John Deere Classic purse, payouts: Chris Gotterup erupts on Sunday to grab third win of the season

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Chris Gotterup has done it again.

Gotterup erupted on Sunday in the final round at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, to claim the John Deere Classic. He posted a 9-under 62 to jump up 11 spots on the leaderboard, and then held on at 20-under to secure his win.

It marked Gotterup's third win of the season, which has him tied with Matt Fitzpatrick for the most wins this campaign on the PGA Tour. The win, Gotterup's fifth of his career, also earned him a $1.584 million check.

The leaderboard was packed entering the final round. Lucas Glover and Lee Hodges held a share of the lead after Saturday night at 16-under, though nine players were within four shots of the lead — including Iowa native and former U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson.

But it was Gotterup who took off on Sunday. He birdied five of his first seven holes of the day to get into contention immediately, and he snagged the solo lead briefly with a deep birdie at the 17th.

While Ben Kohles hung around and even started the 18th tied with Gotterup in the lead, he sent his approach wide left into the water. That miss led to a double bogey at the last and gave Gotterup the win.

Gotterup won the season opener in Hawaii back in January, and then he won two starts later in a playoff at the WM Phoenix Open. He's missed just a single cut all season and went T10 at the PGA Championship back in May. The 26-year-old entered the week at No. 14 in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Here's a look at how much Gotterup and the rest of the field won this week in Illinois.

2026 John Deere Classic payouts

1. Chris Gotterup — $1.584 million
2. Max Homa — $959,200
T3. Lucas Glover, Lee Hodges, Ben Kohles — $466,400
T6. Mac Meissner, Jackson Suber, Doug Ghim — $297,000
T9. Ryo Hisatsune, Zach Johnson, Zac Blair — $239,800
T12. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tyler Duncan, Blades Brown — $187,000
T15. Kevin Yu, Stephan Jaeger, Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler, Chandler Phillips, Preston Stout (a)* — $143,000
T21. Harry Higgs, Ben Griffin, Zecheng Dou, David Lipsky, Troy Merritt — $100,056
T26. Keegan Bradley, Jacob Bridgeman, Davis Thompson, Pontus Nyholm, Erik van Rooyen, Emiliano Grillo, William Mouw — $66,177
T33. Matt Wallace, Michael Brennan, Nick Dunlap, Davis Chatfield, David Skinns, Tom Hoge — $49,133
T39. Eric Cole, Lanto Griffin, Trace Crowe, Karl Villips, Pierceson Coody, Beau Hossler, Aaron Wise — $36,520
T46. Mackenzie Hughes, Joel Dahmen, Keita Nakajima, Mark Hubbard, Tom Kim — $26,206
T51. Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Max McGreevy, Keith Mitchell, J.T. Poston, Luke Gutschewski, Chan Kim, Andrew Putnam — $21,359
T58. Jordan Spieth, Austin Eckroat, Hayden Springer, Peter Malnati, Tony Finau, Austin Smotherman — $19,888
64. Will Gordon — $19,272
T65. Camilo Villegas, Davis Riley — $19,008
T67. Zach Bauchou, Rafael Campos, Steven Fisk, Patrick Fishburn — $18,480
T71. Jonathan Byrd, A.J. Ewart, Sungjae Im — $17,864
T74. Fabian Gomez, Nicholas Lindeheim, Michael Feagles — $17,336
77. Ryan Voois — $16,984
78. Gordon Sargent — $16,808
79. Ryan Brehm — $16,632

*As an amateur, Preston Stout does not receive any prize money for his finish at the John Deere Classic this week.