U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun has closed the gap to Rory McIlroy in the 2025 PGA Tour prize money charts despite his three-hole playoff defeat to Justin Rose at the first FedEx Playoff.
His runner-up pay cheque of $2.16million at the St. Jude Championship takes him to $12.3million in 2025 tournament earnings with only McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler ahead of him on $16.1million and $20.3million, respectively.
For Justin Rose, he avenged his Masters playoff heartbreak with a playoff win at TPC Southwind, which included four straight late birdies to force it: he takes home a whopping $3.6million and all the momentum with a first PGA Tour win since 2023.
It was the 14th playoff in the history of the PGA Tour’s post-season FedEx series, and the Englishman’s win lifts him to fourth in the FedEx Cup standings – a 21-place improvement over the weekend.
The total prize purse for the event has more than doubled in the past decade, with the Playoffs series now among the most lucrative events in golf. Hideki Matsuyama enjoyed the sizeable $3.6million payout last year
In 2015, the total prize purse for the event was just $8.25million, and the tournament has seen a 142% increase in prize money since then.
Heartbreak for Tommy Fleetwood: 12 PGA Tour winless top-three finishes and counting
- 161 PGA Tour starts
- Six runners up
- Six third places
- 29 top fives
- 42 top tens
Tommy Fleetwood again failed to convert his lead with two holes to play, with some visible signs of nerves throwing his chances of even making the extra playoff holes.
Despite pocketing the $1.16million for his T3 place, Fleetwood will rue failing to get over the line in similar circumstances to his Travelers Championship defeat to Keegan Bradley earlier this season.
The 15th-ranked player in the world played a clinical 70 holes in Memphis but again struggled at the final hurdle and had to sign another heartbreaking card as his hunt for a maiden PGA Tour win goes on.
His performance at TPC Southwind moves him into ninth place in the FedEx Cup standings, with two further Playoff events his last chance at a PGA Tour win in 2025.
Next is the turn of the BMW Championship in Baltimore, with the top 50 at this weekend’s St. Jude Championship, while the rest of the field have had their season cut short.
Chris Kirk came agonisingly close to extending his season with a monster putt on the 18th that was only enough for 51st place.
Shane Lowry, Wyndham Clark and Chris Gotterup were among the Ryder Cup hopefuls who won’t feature in the remaining FedEx Cup Playoff events.
Prize money for each player at the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship
1. Justin Rose (-16) – $3,600,000
2. J.J. Spaun (-16) – $2,160,000
T3. Tommy Fleetwood (-15) – $1,160,000
T3. Scottie Scheffler (-15) – $1,160,000
5. Cameron Young (-11) – $800,000
T6. Akshay Bhatia (-10) – $670,000
T6. Rickie Fowler (-10) – $670,000
T6. Andrew Novak (-10) – $670,000
T9. Ben Griffin (-9) – $500,000
T9. Kurt Kitayama (-9) – $500,000
T9. Patrick Cantlay (-9) – $500,000
T9. Ludvig Åberg (-9) – $500,000
T9. Chris Kirk (-9) – $500,000
T14. Jhonattan Vegas (-8) – $360,000
T14. Bud Cauley (-8) – $360,000
T14. Si Woo Kim (-8) – $360,000
T17. Jacob Bridgeman (-7) – $280,000
T17. Sungjae Im (-7) – $280,000
T17. Hideki Matsuyama (-7) – $280,000
T17. Russell Henley (-7) – $280,000
T17. Sepp Straka (-7) – $280,000
T22. J.T. Poston (-6) – $185,667
T22. Harry Hall (-6) – $185,667
T22. Brian Harman (-6) – $185,667
T22. Aaron Rai (-6) – $185,667
T22. Xander Schauffele (-6) – $185,667
T22. Collin Morikawa (-6) – $185,667
T28. Taylor Pendrith (-5) – $139,000
T28. Sam Burns (-5) – $139,000
T28. Maverick McNealy (-5) – $139,000
T28. Justin Thomas (-5) – $139,000
T32. Matt Fitzpatrick (-4) – $110,667
T32. Denny McCarthy (-4) – $110,667
T32. Davis Riley (-4) – $110,667
T32. Max Greyserman (-4) – $110,667
T32. Viktor Hovland (-4) – $110,667
T32. Kevin Yu (-4) – $110,667
T38. Matthias Schmid (-3) – $84,000
T38. Jordan Spieth (-3) – $84,000
T38. Thomas Detry (-3) – $84,000
T38. Nico Echavarria (-3) – $84,000
T38. Patrick Rodgers (-3) – $84,000
T38. Robert MacIntyre (-3) – $84,000
T44. Keegan Bradley (-2) – $64,000
T44. Ryan Gerard (-2) – $64,000
T44. Lucas Glover (-2) – $64,000
T44. Nick Taylor (-2) – $64,000
T48. Harris English (-1) – $53,400
T48. Stephan Jaeger (-1) – $53,400
T50. Ryan Fox (E) – $48,700
T50. Cam Davis (E) – $48,700
T50. Corey Conners (E) – $48,700
T50. Emiliano Grillo (E) – $48,700
T54. Sam Stevens (+1) – $46,200
T54. Chris Gotterup (+1) – $46,200
T56. Wyndham Clark (+2) – $45,200
T56. Jason Day (+2) – $45,200
T56. Mackenzie Hughes (+2) – $45,200
T59. Shane Lowry (+3) – $44,000
T59. Aldrich Potgieter (+3) – $44,000
T59. Michael Kim (+3) – $44,000
T62. Erik van Rooyen (+5) – $43,000
T62. Jake Knapp (+5) – $43,000
T64. Tom Hoge (+6) – $42,000
T64. Brian Campbell (+6) – $42,000
T64. Tony Finau (+6) – $42,000
67. Joe Highsmith (+8) – $41,200
T68. Min Woo Lee (+10) – $40,600
T68. Daniel Berger (+10) – $40,600
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