A record-setting yr on the PGA Tour ended in document style with the biggest prize pool in league historical past up for grabs Sunday at the 2022 Tour Championship. Between deferral funds and bonuses, a complete of $75 million was at stake for one of the best gamers on the PGA Tour with $18 million going to Rory McIlroy, who got here from six strokes again in the fourth spherical to win the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup for a document third time.
To put into perspective the scale of this prize pool, it’s simply barely lower than that of the Players Championship, Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open … mixed. The entirety of the purse is sufficient to weigh on gamers’ minds, however the grand prize alone creates some unease on the again 9 Sunday given it surpasses each prize pool this season other than the Players Championship.
Two of these championship checks had been deposited into the checking account of Cameron Smith, who started the week six strokes behind FedEx Cup No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. The reigning Masters champion, Scheffler earned roughly $4 million greater than the Australian all through the 2021-22 season. He was ready so as to add $5.75 million extra to his whole, in the end falling to McIlroy by a single stroke.
Let’s look at how the payouts for the 2022 Tour Championships had been divided amongst those that competed this week at East Lake.
2022 Tour Championship purse, prize cash
Total purse: $75 million (FedEx Cup bonus)
1st — $18,000,000 — Rory McIlroy
2nd — $6,500,000 — Sungjae Im, Scottie Scheffler ($5.75 million every)
third — $5,000,000
4th — $4,000,000 — Xander Schauffele
fifth — $3,000,000 — Max Homa, Justin Thomas ($2.75 million every)
sixth — $2,500,000
seventh — $2,000,000 — Sepp Straka, Patrick Cantlay ($1.75 million every)
eighth — $1,500,000
ninth — $1,250,000 — Tony FInau
tenth — $1,000,000 — Tom Hoge
eleventh — $950,000 — Joaquin Niemann, Hideki Matsuyama ($925,000 every)
twelfth — $900,000
thirteenth — $850,000 — Jordan Spieth, Aaron Wise ($825,000 every)
14th — $800,000
fifteenth — $760,000 — Viktor Hovland, Matthew Fitzpatrick, J.T. Poston, Jon Rahm ($715,000 every)
sixteenth — $720,000
seventeenth — $700,000
18th — $680,000
nineteenth — $660,000 — Cameron Young
twentieth — $640,000 — Cameron Smith
twenty first — $620,000 — Brian Harman, Billy Horschel, Collin Morikawa ($600,000 every)
twenty second — $600,000
twenty third — $580,000
twenty fourth — $565,000 — Sam Burns
twenty fifth — $550,000 — Adam Scott
twenty sixth — $540,000 — Corey Conners
twenty seventh — $530,000 — Kyoung-Hoon Lee
twenty eighth — $520,000 — Sahith Theegala
twenty ninth — $510,000 — Scott Stallings
Thirtieth — $500,000 — Will Zalatoris (DNP)
Due to his withdrawal from the Tour Championship, Zalatoris was awarded the Thirtieth-place prize. Golfers who completed between thirty first and a hundred and fiftieth in the FedEx Cup acquired between $85,000 and $250,000 in deferred cash following the St. Jude Invitational and BMW Championship.