The 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club featured 74 golfers making it through to the weekend, thanks to good scoring conditions and light winds in Charlotte. These players are now vying for the 32-pound Wanamaker Trophy, accompanied by significant expectations.
In addition to the glory of lifting the trophy and achieving major champion status, players are competing for a slice of the record $19 million purse made available by the PGA of America. This amount represents an increase of $500,000 over the previous year and $1.5 million from 2023, indicating the PGA of America’s ongoing commitment to invest in its marquee event.
The champion of the 2025 PGA will receive $3.42 million, with second and third place earning over $1 million each. All top 32 players will earn at least six figures, and anyone who made the cut is guaranteed a payout of $23,420. Last year, Xander Schauffele won $3.3 million at Valhalla.
The PGA Championship’s prize pool has nearly doubled within the past decade; back in 2014, the total prize amount was close to $10 million. Today’s champion will take home almost a third of that amount for finishing at the top of the field by Sunday evening.
Breakdown of the 2025 PGA Championship Payouts
Total purse: $19 million
1st — $3,420,000
2nd — $2,052,000
3rd — $1,292,000
4th — $912,000
5th — $760,000
6th — $683,880
7th — $640,220
8th — $598,270
9th — $558,140
10th — $519,830
11th — $483,360
12th — $448,700
13th — $415,870
14th — $384,860
15th — $355,680
16th — $328,320
17th — $302,780
18th — $279,070
19th — $257,180
20th — $237,120
21st — $218,880
22nd — $202,460
23rd — $187,870
24th — $176,010
25th — $164,610
26th — $153,670
27th — $143,180
28th — $133,150
29th — $123,570
30th — $114,450
31st — $107,160
32nd — $100,770
33rd — $95,300
34th — $90,740
35th — $87,100
36th — $83,630
37th — $80,260
38th — $76,970
39th — $73,780
40th — $70,680
41st — $67,670
42nd — $64,750
43rd — $61,920
44th — $59,190
45th — $56,540
46th — $53,990
47th — $51,530
48th — $49,160
49th — $46,880
50th — $44,690
51st — $42,590
52nd — $40,580
53rd — $38,670
54th — $36,840
55th — $35,110
56th — $33,470
57th — $31,920
58th — $30,640
59th — $29,550
60th — $28,640
61st — $27,910
62nd — $27,380
63rd — $26,920
64th — $26,490
65th — $26,080
66th — $25,680
67th — $25,290
68th — $24,920
69th — $24,570
70th — $24,240
71st — $23,940
72nd — $23,740
73rd — $23,570
74th — $23,420
