2022 PGA Championship Purse, Prize Money, Payouts: Justin Thomas Banks Record $2.7 Million for Winning PGA Championship
Justin Thomas enjoyed history-making Sunday in Tulsa. After beating Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff, Thomas claimed the Wanamaker Trophy and a check for $2.7 million.
The PGA put up an event-record $15 million purse this year. Zalatoris earned $1.62 million for second place.
Purses across golf have been on the rise already this year. The Players Championship had a purse of $20 million, a record for pro golf, with Cameron Smith taking a record winner's share of $3.6 million.
Last month, the Masters upped its purse $3 million from 2021, paying out $15 million. Scottie Scheffler won the green jacket plus $2.7 million.
Here are the Final Payouts for the 2022 PGA Championship:
1. $2,700,000 - Justin Thomas
2. $1,620,000 - Will Zalatoris
T3. $870,000 - Cam Young, Mito Pereira
T5. $530,417 -Tommy Fleetwood, Chris Kirk, Matt Fitzpatrick
8. $436,600 - Rory McIlroy
T9. $357,813 - Brendan Steele, Tom Hoge, Abe Ancer, Seamus Power
T13. $253,750 - Cameron Smith, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Lucas Herbert, Davis Riley, Max Homa
T20. $191,250 - Talor Gooch, Sam Burns, Webb Simpson
T23. $129,768 - Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry, Aaron Wise, Lucas Glover, Joaquin Niemann, Kevin Na, Stewart Cink
T30. $83,750 - Adri Arnaus, Bernd Wiesberger, Tony Finau, Bubba Watson
T34. $61,607 - Keith Mitchell, Marc Lieshman, Jordan Spieth, Brian Harman, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Gary Woodland
T41. $43,839 - Kevin Streelman, Viktor Hovlan, Troy Merritt, Adam Schenk, Luke List, KH Lee, Cameron Tringale
T48. $32,146 - Jon Rahm, Cam Davis, Denny McCarthy, Keegan Bradley, Harold Varner III, Laurie Canter
54. $29,250 - Ryan Fox
T55. $27,925 - Collin Morikawa, Francesco Molinari, Jason Day, Brooks Koepka, Sebastian Munoz
T60. $26,125 - Jason Kokrak, Si Woo Kim, Louis Oosthuizen, Lanto Griffin, Charl Schwartzel, Hideki Matsuyama, Rikuya Hoshino, Russell Henley
68. $25,000 - Billy Horschel
T69. $24,750 - Kramer Hickok, Beau Hossler
T71. $24,400 - Adam Hadwin, Thomas Pieters, Justin Harding, Shaun Norris
T75. $24,000 - Maverick McNealy, Patton Kizzire
77. $23,800 - Robert MacIntyre
78. $23,700 - Sepp Straka