Monahan: FedExCup Payments Could Multiply Three To Four Times Of 2018's $35 Million Payout

There are a few things to consider in Commissioner Jay Monahan’s extended CNBC interview off camera and written up by Jessica Golden at CNBC.com. This one went better that the on-camera chat.

The primary focus was of Golden’s story was on Monahan’s rebuttal to the Premier Golf League: more FedExCup money!

In terms of bonus money, FedExCup and Wyndham’s rewards for the Top-10 golfers goes from $70 million this year to $100 million in 2022.

Wyndam’s rewards.

“Every single person on our tour is going to see an increase,” Monahan said.

Monahan said over course of the new deal, PGA Tour golfers could see FedExCup payouts three to four times that of the $35 million paid out in 2018 and increased prize money for some of the biggest events.

 A) It’s intriguing the Commish used 2018’s $35 million as the number the pot will jump three to four times from. In 2019 the FedExCup jumped to $60 million, with a $15 million first prize.

B) The focus on “every single person on our tour” seeing an increase won’t inspire fans and seemed tone deaf on a day the markets were cratering and news of a new media deal really shouldn’t be about the cold hard cash. Yes, the Commissioner reports to the players, but he should have saved that talk for the player meetings and instead focus in this rollout on how the rights deal will improve the “product”.