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1 - Current PGA Tour Distribution Formula    2 - PGA Tour Prize Money Charts ($2 to $40 million)    3 - Champions Tour

4 - Nationwide Tour    5 - European PGA Tour    6 - LPGA Tour    7 - Retired PGA Tour Distributions



2009 PGA Tour | Fed Ex Cup Playoffs | FedEx | Barclays Classic | Deutsche Bank USA Classic | BMW Championship | Tour Championship | Bonus Pool Prize Money | Points Leaders

  $ 5,000,000 Sample Base Purse     

  1..$ 900,000   21..$ 60,000   41..$ 20,500   61..$ 10,900    Divide the the 1st place prize of the particular
  2..$ 540,000   22..$ 56,000   42..$ 19,500   62..$ 10,800    event being contested by $900,000. Use the result
  3..$ 340,000   23..$ 52,000   43..$ 18,500   63..$ 10,700    to multiply individual place prizes.
  4..$ 240,000   24..$ 48,000   44..$ 17,500   64..$ 10,600
  5..$ 200,000   25..$ 44,000   45..$ 16,500   65..$ 10,500    18%-1st Place, 70-place purse
  6..$ 180,000   26..$ 40,000   46..$ 15,500   66..$ 10,400
  7..$ 167,500   27..$ 38,500   47..$ 14,500   67..$ 10,300
  8..$ 155,000   28..$ 37,000   48..$ 13,700   68..$ 10,200
  9..$ 145,000   29..$ 35,500   49..$ 13,000   69..$ 10,100
 10..$ 135,000   30..$ 34,000   50..$ 12,600   70..$ 10,000
 11..$ 125,000   31..$ 32,500   51..$ 12,300
 12..$ 115,000   32..$ 31,000   52..$ 12,000   When more than 70 professionals make the 36-hole cut (54 holes
 13..$ 105,000   33..$ 29,500   53..$ 11,800   at Pebble Beach, 72 holes at Bob Hope) prize payouts continue
 14..$  95,000   34..$ 28,250   54..$ 11,600   as follows ....
 15..$  90,000   35..$ 27,000   55..$ 11,500
 16..$  85,000   36..$ 25,750   56..$ 11,400   71..$  9,900
 17..$  80,000   37..$ 24,500   57..$ 11,300   72..$  9,800
 18..$  75,000   38..$ 23,500   58..$ 11,200   73..$  9,700
 19..$  70,000   39..$ 22,500   59..$ 11,100   74..$  9,600
 20..$  65,000   40..$ 21,500   60..$ 11,000   75..$  9,500 .. and so on down to the last professional.
 

  $ 2,000,000 sample base purse

  1..$ 300,000     21..$ 24,800     41..$  9,800     61..$ 3,400     Divide the 1st place prize of the particular
  2..$ 176,000     22..$ 23,200     42..$  9,400     62..$ 3,200     event being contested by $300,000. Use the
  3..$ 144,000     23..$ 22,000     43..$  9,000     63..$ 3,000     result to multiply individual place prizes.
  4..$ 120,000     24..$ 21,000     44..$  8,600     64..$ 2,800
  5..$  96,000     25..$ 20,000     45..$  8,200     65..$ 2,600
  6..$  80,000     26..$ 19,000     46..$  7,800     66..$ 2,400
  7..$  72,000     27..$ 18,200     47..$  7,400     67..$ 2,200
  8..$  64,000     28..$ 17,400     48..$  7,000     68..$ 2,000     15%-1st Place
  9..$  56,000     29..$ 16,600     49..$  6,600     69..$ 1,880     78-place purse
 10..$  52,000     30..$ 15,800     50..$  6,200     70..$ 1,760
 11..$  48,000     31..$ 15,000     51..$  5,800     71..$ 1,640
 12..$  44,000     32..$ 14,400     52..$  5,400     72..$ 1,520
 13..$  40,000     33..$ 13,800     53..$  5,000     73..$ 1,400
 14..$  38,000     34..$ 13,200     54..$  4,800     74..$ 1,320
 15..$  36,000     35..$ 12,600     55..$  4,600     75..$ 1,240
 16..$  34,000     36..$ 12,000     56..$  4,400     76..$ 1,160
 17..$  32,000     37..$ 11,400     57..$  4,200     77..$ 1,080
 18..$  30,000     38..$ 11,000     58..$  4,000     78..$ 1,000
 19..$  28,200     39..$ 10,600     59..$  3,800
 20..$  26,400     40..$ 10,200     60..$  3,600

