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GOLF · THE CUT · 2026

PGA Championship cut and the last cheque

We hold 134 players at the 2026 PGA Championship. 80 made the cut and were paid off the finishing ladder, from the $3,690,000 the winner took down to the $23,900 Brian Campbell collected for 82nd. 54 missed the cut, and the ladder stops above them.

MADE THE CUT 80 of 134 held
MISSED THE CUT 54
LAST CHEQUE $23,900
SHARE PAID 60% 33rd highest of 66

Every PGA Championship cut we hold

Newest first. The year opens that edition's full payout ladder.

2,844 results held
Every PGA Championship edition held here, with the players we hold, how many the ladder paid, how many missed the cut, the share paid, and what the last place and the median place on the ladder were worth.
YEAR HELD PAID MISSED CUT SHARE PAID LAST CHEQUE MEDIAN CHEQUE
2026 134 80 54 60% $23,900 $78,806
2025 137 73 63 53% $23,420 $75,423
2024 136 76 57 56% $22,100 $73,015
2023 134 73 61 54% $25,000 $90,136
2022 134 78 55 58% $23,700 $61,607
2021 135 77 55 57% $18,500 $42,000
2020 128 77 50 60% $18,700 $45,000
2019 129 78 50 60% $18,550 $42,118
2018 131 78 52 60% $18,600 $48,429
2017 132 74 56 56% $19,100 $47,000
2016 127 82 45 65% $16,400 $30,143
2015 123 71 50 58% $17,300 $39,200
2014 119 66 48 55% $17,700 $44,920
2013 113 66 44 58% $14,600 $38,571
2012 109 62 45 57% $14,800 $34,750
2011 105 64 39 61% $14,550 $40,000
2010 100 55 43 55% $14,150 $37,133
2009 89 50 37 56% $13,300 $31,736
2008 78 46 32 59% $13,700 $43,187
2007 72 37 34 51% $13,050 $51,000
2006 75 44 31 59% $12,875 $47,100
2005 65 45 20 69% $12,050 $31,917
2004 53 29 24 55% $12,350 $46,714
2003 55 37 18 67% $11,350 $36,600
2002 48 31 17 65% $10,300 $44,250
2001 38 28 10 74% $9,725 $25,219
2000 33 23 9 70% $9,050 $28,875
1999 31 22 9 71% $6,450 $22,000
1998 30 17 12 57% $5,300 $17,100
1997 30 22 8 73% $3,875 $13,625
1996 21 16 5 76% $3,675 $13,000

Held is every player we hold a result for at that edition. Paid is the players the finishing ladder paid, and missed cut is the players whose week ended at the cut. Where the two do not add up to the held count, the rest withdrew, were disqualified or finished without a cheque.

How many the ladder paid

Players paid at each edition, 2007 to 2026

What the last place paid was worth

The smallest cheque on the ladder, 2007 to 2026

In 2026 the winner took 154 times what the last player paid took. The median player on the ladder took $78,806, which is where the middle of a paid field sits: much nearer the bottom cheque than the top one.

Missed the cut here most often

Across the 31 editions we hold

The players with the most missed cuts at the PGA Championship, with their starts and the cuts they made.
PLAYER STARTS MADE MISSED
John Daly 25 4 18
Shaun Micheel 23 6 17
Rich Beem 22 7 15
Padraig Harrington 27 13 14
Sergio Garcia 25 11 13
Davis Love III 23 10 13
Y.E. Yang 18 5 12
Stewart Cink 22 13 9
Jason Dufner 17 7 9
Martin Kaymer 17 8 9
Jerry Kelly 16 6 9
Rory Sabbatini 16 7 9
Jimmy Walker 15 6 9
Charley Hoffman 13 4 9
Adam Scott 26 18 8

Never missed the cut here

Players paid at every edition they started, three or more times

The players who have made the cut at every PGA Championship they started, with at least three starts.
PLAYER CUTS MADE
Carlos Franco 8
Matt Wallace 8
Collin Morikawa 7
Brendon de Jonge 6
Robert Streb 4
Stephan Jaeger 4
Daniel Summerhays 3
Edoardo Molinari 3
Marc Warren 3
Marcus Fraser 3

Frequently asked questions

How many players made the cut at the 2026 PGA Championship?

80 of the 134 players we hold made the cut and were paid, and 54 missed it.

What does the last player to make the cut at the PGA Championship win?

In 2026 the last place on the ladder was 82nd, and Brian Campbell took $23,900. The winner's cheque was 154 times that.

What share of players make the cut at the PGA Championship?

Across the 31 editions we hold, 59% of the players were paid off the ladder: 1,677 of 2,844. That is the 33rd highest share of the 66 tournaments we hold.

Who has missed the cut at the PGA Championship most often?

John Daly, eighteen times in 25 starts we hold, ahead of Shaun Micheel on seventeen.

Where to next

The cut at the tournaments either side of this one

PGA Championship prize money carries every champion and what the win paid, the PGA Championship all-time earners ranks every golfer it has paid, and the cut at every golf tournament ranks all 66 by the share of players the ladder pays. The twenty closest to this one on that order: Shriners Children's Open, BellSouth Classic, Truist Championship, Sanderson Farms Championship, The Open Championship, Barracuda Championship, WM Phoenix Open, ISCO Championship, Sony Open in Hawaii, Buick Open, The Genesis Invitational, World Wide Technology Championship, Kemper Open, Corales Puntacana Championship, 84 LUMBER Classic, Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Charles Schwab Challenge, RBC Heritage, THE NORTHERN TRUST and Chrysler Classic of Tucson.