The RBC Heritage is one of the most lucrative events on the PGA Tour schedule.
In fact, only the circuit’s flagship event, The Players Championship, offers a larger purse in 2026, with $25m available at the TPC Sawgrass tournament compared to $20m at the Harbour Town Signature Event.
That’s identical to the other seven elevated events in 2026. However, the money earned by the winner isn’t quite as much as in three of them.
The player-hosted Signature Events are the Genesis Invitational, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament, which differ slightly from the others in that they have a cut and also offer a tweaked prize money distribution.
In those events, the prize money is also $20m, but the winner earns $4m, whereas in the RBC Heritage, like the others, the player who lifts the trophy and slips on the red plaid jacket will bank $3.6m.
But how much of that will find its way into the bank account of the winner’s caddie?
Matt Fitzpatrick beat Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to take the title, leaving his caddie Daniel Parratt earning a percentage of the $3.6m, but it’s not confirmed exactly how much Fitzpatrick pays his looper.
What we do know is that the winners typically hand out 10% of the prize money to their bagman.
That means that Parratt likely earned around $360,000 - the same as Justin Thomas's temporary caddie Joe Greiner is thought to have won after helping the two-time Major winner to victory a year ago.
The caddies of players finishing further down the leaderboard are also expected to be handsomely rewarded.
For example, caddies of players finishing in the top 10 of the RBC Heritage are expected to receive around 7-8% of the prize money and, with no cut at the event, it is thought roughly 5% goes to the others in the field.
Scheffler earned $2.16m for his runner-up placing. Given that, a conservative estimate of caddie Ted Scott's bonus would be $151,200.
Even the player finishing at the foot of the leaderboard, Tony Finau, receives a $30,000 payday, meaning his caddie likely earned around $1,500.
That won't be their total earnings for the week, either. That’s because most caddies are either paid an annual salary or given a weekly base rate, which can be topped up depending on performance.
