NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — There were 156 players who arrived at Aronimink Golf Club this week hoping to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy at the end of the 2026 PGA Championship and capture the second major title of the season. After 72 holes, though, it is Aaron Rai who stood tall as the first Englishman to win the PGA since 1919 and the first ever to do it in the tournament’s stroke play era (since 1958).
Rai was not only forced to lift the largest trophy in golf, weighing in at 27 pounds, he also collected a sizable paycheck or his efforts.
The total purse for the 2026 PGA Championship increased to $20.5 million, up $1.5 million from the $19 million awarded in 2025, marking the third consecutive year of growth (a total increase of $3.5 million since 2022).
The winner’s share jumped to $3.69 million in 2026 after Scottie Scheffler took home $3.42 million for his win at Quail Hollow to capture his first PGA title last year. Everyone in the top 10 takes home at least $553,000, and each of the top 33 secured a six-figure payday.
All 82 players who earned their way into the weekend will bring home at least $23,900. Below is the complete payout breakdown for every position in the remaining field at Aronimink. Total purse: $20.5 million
1st — $3,690,000 — Aaron Rai2026 PGA Championship prize money, purse, payouts
2nd — $2,214,000 — Jon Rahm, Alex Smalley ($1,804,000 each)
3rd — $1,394,000
4th — $984,000 — Justin Thomas, Ludvig Åberg, Matthias Schmid ($843,866.67 each)
5th — $820,000
6th — $727,600
7th — $681,050 — Rory McIlroy, Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele ($637,050 each)
8th — $636,400
9th — $593,700
10th — $553,000 — Chris Gotterup, Kurt Kitayama, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose ($496,708 each)
11th — $514,160
12th — $477,300
13th — $442,370
14th — $409,390 — Matt Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin, Scottie Scheffler, Max Greyserman ($364,763 each)
15th — $378,340
16th — $349,240
17th — $322,080
18th — $296,850 — Jordan Spieth, David Puig, Stephan Jaeger, Min Woo Lee, Maverick McNealy, Joaquin Niemann, Padraig Harrington, Harris English ($229,129 each)
19th — $273,570
20th — $252,230
21st — $232,830
22nd — $215,370
23rd — $199,840
24th — $187,230
25th — $175,110
26th — $163,460 — Cameron Young, Alex Noren, Sam Burns, Hideki Matsuyama, Daniel Hillier, Bud Cauley, Nick Taylor, Tom Hoge, Andrew Novak ($125,523 each)
27th — $152,310
28th — $141,640
29th — $131,450
30th — $121,750
31st — $113,990
32nd — $107,200
33rd — $101,380
34th — $96,530
35th — $92,650 — Aldrich Potgieter, HaoTong Li, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Patrick Cantlay, Ryan Fox, Daniel Berger, Si Woo Kim, Ryo Hisatsune, Martin Kaymer ($78,806 each)
36th — $88,960
37th — $85,370
38th — $81,880
39th — $78,480
40th — $75,180
41st — $71,980
42nd — $68,880
43rd — $65,870
44th — $62,960 — Dustin Johnson, Jhonattan Vegas, Shane Lowry, Denny McCarthy, Chandler Blanchet, Kristoffer Reitan, Chris Kirk, Nicolai Hogaard, Michael Kim, Taylor Pendrith, Matt Wallace ($50,348 each)
45th — $60,150
46th — $57,430
47th — $54,810
48th — $52,290
49th — $49,860
50th — $47,540
51st — $45,300
52nd — $43,170
53rd — $41,130
54th — $39,190
55th — $37,350 — Collin Morikawa, Andrew Putnam, Brooks Koepka, Mikael Lindberg, Corey Conners ($34,186 each)
56th — $35,600
57th — $33,950
58th — $32,600
59th — $31,430
60th — $30,460 — Brian Harman, Rickie Fowler, Sahith Theegala, Rico Hoey, Sam Valimaki ($29,218 each)
61st — $29,690
62nd — $29,120
63rd — $28,640
64th — $28,180
65th — $27,740 — Keith Mitchell, Rasmus Hojgaard, Sam Stevens, Casey Jarvis ($27,105 each)
66th — $27,310
67th — $26,890
68th — $26,480
69th — $26,080
70th — $25,690 — Kazuki Higa, Luke Donald, Ryan Gerard, William Mouw, John Parry ($25,070 each)
71st — $25,360
72nd — $25,040
73rd — $24,730
74th — $24,530
75th — $24,370 — Daniel Brown, Alex Fitzpatrick, Elvis Smylie, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen ($24,193 each)
76th — $24,230
77th — $24,130
78th — $24,040
79th — $23,970 — Johnny Keefer
80th — $23,930 — Ben Kern
81st — $23,910 — Michael Brennan
82nd — $23,900 — Brian Campbell
