The 2017-18 PGA Tour season concludes with the Tour Championship, which will also help determine the winner of FedExCup playoffs, and there is an absurd amount of prize money awaiting the winner(s).
The 2018 Tour Championship alone has a $9 million purse, and the winner will get a payout of more than $1.6 million. But that's not all. The winner of the season-long FedExCup (i.e. the PGA Tour's playoffs) will also win $10 million.
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So, if the winner of the Tour Championship also claims enough points to win the FedExCup, then that golfer will haul in more than $11.6 million.
Here are the breakdowns of the huge prize money on the line in the PGA's Tour Championship and FedExCup purses for 2018.
2018 FedExCup prize money
How much prize money do the Tour Championship and FedExCup playoff winners get? As noted, the 2018 Tour Championship alone has a $9 million purse, and the winner will get a payout of more than $1.6 million. The winner of the FedExCup claims $10 million as the 2017-18 season-long champion of the PGA Tour. Even No. 30, last place among the finalists, gets a fat check.
Here are the payouts for the 2018 FedExCup finishers.
FedExCup payouts
| 1st | $10 million |
| 2nd | $3 million |
| 3rd | $2 million |
| 4th | $1.5 million |
| 5th | $1 million |
| 6th | $800,000 |
| 7th | $700,000 |
| 8th | $600,000 |
| 9th | $550,000 |
| 10th | $500,000 |
| 11th | $300,000 |
| 12th | $290,000 |
| 13th | $280,000 |
| 14th | $270,000 |
| 15th | $250,000 |
| 16th | $245,000 |
| 17th | $240,000 |
| 18th | $235,000 |
| 19th | $230,000 |
| 20th | $225,000 |
| 21st | $220,000 |
| 22nd | $215,000 |
| 23rd | $210,000 |
| 24th | $205,000 |
| 25th | $200,000 |
| 26th | $195,000 |
| 27th | $190,000 |
| 28th | $185,000 |
| 29th | $180,000 |
| 30th | $175,000 |
FedExCup playoff purses
| Playoff event | Purse | First place |
| The Northern Trust | $9 million | $1.62 million |
| Dell Technologies Championship | $9 million | $1.62 million |
| BMW Championship | $9 million | $1.62 million |
| Tour Championship | $9 million | $1.62 million |
