The mid-season changes to the FedEx Cup Playoffs eliminated the starting strokes format for the Tour Championship and altered how the prize money for the season-long race would be dispersed.
Instead of paying out the entire purse at $100 million bonus pool at the end of the Tour Championship, the PGA Tour Policy Board decided to pay out $20 million after the Wyndham Championship and $23 million after last week’s BMW Championship, leaving a $40 million purse up for grabs this week at East Lake, with the winner earning a $10 million check and two trophies.
Tommy Fleetwood arrived at East Lake just two weeks removed from his heartbreaking collapse at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which saw Justin Rose storm back to claim his first win in two years. Still searching for his first PGA Tour win, Fleetwood opened the Tour Championship with rounds of 64, 63 and 67 to enter Sunday tied for the lead with Patrick Cantlay, who fired back-to-back 64s on Friday and Saturday to vault into contention.
On Sunday, Fleetwood extended his lead early as Cantlay opened with a bogey at No. 1 and a double at the second. Fleetwood’s lead shrank as they made the turn, but birdies at 12 and 13, and neither Cantaly nor the rest of the field could apply pressure coming down the stretch as Fleetwood claimed both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup.
Tommy Fleetwood makes back-to-back birdies at Tour Championship
Below is a breakdown of what everyone in the field earned this week in Atlanta to close the FedEx Cup season.
What every player made at the Tour Championship
WIN. Tommy Fleetwood, $10,000,000
T2. Patrick Cantlay, $4,352,500
Russell Henley, $4,352,500
T4. Scottie Scheffler, $2,616,666
Cameron Young, $2,616,666
Corey Conners, $2,616,666
T7. Keegan Bradley, $1,121,666
Justin Thomas, $1,121,666
Sam Burns, $1,121,666
T10. Ben Griffin, $715,000
Chris Gotterup, $715,000
12. Viktor Hovland, $660,000
T13. Shane Lowry, $570,000
Akshay Bhatia, $570,000
Harris English, $570,000
Brian Harman, $570,000
T17. Harry Hall, $482,500
Robert MacIntyre, $482,500
T19. Collin Morikawa, $452,500
Nick Taylor, $452,500
T21. Ludvig Åberg, $422,500
Justin Rose, $422,500
T23. Rory McIlroy, $395,000
Maverick McNealy, $395,000
T25. J.J. Spaun, $377,500
Andrew Novak, $377,500
T27. Jacob Bridgeman, $367,500
Sungjae Im, $367,500
29. Hideki Matsuyama, $360,000
30. Sepp Straka, $355,000
