PGA Tour: Biggest Purses, Prize Money 2024 Season (2024)

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What Is the Highest Paying Golf Tournament for the 2024 PGA Tour Season? The Players Championship is the biggest purse of the 2024 season ($25 million).

What Is the Highest Paying Golf Tournament for the 2024 PGA Tour Season? The Players Championship is the biggest purse of the 2024 season ($25 million).

Here are the final payouts from the $9.1 million purse at the Charles Schwab Challenge.

What is Rory Mcllroy's net worth? Various reports put Rory McIlroy's net worth anywhere between $170 million up to the $288 million mark, putting him at the top of the Northern Ireland rich-list for under-40s. He was also named on the Sunday Times Rich List for 2024.

Let's look at Joel Dahmen — a guy who has made $9.5 million in career earnings and ranked 128th worldwide. He's a damn good player. Joel made $1.7 million last year in 26 events. His caddie, Geno, likely made around $180,000.

So much so, he has made more than a million more than the Tour average ($1.555,579). As the chart shows, Scott has likely brought in $2,633,839 million, which seems minuscule to Scheffler's nearly $28 million. It's an insane amount for a caddie, however.

“If the guy makes the cut, the standard is 10-7-5 — 10% for a win, 7% for a top 10, 5% for everything else,” Collins explained, according to an Insider report. He went on to say that some caddies may negotiate lowering winning payouts in exchange for a higher weekly income.

How much does the caddie make at Masters? ›

The caddie of the Master's winner will get 10% of the prize money. For context, Jon Rahm won the Masters' last year and got $3.24 million. The caddie for the runner up at the Masters will get 7% of that player's prize winnings; every caddie after that will get 5%.

Forbes estimates that Woods has made $1.8 billion during his golf career when adding up all his winnings, appearance fees, and valuable sponsorships throughout the years. In addition to Nike, Woods has had partnerships with other big-name brands like Gatorade, Rolex, and Gillette.

1.3 billion USD (2024)

Tiger Woods / Net worth

John Daly - A Legendary Drinker

When discussing the biggest drinkers on the PGA Tour, one name that immediately comes to mind is John Daly. Known for his prodigious drives and flamboyant personality, Daly has openly admitted to his struggles with alcohol addiction.

John Daly estimated his net worth at $2 million as of 2024. The star golfer should have earned much more than this, but he lost nearly $55 million in gambling and a few more millions in the settlement of his multiple divorces.

As per Golf Week, it is noted that the golfer pays him around 5 to 10 per cent of his income. Another report from Forbes suggests that Tiger's caddie earns around $1,500 to $2,500 per week during golf tournaments.

The Players Championship is the most lucrative of all PGA events offering a purse of $25 million. The winner is awarded $4.5 million of the purse with the rest allocated to every golfer who made the cut. Trailing behind The Players Championship, there are 11 PGA events that offer a $20 million purse.

Tiger Woods maintains his overall lead atop the PGA Tour's all-time money list. He is the first golfer to surpass the $120,000,000 mark in on-course career earnings and the only one over the $100 million mark. Phil Mickelson, before departing for the LIV Golf League, surpassed the $90 million mark.

Jeff Ritter | Jun 16, 2024

The U.S. Open is all in on golf's gold rush, and this week it's stepped up to offer a record-breaking $21.5 million purse, with $4.3 million to the winner. It's the largest prize purse ever to be offered at a major championship.

There will be over $400 million in prize money and payouts for grabs during the 2024 PGA regular-season, as well as the three playoff events. All PGA Tour signature events will have $20 million purses.