 

  $ 500,000 Sample Base Purse

  1..$ 90,000   16..$ 8,500   31..$ 3,300   46..$ 1,900   Divide the 1st place prize of the particular event
  2..$ 54,000   17..$ 8,000   32..$ 3,200   47..$ 1,850   being contested by $90,000. Use the result to
  3..$ 34,000   18..$ 7,500   33..$ 3,100   48..$ 1,800   multiply individual place prizes.
  4..$ 24,000   19..$ 7,000   34..$ 3,000   49..$ 1,775
  5..$ 20,000   20..$ 6,500   35..$ 2,900   50..$ 1,750
  6..$ 18,000   21..$ 6,000   36..$ 2,800   51..$ 1,725    18%-1st Place
  7..$ 16,750   22..$ 5,600   37..$ 2,700   52..$ 1,700
  8..$ 15,500   23..$ 5,200   38..$ 2,600   53..$ 1,675    60-Place Purse
  9..$ 14,500   24..$ 4,800   39..$ 2,500   54..$ 1,650
 10..$ 13,500   25..$ 4,400   40..$ 2,400   55..$ 1,625
 11..$ 12,500   26..$ 4,200   41..$ 2,300   56..$ 1,600
 12..$ 11,500   27..$ 4,000   42..$ 2,200   57..$ 1,575
 13..$ 10,500   28..$ 3,800   43..$ 2,100   58..$ 1,550
 14..$  9,500   29..$ 3,600   44..$ 2,000   59..$ 1,525
 15..$  9,000   30..$ 3,400   45..$ 1,950   60..$ 1,500

 

  € 1,000,000 sample base purse

 NOTE
 This chart is based on information from a European Tour season prior to 2008. Actual prize
 payouts in any given event may be different.

  1..€ 166,667   21..€ 11,600   41..€ 6,300   61..€ 2,700
  2..€ 111,133   22..€ 11,300   42..€ 6,100   62..€ 2,600
  3..€  62,600   23..€ 11,000   43..€ 5,900   63..€ 2,500      Divide the 1st place prize of the particular event
  4..€  50,000   24..€ 10,700   44..€ 5,700   64..€ 2,400      being contested by € 166,667. Use the result to
  5..€  42,400   25..€ 10,400   45..€ 5,500   65..€ 2,300      multiply individual place prizes.
  6..€  35,000   26..€ 10,100   46..€ 5,300   66..€ 2,200
  7..€  30,000   27..€  9,800   47..€ 5,100   67..€ 2,100
  8..€  25,000   28..€  9,500   48..€ 4,900   68..€ 2,000
  9..€  22,400   29..€  9,200   49..€ 4,700   69..€ 1,900
 10..€  20,000   30..€  8,900   50..€ 4,500   70..€ 1,800
 11..€  18,400   31..€  8,600   51..€ 4,300   
 12..€  17,200   32..€  8,300   52..€ 4,100   Sample Event
 13..€  16,100   33..€  8,000   53..€ 3,900   
 14..€  15,300   34..€  7,700   54..€ 3,700   16.67%-1st Place
 15..€  14,700   35..€  7,500   55..€ 3,500   70-Place Purse
 16..€  14,100   36..€  7,300   56..€ 3,300   
 17..€  13,500   37..€  7,100   57..€ 3,100   
 18..€  12,900   38..€  6,900   58..€ 3,000   Universal Currency Converter
 19..€  12,400   39..€  6,700   59..€ 2,900   Converts Euros to Dollars-Pounds-Other
 20..€  12,000   40..€  6,500   60..€ 2,800   

 

 Sample Purse of $ 748,000 : 93.5% of $ 800,000 total advertised purse
 NOTE: LPGA reserves 6.5% of the total advertised purse for administrative purposes

 NOTE
 This chart is based on information from an LPGA Tour season prior to 2008. Actual prize
 payouts in any given event may be different.

