Scottie Scheffler finished -27 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 19th PGA Tour win, and 5% of the $30,937,525 he earned that season.
How the 2026 The American Express purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 64% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2026 The American Express prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | Country | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -27 | $1,584,000 | $1,656,000 +5% |
| T2 | Andrew Putnam | USA | -23 | $959,200 | $616,400 |
| T2 | Jason Day | Australia | -23 | $959,200 | $616,400 |
| T2 | Matt McCarty | USA | -23 | $959,200 | $616,400 |
| T2 | Ryan Gerard | USA | -23 | $959,200 | $616,400 |
| T6 | Sam Stevens | USA | -22 | $322,000 | |
| T6 | Si Woo Kim | South Korea | -22 | $322,000 | |
| T8 | Austin Smotherman | USA | -21 | $250,700 | |
| T8 | Haotong Li | China | -21 | $250,700 | |
| T8 | Russell Henley | USA | -21 | $250,700 | |
| T8 | Sahith Theegala | USA | -21 | $250,700 | |
| T8 | Tom Hoge | USA | -21 | $250,700 | |
| T13 | David Ford | USA | -20 | $169,740 | |
| T13 | Jacob Bridgeman | USA | -20 | $169,740 | |
| T13 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | -20 | $169,740 | |
| T13 | Wyndham Clark | USA | -20 | $169,740 | |
| T13 | Zach Bauchou | USA | -20 | $169,740 | |
| T18 | Blades Brown | USA | -19 | $125,400 | $117,607 |
| T18 | Karl Vilips | Australia | -19 | $125,400 | $117,607 |
| T18 | Pierceson Coody | USA | -19 | $125,400 | $117,607 |
| T18 | Rickie Fowler | USA | -19 | $125,400 | $117,607 |
| T18 | S.H. Kim | South Korea | -19 | $125,400 | $117,607 |
| T18 | Will Zalatoris | USA | -19 | $125,400 | $117,607 |
| T24 | Adam Scott | Australia | -18 | $81,420 | |
| T24 | Ben Griffin | USA | -18 | $81,420 | |
| T24 | Harry Hall | England | -18 | $81,420 | |
| T27 | Billy Horschel | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Eric Cole | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Harris English | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Johnny Keefer | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Jordan Smith | England | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Matthieu Pavon | France | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Max Homa | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Max McGreevy | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Nick Taylor | Canada | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Sam Burns | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T27 | Sam Ryder | USA | -17 | $57,918 | |
| T38 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | South Africa | -16 | $39,100 | |
| T38 | Joel Dahmen | USA | -16 | $39,100 | |
| T38 | J.T. Poston | USA | -16 | $39,100 | |
| T38 | Min Woo Lee | Australia | -16 | $39,100 | |
| T38 | Robert MacIntyre | Scotland | -16 | $39,100 | |
| T38 | Tom Kim | South Korea | -16 | $39,100 | |
| T44 | A.J. Ewart | Canada | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Alex Smalley | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Carson Young | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | David Lipsky | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Dylan Wu | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Keith Mitchell | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Patrick Rodgers | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Rafael Campos | Puerto Rico | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Rasmus Højgaard | Denmark | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Ricky Castillo | USA | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T44 | Ryo Hisatsune | Japan | -15 | $25,377 | |
| T56 | Daniel Berger | USA | -14 | $20,884 | |
| T56 | Davis Riley | USA | -14 | $20,884 | |
| T56 | Denny McCarthy | USA | -14 | $20,884 | |
| T56 | John Parry | England | -14 | $20,884 | |
| T56 | Max Greyserman | USA | -14 | $20,884 | |
| T56 | Michael Brennan | USA | -14 | $20,884 | |
| T56 | Taylor Moore | USA | -14 | $20,884 | |
| T63 | Chad Ramey | USA | -13 | $19,688 | |
| T63 | Chandler Phillips | USA | -13 | $19,688 | |
| T63 | Davis Chatfield | USA | -13 | $19,688 | |
| T63 | Mac Meissner | USA | -13 | $19,688 | |
| T63 | Matt Fitzpatrick | England | -13 | $19,688 | |
| T63 | Séamus Power | Ireland | -13 | $19,688 | |
| 69 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | Belgium | -12 | $19,044 | |
| T70 | Adrien Saddier | France | -10 | $18,040 | $18,768 |
| T70 | Zach Johnson | USA | -10 | $18,040 | $18,768 |
| 72 | Gary Woodland | USA | -9 | $18,492 | |
| 73 | Zecheng Dou | China | -6 | $18,308 | |
| MC | Adam Long | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Schenk | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Svensson | Canada | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Akshay Bhatia | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Aldrich Potgieter | South Africa | -6 | $0 | |
| MC | Alejandro Tosti | Argentina | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Alex Noren | Sweden | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Landry | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Novak | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Austin Eckroat | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Beau Hossler | USA | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Campbell | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Harman | USA | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brice Garnett | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Bud Cauley | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Cam Davis | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Camilo Villegas | Colombia | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Chan Kim | USA | -6 | $0 | |
| MC | Chandler Blanchet | USA | -4 | $0 | |
| MC | Charley Hoffman | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Kirk | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Christo Lamprecht | South Africa | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Brown | England | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Walker | USA | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Davis Thompson | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Ghim | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Emiliano Grillo | Argentina | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Emilio González | Mexico | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Erik van Rooyen | South Africa | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Frankie Capan III | USA | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Gordon Sargent | USA | -5 | $0 | |
| MC | Hank Lebioda | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Harry Higgs | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Isaiah Salinda | USA | -4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jackson Suber | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Dufner | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeffrey Kang | USA | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jesper Svensson | Sweden | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Jhonattan Vegas | Venezuela | -5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jimmy Stanger | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Highsmith | USA | -4 | $0 | |
| MC | John VanDerLaan | USA | -6 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Lower | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Rose | England | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Keita Nakajima | Japan | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Kensei Hirata | Japan | -6 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Roy | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Streelman | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Yu | Chinese Taipei | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Kristoffer Ventura | Norway | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Kurt Kitayama | USA | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Lanto Griffin | USA | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Hodges | USA | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Ludvig Åberg | Sweden | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Luke Clanton | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Mackenzie Hughes | Canada | -5 | $0 | |
| MC | Marcelo Rozo | Colombia | -6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Hubbard | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Wallace | England | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Matti Schmid | Germany | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Block | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Kim | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Thorbjornsen | USA | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Neal Shipley | USA | -5 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Dunlap | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Nico Echavarria | Colombia | -5 | $0 | |
| MC | Patrick Fishburn | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Patton Kizzire | USA | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Malnati | USA | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Pontus Nyholm | Sweden | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Rico Hoey | Philippines | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Sami Välimäki | Finland | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | Sepp Straka | Austria | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | S.T. Lee | South Korea | -6 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephan Jaeger | Germany | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Steven Fisk | USA | -8 | $0 | |
| MC | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | Canada | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Takumi Kanaya | Japan | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Taylor Pendrith | Canada | -10 | $0 | |
| MC | Tony Finau | USA | -9 | $0 | |
| MC | Vince Whaley | USA | -7 | $0 | |
| MC | William Mouw | USA | -6 | $0 |
Careerbuilder Challenge winner's share over time
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2026 The American Express payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2026 The American Express get?
Scottie Scheffler won $1,656,000 from a $9,200,000 purse.
What was the 2026 The American Express purse?
$9,200,000.
How much did last place get at the 2026 The American Express?
The smallest check was $18,308, to Zecheng Dou (73).
How many players made the cut at the 2026 The American Express?
73 players made the cut and finished, and 83 players missed it.