They usually get trophies and in some events such as the BMW Championship and Mercedes-Benz Championship get a car.
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Last year, the PGA champion Rory McIlroy won $1,445,000 plus a trpohy!
Lanny Wadkins
Angel Cabrera
Y.E Yang, he won the 2009 PGA Championship.Y.E Yang, he won the 2009 PGA Championship.
Nobody was able to secure 64 PGA victories between 1938 and 1939. However, the champion of the 1938 PGA Championship event was Paul Runyan from America.
It is just called the US Open and Graeme McDowell won.
The winner of the Skins Game of the PGA Tour in 1988 was Raymond Floyd. The winnings in that game amounted to $290,000.
3 consecutive US Amateur titles. 97 professional victories including 14 major championships. 10 time PGA Player of the year, 10 time PGA Tour Player of the year, 9 time money list winner, 8 Vardon trophies and 2 time Fed Ex Cup winner.
The winner of the Skins Game in the PGA Tour in 1995 was Fred Couples. This would be the first of five wins for Couples.
2013 PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner played on the 1997 Auburn Men's Golf team.
18% of the total purse e.g. if the purse is $5,000,000 the winner gets $900,000.
The name says it all. They provide money to the winner of each event as well as the others who made the "cut," and in return get advertising space/time.
The winner of the LG Skins Game of the PGA Tour in 2006 was Stephen Ames. Ames would go on to win again at the event the following year.