{"id":47224,"date":"2026-05-16T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/pga-championship-increases-prize-money-to-20-5-million\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:54:27","slug":"pga-championship-increases-prize-money-to-20-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/pga-championship-increases-prize-money-to-20-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Championship increases prize money to $20.5 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The PGA Championship prize money has been increased to $20.5 million, tournament organizers announced Saturday morning ahead of the third round at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Championship, one of men&#8217;s golf&#8217;s four major championships, is operated by the PGA of America (a separate organization from the PGA Tour), which also runs the U.S. operations of the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The $20.5 million in prize money is a PGA Championship record and is $1.5 million more than the $19 million paid out last year at Charlotte&#8217;s Quail Hollow Club. Sunday&#8217;s winner will receive $3.69 million, an increase from the $3.42 million won by Scottie Scheffler in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how PGA Championship funding has grown over the past five years.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p>The top three finishers will all earn more than $1 million this weekend. The lowest place (82nd place) prize is $23,900. Players who miss the 36-hole cut will receive $4,300.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><strong>Main comparison<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Despite the increase, the PGA Championship still ranks third among the four majors in prize money.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The prize money for April&#8217;s Masters was increased to $22.5 million, the highest in major history. The U.S. Open has paid $21.5 million over the past two years, and another increase next month could equal or exceed the Masters. The British Open&#8217;s prize money in 2025 was $17 million.<\/p>\n<p>PGA of America CEO Terry Clark said Wednesday that the organization is taking a &#8220;balanced approach&#8221; to the rise in prize money in men&#8217;s golf since the launch of LIV Golf in 2022. USGA CEO Mike Wang said earlier this month. <em>front office sports<\/em> The U.S. Open&#8217;s prize money strategy is &#8220;not a race&#8221; against the Masters and other major tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>LIV debuted with a total purse of $25 million, including $20 million in individual competition and $5 million in team competition. In response, the PGA Tour added a signature event series in 2023 that pays out $20 million per event and increased the prize money for its flagship event, The Players Championship, to $25 million. This year, LIV has increased the total prize money per event to $33 million ($23 million for individuals and $10 million for teams).<\/p>\n<p>PGA Championship funding helped the PGA Tour&#8217;s signature event top $20 million for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Funding increases to record $20.5 million after PGA Championship first appeared on Front Office Sports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PGA Championship prize money has been increased to $20.5 million, tournament organizers announced Saturday morning ahead of the third round at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia. The PGA Championship, one of men&#8217;s golf&#8217;s four major championships, is operated by the PGA of America (a separate organization from the PGA Tour), which also runs the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-47224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}