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. 

BMW Championship purse, winner’s share 

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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