2021 BMW Championship prize money
Patrick Cantlay won the 2021 BMW Championship on 29 August 2021 and took $1,710,000. Below is every one of the 69 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $19,475 Phil Mickelson collected for finishing T66.
Patrick Cantlay won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2021 BMW Championship
29 August 2021
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | -27 | 261 | $1,710,000$1.7m |
| 2 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | -27 | 261 | $1,026,000 |
| 3 | Sungjae Im | KOR | -23 | 265 | $646,000 |
| 4 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -22 | 266 | $456,000 |
| 5 | Erik van Rooyen | RSA | -21 | 267 | $380,000 |
| T6 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -20 | 268 | $330,125 |
| T6 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -20 | 268 | $330,125 |
| 8 | Sam Burns | USA | -19 | 269 | $294,500 |
| T9 | Abraham Ancer | MEX | -18 | 270 | $256,500 |
| T9 | Alex Noren | SWE | -18 | 270 | $256,500 |
| T9 | Jon Rahm | ESP | -18 | 270 | $256,500 |
| T12 | Harold Varner III | USA | -17 | 271 | $199,500 |
| T12 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR | -17 | 271 | $199,500 |
| T12 | Webb Simpson | USA | -17 | 271 | $199,500 |
| T15 | Jason Kokrak | USA | -16 | 272 | $166,250 |
| T15 | Tony Finau | USA | -16 | 272 | $166,250 |
| T17 | Aaron Wise | USA | -15 | 273 | $133,000 |
| T17 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | -15 | 273 | $133,000 |
| T17 | Hudson Swafford | USA | -15 | 273 | $133,000 |
| T17 | Kevin Na | USA | -15 | 273 | $133,000 |
| T17 | Viktor Hovland | NOR | -15 | 273 | $133,000 |
| T22 | Brooks Koepka | USA | -14 | 274 | $95,000 |
| T22 | Corey Conners | CAN | -14 | 274 | $95,000 |
| T22 | Justin Thomas | USA | -14 | 274 | $95,000 |
| T22 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -14 | 274 | $95,000 |
| T26 | Daniel Berger | USA | -13 | 275 | $73,150 |
| T26 | Harris English | USA | -13 | 275 | $73,150 |
| T26 | Shane Lowry | IRL | -13 | 275 | $73,150 |
| T29 | Brian Harman | USA | -12 | 276 | $61,750 |
| T29 | Cameron Davis | AUS | -12 | 276 | $61,750 |
| T29 | Joaquin Niemann | CHI | -12 | 276 | $61,750 |
| T29 | Sebastián Muñoz | COL | -12 | 276 | $61,750 |
| T29 | Si Woo Kim | KOR | -12 | 276 | $61,750 |
| T34 | Cameron Smith | AUS | -11 | 277 | $50,113 |
| T34 | Jordan Spieth | USA | -11 | 277 | $50,113 |
| T34 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -11 | 277 | $50,113 |
| T34 | Patton Kizzire | USA | -11 | 277 | $50,113 |
| T38 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T38 | Harry Higgs | USA | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T38 | Jhonattan Vegas | VEN | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T38 | Louis Oosthuizen | RSA | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T38 | Lucas Glover | USA | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T38 | Matt Jones | AUS | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T38 | Paul Casey | ENG | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T38 | Stewart Cink | USA | -10 | 278 | $38,000 |
| T46 | Emiliano Grillo | ARG | -9 | 279 | $28,500 |
| T46 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | -9 | 279 | $28,500 |
| 48 | Chris Kirk | USA | -8 | 280 | $26,030 |
| T49 | Tom Hoge | USA | -7 | 281 | $24,320 |
| T49 | Xander Schauffele | USA | -7 | 281 | $24,320 |
| 51 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -6 | 282 | $23,370 |
| T52 | Billy Horschel | USA | -5 | 283 | $22,154 |
| T52 | Branden Grace | RSA | -5 | 283 | $22,154 |
| T52 | Cameron Tringale | USA | -5 | 283 | $22,154 |
| T52 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -5 | 283 | $22,154 |
| T52 | Mackenzie Hughes | CAN | -5 | 283 | $22,154 |
| T57 | Keith Mitchell | USA | -4 | 284 | $21,280 |
| T57 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -4 | 284 | $21,280 |
| T57 | Talor Gooch | USA | -4 | 284 | $21,280 |
| T60 | Keegan Bradley | USA | -3 | 285 | $20,710 |
| T60 | Robert Streb | USA | -3 | 285 | $20,710 |
| T60 | Russell Henley | USA | -3 | 285 | $20,710 |
| T63 | Collin Morikawa | USA | -2 | 286 | $20,140 |
| T63 | Maverick McNealy | USA | -2 | 286 | $20,140 |
| T63 | Max Homa | USA | -2 | 286 | $20,140 |
| T66 | Cameron Champ | USA | -1 | 287 | $19,475 |
| T66 | Carlos Ortiz | MEX | -1 | 287 | $19,475 |
| T66 | Kevin Kisner | USA | -1 | 287 | $19,475 |
| T66 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -1 | 287 | $19,475 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $6,707,000 between them, against $2,774,002 shared by the other 54 players paid.
The 69 cheques above come to $9,481,002 between them. We hold 70 players for the week in all, so one of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other BMW Championship years
29 editions, 1996 to 2025
The 2020 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Jon Rahm. The 2022 ladder is the one after, won by Patrick Cantlay. The BMW Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2021 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2021 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2021 was the $15,000,000 paid at the TOUR Championship, won by Patrick Cantlay.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2021 BMW Championship?
Patrick Cantlay, on 29 August 2021, in a playoff. The win paid $1,710,000.
How much did the 2021 BMW Championship pay out?
The 69 cheques on this page come to $9,481,002 between them, from $1,710,000 at the top down to $19,475.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2021 BMW Championship?
$19,475, which Phil Mickelson collected for finishing T66.
How many players were paid at the 2021 BMW Championship?
69. We hold 70 players for that week in all, so one of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.