Rory McIlroy will win at least $68,000 this week at the BMW Championship. And he’ll also collect a bonus check for his standing in the season-long points race. And he’ll earn more next week at the Tour Championship. And even more in the years to come. And eventually you lose track of the money and things bought with it.
But you always remember paycheck No. 1 and purchase No. 1, and it’s with that setup that we take you to this exchange between McIlroy and a reporter ahead of the BMW, with the reporter’s questions in italics:
Obviously you’ve made a lot of money in your career. Do you remember what you spent your first Tour paycheck on?
“Yes, a watch,” McIlroy said.
A watch?
“With diamonds around it,” McIlroy said. “It was horrific. I can’t believe — it was like the worst purchase ever. It was so bad.”
Do you remember the make and model?
“I do,” McIlroy said. “It’s not the make and model that I’m sponsored by now, so I’m not going to say it.”
With that, here are the money payouts for the BMW Championship. The total purse is $20 million.
1. $3.6 million
2. $2.16 million
3. $1.36 million
4. $990,000
5. $830,000
6. $750,000
7. $695,000
8. $640,000
9. $600,000
10. $560,000
11. $520,000
12. $480,000
13. $441,000
14. $402,000
15. $382,000
16. $362,000
17. $342,000
18. $322,000
19. $302,000
20. $282,000
21. $262,000
22. $245,000
23. $229,500
24. $213,000
25. $197,000
26. $181,000
27. $174,000
28. $167,000
29. $160,000
30. $153,000
31. $146,000
32. $139,000
33. $132,000
34. $127,000
35. $122,000
36. $117,500
37. $112,000
38. $108,000
39. $104,000
40. $100,000
41. $96,000
42. $92,000
43. $88,000
44. $84,000
45. $80,000
46. $76,000
47. $72,000
48. $70,000
49. $68,000
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