  1..$ 120,000   21..$ 8,880   41..$ 4,000   61..$ 1,960      Divide the 1st place prize of the particular event
  2..$  73,060   22..$ 8,560   42..$ 3,840   62..$ 1,920      being contested by $120,000. Use the result to
  3..$  53,000   23..$ 8,240   43..$ 3,680   63..$ 1,880      multiply individual place prizes.
  4..$  41,000   24..$ 7,920   44..$ 3,520   64..$ 1,840
  5..$  33,000   25..$ 7,640   45..$ 3,400   65..$ 1,800      Total          93.5%
  6..$  27,000   26..$ 7,360   46..$ 3,280   66..$ 1,760      Advertised     Actual
  7..$  22,600   27..$ 7,080   47..$ 3,160   67..$ 1,720      -----------------------
  8..$  19,800   28..$ 6,800   48..$ 3,040   68..$ 1,680      $1,000,000 - $  935,000    Listing of purses does not
  9..$  17,800   29..$ 6,520   49..$ 2,920   69..$ 1,640      $1,200,000 - $1,122,000    include the U.S. Women's
 10..$  16,200   30..$ 6,280   50..$ 2,800   70..$ 1,600      $1,400,000 - $1,309,000    Open or any limited field
 11..$  15,000   31..$ 6,040   51..$ 2,720   71..$ 1,580      $1,600,000 - $1,496,000    event. Each of those events
 12..$  14,000   32..$ 5,800   52..$ 2,640   72..$ 1,560      $1,800,000 - $1,683,000    use an unconventional place
 13..$  13,120   33..$ 5,560   53..$ 2,560   73..$ 1,540      $2,000,000 - $1,870,000    prize payout plan.
 14..$  12,320   34..$ 5,320   54..$ 2,480   74..$ 1,520      $2,200,000 - $2,057,000
 15..$  11,600   35..$ 5,120   55..$ 2,400   75..$ 1,500      $2,400,000 - $2,244,000    15%-1st Place / 75-Places
 16..$  10,960   36..$ 4,920   56..$ 2,320
 17..$  10,400   37..$ 4,720   57..$ 2,240   NOTE -- The LPGA does not have a reserve fund to dip into when more than
 18..$   9,920   38..$ 4,520   58..$ 2,160           75 pros make the cut. So to compensate, money is taken out of
 19..$   9,520   39..$ 4,320   59..$ 2,080           existing place prizes. Therefore, some individual prize payouts
 20..$   9,200   40..$ 4,160   60..$ 2,000           may not be equal to those originally projected for a given event. 

 

 $ 800,000 sample base purse :: LPGA 15-70 modified

  1..$ 120,000   21..$ 9,600   41..$ 5,000   61..$ 2,760    Divide the 1st place prize of the particular
  2..$  74,000   22..$ 9,200   42..$ 4,800   62..$ 2,720    event being contested by $120,000. Use the
  3..$  56,000   23..$ 8,900   43..$ 4,600   63..$ 2,680    result to multiply individual place prizes.
  4..$  44,000   24..$ 8,600   44..$ 4,400   64..$ 2,640
  5..$  36,000   25..$ 8,300   45..$ 4,200   65..$ 2,600    15%-1st Place, 70-places
  6..$  28,000   26..$ 8,000   46..$ 4,000   66..$ 2,560 
  7..$  24,000   27..$ 7,800   47..$ 3,800   67..$ 2,520    Unlike the current LPGA method, 100% of the
  8..$  20,000   28..$ 7,600   48..$ 3,600   68..$ 2,480    advertised purse is paid out to players.
  9..$  18,400   29..$ 7,400   49..$ 3,400   69..$ 2,440
 10..$  16,800   30..$ 7,200   50..$ 3,200   70..$ 2,400
 11..$  15,600   31..$ 7,000   51..$ 3,160
 12..$  14,400   32..$ 6,800   52..$ 3,120
 13..$  13,600   33..$ 6,600   53..$ 3,080    If more than 70 professionals successfully finish all
 14..$  12,800   34..$ 6,400   54..$ 3,040    scheduled holes of play (54 or 72, depending on event),
 15..$  12,200   35..$ 6,200   55..$ 3,000    then each such professional shall receive at least as
 16..$  11,600   36..$ 6,000   56..$ 2,960    much money as is offered for 70th place.
 17..$  11,200   37..$ 5,800   57..$ 2,920
 18..$  10,800   38..$ 5,600   58..$ 2,880
 19..$  10,400   39..$ 5,400   59..$ 2,840
 20..$  10,000   40..$ 5,200   60..$ 2,800

