The 2021 PGA Tour continues this week. After a stop at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida, the action crosses states, with the 2021 Wells Fargo Championship down at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The last time this event was held, Max Homa got the win, besting the field by three strokes and taking home a total of $1.422 million. Sweet! So how much money is on the line for this iteration of the Wells Fargo Championship? Get to know more about that below.
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Updated Purse and Prize Money Breakdown for the AT&T Byron Nelson Open PGA Golf Tournament Running from May 13 to 16, 2021
Where: TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas
When: May 13-16, 2021
Lines: View all 2021 PGA TOUR Championship PGA Lines
TV Broadcast: GOLFTV
The Total Payout | $8.1 million
The total payout for the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson is the fattest in the history of the tournament, as it’s bigger by $200,000. The purse in this tournament has actually grown annually by $200k since 2013, when it jumped from $6.5 million to $6.7 million. In 2019, the most recent year the event was held, Kang Sung-hoon won and took home $1.422 million of the $7.9 million purse.
The Complete Breakdown
This is not the official payout breakdown, but the usual PGA formula in deriving the distributions for the top 50 finishers of a tournament was applied on this table.
Finish | Payout Amount |
1 | $1,458,000 |
2 | $88,290,000 |
3 | $558,900 |
4 | $396,900 |
5 | $332,100 |
6 | $293,625 |
7 | $273,375 |
8 | $25,312,500 |
9 | $236,925 |
10 | $220,725 |
11 | $204,525 |
12 | $188,325 |
13 | $172,125 |
14 | $155,925 |
15 | $147,825 |
16 | $139,725 |
17 | $131,625 |
18 | $123,525 |
19 | $115,425 |
20 | $107,325 |
21 | $99,225 |
22 | $91,125 |
23 | $84,645 |
24 | $78,165 |
25 | $71,685 |
26 | $65,205 |
27 | $62,775 |
28 | $60,345 |
29 | $57,915 |
30 | $55,485 |
31 | $53,055 |
32 | $50,625 |
33 | $48,195 |
34 | $46,170 |
35 | $44,145 |
36 | $42,120 |
37 | $40,095 |
38 | $38,475 |
39 | $36,855 |
40 | $35,235 |
41 | $33,615 |
42 | $31,995 |
43 | $30,375 |
44 | $28,755 |
45 | $27,135 |
46 | $25,515 |
47 | $23,895 |
48 | $22,599 |
49 | $21,465 |
50 | $20,817 |
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