Ok, so it’s no surprise that the winner of the FedExCup playoffs gets a huge bonus. Normally, that bonus is $10 million, but the PGA Tour upped it this year to $15 million for the winner.
Yes, that sounds absurd, but when you compare that to what 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th get it’s even crazier.
The top five players at East Lake later this week will win more than any major champion this year.
1. $15,000,000
2. $5,000,000
3. $4,000,000
4. $3,000,000
5. $2,500,000
6. $1,900,000
7. $1,300,000
8. $1,100,000
9. $950,000
10. $830,000
11. $750,000
12. $705,000
13. $660,000
14. $620,000
15. $595,000
16. $570,000
17. $550,000
18. $535,000
19. $520,000
20. $505,000
21. $490,000
22. $478,000
23. $466,000
24. $456,000
25. $445,000
26. $435,000
27. $425,000
28. $415,000
29. $405,000
30. $395,000
Here is the current leaderboard entering the week… (still very weird that there’s already a leader)