Just a single round of golf separates one player from the title and a place in the sport's history books forever. , but it's certainly delivered plenty of drama across the three days of action so far.

From the raking tee shots and tempting fairways, it's been a course that's favoured the power hitters. But with plenty to play for heading into the final day, how much will the winner of this year's PGA Championship bank?

2025 PGA Championship prize money

The total purse for the 2025 PGA Championship is a record-breaking £14.3million ($19m), a slight jump on the £14.01m prize pot from last year. Reigning champion Xander Schauffele bagged a cool £2.5m for his exploits 12 months ago, with the winner set to take just shy of £2.6m ($3.42m) this year.

Top-10 placings breakdown by prize money

Win: $3,420,000

2: $2,052,000

3: $1,292,000

4: $912,000

5: $760,000

6: $683,880

7: $640,220

8: $598,270

9: $558,140

10: $519,830

Other winning perks for the PGA Championship champion

One of the main perks for the PGA Championship victor is a lifetime exemption for future editions of the tournament. It was exercised by Padraig Harrington for this week's event, with the Irishman having won the tournament in 2008.

The Masters is the only major to offer such a bonus, and the similarities don't stop there, with a Champions Dinner also on the cards for the winner. What's more, a five-year exemption from golf's other three major championships is also offered to the winner.

Previous PGA Championship winners:

It's a tournament that has typically favoured American players in recent years, with each of the last nine champions having been from the United States. New Zealander Jason Day was the last non-American to lift the Wanamaker Trophy in 2015, with Rory McIlroy having tasted glory at this tournament a year prior in 2014.

2024 - Xander Schauffele

2023 - Brooks Koepka

2022 - Justin Thomas

2021 - Phil Mickelson

2020 - Collin Morikawa

2019 - Brooks Koepka

2018 - Brooks Koepka

2017 - Justin Thomas

2016 - Jimmy Walker

2015 - Jason Day

Biggest PGA Tour earners so far this year

As the only player on Tour with three victories to his name, McIlroy sits top of the money standings for 2025, having already banked over £10m. A chunk of that is the £3.1m he earned for securing the year's first major championship at Augusta National last month.

Justin Thomas has placed well throughout, with victory at the RBC Heritage his crowning moment so far this year. The two-time major winner has £7.2m to his name. Meanwhile, a Truist Championship triumph saw Sepp Straka jump eight places in the earnings, taking his total for 2025 to a handsome £6.9m. Scottie Scheffler follows just behind, having pocketed £5m since January.