It’s Sunday at Classic Zurich at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., and one golfer has the opportunity to receive the gift of life.
The Fitzpatrick brothers – Matthew and Alex – hold a four-shot lead heading into Sunday’s final round at the Cyrich Classic and the 54-hole leaders of the PGA Tour’s annual team event are staring down the barrel of a potentially life-changing day.
If Alex Fitzpatrick and Matt Fitzpatrick make it through Sunday in Louisiana, Alex would see his lifelong dream of joining the PGA Tour come true, thanks in no small part to his world-beating brother. Thanks to the PGA Tour’s winner’s exclusion rules, Alex would earn a chance to play full-time in the majors with a fraction of a win on Sunday. It’s an unusual opportunity, and yet the kind of story that seems to arrive every week on the PGA Tour: a player chasing a lifelong dream in some way, shape or form.
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But the Fitzpatrick brothers don’t just have PGA Tour status to look forward to with a win on Sunday afternoon; they also have a whole load of cash. Below is the purse, payout information and winner’s share for the 2026 Zurich Classic. You can watch the final round of the Zurich Classic from 1-3pm ET on Golf Channel and 3-6pm ET on CBS.
The Zurich Classic offers a purse of $9.5 million, with $1,375,400 going to each member of the winning team. (Note: the pay listed below is for each team member.)
2026 Zurich Classic purse, payout split, winner’s share
1: $1,372,500
2: $560,500
3: $366,900
4: $308,700
5: $268,400
6: $240,700
7: $192,400
8: 168600 dollars
9: $149,600
10: $130,600
11: 111600 dollars
12: $95,500
13: $80,300
14: 72200 dollars
15: 66500 dollars
16: 60,800 dollars
17: $55,300
18: $50,600
19: $46,100
20: $42,300
21: 38500 dollars
22: 34700 dollars
23: $30,900
24: $27,300
25: 24800 dollars
26: 23600 dollars
27: 22700 dollars
28: 22200 dollars
29: 21800 dollars
30: 21500 dollars
31: $21,100
32: 20700 dollars
33: $20,300
34: 19500 dollars
35: $19,100
36: 18700 dollars
