One major critique of the PGA Tour’s postseason is that it’s simply a contrived cash grab. The FedEx Cup has certainly made golf relevant past the season’s final major, and the bumps in the format have been smoothed out from the early years. It consistently draws the top players, and the primary reason for that is all the cash that’s up for grabs.
Deutsche Bank Championship purse: Winner’s payout is $1.44 million of $8 million total
Chris Kirk is closing in on a career payday at TPC Boston, leading late and in line for a $1.44 million winner’s check.
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A total of $67 million will get doled out over the four-week playoff stretch. Each of the four events will have an $8 million purse, and then the Tour also kicks in an extra $35 million in bonus money. Every single player who makes the postseason, and even the 25 closest guys who didn’t get to the playoffs, will get a little extra cash. The cutdown this week eliminates the bottom 30 of the remaining 100 players in the FedEx Cup. Those ranked 71st and lower may be done for the season, but they’ll also get no less than $75k in bonus money.
| FEC Finishing Spot | Bonus Money | FEC Finishing Spot | Bonus Money |
| 1 | $10,000,000 | 26 | $195,000 |
| 2 | $3,000,000 | 27 | $190,000 |
| 3 | $2,000,000 | 28 | $185,000 |
| 4 | $1,500,000 | 29 | $180,000 |
| 5 | $1,100,000 | 30 | $175,000 |
| 6 | $800,000 | 31 | $165,000 |
| 7 | $700,000 | 32 | $155,000 |
| 8 | $600,000 | 33 | $150,000 |
| 9 | $550,000 | 34 | $145,000 |
| 10 | $500,000 | 35 | $142,000 |
| 11 | $300,000 | 36 | $140,000 |
| 12 | $290,000 | 37 | $138,000 |
| 13 | $280,000 | 38 | $137,000 |
| 14 | $270,000 | 39 | $136,000 |
| 15 | $250,000 | 40 | $135,000 |
| 16 | $245,000 | 51 | $120,000 |
| 17 | $240,000 | 52 | $115,000 |
| 18 | $235,000 | 53 | $114,000 |
| 19 | $230,000 | 54 | $113,000 |
| 20 | $225,000 | 55-70 | $110,000 |
| 21 | $220,000 | 71-80 | $80,000 |
| 22 | $215,000 | 81-100 | $75,000 |
| 23 | $210,000 | 101-125 | $70,000 |
| 24 | $205,000 | 126-150 (not in FEC) | $32,000 |
| 25 | $200,000 |
And even if you’re on the wrong side of the FedEx Cup line, you’re still taking a chunk of the $8 million Deutsche Bank Championship purse if you made the cut. The FedEx Cup purses are some of the biggest of the season, with only the WGC events, The Players and the four majors handing out more cash. The winner is set to earn $1.44 million.
Chris Kirk is the leader late in Monday’s final round. He got his second PGA Tour win last fall, which was technically a part of this season’s schedule. The McGladrey Classic, part of the new wraparound schedule, paid out $990k to the winner. It was the start of Kirk’s top earning season. He’s over $3M in winnings for the season, and has a career total of $8,456,303. Should he win, this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship would obviously be the biggest payday of his career.
Update: Kirk did close it out to become the new No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings. He’s in line for a huge bonus money payment down the road in Atlanta, in addition to the $1.44M he banked on Monday night.
