St. Jude Classic 2017 purse: Winner’s payout is $1.2 million in prize money

The FedEx St. Jude Classic may not be the most prestigious event on the PGA Tour schedule, but a one-million-plus payout to the winner is still good work if you can find it. The annual stop in Memphis occupies a tough spot on a crowded PGA Tour schedule, coming one week before the U.S. Open, maybe the most exhausting test in golf. It draws some big names who want to roll into a major fresh off some competitive reps, but it’s a fairly thin field overall.

The money, however, is on par (golf term) with your regular PGA Tour event. It’s custom now to have a purse over $6 million and a winner’s payout well north of $1 million. The total purse at the St. Jude is $6,400,000 and the winner will get $1,152,000. It’s a purse that’s right about average for the modern day schedule and maybe not a number commensurate with what could be considered one of the lower-tier events on Tour.

Next week’s U.S. Open, however, will be a whole different ballgame, paying out $12 million at Erin Hills. That’s the biggest purse ever, with the USGA making the latest move this offseason in the never-ending arms race between the majors and The Players to have the richest event in the game.

In Memphis, we have a clustered leaderboard, with nine players tied for the lead at one point late on Sunday. There were 18 within three shots of the leading number too. On a course that’s been toughened up, don’t expect a ton of birdies and movement coming down the stretch. That means a lot of the money for second and third and fourth places may be split a whole bunch of ways.

Here’s the full payout table for this Sunday in Memphis (obviously these totals will be impacted by ties and we’ll update when results go final):

Update: Your final results and payouts from Memphis.