The final marquee event of the 2026 season concludes Sunday with 72 of the PGA Tour’s top players making the short trip from Long Island to Connecticut for the Travelers Championship. Travelers, the final highlight event of the season, is players’ last chance before the FedEx Cup Playoffs, with $20 million in prize money up for grabs.
In two years, every event on the PGA Tour’s Championship Series will have prize money that reaches or exceeds that amount, but for now, players should take advantage of this last opportunity in 2026 to reap the big payday.
The winner will take home $3.6 million for their efforts this week at TPC River Highlands. Just like a year ago, when Keegan Bradley electrified the New England crowd with a comeback that heated up the “will he or won’t he?” debate over Ryder Cup playing captaincy. That particular subplot won’t be played out this year, but a number of top players are joining the Travelers in search of a long-awaited return to the winner’s circle – most notably Scottie Scheffler.
Every player in this week’s top 11 will earn at least $500,000, and the top 36 are all guaranteed six-figure salaries.
See the complete breakdown of how the $20 million prize money for the 2026 Travelers Championship will be divided among the 72 players. There are no deductions for the final showpiece event of the season, so everyone is guaranteed to get paid at the end of the week.
2026 Travelers Championship Purse, Prizes
Total purse: $20 million
1st place: $3,600,000
2nd place: $2.16 million
3rd place: $1.36 million
4th place: $960,000
5th place: $800,000
6th place: $720,000
7th place: $670,000
8th place: $620,000
9th place: $580,000
10th place: $540,000
11th place: $500,000
12th place: $460,000
13th place: $420,000
14th place: $380,000
15th place: $360,000
16th place: $340,000
17th place: $320,000
18th place: $300,000
19th place: $280,000
20th place: $260,000
21st place: $240,000
22nd place: $223,000
23rd place: $207,500
24th place: $190,000
25th place: $175,000
26th place: $159,000
27th place: $152,500
28th place: $146,000
29th place: $140,000
30th place: $134,000
31st place: $128,500
32nd place: $122,500
33rd place: $116,500
34th place: $111,000
35th place: $106,500
36th place: $101,500
37th place: $96,500
38th place: $92,500
39th place: $88,500
40th place: $84,000
41st place: $80,000
42nd place: $76,000
43rd place: $72,000
44th place: $68,000
45th place: $64,000
46th place: $60,000
47th place: $56,000
48th place: $53,000
49th place: $50,000
50th place: $49,000
51st place: $48,000
52nd place: $47,000
53rd place: $46,000
54th place: $46,000
55th place: $45,500
56th place: $45,000
57th place: $44,500
58th place: $44,000
59th place: $43,500
60th place: $43,000
61st place: $42,500
62nd place: $42,000
63rd place: $41,500
64th place: $41,000
65th place: $40,500
66th place: $40,000
67th place: $39,500
68th place: $39,000
69th place: $38,000
70th place: $37,500
71st place: $37,000
72nd place: $36,000
