The 2022-23 PGA Tour season began on September 15, 2022 with the Fortinet Championship and ended on August 27, 2023 with the Tour Championship. A FedEx Cup Fall schedule will begin on September 17 and consist of seven events as the PGA Tour prepares to return to a calendar-year schedule in 2024.
It was an exciting season that will only get more exciting with some extra golf over the next few months – a full 52-event schedule will begin on January 7, marking the start of the 2024 season. But before we get too excited about what’s to come, let’s first take a moment to commemorate what we witnessed this year.
For example, we saw Jon Rahm end the season with four wins – the most of any PGA Tour player this year and a career-high for the Spaniard. Scottie Scheffler was the most consistent player on Tour this year and even took home The Players Championship – which featured the highest purse of the season.
Final PGA Tour Earnings Leaderboard for the 2022-23 Season
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Perhaps contributing to the excitement this year was the fact that the stakes were raised – a total of $428.6 million in prize money was up for grabs across 47 official events (including the FedEx Cup Playoffs), which is a record amount for the PGA Tour. You didn’t have to win to earn a nice paycheck.
The 2022-23 season featured 18 events with a purse that exceeded $10 million – including 11 events with a $20 million purse and The Players Championship, which featured a $25 million purse. And while the US Open had a $20 million purse, the other three majors featured purses between $16.5 and $18 million.
With record purses comes record year-end prize earnings for golfers – Scottie Scheffler passed his own record for most prize earnings in a single season ($21 million) in PGA Tour history (not including FedEx Cup earnings), while Viktor Hovland walked home with more than $32 million (including FedEx Cup).
**For the sake of this article, we are including total prize money during the regular season, FedEx Cup Playoffs, and Tour Championship**
Lucas Glover won a total of $7.03 million ($6.36 million in PGA, $670k in FedEx Cup) across 28 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made 17 cuts and missed 11 cuts – ultimately finishing with two wins, five top-10 finishes, and eight top-25 finishes. He turns 44 years old on November 12th.
Glover didn’t receive his first top-20 until the RBC Canadian Open on June 11 and wound up having an incredible end to the season. He had three straight top-10 finishes at the John Deere, Barbasol, and 3M before winning back-to-back titles at the Wyndham Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Sungjae Im won a total of $7.05 million ($6.49 million in PGA, $565k in FedEx Cup) across 30 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made 24 cuts and missed just 9 cuts – ultimately finishing with nine top-10 finishes and 18 top-25 finishes, but no wins this year. He turned 25 years old on March 30th.
Im’s best finish of the season came at the Farmers Insurance Open, when he finished tied-4th with a score of 279 (-9). He finished tied-6th at The Players Championship, tied-16th at the Masters Tournament, and tied-20th at The Open Championship, but missed the cut at the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
Jason Day won a total of $7.44 million ($6.92 million in PGA, $520k in FedEx Cup) across 24 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made 18 cuts and missed six cuts this year – ultimately finishing with one win, one runner-up, eight top-10 finishes, and 13 top-25 finishes. He turns 36 on November 12th.
Day earned his lone victory of the season at the AT&T Byron Nelson and almost earned the second major of his career when he finished tied-2nd at The Open Championship in July. He finished in 5th at the WM Phoenix Open and tied-5th after making it to the quarterfinals at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
Jordan Spieth won a total of $7.77 million ($7.24 million in PGA, $530k in FedEx Cup) across 22 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made 16 cuts and missed six cuts – ultimately finishing with one runner-up finish, seven top-10 finishes, and 10 top-25 finishes. He turned 30 years old on July 27th.
Spieth had quite the up-and-down season. His best finish came at the RBC Heritage, where he lost to Matt Fitzpatrick in a playoff. The near-win came just one week after he finished tied-4th at the Masters Tournament and one month after he finished tied-4th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational by Mastercard.
Collin Morikawa won a total of $8.04 million ($6.04 million in PGA, $2.0 million in FedEx Cup) across 24 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made 18 cuts and missed six cuts – ultimately finishing with two runner-up finishes, six top-10 finishes, and 11 top-25 finishes. He’ll be turning 27 on February 6.
Morikawa had an incredible stretch between Dec. 4 and Feb. 19 – finishing in 6th place at the Hero World Challenge, 2nd place at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, 3rd place at the Farmers Insurance Open, and tied-6 at The Genesis Invitation. He was also a runner-up at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in July.
