Now there are officially only 30 golfers left in the race for the FedEx Cup.
Keegan Bradley, last man in the field this week, claimed a one-shot victory in the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club in Colorado on Sunday, not only moving him up to fourth place in the FedEx Cup standings but also earning $3.6 million this week as part of a $20 million purse.
The BMW Championship, like last week's event that kicked off the three-tournament playoffs, had a purse of $20 million, just like the rest of the season's events. But even though there were only 50 golfers competing this week, most golfers still went home with six-figure salaries.
Hideki Matsuyama won the FedEx St. Jude Championship last week to kick off the playoffs, earning $3.6 million. It was Matsuyama's second victory on Tour this season, following his victory at the Genesis Invitational in February, where he won $4 million. Matsuyama withdrew from this week's tournament due to a back injury, but is certain to qualify for the Tour Championship.
Despite finishing in the bottom half of the leaderboard this week with a stroke average of 1 over par, Scottie Scheffler will still enter the Tour Championship as the No. 1 overall player. Scheffler, who has won six times this season, leads the field in the FedEx Cup standings by more than 1,000 points. Xander Schauffele, who won both the PGA Championship and the British Open this year, is safely in second place.
Here's how much Bradley and the rest of the field earned this week at the BMW Championship.
Prize money and payouts of the BMW Championship
1. Keegan Bradley – $3.6 million
T2. Sam Burns, Ludvig Åberg, Adam Scott – $1.503 million
T5. Cam Davis, Tommy Fleetwood, Si Woo Kim, Xander Schauffele – $728,750
T9. Chris Kirk, Alex Noren – $580,000
T11. Sungjae Im, Rory McIlroy – $500,000
T13. Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Ben An, Shane Lowry, Patrick Cantlay, Tom Hoge, Sepp Straka, Taylor Pendrith, Wyndham Clark – $344,111
Corey Conners, Russell Henley, Brian Harman – $229,000
25. Brian Harman – $197,000
T26. Denny McCarthy, Viktor Hovland – $177,500
T28. Matt Fitzpatrick, Max Greyserman, Collin Morikawa – $160,000
T31. Thomas Detry, Nick Dunlap – $142,500
T33. Max Homa, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Matthieu Pavon, Jason Day, Scottie Scheffler, JT Poston – $119,667
T39. Justin Thomas, Stephan Jaeger — $102,000
Davis Thompson, Adam Hadwin – $94,000
Aaron Rai, Cameron Young – $86,000
45. Akshay Bhatia – $80,000
T46. Eric Cole, Austin Eckroat – $74,000
48. Sahith Theegala – $70,000
Both Hideki Matsuyama and Robert MacIntyre withdrew from the BMW Championship due to lower back injuries, reducing the field to 48 golfers.