The first leg of the 2026 FedEx Cup Playoffs brought 69 of the PGA Tour’s best to Memphis for the St. Jude Championship. Scottie Scheffler entered with a healthy lead for the No. 1 spot in the season-long standings over Matt Fitzpatrick, and he ensured he would clinch that positioning after a dominant performance at the St. Jude Championship, where he nearly lapped the field with an eight-shot margin of victory, the largest on the PGA Tour this season.

The battle for top 50 qualifications — cementing a spot in the second event of the postseason, the BMW Championship — was much tighter, though not much jockeying was done there by the time the St. Jude Championship concluded.

Along with players jockeying for playoff position, they were also aiming to take home their share of another $20 million purse. Everyone in the field was guaranteed at least a $41,000 paycheck, with the top 36 all taking home at least a six-figure payday.

The winner’s share for Scheffler is $3.6 million, which is what Justin Rose took home last year for his dramatic playoff win at TPC Southwind, and with just three events left on the 2026 schedule, the playoffs present one last chance at a huge boost for the bank account heading into the PGA Tour’s long offseason. 

Below is the full breakdown of payouts for each spot on the leaderboard this week from the $20 million purse. 

2026 St. Jude Championship prize money, purse

Purse: $20 million

1st: $3,600,000 — Scottie Scheffler
2nd: $2,160,000 — Si Woo Kim
3rd: $1,360,000 — Alex Noren, Sam Burns ($1,160,000 each)
4th: $960,000
5th: $800,000 — Wyndham Clark, Sungjae Im ($760,000 each)
6th: $720,000
7th: $670,000 — Ludvig Åberg, Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, Jake Knapp ($602,800 each)
8th: $621,000
9th: $581,000
10th: $541,000
11th: $501,000
12th: $461,000 — Bud Cauley, Matt Fitzpatrick, Patrick Cantlay, Nico Echavarria, Adam Scott, Kurt Kitayama, Tom Kim ($381,000 each)
13th: $421,000
14th: $381,000
15th: $361,000
16th: $341,000
17th: $321,000
18th: $301,000
19th: $281,000 — Pierceson Coody, Patrick Rodgers, Maverick McNealy, Jodan Spieth, Viktor Hovland ($241,500 each)
20th: $261,000
21st: $241,000
22nd: $224,500
23rd: $208,500
24th: $192,500 — Alex Smalley, Max Homa, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard, Jackson Koivun, J.T. Poston ($160,833.33 each)
25th: $176,500
26th: $160,500
27th: $154,500
28th: $148,500
29th: $142,500
30th: $136,500 — Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup, Brian Harman ($127,500 each)
31st: $130,500
32nd: $124,500
33rd: $118,500
34th: $113,500 — Sepp Straka, Nicolai Hojgaard, Keith Mitchell, J.J. Spaun, Rickie Fowler ($102,700 each)
35th: $108,500
36th: $103,500
37th: $98,500
38th: $94,500
39th: $90,500 — Justin Rose, Cameron Young, Nick Taylor ($86,500 each)
40th: $86,500
41st: $82,500
42nd: $78,500 — Harris English, Ben Griffin, Sam Stevens, Michel Brennan, Gary Woodland ($70,500 each)
43rd: $74,500
44th: $70,500
45th: $66,500
46th: $62,500
47th: $58,500 — Corey Conners, Michael Thorbjornsen, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Matthias Schmid, Justin Thomas ($53,420 each)
48th: $55,300
49th: $52,500
50th: $51,000
51st: $49,800
52nd: $48,600 — Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Ryo Hisatsune ($47,800 each)
53rd: $47,800
54th: $47,000
55th: $46,600 — Min Woo Lee, Michael Kim, Jordan Smith ($46,200 each)
56th: $46,200
57th: $45,800
58th: $45,400 — Ryan Fox, Kristoffer Reitan, Eric Cole ($45,000 each)
59th: $45,000
60th: $44,600
61st: $44,200 — Alex Fitzpatrick, Aldrich Potgieter ($44,000 each)
62nd: $43,800
63rd: $43,400 — Matt McCarty, Ricky Castillo, Aaron Rai ($43,000 each)
64th: $43,000
65th: $42,600
66th: $42,200 — Rory McIlroy
67th: $41,800 — Sahith Theegala
68th: $41,400 — Akshay Bhatia