When Wyndham Clark wins, he wins big. The now six-time PGA Tour winner has two major championships – both U.S. Opens – and three Signature Event wins to go along with the Byron Nelson, and his latest victory at the BMW Championship earned him another $3.6 million.
Of Clark’s $43 million and change in career earnings on the PGA Tour, almost half has been earned in those six events and $14,236,186 has come in 2026 alone.
Despite starting the final round with a five-stroke lead over Rory McIlroy, it looked as though the world number two was going to reel Clark in and overtake him to secure his 31st PGA Tour win. He completed part one, but couldn’t get the putts to drop over the closing stretch and a bogey on the par-5 17th hole was not only the final nail in the coffin for his title-winning chances, it saw him overtaken by Patrick Cantlay who claimed the $2.16 million second prize, leaving McIlroy alone in third and collecting $1.36 million.
Had he birdied the hole – as he’d naturally expect – he’d have earned a further $800k, and the win would’ve moved him to within $1 million of Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour’s career money list.
Tiger’s reign looks set to end this week as Scottie Scheffler is now just over $600k behind him, though a McIlroy win at East Lake would see him leapfrog Scheffler and unseat Woods.
Elsewhere, the actual tournament was less of a talking point than LIV Golf’s future at what was potentially its final event in Indianapolis, but though the $10 million on offer for the individual championship was the smallest in LIV’s history, an additional $30 million for the team championship meant there was still a lot of money up for grabs.
Michael La Sasso held off a charging Jon Rahm to claim the $2.02 million first prize, with Rahm collecting another $1 million and change for his runner-up finish, but his Legion XIII team – thanks in no small measure to Rahm’s storming finish and Tom McKibbin’s solid T12 performance – meant they picked up a further $8.4 million shared among the quartet.
La Sasso, who joined the HyFlyers straight from college, earned approximately $6 million in on-course earnings in his rookie professional campaign, while Rahm and McKibbin, who both look set to leave LIV Golf and return to the DP World Tour, with Rahm claiming approximately $48 million in individual tournament earnings across three seasons and McKibbin picking up approximately $8 million for his individual performances.
PGA Tour BMW Championship selected payouts
| Pos. | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Wyndham Clark | -17 | $3,600,000 |
| 2 | Patrick Cantlay | -14 | $2,160,000 |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | -13 | $1,360,000 |
| T4 | Gary Woodland | -12 | $856,667 |
| T4 | Collin Morikawa | -12 | $856,667 |
| T4 | Chris Gotterup | -12 | $856,667 |
| T7 | Robert MacIntyre | -10 | $667,500 |
| T7 | Maverick McNealy | -10 | $667,500 |
| 9 | Jacob Bridgeman | -9 | $600,000 |
LIV Golf Indianapolis selected payouts
| Pos. | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Michael La Sasso | -18 | $2,020,000 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | -17 | $1,136,250 |
| T3 | Bryson DeChambeau | -16 | $631,250 |
| T3 | Sergio Garcia | -16 | $631,250 |
| T5 | Richard T. Lee | -15 | $353,500 |
| T5 | Scott Vincent | -15 | $353,500 |
| T5 | Laurie Canter | -15 | $353,500 |
| 8 | Dean Burmester | -14 | $265,125 |
| 9 | Richard Bland | -13 | $227,250 |
| T10 | Marc Leishman | -12 | $200,738 |
| T10 | Thomas Detry | -12 | $200,738 |
| T12 | Tom McKibbin | -11 | $162,105 |
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