With the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, being held at Wentworth and the first of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Fall Series events running opposite in California, we had a rare situation where the prizemoney on offer in Europe outweighed that on offer on the other side of the pond.
Tom McKibbin was the biggest earner among the Irish contingent, finishing tied for 11th at DP World Tour HQ and taking home just over $160,000 for his week’s work. In five regular DP World Tour starts this season, he’s missed the cut once, and posted two top 10s along with his T11 at Wentworth and a T20 at the Amgen Irish Open, taking his total earnings in 2025 over the $600,000 mark in DP World Tour competition alone.
Rory McIlroy had an up-and-down week, but his 72nd hole eagle was worth almost $40,000 and saw him walk away with $103k plus change which, when combined with his Amgen Irish Open winnings of over a million dollars, means he’s averaged $560,000 per week for his two-week stint in Europe.
Shane Lowry added almost $40,000 to his annual earnings, bringing his total DP World Tour earnings (including majors) to €23,696,870.27.
Scottie Scheffler was mainly at the Procore Championship as Ryder Cup prep, but the world number one did what he does and walked away with the top prize regardless, adding another $1,080,000 to his coffers, taking him over the $99,000,000 mark in tournament prizemoney on the PGA Tour, not including bonuses.
On the Ladies European Tour, Lauren Walsh recorded her highest professional finish with a joint runners-up placing, and her ninth top-10 finish of the season, collecting €19,500 in earnings, while Sara Byrne finished a shot further back in a share of fifth – her best result of the campaign as well – and earned €10,500, climbing to 60th in the LET Order of Merit as a result.
Fan favourite Charley Hull pipped world number one Jeeno Thitikul at the Kroger Queen City Championship and took the top prize of $300,000, while Retief Goosen came up trumps at the PGA Tour Champions, collecting $330,000 and Darren Clarke’s third-place finish was worth $145,200.
BMW PGA Championship payouts
| 1 | Alex Noren | -19 | $1,530,000 |
| 2 | Adrian Saddier | -19 | $990,000 |
| T3 | Patrick Reed | -16 | $506,700 |
| T3 | Aaron Rai | -16 | $506,700 |
| T5 | Tyrrell Hatton | -15 | $262,200 |
| T5 | Viktor Hovland | -15 | $262,200 |
| T5 | Darren Fichardt | -15 | $262,200 |
| T5 | Ewen Ferguson | -15 | $262,200 |
| T5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -15 | $262,200 |
| T5 | Si Woo Kim | -15 | $262,200 |
| T11 | Min Woo Lee | -14 | $160,200 |
| T11 | Tom McKibbin | -14 | $160,200 |
| T20 | Rory McIlroy | -12 | $103,275 |
| T46 | Shane Lowry | -8 | $39,600 |
Procore Championship payouts
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -19 | $1,080,000 |
| 2 | Ben Griffin | -18 | $654,000 |
| 3 | Lanto Griffin | -17 | $414,000 |
| T4 | Jackson Koivun (a) | -16 | $0 |
| T4 | Emiliano Grillo | -16 | $294,000 |
| 6 | J.J. Spaun | -15 | $246,000 |
| T7 | Mackenzie Hughes | -14 | $210,000 |
| T7 | Garrick Higgo | -14 | $210,000 |
| T9 | Cameron Young | -12 | $181,500 |
| T9 | Rico Hoey | -12 | $181,500 |
Kroger Queen City Championship payouts
| 1 | Charley Hull | -20 | $300,000 |
| 2 | Jeeno Thitikul | -20 | $182,955 |
| 3 | Lottie Woad | -18 | $132,721 |
| 4 | Miyu Yamashita | -17 | $102,671 |
| T5 | Nasa Hataoka | -15 | $52,345 |
| T5 | Jennifer Kupcho | -15 | $52,345 |
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