Jonny Leighfield
The Tour Championship marks the culmination of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, so it is no surprise that the event also offers the highest payout of the year.
In total, the 30 players in the field at the East Lake event were competing for a share of $40m, twice the figure available at the PGA Tour’s prestigious Signature Events.
Tommy Fleetwood, who won the event and was also named the FedEx Cup champion, earned a mammoth $10m, but what about his caddie?
It is generally expected that the winner of a tournament will give his caddie a 10% slice of the prize money, meaning this year’s winning bagman - Ian Finnis - is set for a $1m payment.
To put into context how big a payout that is, it is more than some winning players of PGA Tour events earn. For example, at the circuit’s most recent alternative event, the Barracuda Championship, winner Ryan Gerard banked $720,000.
Tommy Fleetwood and his caddie, Ian Finnis
Even with the eye-watering sum going to the winning caddie, it is less than half the amount Ted Scott won for guiding Scottie Scheffler to the title a year ago. Back then, Scheffler received a one-off payment of $25m at the event, meaning Scott would have banked around $2.5m
However, a modified arrangement has seen the money spread out through the entire FedEx Cup Playoffs this year.
It’s not just the winning caddie who is set to claim a substantial payday from their work at East Lake. Players finishing in the top 10 of tournaments are generally expected to award their caddies 7% of their prize money, with 5% going to the rest.
Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley shared second and picked up over $4m each for their week's work. As a result, both of their respective loopers are likely to have picked up more than $300,000 in bonus money.
While Sepp Straka's caddie, Duane Bock would have liked his boss to have performed a little better this week, the Austrian claimed more than $350,000 for simply making it to the Tour Championship. Therefore, a potential $17,750 could have been passed on to his bagman as a consolation.
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