The penultimate event on the 2026 PGA Tour schedule brought the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings to Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis for the BMW Championship. As was the case at last week's St. Jude Championship, another $20 million purse was on the line. With just 50 players in the field this week, everyone was guaranteed at least $66,000 with the top 40 all earning at least a six-figure payday. The winner, Wyndham Clark , will take home a $3.6 million paycheck, as the playoff events boast the same purse structure as the non-cut signature events on the PGA Tour schedule. Clark won for the thir time this season and sixth time in his PGA Tour career, putting himself in legitimate contention for Player of the Year honors -- especially if he can close the season strong at next week's Tour Championship. Players were not only jockeying for payouts from the BMW Championship purse this week. They were angling for spots in the FedEx Cup standings, which will determine their share of the massive bonus pool that is paid out before next week's Tour Championship. That alone boasts a $40 million purse and pays $10 million to the winner Last week's winner, Scottie Scheffler, locked himself into the top spot in the standings, guaranteeing a $23 million bonus no matter where he finishes Sunday at the BMW Championship. Clark moved into the No. 3 spot after the BMW Championship. Check out the complete payout breakdown for the $20 million purse at the BMW Championship below. 2026 BMW Championship prize money, payouts Purse: $20 million 1st: $3,600,000 -- Wyndham Clark 2nd: $2,160,000 -- Patrick Cantlay 3rd: $1,360,000 -- Rory McIlroy 4th: $990,000 -- Gary Woodland, Collin Morikawa, Chris Gotterup ($857,000 each) 5th: $830,000 6th: $750,000 7th: $695,000 -- Robert MacIntyre, Maverick McNealy ($667,500 each) 8th: $640,000 9th: $600,000 -- Jacob Bridgeman 10th: $560,000 -- Michael Brennan, Sungjae Im ($540,000 each) 11th: $520,000 12th: $480,000 -- Akshay Bhatia, Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley, Ryo Hisatsune ($426,250 each) 13th: $441,000 14th: $402,000 15th: $382,000 16th: $362,000 -- Adam Scott, Alex Smalley, Aaron Rai, Justin Thomas, Ludvig Åberg, Ryan Gerard ($312,000 each) 17th: $342,000 18th: $322,000 19th: $302,000 20th: $282,000 21st: $262,000 22nd: $245,000 -- Justin Rose, J.T. Poston, Kristoffer Reitan, J.J. Spaun ($221,000 each) 23rd: $229,000 24th: $213,000 25th: $197,000 26th: $181,000 -- Kurt Kitayama, Xander Schauffele ($177,500 each) 27th: $174,000 28th: $167,000 -- Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Kim, Sam Burns, Matt Fitzpatrick, Eric Cole ($153,000 each) 29th: $160,000 30th: $153,000 31st: $146,000 32nd: $139,000 33rd: $132,000 -- Si Woo Kim, Matt McCarty, Viktor Hovland, Sepp Straka ($124,500 each) 34th: $127,000 35th: $122,000 36th: $117,000 37th: $112,000 -- Rickie Fowler, Michael Thorbjornsen, Cameron Young, Alex Noren ($106,000 each) 38th: $108,000 39th: $104,000 40th: $100,000 41st: $96,000 -- Jake Knapp, Sahith Theegala, Nicolai Hojgaard ($92,000 each) 42nd: $92,000 43rd: $88,000 44th: $84,000 -- Bud Cauley, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin ($80,000 each) 45th: $80,000 46th: $76,000 47th: $72,000 -- Ryan Fox, Tommy Fleetwood, Min Woo Lee ($70,000 each) 48th: $70,000 49th: $68,000 50th: $66,000 -- Nico Echavarria Add CBS Sports on Google Join the Conversation comments
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