OPEN MINI PLAYERThe winner's share of the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship purse is a lot of money, and the FedEx St. Jude Championship first-place payout is commensurate with winning on the PGA Tour.
The 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship purse is $20 million, which is more than double over 2022.
For 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship results and payout, see our final leaderboard
How much money does the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship winner get?
The FedEx St. Jude Championship pays 18 percent of the total purse to the winner, so the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship winner's share is $3,600,000 as the first-place payout.
Will Zalatoris won $2,700,000 as the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship winner, taking the biggest share of the $15 million purse.
Prior to 2022, the tournament played at TPC Southwind was a World Golf Championships event known as the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Abraham Ancer won $1,820,000 as the 2021 FedEx St. Jude Championship winner's share from a $10.5 million purse. Justin Thomas won the same amount from the same purse in the June 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship.
In this event, every player finishing the event earns official prize money, with 70th-place finishing professional earning $40,000. Every player making the cut also earns FedEx Cup points, with the winner receiving 2,000 points. The winner receives 56 Official World Golf Ranking points.
The FedEx St. Jude Championship does not have the biggest purse in professional golf. The Players Championship purse is tops at $25 million. The first two FedEx Cup playoff events and nine PGA Tour designated events are tied for second best with a $20 million purse each.
The tournament with the highest first-place payout in all of professional golf is on the PGA Tour. The winner of the 2023 The Players Championship will win $4,500,000, making it the biggest first-place payout in all of golf.
