BMW Championship 2023 payouts & winner's share: How much will each golfer win at the $20,000,000 FedEx Cup Playoffs event?

The 2023 BMW Championship is set to tee off on Thursday, August 17, at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois. The second event in the FedEx Cup Playoffs will see the top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings compete against each other. The golfers will be playing for the $20,000,000 prize purse and valuable FedEx Cup points on offer.

The BMW Championship, which follows the 2023 FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship, will feature top names, including the likes of Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, this weekend. Patrick Cantlay will also return to defend his title.

According to the PGA Tour's prize money distribution chart, the stacked event’s winner will bag a whopping $3,600,000, the standard 18 per cent payout and 2,000 FedEx Cup.

BMW Championship 2023 prize money payouts

The 50-player field at the BMW Championship will compete for the prize money paychecks as well as valuable FedEx Cup points. While the champion takes the major share of the $20 million prize purse, the runner-up will settle for a $2,160,000 paycheck. The golfer finishing third will bag $1,360,000, while the fourth-placed finisher will return home with $990,000.

It is pertinent to note that the golfer finishing last on the 50-player field at the FedEx Cup Playoffs event will win a paycheck of $66,000 for his efforts.

Here is the complete prize money breakdown for the BMW Championship 2023:

1 - $3,600,000
2 - $2,160,000
3 - $1,360,000
4 - $990,000
5 - $830,000
6 - $750,000
7 - $695,000
8 - $640,000
9 - $600,000
10 - $560,000
11 - $520,000
12 - $480,000
13 - $441,000
14 - $402,000
15 - $382,000
16 - $362,000
17 - $342,000
18 - $322,000
19 - $302,000
20 - $282,000
21 - $262,000
22 - $245,000
23 - $229,000
24 - $213,000
25 - $197,000
26 - $181,000
27 - $174,000
28 - $167,000
29 - $160,000
30 - $153,000
31 - $146,000
32 - $139,000
33 - $132,000
34 - $127,000
35 - $122,000
36 - $117,000
37 - $112,000
38 - $108,000
39 - $104,000
40 - $100,000
41 - $96,000
42 - $92,000
43 - $88,000
44 - $84,000
45 - $80,000
46 - $76,000
47 - $72,000
48 - $70,000
49 - $68,000
50 - $66,000

Apart from the prize money and the FedEx Cup points, the BMW Championship winner will also earn 49.4 Official World Golf Ranking points. The champion will enjoy other benefits, including a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and exemptions into next year's Masters, PGA Championship, The Players and Tournament of Champions.