| Place | Player | Score | Payout |
| 1 | Chris Kirk | -15 | $1,440,000 |
| T2 | Geoff Ogilvy | -13 | $597,333 |
| T2 | Russell Henley | -13 | $597,333 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | -13 | $597,333 |
| T5 | John Senden | -11 | $304,000 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | -11 | $304,000 |
| T7 | Martin Kaymer | -10 | $258,000 |
| T7 | Jason Day | -10 | $258,000 |
| T9 | Carl Pettersson | -9 | $185,143 |
| T9 | Jimmy Walker | -9 | $185,143 |
| T9 | Robert Streb | -9 | $185,143 |
| T9 | Bill Haas | -9 | $185,143 |
| T9 | Chesson Hadley | -9 | $185,143 |
| T9 | Seung-yul Noh | -9 | $185,143 |
| T9 | Webb Simpson | -9 | $185,143 |
| T16 | Jason Kokrak | -8 | $112,229 |
| T16 | Zach Johnson | -8 | $112,229 |
| T16 | Adam Scott | -8 | $112,229 |
| T16 | Kevin Stadler | -8 | $112,229 |
| T16 | Brian Stuard | -8 | $112,229 |
| T16 | Keegan Bradley | -8 | $112,229 |
| T16 | Ryan Palmer | -8 | $112,229 |
| T23 | Ian Poulter | -7 | $76,800 |
| T23 | Jim Furyk | -7 | $76,800 |
| T23 | Rickie Fowler | -7 | $76,800 |
| T26 | Henrik Stenson | -6 | $61,600 |
| T26 | Russell Knox | -6 | $61,600 |
| T26 | Kevin Streelman | -6 | $61,600 |
| T29 | Gary Woodland | -5 | $50,867 |
| T29 | George McNeill | -5 | $50,867 |
| T29 | Bubba Watson | -5 | $50,867 |
| T29 | Matt Kuchar | -5 | $50,867 |
| T29 | Ben Crane | -5 | $50,867 |
| T29 | Jordan Spieth | -5 | $50,867 |
| T35 | Scott Stallings | -4 | $36,950 |
| T35 | J.B. Holmes | -4 | $36,950 |
| T35 | Danny Lee | -4 | $36,950 |
| T35 | K.J. Choi | -4 | $36,950 |
| T35 | Charles Howell III | -4 | $36,950 |
| T35 | Jason Bohn | -4 | $36,950 |
| T35 | Vijay Singh | -4 | $36,950 |
| T35 | Morgan Hoffmann | -4 | $36,950 |
| T43 | David Hearn | -3 | $28,800 |
| T43 | Charl Schwartzel | -3 | $28,800 |
| T45 | Steven Bowditch | -2 | $23,424 |
| T45 | Phil Mickelson | -2 | $23,424 |
| T45 | Chris Stroud | -2 | $23,424 |
| T45 | Will MacKenzie | -2 | $23,424 |
| T45 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | -2 | $23,424 |
| T50 | Ernie Els | -1 | $19,017 |
| T50 | Brendan Steele | -1 | $19,017 |
| T50 | Camilo Villegas | -1 | $19,017 |
| T50 | Stewart Cink | -1 | $19,017 |
| T50 | Graham DeLaet | -1 | $19,017 |
| T50 | Kevin Chappell | -1 | $19,017 |
| T50 | Michael Putnam | -1 | $19,017 |
| T57 | Luke Donald | E | $17,600 |
| T57 | Jerry Kelly | E | $17,600 |
| T57 | Billy Hurley III | E | $17,600 |
| T57 | Bo Van Pelt | E | $17,600 |
| T57 | Andrew Svoboda | E | $17,600 |
| T57 | Daniel Summerhays | E | $17,600 |
| T57 | Hideki Matsuyama | E | $17,600 |
| 64 | Hunter Mahan | 1 | $16,960 |
| T65 | Brian Harman | 2 | $16,640 |
| T65 | Marc Leishman | 2 | $16,640 |
| T65 | Scott Langley | 2 | $16,640 |
| 68 | Shawn Stefani | 3 | $16,320 |
| T69 | Jeff Overton | 4 | $15,920 |
| T69 | John Huh | 4 | $15,920 |
| T69 | Cameron Tringale | 4 | $15,920 |
| T69 | William McGirt | 4 | $15,920 |
| 73 | Ryan Moore | 6 | $15,520 |
| Brendon de Jonge | MDF | $15,280 | |
| Patrick Reed | MDF | $15,280 | |
| Andres Romero | MDF | $15,040 | |
| Scott Brown | MDF | $14,880 | |
| Matt Jones | MDF | $14,720 | |
| Freddie Jacobson | MDF | $14,560 | |
| Matt Every | MDF | $14,400 |
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