The new pay-outs from the $100 million total in bonus money, first reported Wednesday by Front Office Sports and posted on the PGA Tour website, were revealed weeks after an announcement in May that the Tour Championship's "starting strokes" format will be eliminated.

The season ending tournament in August for the top 30 following two previous playoff events, will be a standard 72-hole stroke-play format at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

The new three tier system will reward golfers based on the FedEx Cup points standings after the regular-season finale at the Wyndham Championship (the top 10 splitting $20 million, with number one  getting $10 million), and after the second playoff event, the BMW Championship (top 30 splitting $23.93 million, with number one getting $5 million).

The Tour Championship winner will get $10 million of the remaining prize money ($57.08 million), with the rest paid to the other 29 players based on their finishes.

Players ranked Nos. 31-150 will divide $17.08 million in deferrals.

"To account for the increased volatility of the final event, reward season-long performance and recognise the significance of the FedExCup, the FedExCup bonus distributions for the top 30 positions were rebalanced," the PGA Tour posted on its website.

--Reuters--