American Express 2024: Prize money payout in full

Finishing runners-up can be a sour pill to swallow, but never has it tasted so good.

Nick Dunlap, a sophomore at the University of Alabama, made history last week, but forfeited a huge benefit of his shock triumph.

The 20-year-old became the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson in 1991 and for that reason, couldn’t take home the monster first-place prize.

South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who came closest to dethroning the rising star, walked away with just north of $1.5 million, instead.

Dunlap had missed the cut in his previous three PGA Tour starts but turned a corner in California to earn exemptions into the Masters, PGA Championship and the Players Championship.

Whether the American turns professional or not will determine what life on tour looks like for Dunlap this season, but the dangling carrot is prize money.

Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas also bagged bumper pay checks courtesy of his success, claiming over $600k in a tie for third place.

Here is the full prize money payout from the American Express…

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American Express prize money payout

1. Nick Dunlap (a): N/A

2. Christiaan Bezuidenhout: $1.512 million

T3. Kevin Yu, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas: $635,600

T6. Michael Kim, Adam Hadwin, Sam Burns: $310,800

T9. Keith Mitchell, Ben Griffin: $254,100

T11. Ryo Hiatsune, Alexander Bjork, J.T. Poston: $212,100

T14. Bronson Burgoon, Chan Kim, Jimmy Stanger: $164,400

T17. Greyson Sigg, Tom Hoge, Carson Young, Carson Young: $132,300

T21. Alex Smalley, Min Woo Lee, Davis Thompson, Eric Cole: $99,120

T25. Erik van Rooyen, Tony Finau, Alex Noren, Zach Johnson, Sungjae Im, K.H. Lee, Chandler Phillips, Austin Eckroat, Si Woo Kim: $63,980

T34. Tyler Duncan, Vince Whaley, Joe Highsmith, Will Zalatoris, Jason Day: $45,780

T39. Matthieu Pavon, Paul Barjon, Wyndham Clark, Justin Lower, Harrison Endycott, Daniel Berger, Jacob Bridgeman, Lanto Griffin: $34,020

T47. Mark Hubbard, Chris Kirk, Beau Hossler, Andrew Putnam, Ben Kohles: $23,704.80

T52. Erik Barnes, Stephan Jaeger, Chez Reavie, Patrick Cantlay: $20,454

T56. Max Greyserman, Yuxin Lin, Chesson Hadley, Ben Martin, Matt NeSmith: $19,404

61. Taylor Montgomery: $18,900

T62. Zac Blair, Camilo Villegas, Sam Ryder: $18,564

T65. Nico Echavarria, Sam Stevens: $18,144

67. Will Gordon: $17,892