2026 3M Open Purse: Prize Money and Winner’s Share at TPC Twin Cities
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The 2026 3M Open will be played for a purse of $ 8.8 million at TPC Twin Cities, and the champion is in line for a projected winner’s share of about $ 1.584 million. That prize fund is up 400,000 dollars from the 8.4 million on offer in 2025, when Kurt Kitayama won in Blaine, Minnesota. The PGA Tour lists the raised purse on its official tournament page, with play running Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26.
The 3M Open is a standard full-field stop, not a signature event, so it pays on the Tour’s regular percentage scale rather than an elevated pool. Here is the full breakdown of what the 156-player field is chasing this week.
How much is the 2026 3M Open purse
The total prize fund is 8.8 million dollars, a 400,000-dollar bump over the 8.4 million pool from a year ago. Under the PGA Tour’s standard full-field payout scale, the winner takes 18 percent of the purse, which comes to a projected 1.584 million dollars, up from the 1.512 million Kitayama banked in 2025. The champion also collects 500 FedExCup points, a meaningful haul with the playoffs closing in.
The Tour applies a set percentage scale to the confirmed purse, so the money steps down cleanly from the champion through the rest of the field. The exact dollar figure at each spot is finalized during tournament week and shifts when players tie, since the Tour combines the money for tied positions and splits it evenly.
2026 3M Open prize money payout
These are the projected top payouts for the 2026 3M Open, based on the confirmed 8.8 million dollar purse and the PGA Tour’s standard full-field distribution. The winner’s projected $1.584 million share is the headline, and the money stays strong well down the leaderboard.
| Finish | Projected prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | 1,584,000 dollars |
| 2nd | 959,200 dollars |
| 3rd | 607,200 dollars |
| 4th | 431,200 dollars |
| 5th | 360,800 dollars |
| 10th | 239,800 dollars |
From there the payouts keep working down the field, with a top-10 finish worth roughly 240,000 dollars before the scale tapers toward the back. These figures are projections off the standard scale, so treat them as a close guide rather than a final check until the Tour posts the official payout after Sunday.
Do players who miss the cut get paid?
No. The 3M Open is a regular PGA Tour event, so a missed cut means no check, which separates it from a major like the Open Championship where every professional who tees it up earns money. The field of 156 is trimmed after 36 holes to the top 65 and ties, and only the players who reach the weekend cash in. Making the cut on the number is worth real money here, which is part of why the week matters so much for players fighting to keep their cards and climb the FedExCup standings.
How the 2026 purse compares to 2025 and the rest of the schedule
The 400,000-dollar raise keeps the 3M Open moving in the right direction, though it still sits in the standard full-field tier well below the Tour’s signature events and the four majors. For context, the 2026 majors range from the Open Championship’s 17.75 million dollars to over 20 million dollars, and the signature events carry 20 million-dollar purses of their own. The 3M Open’s 8.8 million dollars is a typical figure for a regular-season full-field stop, and the year-over-year bump tracks the gradual rise across the Tour’s non-elevated schedule.
Kitayama’s win a year ago came from an 8.4 million dollar purse, so this year’s champion stands to earn about 72,000 dollars more than he did for the same result. The winner’s share climbs in step with the purse because the percentage scale stays the same.
What the payout means for betting and DFS
The payout structure quietly shapes how you play the week. A full field with a top-65-and-ties cut is one of the friendlier setups on Tour, so more of your roster survives to the weekend, and more of the field cashes a check than at a tighter major cut. That supports make-cut props and season-long DFS builds where you want bodies playing all four rounds at TPC Twin Cities, which has historically yielded low scoring and plenty of birdies.
Because the money stays strong deep into the top 30, this is a week where spreading across top-10, top-20, and make-cut markets can work as well as chasing the outright, especially in a full field where the favorite carries a smaller share of the win equity than at a limited-field signature event. Wait for the field to firm up before locking in, and weight the ball-strikers and birdie-makers who fit a soft, scoreable layout.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the 2026 3M Open winner get?
The 2026 3M Open purse is 8.8 million dollars, and under the PGA Tour’s standard full-field scale, the winner is projected to earn about 1.584 million dollars, or 18 percent of the pool, along with 500 FedExCup points. The exact figure is confirmed once the Tour posts the official payout after the final round.
Who won the 3M Open in 2025?
Kurt Kitayama won the 2025 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, earning a 1.512 million winner’s share from that year’s 8.4 million purse. He is the defending champion heading into the 2026 edition.
How does prize money work for tied finishes at the 3M Open?
When players tie, the PGA Tour adds together the prize money for their positions and splits it evenly. A two-way tie for second, for example, combines the second and third-place money and divides it in half, so the more players who tie, the more each individual figure shifts from the projected amount.
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