Bullet point summary by AI
- The Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the PGA Tour’s unique team event, is set to offer a record-breaking purse of $9.5 million at TPC Louisiana this year.
- Winners of the two-man teams will share a substantial payout, with each player on the top team set to receive over $1.3 million individually.
- Even teams finishing outside the top positions will earn significant prize money, ensuring a profitable week for participants in this distinctive tournament.
The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is certainly the most unique stop on the PGA Tour as the only team golf event of the season when they touch down at TPC Louisiana. Is it the most exciting event or are there a ton of stars in the field? No. But does it still come with the chance at a PGA Tour win and a PGA Tour payout of substantial prize money? You bet it does!
Alex Fitzpatrick and Matt Fitzpatrick stormed into Sunday to take the lead, but that still set up some drama down the stretch as they began to falter a bit with chasers like Kristoffer Ventura and Kristoffer Reitan, along with Hayden Springer and Alex Smalley, making some noise in the final round. And they were all trying to get their share of the prize money from the purse worth more than $9 million total.
Zurich Classic winner’s prize money, total purse for 2026
The winners of the Zurich Classic, Alex Fitzpatrick and Matt Fitzpatrick, will take home $2,745,500 as a team for winning at TPC Louisiana, which breaks down to each player on the winning team receiving $1,372,750 in prize money. That’s the top prize for the record $9.5 million purse this week at this event, which has risen almost $2 million since the 2021 tournament. For such a unique event, coming out on top proves to still be quite profitable for the players. And that’s true of those who don’t win when you look at the full payout distribution.
Zurich Classic payout distribution by finishing position
Here’s a look at the full payout distribution of the Zurich Classic with the prize money being listed per player in the two-man teams. The teams will obviously receive double this payout in total.
| Finishing Position | Zurich Classic Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner: Alex Fitzpatrick and Matt Fitzpatrick | $1,372,750 |
| T2. Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer | $463,700 |
| T2. Kristoffer Reitan and Kris Ventura | $463,700 |
| T4. Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson and Jacob Skov Olesen | $288,550 |
| T4. Ben Martin and Trace Crowe | $288,550 |
| T6. Billy Horschel and Tom Hoge | $187,825 |
| T6. Eric Cole and Hank Lebioda | $187,825 |
| T6. Doug Ghim and Jeffrey Kang | $187,825 |
| T6. Davis Thompson and Austin Eckroat | $187,825 |
| T10. Matti Schmid and Seamus Power | $112,557 |
| T10. Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak | $112,557 |
| T10. Matt McCarty and Mac Meissner | $112,557 |
| T13. Karl Vilips and Michael Thorbjornsen | $69,950 |
| T13. Lanto Griffin and Ben Kohles | $69,950 |
| T13. Sam Stevens and Zach Bauchou | $69,950 |
| T13. John Parry and Dan Brown | $69,950 |
| T17. Erik van Rooyen and Christiaan Bezuidenhout | $50,667 |
| T17. Nick Dunlap and Gordon Sargent | $50,667 |
| T17. Adrien Dumont de Chassart and Davis Chatfield | $50,667 |
| T20. Davis Riley and Nick Hardy | $36,600 |
| T20. Matthieu Pavon and Martin Couvra | $36,600 |
| T20. Wyndham Clark and Taylor Moore | $36,600 |
| T20. A.J. Ewart and Casey Jarvis | $36,600 |
| T24. Aaron Rai and Sahith Theegala | $26,050 |
| T24. Brice Garnett and Lee Hodges | $26,050 |
| T26. William Mouw and Takumi Kanayam | $22,575 |
| T26. Adam Svensson and Adam Hadwin | $22,575 |
| T26. David Lipsky and Rico Hoey | $22,575 |
| T26. Luke Clanton and Blades Brown | $22,575 |
| T30. Matt Wallace and Marco Penge | $21,350 |
| T30. Keith Mitchell and Brandt Snedeker | $21,350 |
| T32. Max McGreevy and Kevin Roy | $20,550 |
| T32. Chad Ramey and Justin Lower | $20,550 |
| 34. Ryan Gerard and Sudarshan Yellamaraju | $19,500 |
| 35. Chandler Phillips and Carson Young | $19,100 |
The strength of the field in Avondale this week could’ve told you that the prize money isn’t crazy, but it can still be a profitable week with each of the Top 18 teams receiving $100,000 in total ($50,000+ going to each player), in addition to each of the winners receiving more than $1 million. The runners-up also receiver over $1 million in total, it should be said.
Having said that, this week is still a ton of fun with the team format, which is something we get nowhere else on the PGA Tour, and the FedEx Cup points end up counting all the same. When you boil it down like that, it’s an overall good week that can still produce some profit when it’s all said and done.
Zurich Classic purse and winners in the last 5 years
| Year | Winners | Winner’s Prize | Total Purse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Zurich Classic | Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak | $1.392 million each | $9.2 million |
| 2024 Zurich Classic | Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy | $1,286,050 each | $8.9 million |
| 2023 Zurich Classic | Nick Hardy and Davis Riley | $1,242,700 each | $8.6 million |
| 2022 Zurich Classic | Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele | $1,199,350 each | $8.3 million |
| 2021 Zurich Classic | Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith | $1,069,300 | $7.4 million |
Though we mentioned the winner’s share actually going down slightly this year, that actually doesn’t indicate the fact that this is the fifth straight year the total purse at the Zurich Classic has increased. Even one of the proverbial lesser events on the PGA Tour seeing a consistent increase in prize money says a great deal positively about the state of professional golf. It’s not perfect, no doubt, but it will absolutely keep growing in purse size if the game continues in this direction.
