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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Scheffler Wins PGA Championship, $3.42M From Record Purse

Scottie Scheffler won more than $60 million in prize money in 2024. He’s now won his third major championship, returning to dominant form.

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Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte on Sunday to seal his third major title and a tournament record $3.42 million first-place prize.

Scheffler, who has been ranked No. 1 in the world for two years, increased his career earnings to $81.9 million with the victory. He’s still fourth all-time, behind Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Phil Mickelson. Scheffler also won the 2022 and 2024 Masters and is now halfway to the career Grand Slam, needing to win the U.S. Open and the Open Championship (also known as the British Open).

His earnings in 2025 now sit at $10.1 million. Last season, Scheffler made $29.2 million in prize money, part of a record $62 million year when including the $25 million for winning the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup and other bonuses.  

The PGA Championship increased its purse to a record $19 million this year, up $500,000 from the $18.5 million in prize money in 2024. The purse ranks third among the four major championships, and is lower than the $20 million purses paid out at the eight signature events on the PGA Tour.

Bryson DeChambeau, tied for second, was the highest finisher from LIV Golf, which had 16 players in the PGA Championship field. Jon Rahm and Joaquin Niemann each finished tied for eighth. The league continues to operate without Official World Golf Ranking points. DeChambeau will defend his U.S. Open title at the next major of the season in June.

McIlroy finished tied for 47th, after coming into the PGA Championship as the winningest player ever at Quail Hollow. This was McIlroy’s first major since winning the Masters and completing the Grand Slam, but he was never near the top of the leaderboard.

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Quail Hollow had sellout crowds over the weekend, after many fans and pundits criticized the PGA of America’s decision to host the PGA Championship at the course, which is a regular stop on the PGA Tour. Attendance on peak days was estimated to be 40,000.

Full TV ratings for the PGA Championship will be released later this week, but first-round coverage on ESPN on Thursday afternoon averaged 955,000 viewers. That’s down from the average of 1.1 million viewers for the first round of both the 2024 and 2023 PGA Championship. CBS had coverage of the third and final rounds.

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