Sam Burns won a total of $8.13 million ($7.14 million in PGA, $990k in FedEx Cup) across 26 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made 19 cuts and missed six cuts this year – ultimately finishing with one win, six top-10 finishes, and 13 top-25 finishes. He recently turned 27 years old on July 27th.
Burns’ best finish came at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play after beating Cameron Young 6&5. He had a tough rest of the year , but did finish in th at the Valspar Championship, tied-6th at the WM Phoenix Open, and tied-6th at the Charles Schwab Challenge. He was also tied-9th at the Tour Championship.
Tommy Fleetwood won a total of $8.51 million ($6.51 million in PGA Tour, $2.0 million in FedEx Cup) across 21 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made 18 cuts and missed 3 cuts – ultimately finishing with one runner-up, nine top-10 finishes, and 13 top-25 finishes. He turns 33 on January 19th.
Fleetwood came so close to earning his first career win on the PGA Tour, but ended up losing to Nick Taylor in a playoff at the RBC Canadian Open. He was also tied-4th at THE CJ CUP, tied-3rd at the Valspar Championship, tied-3rd at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, and had two other top-5 finishes.
Rickie Fowler won a total of $8.56 million ($7.85 million in PGA, $710k in FedEx Cup) across 25 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 23 of those 25 starts and ultimately finished with one win, one runner-up, eight top-10 finishes, and 18 top-25 finishes. He’ll turn 34 on December 13.
Fowler earned his lone win of the season when he beat Adam Hadwin and Collin Morikawa in a playoff at the Rocket Mortgage Classic – it was his first win since the 2019 WM Phoenix Open. He also finished in a tie for second place at the ZOZO Championship early in the year and was tied-5th at the U.S. Open.
Tyrrell Hatton won a total of $9.04 million ($8.33 million in PGA, $710k in FedEx Cup) across 21 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 20 of those starts and ultimately finished with one runner-up finish, seven top-10 finishes, and 13 top-25 finishes. He’ll turn 31 years old on October 14.
Hatton came close to earning the second PGA Tour win of his career when he finished in second place behind Scottie Scheffler at The Players Championship – what a win that would’ve been. He also finished tied-3rd place at the Wells Fargo Championship in May and again at the RBC Canadian Open in June.
Matt Fitzpatrick won a total of $9.13 million ($8.14 million in PGA, $990k in FedEx Cup) across 23 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 17 of those 23 starts and ultimately finished with one win, one runner-up, six top-10 finishes, and 11 top-25 finishes. He turned 29 on September 1st.
Fitzpatrick earned the second PGA Tour win of his career when he beat Jordan Spieth in a playoff at the RBC Heritage and almost earned his third win when he tied-2nd place at the BMW Championship on August 20th. The following week, he finished in a tie for 9th place at the coveted TOUR Championship.
Brian Harman won a total of $9.73 million ($9.15 million in PGA, $580k in Fed Ex Cup) across 27 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 19 of those 27 stars and ultimately finished with one win, three runner-ups, seven top-10 finishes, and 13 top-25 finishes. He turns 37 on January 19.
Harman earned the biggest win of his career when he beat the field at The Open Championship – his first win at a major event. He also had back-to-back runner-up finishes at the World Wide Technology Championship and The RSM Classic. His third runner-up finish came at the Travelers Championship.
Keegan Bradley earned a total of $9.89 million ($8.9 million in PGA, $990k in FedEx Cup) across 23 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 18 of those 23 starts and ultimately finished with two wins, one runner-up, six top-10 finishes, and 10 top-25s. He turns 38 on June 7th.
Bradley earned the fifth win of his career at the ZOZO Championship – just his second event of the season – and the sixth win of his career at the Travelers Championship in late-June. He came so close to notching his seventh career win at the Farmers Insurance Open, but was two strokes behind Max Homa.
Max Homa earned a total of $11.4 million ($10.5 million in PGA, $990k in FedEx Cup) across 24 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 20 of those 24 stars and ultimately finished with two wins, one runner-up, 12 top-10 finishes, and 17 top-25 finishes. He turns 33 on November 19.
Homa won the first event of the season with a 272 (-16) at the Fortinet Championship and won the Presidents Cup the following week. He then won the Famers Insurance Open for the sixth PGA Tour win of his career. He came close to earning career win No. 7, but finished in 2nd at The Genesis Invitational.
