FedEx St. Jude Championship 2024: Prize money payout as Hideki Matsuyama holds on for win

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Hideki Matsuyama held on to win the FedEx St. Jude Championship Hideki Matsuyama won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics

Hideki Matsuyama held on to win the FedEx St. Jude Championship

How much each player won at the FedEx St. Jude Championship for the first PGA Tour playoff event as 20 players drop out of the FedEx Cup title hunt.

Two closing birdies earned Olympic Bronze medallist Hideki Matsuyama a two-stroke victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, surviving a nightmare stretch of holes that saw his five-shot lead evaporate.

A run of bogey, par, bogey, and double-bogey between holes 12-15 allowed Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland to leapfrog the Japanese player at the top of the leaderboard before Matsuyama snatched back the victory with back-to-back birdies on 17 and 18.

“I felt today’s victory slipping away at that point because 17 and 18 are difficult holes enough, let alone to birdie them, said Matsuyama.

“But I was fortunate enough to birdie 17. Immediately I thought, ‘Oh, man, this is going to be a tough tee shot at 18. I’ve got to keep it in the fairway.’ I’m grateful I was able to do it.”

Hideki Matsuyama won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics

The win was Matsuyama’s 10th career PGA Tour title, rocketing him up to third place in the FedEx Cup standings ahead of this week’s second playoff event at the BMW Championship where only the top 50 players will compete for a chance to make it into the final 30 at East Lake’s season finale.

Sneaking in at number 50 was newly named US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, while Tom Kim was the unluckiest man on the wrong side of the cut line. Other notable names who ended their FedEx Cup title hunt were Justin Rose (55th), Nick Taylor (58th), Min Woo Lee (60th), and Jordan Spieth (66th).

Here is how the $20 million purse was distributed in Memphis…

FedEx St. Jude Championship 2024: Prize money payout

POSITIONPLAYERFEDEX CUP POINTSEARNINGS ($)
1Hideki Matsuyama2,0003,600,000
T2Viktor Hovland9801,760,000
T2Xander Schauffele9801,760,000
4Scottie Scheffler540960,000
T5Sam Burns420760,000
T5Nick Dunlap420760,000
T7Wyndham Clark350645,000
T7Robert MacIntyre350645,000
9Denny McCarthy320580,000
T10Billy Horschel290520,000
T10Seamus Power290520,000
T12Akshay Bhatia237405,000
T12Patrick Cantlay237405,000
T12Maverick McNealy237405,000
T12Will Zalatoris237405,000
T16Tony Finau208330,000
T16Aaron Rai208330,000
T18Eric Cole184270,000
T18Austin Eckroat184270,000
T18Matt Fitzpatrick184270,000
T18Adam Scott184270,000
T22Christiaan Bezuidenhout139.75175,500
T22Jason Day139.75175,500
T22Tommy Fleetwood139.75175,500
T22Min Woo Lee139.75175,500
T22Collin Morikawa139.75175,500
T22Taylor Pendrith139.75175,500
T22Justin Rose139.75175,500
T22Brendon Todd139.75175,500
T30Russell Henley106130,000
T30Alex Noren106130,000
T30Justin Thomas106130,000
T33Byeong Hun An80.28103,428.57
T33Max Greyserman80.28103,428.57
T33Emiliano Grillo80.28103,428.57
T33J.T. Poston80.28103,428.57
T33Patrick Rodgers80.28103,428.57
T33Davis Thompson80.28103,428.57
T33Erik van Rooyen80.28103,428.57
T40Ludvig Åberg5476,000
T40Cam Davis5476,000
T40Sungjae Im5476,000
T40Stephan Jaeger5476,000
T40Victor Perez5476,000
T40Jhonattan Vegas5476,000
T46Thomas Detry3956,700
T46Tom Hoge3956,700
T46Matthieu Pavon3956,700
T46Sahith Theegala3956,700
T50Corey Conners27.4547,250
T50Ben Griffin27.4547,250
T50Adam Hadwin27.4547,250
T50Brian Harman27.4547,250
T50Si Woo Kim27.4547,250
T50Tom Kim27.4547,250
T50Chris Kirk27.4547,250
T50Shane Lowry27.4547,250
58Mackenzie Hughes21.644,800
T59Keegan Bradley20.444,200
T59Peter Malnati20.444,200
T61Harris English1843,000
T61Mark Hubbard1843,000
T61Sepp Straka1843,000
T61Cameron Young1843,000
65Nick Taylor1642,000
66Taylor Moore15.241,600
67Jake Knapp14.441,200
T68Rory McIlroy13.240,600
T68Jordan Spieth13.240,600
70Max Homa1240,000

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Ross Tugwood is a Senior Digital Writer for Today's Golfer.

Ross Tugwood

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Ross Tugwood is a Senior Digital Writer for todays-golfer.com, specializing in data, analytics, science, and innovation.

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