Xander Schauffele’s PGA Championship prize money revealed as he enjoys huge payday after winning his first major title at Kentucky

After winning the PGA Championship on Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club, Xander Schauffele will take home $3.3 million as the event increased his first-place prize this year by $1 million.

Schauffele’s birdie putt on the final hole of the tournament increased the money he left Kentucky with by nearly $1.4 million, while runner-up Bryson DeChambeau took home $1.998 million. for his six-under-par effort on Sunday.

Each of the top three became millionaires from this event alone, as Viktor Hovland won $1.258 million.

The total purse for the PGA Championship is the largest in the event’s history at $18.5 million, with each player earning at least $22,100 for completing 72 holes.

Each player ranked in the top 10 wins more than half a million dollars.

Schauffele’s first major victory allowed him to earn a smaller lump sum than some other golf events

Every golfer finishing in the top 31 places earned at least $100,000 from their weekend in Louisville.

The Masters had a total purse of about $20 million, giving golf’s next major a slightly lower amount for total prize money.

Scottie Scheffler, who earned $521,418 for tying for eighth, earned $3.6 million for winning a green jacket.

What’s strange for Scheffler is that winning the Masters was only his third-highest money of the season. He won $4.5 million at the Players Championship and $4 million at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Collin Morikawa and Thomas Detry earn $814,000 each for finishing tied for fourth place.