The PGA Tour’s flagship occasion has arrived with 123 gamers initially set to compete at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida, over 72 holes on the 2026 Gamers Championship. Hoping to take residence one of many largest titles in golf, the most effective gamers on the planet may even be competing for one of many sport’s grandest prizes.
The Gamers Championship purse is $25 million, the richest of any occasion outdoors of the year-end Tour Championship, and the winner will pocket $4.5 million. Total, The Gamers can pay out $5 million greater than the PGA Tour’s signature occasions and $3.5 million greater than the biggest main championship purse (U.S. Open), providing golfers a chance to earn life- and career-changing cash. The power of the sector at TPC Sawgrass will guarantee these funds are hotly contested.
An enormous week at The Gamers can set somebody up financially for years, even for individuals who don’t enter the winner’s circle. The very best instance of that was final 12 months’s runner-up, J.J. Spaun, who picked up essentially the most substantial paycheck of his profession by ending second to Rory McIlroy in a playoff. Spaun spoke afterwards about how significant that was after grinding simply to maintain his PGA Tour card. That efficiency on The Gamers stage — and the sudden monetary stability he was supplied — freed him as much as have the most effective season of his profession, peaking with a U.S. Open victory in June.
A top-five end (with out ties) at The Gamers will earn a golfer over $1 million, a prime 10 end pays out over $680,000, a prime 20 placement wins greater than $330,000, and each participant who makes it contained in the minimize line of the highest 65 and ties will earn greater than $50,000. It’s the flagship occasion for a motive, and the PGA Tour ensures there’s each potential motive for gamers to try to be at their finest at The Gamers.
Under you’ll find the whole payouts for every place on the leaderboard from the $25 million purse on the road at TPC Sawgrass this weekend. Try 2026 Gamers Championship stay leaderboard updates and protection all through Spherical 3 on Saturday together with a breakdown of the long-lasting “Island Inexperienced” on the seventeenth gap.
2026 Gamers Championship purse, prize cash
1st: $4,500,000
2nd: $2,725,000
third: $1,725,000
4th: $1,225,000
fifth: $1,025,000
sixth: $906,250
seventh: $843,750
eighth: $781,250
ninth: $731,250
tenth: $681,250
eleventh: $631,250
twelfth: $581,250
thirteenth: $531,250
14th: $481,250
fifteenth: $456,250
sixteenth: $431,250
seventeenth: $406,250
18th: $381,250
nineteenth: $356,250
twentieth: $331,250
twenty first: $306,250
twenty second: $281,250
twenty third: $261,250
twenty fourth: $241,250
twenty fifth: $221,250
twenty sixth: $201,250
twenty seventh: $193,750
twenty eighth: $186,750
twenty ninth: $178,750
thirtieth: $171,250
thirty first: $163,750
thirty second: $156,250
thirty third: $148,750
thirty fourth: $142,500
thirty fifth: $136,250
thirty sixth: $130,000
thirty seventh: $123,750
thirty eighth: $118,750
thirty ninth: $113,750
fortieth: $108,750
forty first: $103,750
forty second: $98,750
forty third: $93,750
forty fourth: $88,750
forty fifth: $83,750
forty sixth: $78,750
forty seventh: $73,750
forty eighth: $69,750
forty ninth: $66,250
fiftieth: $64,250
51st: $62,750
52nd: $61,250
53rd: $60,250
54th: $59,250
fifty fifth: $58,750
56th: $58,250
57th: $57,750
58th: $57,250
59th: $56,750
sixtieth: $56,250
61st: $55,750
62nd: $55,250
63rd: $54,750
sixty fourth: $55,250
sixty fifth: $53,750
