No — the BMW Championship does not have a cut. All 50 players who qualify for the second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs play the full 72 holes at Bellerive Country Club, and every one of them earns a share of the $20 million purse, from $3.6 million for the winner down to a … Read more
Every one of the 50 golfers at the 2026 BMW Championship is guaranteed a payday. With no cut at Bellerive Country Club, the $20 million purse is distributed across the entire field: $3.6 million to the winner, $2.16 million to the runner-up, six figures for everyone who finishes 40th or better, and $66,000 to whoever … Read more
The 2026 BMW Championship purse is $20 million, with $3,600,000 going to the winner — the PGA Tour’s standard 18 percent share — at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, August 20-23. It’s the second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and because the 50-player field has no cut, every golfer who tees it up … Read more
The winner of Sunday’s Spain-Argentina final collects $50 million — the largest championship payout in World Cup history — while the runner-up takes $33 million. The figures come from FIFA’s record $655 million prize pool for the 2026 tournament, a 50% jump from Qatar 2022, when champion Argentina earned $42 million. Every finish is worth … Read more
Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and Argentina will be played in front of roughly 80,663 fans — MetLife Stadium’s official FIFA capacity, the largest of any U.S. venue in the tournament by more than 10,000 seats. With the match sold out and resale prices at record levels, the crowd in East Rutherford is expected … Read more
The referee for Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and Argentina is Slavko Vinčič of Slovenia — the first official from his country ever to take charge of a World Cup final, and only the 23rd person to referee one in the tournament’s history. The 46-year-old from Maribor was informed of the appointment by FIFA … Read more
The lowest final round ever shot at The Open Championship is 63 — done three times, and only once by the winner: Henrik Stenson’s ten-birdie masterpiece at Royal Troon in 2016 that beat Phil Mickelson in the greatest duel in major history. The other two belong to Payne Stewart, whose Sunday 63 at Royal St … Read more
The “ball moved at address” penalty that generations of golfers feared no longer exists. Under the modern Rules of Golf, in force since 2019, there is no automatic penalty when a ball moves after you’ve taken your stance or grounded your club. A one-stroke penalty applies only when it’s “known or virtually certain” — a … Read more
Sam Burns has earned about $40.7 million in official PGA Tour prize money — a total built on five victories, 46 top-10 finishes and remarkable consistency across roughly 197 career starts since turning pro in 2017. And the number is about to jump: Burns leads The Open Championship by two shots entering Sunday at Royal … Read more
Sam Burns’ caddie is Travis Perkins — and with Burns leading The Open Championship by two shots entering Sunday’s final round at Royal Birkdale, the man on the bag is 18 holes from a first major of his own. Perkins has been Burns’ only full-time caddie since he reached the PGA Tour in 2019, a … Read more