The 2026 PGA Tour season begins with Tiger Woods’ event, the Genesis Invitational, at the iconic Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. This is the second year in a row that this season will be a big prize-money event for the 72 players competing in the tournament, which will be held on the Riviera for the first time in a year.
Collin Morikawa made a triumphant return to the winner’s circle at Pebble Beach last week, breaking a nearly three-year winless drought and taking home $3.6 million. There are few better places on the PGA Tour schedule to score wins at this point than in signature events. The best performers at Riviera this week will be rewarded even more.
With eight fewer players participating this week, nearly every spot on the leaderboard will earn a little more cash from Genesis’ $20 million prize pool, with the winner taking home $4 million. Last year, it was Ludwig Oberg who took home that top prize at Torrey Pines after a venue change due to the Los Angeles wildfires, and it will be interesting to see if his run on par with recent signature events continues.
Another player has won nine consecutive tournaments, a big change from 2024, when Scottie Scheffler won four of the eight tournaments on the calendar. As is the case every week on the PGA Tour, Scheffler was a heavy favorite coming into Riviera, but he narrowly missed the cut and will face a huge climb over the final 36 holes. Rory McIlroy heads into moving day just one stroke off the lead.
Everyone will be competing for a share of the $20 million purse. Let’s take a look at the complete breakdown of how much money each finishing spot can earn at the 2026 Genesis Invitational.
2026 Genesis Invitational Prizes, Purses
Total purse: $20 million
1st place: 4 million dollars
2nd place: $2.2 million
3rd place: $1.4 million
4th place: 1 million dollars
5th place: $840,000
6th place: $760,000
7th place: $700,000
8th place: $646,000
9th place: $600,000
10th place: $556,000
11th place: $514,000
12th place: $472,000
13th place: $430,000
14th place: $389,000
15th place: $369,000
16th place: $349,000
17th place: $329,000
18th place: $309,000
19th place: $289,000
20th place: $269,000
21st place: $250,000
22nd place: $233,000
23rd place: $216,000
24th place: $200,000
25th place: $184,000
26th place: $168,000
27th place: $161,000
28th place: $154,000
29th place: $147,000
30th place: $140,000
31st place: $133,000
32nd place: $126,000
33rd place: $119,000
34th place: $114,000
35th place: $109,000
36th place: $104,000
37th place: $99,000
38th place: $94,000
39th place: $90,000
40th place: $86,000
41st place: $82,000
42nd place: $78,000
43rd place: $74,000
44th place: $70,000
45th place: $66,000
46th place: $62,000
47th place: $58,000
48th place: $56,000
49th place: $54,000
50th place: $52,000
51st place: $51,000
52nd place: $50,000
53rd place: $49,000
54th place: $48,000
55th place: $47,000
56th place: $46,000
57th place: $45,000
58th place: $44,000
59th place: $43,000
60th place: $42,000
61st place: $41,000
62nd place: $40,000
63rd place: $39,000
64th place: $38,000
65th place: $37,000
66th place: $36,000
67th place: $35,000
68th place: $34,000
69th place: $33,000
70th place: $32,000
71st place: $31,000
72nd place: $30,000
