John Deere Classic Prize Money Payout 2026

Chris Gotterup poses with the John Deere Classic trophy after his win in 2026 — (Image credit: Getty Images)

It was a remarkable end to the John Deere Classic in 2026 as Chris Gotterup was crowned champion following a huge 72nd-hole error from challenger, Ben Kohles.

Gotterup had already reached the clubhouse on 20-under following a final round of 62 - the lowest of the week - when Kohles found water and knocked himself out of contention.

Not only that, the five-time Korn Ferry Tour winner lost out on potentially more than $1 million in prize money, which was a real bitter pill to swallow. Nevertheless, Kohles more than doubled his PGA Tour prize money total for the year.

For everyone else, picking up as much money as possible was the aim, with some huge checks on the table once they made the cut.

And the reward for making the cut is even better than last year when an $8.4 million prize purse was up for grabs in Silvis, Illinois and Brian Campbell won.

In 2026, the John Deere Classic put up an impressive $8.8 million tournament purse, with almost $1.6 million going the way of Gotterup.

Runner-up, Max Homa, banked just under $1 million - which is one heck of a consolation prize by the way - while everyone who finished T21st or better picked up at least $100,000.

The John Deere Classic might not have featured the kind of money that was on the line at the recent US Open or indeed in the British Isles when links golf comes to the party later this month, but it was certainly nothing to be sniffed at and is quite the incentive still.

Below is the complete prize money payout for each position at the 2026 John Deere Classic.

JOHN DEERE CLASSIC PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN

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Position	Player	Prize Money
1st (-20)	Chris Gotterup	$1,584,000
2nd (-19)	Max Homa	$959,200
T3rd (-18)	Lucas Glover	$466,400
T3rd (-18)	Lee Hodges	$466,400
T3rd (-18)	Ben Kohles	$466,400
T6th (-17)	Mac Meissner	$297,000
T6th (-17)	Jackson Suber	$297,000
T6th (-17)	Doug Ghim	$297,000
T9th (-16)	Ryo Hisatsune	$239,800
T9th (-16)	Zach Johnson	$239,800
T9th (-16)	Zac Blair	$239,800
T12th (-15)	Christian Bezuidenhout	$187,000
T12th (-15)	Tyler Duncan	$187,000
T12th (-15)	Blades Brown	$187,000
T15th (-14)	Kevin Yu	$143,000
T15th (-14)	Stephan Jaeger	$143,000
T15th (-14)	Matt Kuchar	$143,000
T15th (-14)	Rickie Fowler	$143,000
T15th (-14)	Chandler Phillips	$143,000
T15th (-14)	Preston Stout (A)	$0
T21st (-13)	Harry Higgs	$100,056
T21st (-13)	Zecheng Dou	$100,056
T21st (-13)	David Lipsky	$100,056
T21st (-13)	Troy Merritt	$100,056
T21st (-13)	Ben Griffin	$100,056
T26th (-12)	Keegan Bradley	$66,188.57
T26th (-12)	Jacob Bridgeman	$66,188.57
T26th (-12)	Davis Thompson	$66,188.57
T26th (-12)	Pontus Nyholm	$66,188.57
T26th (-12)	Erik van Rooyen	$66,188.57
T26th (-12)	Emiliano Grillo	$66,188.57
T26th (-12)	William Mouw	$66,188.57
T33rd (-11)	Matt Wallace	$49,133.33
T33rd (-11)	Michael Brennan	$49,133.33
T33rd (-11)	Nick Dunlap	$49,133.33
T33rd (-11)	Davis Chatfield	$49,133.33
T33rd (-11)	David Skinns	$49,133.33
T33rd (-11)	Tom Hoge	$49,133.33
T39th (-10)	Eric Cole	$36,520
T39th (-10)	Lanto Griffin	$36,520
T39th (-10)	Trace Crowe	$36,520
T39th (-10)	Karl Vilips	$36,520
T39th (-10)	Pierceson Coody	$36,520
T39th (-10)	Beau Hossler	$36,520
T39th (-10)	Aaron Wise	$36,520
T46th (-9)	Mackenzie Hughes	$26,206.40
T46th (-9)	Joel Dahmen	$26,206.40
T46th (-9)	Keita Nakajima	$26,206.40
T46th (-9)	Mark Hubbard	$26,206.40
T46th (-9)	Tom Kim	$26,206.40
T51st (-8)	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	$21,358.86
T51st (-8)	Max McGreevy	$21,358.86
T51st (-8)	Keith Mitchell	$21,358.86
T51st (-8)	JT Poston	$21,358.86
T51st (-8)	Luke Gutschewski	$21,358.86
T51st (-8)	Chan Kim	$21,358.86
T51st (-8)	Andrew Putnam	$21,358.86
T58th (-7)	Jordan Spieth	$19,888
T58th (-7)	Austin Eckroat	$19,888
T58th (-7)	Hayden Springer	$19,888
T58th (-7)	Peter Malnati	$19,888
T58th (-7)	Tony Finau	$19,888
T58th (-7)	Austin Smotherman	$19,888
64th (-6)	WIll Gordon	$19,272
T65th (-5)	Camilo Villegas	$19,008
T65th (-5)	Davis Riley	$19,008
T67th (-4)	Zach Bauchou	$18,480
T67th (-4)	Rafael Campos	$18,480
T67th (-4)	Steven Fisk	$18,480
T67th (-4)	Patrick Fishburn	$18,480
T71st (-3)	Jonathan Byrd	$17,864
T71st (-3)	AJ Ewart	$17,864
T71st (-3)	Sungjae Im	$17,864
T74th (-2)	Fabian Gomez	$17,336
T74th (-2)	Nicholas Lindheim	$17,336
T74th (-2)	Michael Feagles	$17,336
77th (E)	Ryan Vools	$16,984
78th (+2)	Gordon Sargent	$16,808
79th (+4)	Ryan Brehm	$16,632

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