Patrick Cantlay earned a total of $13.37 million ($10.37 million in PGA, $3.0 million in FedEx Cup) across 21 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 19 of those 21 starts and ultimately finished with two runner-ups, 10 top-10 finishes, and 16 top-25s. He turns 32 on March 17th.
Cantlay failed to earn a win this year, but he did come close at the Shriners Children’s Open when he tied for 2nd place with Matthew NeSmith and again at the FedEx St. Jude Championship when he lost to Lucas Glover in a playoff. He had two other top-3 finishes and finished 5th at the Tour Championship.
Xander Schauffele earned a total of $14.92 million ($8.42 million in PGA, $6.5 million in FedEx Cup) across 22 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in all 22 of his events (one withdrawal) and finished with two runner-ups, 11 top-10s, and 18 top-25s. He turns 30 on October 25th.
Schauffele failed to earn the eighth win of his PGA Tour career, but he did come close on two occasions – he finished in second place at the Wells Fargo Championship and was in sole possession of second place at the Tour Championship. He had three other top-four finishes and two top-10 major finishes.
Wyndham Clark earned a total of $15.75 million ($10.75 million in PGA, $5 million in FedEx Cup) across 28 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 25 of those 28 starts and ultimately finished with two wins, eight top-10 finishes, and 14 top-25 finishes. He’ll be turning 30 on December 9.
Clark entered the 2022-23 season without a PGA Tour win to his name – but he ended the year with two of them! He first won the Wells Fargo Championship on May 7 before winning the first major of his career at the U.S. Open on June 18. He also finished in third place at the Tour Championship on August 27th.
Jon Rahm earned a total of $17.19 million ($16.52 million in PGA, $670k in FedEx Cup) across 20 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 18 of those 20 starts (one withdrawal) and finished with four wins, two runner-ups, 10 top-10s, and 13 top-25s. He turns 28 on November 10th.
Rahm earned back-to-back wins at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express before earning his third win of the year at The Genesis Invitational the following month. He won his 2nd major at the Masters Tournament and was runner-up at the Mexico Open and The Open Championship.
Rory McIlroy earned a total of $17.92 million ($13.92 million in PGA, $4.0 million in FedEx Cup) across 18 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in 16 of those 18 starts and ultimately finished with two wins, two runner-ups, 13 top-10s, and 13 top-25s. He turns 35 years old on May 4th.
McIlroy ended up winning THE CJ CUP in South Carolina on October 23 in what was his first start of the season. He also won the Genesis Scottish Open and was a runner-up at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and U.S. Open. He finished in fourth place at the BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship.
Scottie Scheffler earned a total of $23.01 million ($21.01 million in PGA, $2.0 million in FedEx Cup) across 23 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in all 23 of those starts and finished with two wins, two runner-up finishes, 17 top-10s, and 21 top-25s. He turns 28 on June 21st.
Scheffler defended his title at the WM Phoenix Open in February and won his first THE PLAYERS Championship the following month. He was a runner-up at the Hero World Challenge, the PGA Championship, and the BMW Championship. His $21.01 million in PGA earnings is a new record.
Viktor Hovland earned a total of $32.11 million ($14.11 million in PGA, $18 million in FedEx Cup) across 23 PGA Tour events during the 2022-23 season. He made the cut in all 23 of those starts and ultimately finished with three wins, one runner-up, nine top-10s, and 18 top-25s. He turns 25 on September 18th.
Hovland played his best golf when it mattered most. He defended his title at the Hero World Challenge (charity) and won the Memorial Tournament in June before earning back-to-back wins at the BMW Championship and TOUR Championship to end the year. He was a runner-up at the PGA Championship.
When Does the 2024 PGA Tour Season Begin?
As we mentioned in the intro, the PGA Tour is reverting back to a calendar-year schedule in 2024. Since 2023, the tour featured a wraparound schedule that ran from September to August (hence, why it was called the 2022-23 season). Moving forward, the season will primarily run from January to September.
Instead of giving golfers four months off between the end of the 2023 Tour Championship and the start of the 2024 season, the PGA Tour will conduct a 7-tournament ‘FedEx Cup Fall’ schedule that gives golfers one last shot at earning their cards and exemptions for the season(s) ahead – which means extra golf!
Those seven tournaments will feature a combined purse of $56.6 million – which means more potential earnings for those who play well – as golfers fight for their right in the top-125. Following the FedEx Cup Fall schedule, golfers will have about six weeks before the 2024 PGA Tour season begins on January 7.
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