Rory McIlroy’s bank balance was boosted this weekend without the Masters champion even swinging a club.

Rory McIlroy during is final round at the Open Championship last month. (Image: (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images))

Rory McIlroy became a lot richer at the weekend, and he did so without even having to swing a club.

As Cameron Young raced to victory at the Wyndham Championship – the final regular season event as the PGA Tour, McIlroy watched on as he was awarded a whopping $10 million for finishing second in the FedEx Cup rankings.

Only Scottie Scheffler had more points than McIlroy, and the American, who won the PGA Championship and The Open Championship, was awarded an eye-watering $18 million, with $8 million of that amount coming for finishing top of the rankings.

In the past, the PGA Tour’s $100 million bonus was dished out to players based on where they finished in the final event of the post-season at East Lake. However, this year, the PGA have removed the starting strokes format for the Tour Championship and have replaced it with a traditional 72-hole event with each player starting at level par.

As a result, the PGA have paid out bonuses at scheduled intervals throughout the season.

With the aforementioned starting strokes format, the winner of the Tour Championship would be crowned FedEx Cup champion. That format has been criticised by fans and players, with current champion Scheffler labelling it as ‘silly’ last year.

While the format has changed, McIlroy and Scheffler continue to clean up. Both players were in such comfortable positions thanks to their exploits during the year that they didn’t even need to play in the final event of the regular season as they had already qualified for the post-season.

McIlroy may also skip the first post-season event at TPC Southwind as he looks to save his energy for the finale at Eastlake, which takes place from August 21-24.