PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup bonus goes from a lump sum to 1 winner to three payoffs

The PGA Tour has accomplished away with the staggered begin for the FedEx Cup finale. In its place is a brand new pay construction with staggered bonuses to whoever is main at three factors within the remaining month of the season.

The FedEx Cup champion will get $10 million, down from $25 million. However, if the No. 1 seed would nonetheless get $25 million if he stays on the prime all through the playoffs.

The bonus pool stays at $100 million underneath the construction launched Wednesday.

But as a substitute of the FedEx Cup champion receiving $25 million on the finish of the Tour Championship, the No. 1 participant will get $10 million after the common season ends with the Wyndham Champion. Whoever leads the FedEx Cup after the BMW Championship will get $5 million. And the Tour Championship winner will get $10 million.

This caps an overhaul to what the PGA Tour hopes can result in a extra compelling — and fewer complicated — finish to the season.

The staggered begin — often known as beginning strokes — gave the No. 1 seed a two-shot lead on the Tour Championship by placing him at 10-under par earlier than the match occasion began.

Now the highest 30 who attain East Lake will begin even, similar to any match, and whoever wins the Tour Championship is the FedEx Cup champion.

To account for the winner-take-all nature of the Tour Championship, the pay construction was altered to ensure season-long performances had been nonetheless rewarded, and prime gamers didn’t get penalized an excessive amount of for having a foul week at East Lake.

Scottie Scheffler was so dominant final yr he led the FedEx Cup all by means of the playoffs, selecting up the $25 million bonus because the champion.

If the brand new fee construction had been in place in 2023, nevertheless, Jon Rahm would have acquired $10 million for main the FedEx Cup going into the playoffs; Scheffler would have received $5 million for main after the BMW Championship; and Viktor Hovland would have received $10 million for being the FedEx Cup champion.

Rahm was the No. 1 seed beginning the 2023 playoffs, tied for 18th within the Tour Championship and his postseason payout was $675,000. Under the brand new fee plan, Rahm would have acquired $12,208,750 for his FedEx Cup bonus — No. 1 going into the playoff, No. 4 after the BMW Championship and a tie for twenty first within the Tour Championship.

The Tour Championship successfully would have a $40 million purse, however the bonus cash nonetheless will depend as unofficial.

The FedEx Cup factors for the FedEx St. Jude Championship and the BMW Championship will stay quadruple the worth to permit for motion within the standings.

The Comcast Business Tour Top 10 remains to be round, a $40 million bonus pool for the common season. So for this yr, whoever leads the FedEx Cup going into the postseason would get $10 million from the FedEx Cup bonus and $8 million from Comcast.