PGA Tour Overhauls FedEx Cup Payouts With Three-Stage Bonus Structure

The tour has posted fresh incentive breakdowns that ditch starting strokes in favor of rewards at three postseason benchmarks.

Overview

The PGA Tour’s website now outlines three new FedEx Cup payouts: $10 million for the regular-season leader after the Wyndham Championship, $5 million for the leader after the BMW Championship, $10 million for the Tour Championship winner.
The total FedEx Cup bonus pool remains at $100 million under the revamped distribution.
The Tour Championship will abandon its staggered-start format and adopt a standard 72-hole stroke-play setup with all 30 qualifiers beginning at even par.
Quadruple FedEx Cup points at the FedEx St. Jude and BMW Championships are preserved, and the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 bonus pool of $40 million for regular-season standings is unchanged.
The changes were shaped by the Player Advisory Council’s business subcommittee, led by Maverick McNealy, Keith Mitchell, Brandt Snedeker and Kevin Kisner under Patrick Cantlay’s oversight.