2026 PGA Championship Final Payouts: Aaron Rai Hits Jackpot With $3.69 Million Payday

The payout was a new record at this year’s PGA Championship at Aronimink: a $20.5 million purse, with $3.69 million to the winner, Aaron Rai.

It’s a record payday for the event, which last year offered a $19 million purse and a $3.42 million winner’s check, claimed by Scottie Scheffler.

Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley tied for second at Aronimink, good for $1.804 million apiece.

How Aaron Rai emerged from the pack

It was a grind all week at Aronimink, a classic Donald Ross-designed venue, where players faced tough conditions and long, slow rounds. Forty-five players were within five shots of lead entering the weekend and the event remained wide open as things began Sunday afternoon. But Rai broke away from the pack with an eagle on the 9th hole and four more birdies over the final nine holes. His 68-footer for birdie on the par-3 17th hole was the shot that will be long remembered.

Smalley played in the final pairing alongside Matti Schmid, and both players held the solo lead at diffent points early in the round. But ultimately Rai sailed past them with a round that was flawless over the final 10 holes.

In his bid to win a second straight major, Rory McIlroy never got closer than one shot of the lead and finished with a 1-under 69 to tie for seventh.

A few big names missed the cut and weren’t part of the scene on the weekend, including Bryson DeChambeau, who extended his disappointing run at the majors. Tommy Fleetwood was also among the surprise players to head home early.

Here are the final payouts for the 2026 PGA Championship.

2026 PGA Championship final payouts

Win: $3.69 million - Aaron Rai

T2: $1,804,000 - Jon Rahm, Alex Smalley

T4: $1,066,000 - Justin Thomas, Matti Schmid, Ludvig Åberg

T7: $637,050 - Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Cameron Smith

T10: $496,708 - Kurt Kitayama, Chris Gotterup, Justin Rose, Patrick Reed

T14: $364,763 - Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler, Max Greyserman, Ben Griffin

T18: $221,832 - Jordan Spieth, Stephan Jaeger, Padraig Harrington, David Puig, Harris English, Min Woo Lee, Jaoquin Niemann, Maverick McNealy

T26: $125,523 - Nick Taylor, Alex Noren, Cameron Young, Andrew Novak, Daniel Hillier, Tom Hoge, Sam Burns, Hideki Matsuyama, Bud Cauley

T35: $78,806 - Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Patrick Cantlay, Ryo Hisatsune, Daniel Berger, Ryan Fox, Haotong Li, Aldrich Potgieter, Si Woo Kim, Martin Kaymer

T44: $50,291 - Matt Wallace, Shane Lowry, Jhonattan Vegas, Denny McCarthy, Chandler Blanchet, Taylor Pendrith, Dustin Johnson, Nicolai Højgaard, Michael Kim, Kristoffer Reitan, Chris Kirk

T55: $34,186 - Collin Morikawa, Corey Conners, Andrew Putnam, Brooks Koepka, Mikael Lindberg

T60: $29,218 - Sami Valimaki, Sahith Theegala, Rico Hoey, Rickie Fowler, Brian Harman

T65: $26,900 - Casey Jarvis, Jason Day, Rasmus Højgaard, Keith Mitchell, Sam Stevens

T70: $25,070 - Luke Donald, Ryan Gerard, John Parry, William Mouw, Kazuki Higa

T75: $24,193 - Elvis Smylie, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Alex Fitzpatrick, Dan Brown

79: $23,970 - Johnny Keefer

80: $23,930 - Ben Kern

81: $23,910 - Michael Brennan

82: $23,900 - Brian Campbell

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