The 2026 Memorial Tournament brings the PGA Tour’s top stars back to Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio for the annual Jack Nicklaus event. The Memorial has long been one of the premier events on the PGA Tour calendar, boasting an impressive list of winners since its inaugural run in 1976, led by five-time champion Tiger Woods. Woods is the last (and only) player to three-peat at Muirfield Village, but if Scottie Scheffler can bounce back and win again in Jack’s place, he could join the ranks this year.
Scheffler won $4 million in first place prize money in 2024 and 2025 and hopes to increase his lifetime earnings at Memorial to more than eight figures this year. The Memorial will be reduced to one of the marquee events on the PGA Tour calendar, as the 72-field field will be whittled down to the top 50 and tied after Friday’s second round. This cut is the reason why the winner’s share of the $20 million prize pool jumps compared to the uncut signature event, which pays out $3.6 million to the champion.
Scheffler is just one of several notable names in the field, including Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young, Xander Schauffele, Ludwig Oberg, Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Russell Henry and more. Many top players will use this as a final tune-up for the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills in two weeks.
Below is a complete breakdown of prizes and payouts for each spot on the final leaderboard.
2026 Memorial Tournament Prizes and Refunds
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: $52,000
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
