This week’s BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup Playoff events, boasts a $20 million total purse, to be divided up between the 50 PGA Tour players who made it past last week’s first round of the playoffs at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
That $20 million is nothing compared to what’s at stake next week, though, when much of the $100 million overall purse for the FedEx Cup will be distributed to the 30 players who make it to the Tour Championship. The top prize at East Lake for the champion is $25 million and the top five will receive a total of $56 million.
What does that do for Xander Schauffele, currently second in the FedEx Cup points race and in line for the $12.5 million second prize to go with the over $17 million he’s already earned this year and whatever he adds to that this week at the BMW Championship?
Even with big purse for FedEx Cup, Xander Schauffele points out top golfers earn fraction of NFL QB salaries
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