 R-1: RETIRED PGA TOUR PURSE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - USED 1973 thru 1978 :: $5,000,000

  1..$ 1,000,000   21..$ 55,000   41..$ 20,500   61..$ 9,750
  2..$   570,000   22..$ 50,000   42..$ 19,500   62..$ 9,500    Divide the 1st place prize of the particular event
  3..$   355,000   23..$ 47,000   43..$ 18,500   63..$ 9,250    being contested by $1,000,000.  Use the result to
  4..$   235,000   24..$ 44,000   44..$ 17,500   64..$ 9,000    multiply individual place prizes.
  5..$   205,000   25..$ 41,500   45..$ 16,500   65..$ 8,750
  6..$   180,000   26..$ 40,000   46..$ 15,500   66..$ 8,500
  7..$   160,000   27..$ 38,500   47..$ 14,500   67..$ 8,250
  8..$   147,500   28..$ 37,000   48..$ 13,500   68..$ 8,000
  9..$   135,000   29..$ 35,500   49..$ 13,000   69..$ 7,750
 10..$   125,000   30..$ 34,000   50..$ 12,500   70..$ 7,500
 11..$   115,000   31..$ 32,500   51..$ 12,250   
 12..$   105,000   32..$ 31,000   52..$ 12,000   Sample Event
 13..$    95,000   33..$ 29,500   53..$ 11,750   
 14..$    90,000   34..$ 28,250   54..$ 11,500   20%-1st Place
 15..$    85,000   35..$ 27,000   55..$ 11,250   70-Place Purse
 16..$    80,000   36..$ 25,750   56..$ 11,000   
 17..$    75,000   37..$ 24,500   57..$ 10,750   
 18..$    70,000   38..$ 23,500   58..$ 10,500
 19..$    65,000   39..$ 22,500   59..$ 10,250   
 20..$    60,000   40..$ 21,500   60..$ 10,000   

 Hmm! Hard to imagine the golf tours using THIS particular purse schedule nowadays!
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 -OR- this one ....

 R-2: RETIRED PGA TOUR PURSE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - USED 1970 thru 1972 :: $5,000,000

  1..$ 1,000,000   21..$ 55,000   41..$ 21,000   20%-1st Place | 70-Place       Divide the 1st place prize of the
  2..$   570,000   22..$ 50,000   42..$ 19,500                                  particular event being contested by
  3..$   355,000   23..$ 47,000   43..$ 18,000   Places 1-50   $ 4,800,000      $1,000,000.   Use the result to
  4..$   235,000   24..$ 44,000   44..$ 16,500   Places 51-up  $   200,000      multiply individual place prizes.
  5..$   205,000   25..$ 41,500   45..$ 15,000
  6..$   180,000   26..$ 40,000   46..$ 14,000
  7..$   160,000   27..$ 38,500   47..$ 13,000   Remaining $ 200,000 is divided up by
  8..$   147,500   28..$ 37,000   48..$ 12,000   number of pros beyond the 50th who
  9..$   135,000   29..$ 35,500   49..$ 11,000   successfully make the 36-hole cut.
 10..$   125,000   30..$ 34,000   50..$ 10,000
 11..$   115,000   31..$ 32,500   
 12..$   105,000   32..$ 31,000       Number of Pros beyond 50th ... Each Shares
 13..$    95,000   33..$ 30,000   
 14..$    90,000   34..$ 29,000       20 ... $ 10,000.00    27 ... $ 7,407.41    34 ... $ 5,882.35
 15..$    85,000   35..$ 28,000       21 ... $  9,523.81    28 ... $ 7,142.86    35 ... $ 5,714.29
 16..$    80,000   36..$ 27,000       22 ... $  9,090.91    29 ... $ 6,896.55    36 ... $ 5,555.56
 17..$    75,000   37..$ 26,000       23 ... $  8,695.65    30 ... $ 6,666.67    37 ... $ 5,405.41
 18..$    70,000   38..$ 25,000       24 ... $  8,333.33    31 ... $ 6,451.61    38 ... $ 5,263.16
 19..$    65,000   39..$ 24,000       25 ... $  8,000.00    32 ... $ 6,250.00    39 ... $ 5,128.21
 20..$    60,000   40..$ 22,500       26 ... $  7,692.31    33 ... $ 6,060.61    40 ... $ 5,000.00

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