NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — 156 players arrived at Aronimink Golf Club this week in hopes of hoisting the Wanamaker Trophy at the end of the 2026 PGA Championship and winning their second major title of the season. But after 72 holes, Aaron Rye stood tall as the first British man to win the PGA since 1919 and the first to win in the stroke play era of the tournament (since 1958).
Not only was Rye forced to lift golf’s biggest trophy, weighing 27 pounds, he also collected a hefty paycheck and effort.
The total prize money for the 2026 PGA Championship will increase to $20.5 million, an increase of $1.5 million from $19 million in 2025, marking the third consecutive year of increase (a total increase of $3.5 million from 2022).
The winner’s share jumps to $3.69 million in 2026, as Scottie Scheffler won his first PGA title last year with his win at Quail Hollow for $3.42 million. The top 10 all earned at least $553,000, and the top 33 each secured a six-figure salary.
All 82 players who earned money over the weekend will take home at least $23,900. Below is the full pay breakdown for each position in Aronimink’s remaining fields.
2026 PGA Championship Prizes, Purses and Dividends
Total purse: $20.5 million
1st Place — $3,690,000 — Aaron Lai
2nd Place — $2,214,000 — Jon Rahm, Alex Smalley ($1,804,000 each)
3rd place — $1,394,000
4th place — $984,000 — Justin Thomas, Ludwig Oberg, Matthias Schmidt ($843,866.67 each)
5th place — $820,000
6th place — $727,600
7th place — $681,050 — Rory McIlroy, Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele ($637,050 each)
8th place — $636,400
9th place — $593,700
10th place — $553,008 — Chris Gottapp, Kurt Kitayama, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose ($496,708 each)
11th place — $514,160
12th place — $477,300
13th place — $442,370
14th place — $409,390 — Matt Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin, Scottie Scheffler, Max Glaserman ($364,763 each)
15th place — $378,340
16th place — $349,240
17th place — $322,080
18th place — $296,850 — Jordan Spieth, David Puig, Stephen Jaeger, Mi Woo Lee, Maverick McNealy, Joaquin Niemann, Padraig Harrington, Harris English ($229,129 each)
19th – $273,570
20th place — $252,230
21st place — $232,830
22nd — $215,370
23rd — $199,840
24th — $187,230
25th — $175,110
26th place — $163,460 — Cameron Young, Alex Nolen, Sam Barnes, Hideki Matsuyama, Daniel Hillier, Bud Corey, Nick Taylor, Tom Hoge, Andrew Novak ($125,523 each)
27th — $152,310
28th — $141,640
29th — $131,450
30th place — $121,750
31 days — $113,990
32nd place — $107,200
33rd place — $101,380
34th place — $96,530
35th place — $92,650 — Aldrich Potgieter, Haotong Li, Christian Bezuidenhout, Patrick Cantlay, Ryan Fox, Daniel Berger, Siwoo Kim, Ryo Hisatsune, Martin Kaymer ($78,806 each)
36th place — $88,960
37th place — $85,370
38th place — $81,880
39th place — $78,480
40th place — $75,180
41st place — $71,980
42nd place — $68,880
43rd place — $65,870
44th place — $62,960 — Dustin Johnson, Jonathan Vegas, Shane Lowry, Denny McCarthy, Chandler Blanchett, Christopher Reitan, Chris Kirk, Nicolai Hoggard, Michael Kim, Taylor Pendrith, Matt Wallace ($50,348 each)
45th place — $60,150
46th place — $57,430
47th place — $54,810
48th place — $52,290
49th place — $49,860
50th place — $47,540
51st place — $45,300
52nd place — $43,170
53rd place — $41,130
54th place — $39,190
55th place — $37,350 — Collin Morikawa, Andrew Putnam, Brooks Koepka, Michael Lindberg, Corey Connors ($34,186 each)
56th place — $35,600
57th place — $33,950
58th place — $32,600
59th place — $31,430
60th place — $30,460 — Brian Herman, Rickie Fowler, Sahis Segala, Rico Hoey, Sam Valimaki ($29,218 each)
61st place — $29,690
62nd place — $29,120
63rd place — $28,640
64th place — $28,180
65th place — $27,740 — Keith Mitchell, Rasmus Højgaard, Sam Stevens, Casey Jarvis ($27,105 each)
66th place — $27,310
67th place — $26,890
68th place — $26,480
69th place — $26,080
70th place — $25,690 — Kazuki Higa, Luke Donald, Ryan Gerrard, William Mow, John Parry ($25,070 each)
71st place — $25,360
72nd place — $25,040
73rd place — $24,730
74th place — $24,530
75th place — $24,370 — Daniel Brown, Alex Fitzpatrick, Elvis Smiley, Rasmus Neergaard Petersen ($24,193 each)
76th place — $24,230
77th place — $24,130
78th place — $24,040
79th place — $23,970 — Johnny Keefer
80th place — $23,930 — Ben Khan
81st place — $23,910 — Michael Brennan
82nd place — $23,900 — Brian Campbell
