changes FedEx Cup payout structure
