Travelers Championship payout distribution 2024: Purse, winner's prize money
The PGA Tour returned to Connecticut for the final signature event of the season, the 2024 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. The eighth of eight newly minted signature events on the PGA Tour this season, the Travelers Championship marked the end of a busy three-week stretch for the game's best players. Two signature events with the year's third major championship sandwiched in between meant there was no rest for the weary this week in Cromwell, Connecticut.
As one of the marquee events on the schedule, and with a substantial prize purse up for grabs, the majority of the PGA Tour's best made the journey to the Northeast for this year's Travelers Championship, and as has become commonplace in the elite fields this season, the cream of the crop rose to the occasion once again.
After opening his week at the Travelers with an 8-under 62, Tom Kim, who was looking for his fourth career PGA Tour win and first of the season, fired consecutive rounds of 65 that ensured the talented young player would go into the final round of this year's championship with a lead in hand. The endearing 22-year-old, who celebrated his birthday in New England for the second year running, would attempt to become the latest on a growing list of wire-to-wire winners on tour this season and in the process become the fifth-youngest player in PGA Tour history to reach four wins, per PGA Tour Communications.
A win on Sunday would come in Tom Kim's 63rd PGA TOUR start at the age of 22 years, 2 days. He would become the fifth youngest four-time winner in PGA TOUR history: pic.twitter.com/uq1j0peTvS
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) June 23, 2024
Following a wild Moving Day at this year's Travelers Championship which included a round of 59, a Tornado warning, and a lengthy weather delay, the eighth signature event of the year was set up for an exciting finish with a host of big names in contention at TPC River Highlands. Amongst them, World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, who would attempt to deny Tom Kim the victory during the final round and in the process win for an astonishing sixth time this season.
Whether it was the affable young Kim, the world's top-ranked golfer, or any of the chasing pack looking to claim this year's Travelers Championship trophy for themselves, whoever emerged victorious would earn a significant share of this year's handsome prize purse. How much was at stake at the 2024 Travelers Championship, though? Let's take a look at the full purse breakdown, winner's prize money, and payout distribution for the field at TPC River Highlands this year.
Travelers Championship purse 2024: Total purse and winner's prize money
The purse at this year's Travelers Championship is set at $20 million for 2024 with this year's champion taking home a cool $3.6 million winner's share; 18% of the overall prize purse for the signature event. The overall purse for the 2024 Travelers Championship matches the standard $20 million that has been divvied out to the fields at these signature events this season. While the $3.6 million winner's prize comes in under the eye-opening $4 million that was paid out to Scottie Scheffler at the Memorial Tournament a few weeks ago, it matches the winner's shares that were handed out at the Wells Fargo Championship in May and the RBC Heritage in April; two of this season's other signature events. For the second year running the Travelers Championship purse stands at $20 million as one of the marquee events on the schedule; a substantial increase from the $8.3 million prize purse in 2022.
Travelers Championship payout distribution by finishing position in 2024
Here is a look at the complete payout distribution structure by finishing position for this year's Travelers Championship. A field of 72 players, which was reduced to 71 after Rory McIlroy's withdrawal following his heartbreaking loss at the US Open, will come away with a share of this year's massive $20 million purse.
Finishing Position | Travelers Championship Prize Money |
|---|---|
2024 Travelers Championship Winner | $3,600,000 |
2nd | $2,160,000 |
3rd | $1,360,000 |
4th | $960,000 |
5th | $800,000 |
6th | $720,000 |
7th | $670,000 |
8th | $620,000 |
9th | $580,000 |
10th | $540,000 |
11th | $500,000 |
12th | $460,000 |
13th | $420,000 |
14th | $380,000 |
15th | $360,000 |
16th | $340,000 |
17th | $320,000 |
18th | $300,000 |
19th | $280,000 |
20th | $260,000 |
21st | $240,500 |
22nd | $223,500 |
23rd | $207,500 |
24th | $191,500 |
25th | $175,500 |
26th | $159,500 |
27th | $153,000 |
28th | $147,000 |
29th | $141,000 |
30th | $135,000 |
31st | $129,000 |
32nd | $123,000 |
33rd | $117,000 |
34th | $112,000 |
35th | $107,000 |
36th | $102,000 |
37th | $97,000 |
38th | $93,000 |
39th | $89,000 |
40th | $85,000 |
41st | $81,000 |
42nd | $77,000 |
43rd | $73,000 |
44th | $69,000 |
45th | $65,000 |
46th | $61,000 |
47th | $57,000 |
48th | $53,500 |
49th | $51,000 |
50th | $50,000 |
51st | $49,000 |
52nd | $48,000 |
53rd | $47,000 |
54th | $46,500 |
55th | $46,000 |
56th | $45,500 |
57th | $45,000 |
58th | $44,500 |
59th | $44,000 |
60th | $43,500 |
61st | $43,000 |
62nd | $42,500 |
63rd | $42,000 |
64th | $41,500 |
65th | $41,000 |
66th | $40,500 |
67th | $40,000 |
68th | $39,500 |
69th | $39,000 |
70th | $38,500 |
71st | $38,000 |
The signature events have continually rewarded their fields handsomely throughout this season on the PGA Tour, and the 2024 Travelers Championship followed suit with each of the Top 3 finishers at TPC River Highlands taking home over seven figures. Meanwhile, the Top 36 finishers will all clear $100k in prize money. Even 71st place at the year's eighth signature event paid out a cool $38,000. The Travelers Championship payout distribution ranks amongst the top prize purses on offer this season, and with eye-opening figures like this, it's easy to understand why.
In addition to earning a handsome winner's share of the purse at the final signature event of the season, along with everything else that comes with winning an event on the PGA Tour, this year's 2024 Travelers Championship winner will also earn a crucial 700 FedEx Cup points in the season-long race to East Lake and the 2024 Tour Championship this Autumn.
The PGA Tour returns to the Motor City next week for the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club.
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