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How much prize money does the winner get at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
The PGA Tour is set to land at TPC Southwind for the upcoming FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Lucas Glover will be looking to defend his title at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, held in Shelby County, Tennessee from August 15-18, marking the first stage of the playoffs.
This week will see only the top 70 players in the standings compete, where the top 50 will move on to the BMW Championship. This will lead to the season-ending finale at East Lake, where the field will be narrowed down to 30.
FedEx St. Jude Championship field:
- Åberg, Ludvig
- An, Byeong Hun
- Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
- Bhatia, Akshay
- Bradley, Keegan
- Burns, Sam
- Cantlay, Patrick
- Clark, Wyndham
- Cole, Eric
- Conners, Corey
- Davis, Cam
- Day, Jason
- Detry, Thomas
- Dunlap, Nick
- Eckroat, Austin
- English, Harris
- Finau, Tony
- Fitzpatrick, Matt
- Fleetwood, Tommy
- Greyserman, Max
- Griffin, Ben
- Grillo, Emiliano
- Hadwin, Adam
- Harman, Brian
- Henley, Russell
- Hoge, Tom
- Homa, Max
- Horschel, Billy
- Hovland, Viktor
- Hubbard, Mark
- Hughes, Mackenzie
- Im, Sungjae
- Jaeger, Stephan
- Kim, Si Woo
- Kim, Tom
- Kirk, Chris
- Knapp, Jake
- Lee, Min Woo
- Lowry, Shane
- MacIntyre, Robert
- Malnati, Peter
- Matsuyama, Hideki
- McCarthy, Denny
- McIlroy, Rory
- McNealy, Maverick
- Moore, Taylor
- Morikawa, Collin
- Noren, Alex
- Pavon, Matthieu
- Pendrith, Taylor
- Perez, Victor
- Poston, J.T.
- Power, Seamus
- Rai, Aaron
- Rodgers, Patrick
- Rose, Justin
- Schauffele, Xander
- Scheffler, Scottie
- Scott, Adam
- Spieth, Jordan
- Straka, Sepp
- Taylor, Nick
- Theegala, Sahith
- Thomas, Justin
- Thompson, Davis
- Todd, Brendon
- van Rooyen, Erik
- Vegas, Jhonattan
- Young, Cameron
- Zalatoris, Will
How big is the prize purse at the St. Jude Championship?
The fact that this tournament is a playoff, with big names such as Scheffler, Schauffele and McIlroy, the prize purse is significant, with a total of $20m.
As for the winner, they will walk away with a healthy sum of $3,600,000.
| Position | Prize money |
|---|---|
| 1 | $3,600,000 |
| 2 | $2,160,000 |
| 3 | $1,360,000 |
| 4 | $960,000 |
| 5 | $800,000 |
| 6 | $720,000 |
| 7 | $670,000 |
| 8 | $620,000 |
| 9 | $580,000 |
| 10 | $540,000 |
Since there are only 70 players and not 125, everyone involved will pocket a portion of the huge purse, with the player in last place netting a tidy $40,000.
The FedEx St. Jude Championship was founded in 1967 and became the first tournament in the playoffs system for the FedEx Cup in 2007. For the third year in a row, the tournament will be hosted at TPC Southwind.