How Scottie Scheffler made $18 million without swinging a golf club

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Scottie Scheffler topped the pile for the first FedEx Cup bonus payout in 2025.

The revamped FedEx Cup bonuses have now all been paid out to the PGA Tour’s top stars. Here’s how much each player took home…

The new FedEx Cup bonuses have been paid out – and it’s once again good news for Scottie Scheffler.

The system was revamped earlier this year when the PGA Tour announced that the pot – which previously saw the FedEx Cup champion scoop the $25 million – would be split into three, the first of which would be distributed after the culmination of the regular season.

What didn’t change, however, was the Comcast Business Top 10, which offers $40 million split among the top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings following the Wyndham Championship.

This means 10 players – eight of whom didn’t even tee up at Sedgefield Country Club – woke up the following morning with a few more million thrown on the pile…

FedEx Cup bonus payouts: Round 1

This first round of bonuses, paid out to the top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings, was made after the end of the regular PGA Tour season at the Wyndham Championship.

POSITIONPLAYERFEDEX CUP BONUSCOMCAST TOP 10TOTAL
1Scottie Scheffler$10,000,000$8,000,000$18,000,000
2Rory McIlroy$4,000,000$6,000,000$10,000,000
3Sepp Straka$1,200,000$4,800,000$6,000,000
4Russell Henley$1,000,000$4,400,000$5,400,000
5Justin Thomas$800,000$4,000,000$4,800,000
6Ben Griffin$700,000$3,400,000$4,100,000
7Harris English$650,000$2,800,000$3,450,000
8J.J. Spaun$600,000$2,400,000$3,000,000
9Tommy Fleetwood$550,000$2,200,000$2,750,000
10Keegan Bradley$500,000$2,000,000$2,500,000

FedEx Cup bonus payouts: Round 2

The second FedEx Cup bonuses were paid out after the BMW Championship – the second of the three Playoffs – with the player top of the standings scooping $5 million and it feeding down to all of the top 50.

POSITIONPLAYERFEDEX CUP BONUS
1Scottie Scheffler$5,000,000
2Rory McIlroy$3,500,000
3Tommy Fleetwood$1,450,000
4Russell Henley$700,000
5JJ Spaun$2,600,000
6Sepp Straka$585,000
7Justin Thomas$365,000
8Ben Griffin$900,000
9Harris English$1,030,000
10Keegan Bradley$790,000
11Justin Rose$1,800,000
12Patrick Cantlay$270,000
13Robert MacIntyre$550,000
14Cameron Young$350,000
15Maverick McNealy$515,000
16Ludvig Aberg$335,000
17Corey Conners$275,000
18Collin Morikawa$240,000
19Andrew Novak$325,000
20Shane Lowry$225,000
21Sam Burns$285,000
22Hideki Matsuyama$230,000
23Viktor Hovland$235,000
24Brian Harman$280,000
25Nick Taylor$220,000

FedEx Cup bonus payouts: Round 3

The third and final FedEx Cup bonus payout also doubled up as the Tour Championship prize money, which you can see here.



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