Prize money, starting strokes format for 2023 Tour Championship at East Lake
The 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs conclude this week at the Tour Championship, where the winner will take home $18 million (before taxes) in bonus money.
This year marks the 17th season of the playoffs. PGA Tour players battled through 46 events to get to the finale.
The top 70 in the FedEx Cup points made the postseason with the top 50 advancing to Week 2 and then just the top 30 reaching East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
Rory McIlroy became the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup when he rallied from six shots back a year ago to track down Scottie Scheffler.
The money
The winner of the Tour Championship is declared the FedEx Cup champion and takes home the first-place prize of $18 million in bonus money. The runner-up gets $6.5 million, with third place earning $5 million, all the way down to 30th place, which is good for $500,000.
Bonus money payouts
Position | Payout | Position | Payout |
1 | $18,000,000 | 16 | $720,000 |
2 | $6,500,000 | 17 | $700,000 |
3 | $5,000,000 | 18 | $680,000 |
4 | $4,000,000 | 19 | $660,000 |
5 | $3,000,000 | 20 | $640,000 |
6 | $2,500,000 | 21 | $620,000 |
7 | $2,000,000 | 22 | $600,000 |
8 | $1,500,000 | 23 | $580,000 |
9 | $1,250,000 | 24 | $565,000 |
10 | $1,000,000 | 25 | $550,000 |
11 | $950,000 | 26 | $540,000 |
12 | $900,000 | 27 | $530,000 |
13 | $850,000 | 28 | $520,000 |
14 | $800,000 | 29 | $510,000 |
15 | $760,000 | 30 | $500,000 |
There is a total of $75 million in bonus money up for grabs at East Lake.
The format
The PGA Tour will continue to utilize the FedEx Cup Starting Strokes, which was introduced for the first time in 2019. It’s a staggered system whereby the golfer in the top position will start the Tour Championship at 10 under.
Starting strokes
Starting position | Starting score | Golfer |
No. 1 | 10 under | Scottie Scheffler |
No. 2 | 8 under | Viktor Hovland |
No. 3 | 7 under | Rory McIlroy |
No. 4 | 6 under | Jon Rahm |
No. 5 | 5 under | Lucas Glover |
No. 6 | 4 under | Max Homa |
No. 7 | 4 under | Patrick Cantlay |
No. 8 | 4 under | Brian Harman |
No. 9 | 4 under | Wyndham Clark |
No. 10 | 4 under | Matt Fitzpatrick |
No. 11 | 3 under | Tommy Fleetwood |
No. 12 | 3 under | Russell Henley |
No. 13 | 3 under | Keegan Bradley |
No. 14 | 3 under | Rickie Fowler |
No. 15 | 3 under | Xander Schauffele |
No. 16 | 2 under | Tom Kim |
No. 17 | 2 under | Sungjae Im |
No. 18 | 2 under | Tony Finau |
No. 19 | 2 under | Corey Conners |
No. 20 | 2 under | Si Woo Kim |
No. 21 | 1 under | Taylor Moore |
No. 22 | 1 under | Nick Taylor |
No. 23 | 1 under | Adam Schenk |
No. 24 | 1 under | Collin Morikawa |
No. 25 | 1 under | Jason Day |
No. 26 | Even | Sam Burns |
No. 27 | Even | Emiliano Grillo |
No. 28 | Even | Tyrrell Hatton |
No. 29 | Even | Jordan Spieth |
No. 30 | Even | Sepp Straka |
This system was established to give players at the top of the points list the reward of a starting advantage in the Tour Championship.
Only two multiple winners
The first 16 seasons of the playoff produced 13 different winners with McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022) and Tiger Woods (2007, 2009) the only golfers to win it more than once.
