How much are players earning at PGA Championship? The purse goes up to $20.5M

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How much are players earning at PGA Championship? The purse goes up to $20.5M

2026-05-16 21:23 Last Updated At：21:30

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The PGA Championship raised its total prize fund this year to $20.5 million, a $1.5 million increase from last year but still third among the three American majors.

The winner's share will be $3,690,000.

The Masters raised its total purse to $22.5 million this year, the highest payout of golf's four majors and a $1.5 million increase from the previous year. The U.S. Open next month and the British Open in July — typically the smallest of major purses — have not announced their plans.

The U.S. Open had a $21.5 million purse last year, and the British Open purse was at $17 million.

Prize money in golf began spiking when Saudi-funded LIV Golf launched in 2022 with its $20 million purses and $4 million payouts. The PGA Tour now has eight “signature” events with a $20 million purse that pays $3.6 million to the winner ($4 million in three such tournaments).

The Players Championship had a $25 million purse, and the PGA Tour last year decided the FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship would count as official money instead of a bonus, making it a $40M prize fund.

Terry Clark, the new CEO of the PGA of America, was asked earlier this week about staying competitive with the other majors while being fiscally responsible. He offered little along those lines except to say, “It’s not always in comparison to all of those. It’s what are the factors that make sense. We do look at it as an annual focus around how do we get at competitive purses.”

The player finishing last among the 82 players who made the cut will get $23,900. The 74 players who missed the cut, including 19 club professionals, were paid $4,300.

The PGA Championship is at Aronimink for the first time since 1962, when the total prize fund was $69,400 and Gary Player won $13,000. It also was the third-highest purse among majors then.

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NBA tipoff: Only a Game 7 left in Round 2, with Cavaliers-Pistons on Sunday

New York has to wait a bit longer to find out its Eastern Conference finals opponent. But in the Western Conference, the final is set — and it'll be the teams that finished with the two best records in the NBA this season.

Oklahoma City and San Antonio will play for the West title, their series beginning Monday on the Thunder's home floor.

Meanwhile, Detroit and Cleveland are headed to a Game 7 on Sunday for the right to play the Knicks for the East crown.

There are no games on Saturday.

— No games scheduled

— Game 7, Cleveland at Detroit, 8 p.m. EDT (Prime)

— Series: Tied, 3-3.

— Odds: Detroit by 4.5.

Cleveland has won five consecutive Game 7s, including two on the road. Detroit is 6-1 in its last seven Game 7s. Both teams won a Game 7 in Round 1 and the winner will be the 20th team in NBA history to prevail in multiple Game 7s in the same postseason.

— Game 1, San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT (NBC, Peacock)

— Odds: Oklahoma City by 6.5.

The Spurs went 4-1 against the Thunder (the teams played five times because of the NBA Cup) during the regular season. If the series goes the full seven games, it'll mark only the second instance in the last 30 years of two teams meeting 12 times in the same season (Golden State and Houston did it last season).

— Pistons 115, Cavaliers 94 to tie series 3-3.

— Spurs 139, Timberwolves 109 to win series 4-2.

The NBA Finals will start on June 3. And — thanks to San Antonio closing out Minnesota on Friday night — it's now certain that there will be at least two off days between the end of the conference finals and the title series.

— The Eastern Conference finals will start Tuesday, then have Game 2 Thursday, Game 3 on May 23, Game 4 on May 25, Game 5 on May 27 (if necessary), Game 6 on May 29 (if necessary) and Game 7 on May 31 (if necessary). Detroit will host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 if it reaches that series; otherwise, New York will play host to Cleveland in those four games.

— The Western Conference finals will start Monday in Oklahoma City, with Game 2 there on Wednesday. Game 3 is at San Antonio on Friday, Game 4 is at San Antonio on May 24, Game 5 is at Oklahoma City on May 26 (if necessary), Game 6 is at San Antonio on May 28 (if necessary) and Game 7 would be May 30 in Oklahoma City (if necessary).

— The Oklahoma City-San Antonio winner will have homecourt advantage in the NBA Finals.

Finally, a big update here — the MVP announcement is coming on Sunday night, with either Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama or Denver's Nikola Jokic set to win the award.

Other awards handed out so far:

— Defensive Player of the Year: Wembanyama.

— Clutch Player of the Year: Gilgeous-Alexander.

— Sixth Man of the Year: Keldon Johnson, San Antonio.

— Sportsmanship Award: Derrick White, Boston.

— Most Improved Player: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Atlanta.

— Rookie of the Year: Cooper Flagg, Dallas.

— Executive of the Year: Brad Stevens, Boston.

— Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year: DeAndre Jordan, New Orleans.

— Hustle Award: Moussa Diabaté, Charlotte.

Among the announcements still to come:

— Coach of the Year: San Antonio's Mitch Johnson, Detroit's J.B. Bickerstaff, or Boston's Joe Mazzulla.

— Social Justice Champion Award: Miami's Bam Adebayo San Antonio's Harrison Barnes, Boston's Jaylen Brown, Detroit's Tobias Harris or Cleveland's Larry Nance Jr.

— The All-NBA, All-Defensive and All-Rookie teams.

Defending champion Oklahoma City (-165) is favored to win the NBA title, according to oddsmakers.

The Thunder are followed by San Antonio (+300), New York (+600), Detroit (+3000) and Cleveland (+6000).

— Monday: Western Conference finals begin on NBC and Peacock.

— Tuesday: Eastern Conference finals begin on ESPN and ABC.

— June 3: Game 1, NBA Finals on ABC. (Other finals dates: June 5, June 8, June 10, June 13, June 16 and June 19).

— June 23: Round 1, NBA draft.

— June 24: Round 2, NBA draft.

“We have never seen the likes of this guy.” — Prime analyst Stan Van Gundy, raving about the defensive ability of Wembanyama.

— Friday saw two teams (Detroit by 21, San Antonio by 30) win on the road by 20 or more points. There hadn't been two road teams win by 20 or more — after the first round of the playoffs — on the same day since April 9, 1972 (New York beat Baltimore by 24, Milwaukee beat the LA Lakers by 21).

— The Spurs have reached 70 wins on the season, including playoffs — the league-best ninth time they've done that since 1994-95. The league's other 29 teams have combined for 40 such seasons in that span.

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