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When he won the inaugural US PGA Championship in 1916, England’s Jim Barnes took home $500. The winner of this year’s event will pocket 3,960 times that.

That’s right, this year’s champion will receive a cheque for an eye-watering $1,980,000. 

That’s the same as last year, as is the total prize fund of $11million. 

Even the runner-up (in the event of a player finishing solo second) will trouser a seven-figure sum, taking home $1,188,000. 

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The winner of the PGA Championship has received a cheque for at least $1m every year since 2003, when Shaun Micheel received $1,080,000 for his victory at Oak Hill. 

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The first six-figure winner’s share was dished out in 1983 and the first five-figure sum in 1960, three years after the championship became a strokeplay event. It had previously been a matchplay competition.

US PGA Championship 2019 – Prize money breakdown

1st – $1,980,000
2nd – $1,188,000
3rd – $748,000
4th – $528,000
5th – $450,500
6th – $380,000
7th – $343,650
8th – $319,600
9th – $295,600
10th – $272,380
11th – $251,590
12th – $242,400
13th – $214,800
14th – $199,050
15th – $184,280
16th – $170,700
17th – $161,000
18th – $152,000
19th – $143,000
20th – $134,000
21st – $125,000
22nd – $116,000
23rd – $107,000
24th – $100,000
25th – $93,000
26th – $87,000
27th – $82,000
28th – $77,000
29th – $74,000
30th – $71,000
31st – $68,000
32nd – $65,000
33rd – $62,000
34th – $59,000
35th – $56,000
36th – $53,000
37th – $50,000
38th – $48,000
39th – $46,000
40th – $44,000
41st – $42,000
42nd – $40,000
43rd – $38,000
44th – $36,000
45th – $34,000
46th – $32,000
47th – $30,250
48th – $28,500
49th – $27,500
50th – $26,500
51st – $25,500
52nd – $25,000
53rd – $24,500
54th – $24,000
55th – $23,500
56th – $23,000
57th – $22,500
58th – $22,200
59th – $21,900
60th – $21,600
61st – $21,400
62nd – $21,200
63rd – $21,000
64th – $20,800
65th – $20,600
66th – $20,400
67th – $20,200
68th – $20,000
69th – $19,800
70th – $19,600

Players making the cut but finishing below 70th are paid in diminishing increments of $100 each ($19,500; $19,400, etc.). 

Players missing the cut and finishing 36 holes will get $3,100 each. 

Any player who makes the cut but doesn’t complete the championship will also receive $3,100.


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Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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