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Tour Championship now offers official money and richest prize in golf with a $40 million purse
The Tour Championship now has the richest individual prize fund in golf with the PGA Tour making the FedEx Cup payoff count as official money for the first time. The total purse is $40 million, with $10 million to the winner.
Scheffler, the FedEx Cup points leader, used a final-round 67 to finish in a tie for third with Fleetwood at 15-under. Fleetwood once again missed out on his first PGA Tour title. A bogey on the 17th hole cost him a spot alongside Rose and Spaun in the playoff.
Rory McIlroy makes his 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs debut this week at the BMW Championship -- a week later than everyone else in the field. The world No. 2 returns for his first competitive outing since The Open (hosted in his home country of Northern Ireland), playing in the United States for the first time in two months.
However the $40 million prize pool is doled out next week, each player to compete at next week's Tour Championship will earn "official money" in the eyes of the PGA Tour.
Jordan Spieth is out of the FedEx Cup top 50 for the second straight year after failing to secure a strong finish at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
The 2025 BMW Championship at Caves Valley presents one final opportunity for players to earn a spot in the Tour Championship, the final event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. This after five golfers played their ways into the top 50 last week at the FedEx St.