Payday at Congaree
Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2022 CJ Cup in South Carolina
Kevin C. Cox
In a year in which money has been among the dominant talking points in men’s professional golf—LIV Golf and the PGA Tour racing to see how many zeros they can toss at the end of prize money payouts to try and make players feel special—Rory McIlroy was playing for something more in the final round of the CJ Cup.
Pride has no price tag, just personal value.
Mind you, with a one-shot triumph over Kurt Kitayama on Sunday at Congaree Golf Club—the 10th time in 17 attempts that the 33-year-old Northern Irishman had converted a 54-hole lead into a win on the PGA Tour—McIlroy earned a handsome payday. The victory, his 23rd on tour, allowed him to claim the first-place prize money payout of $1.89 million from a $10.5 million overall purse handed out in Ridgeland, S.C.
But more important than the loot or defending his CJ Cup title from a year ago, McIlroy regained the title of No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking, jumping past Scottie Scheffler to grab back the label he had held on eight previous occasions, most recently in July 2020.
McIlroy shot a final-round 67, with four birdies in a five-hole stretch on the back nine that allowed bogeys on the 17th an 18th not to change the final outcome. It was a victory in his first start on the PGA Tour in the new 2022-23 season, McIlroy becoming the first since Tiger Woods in 2008 to win the FedEx Cup and then come back with a win in tour start.
Here’s the prize money payout for every golfer in the field at Congaree. Come back shortly after the end of the tournament and we’ll update the list with names and individual payouts.
Win: Rory McIlroy, 267/-17, $1,890,000
2: Kurt Kitayama, 268/-16, $1,134,000
3: K.H. Lee, 269/-15, $714,000
T-4: Tommy Fleetwood, 270/-14, $462,000
T-4: Jon Rahm, 270/-14, $462,000
6: Aaron Wise, 272/-12, $378,000
T-7: Sam Burns, 273/-11, $316,312.50
T-7: Lee Hodges, 273/-11, $316,312.50
T-7: Billy Horschel, 273/-11, $316,312.50
T-7: Brendon Todd, 273/-11, $316,312.50
T-11: Jason Day, 274/-10, $252,000
T-11: Tom Kim, 274/-10, $252,000
T-13: Cam Davis, 275/-9, $189,756
T-13: Matt Fitzpatrick, 275/-9, $189,756
T-13: Tyrrell Hatton, 275/-9, $189,756
T-13: Tom Hoge, 275/-9, $189,756
T-13: Taylor Montgomery, 275/-9, $189,756
T-18: Maverick McNealy, 276/-8, $144,480
T-18: Mito Pereira, 276/-8, $144,480
T-18: Brendan Steele, 276/-8, $144,480
T-21: Keegan Bradley, 277/-7, $119,280
T-21: Viktor Hovland, 277/-7, $119,280
T-23: Corey Conners, 278/-6, $88,305
T-23: Brian Harman, 278/-6, $88,305
T-23: Max Homa, 278/-6, $88,305
T-23: Shane Lowry, 278/-6, $88,305
T-23: Taylor Moore, 278/-6, $88,305
T-23: Cameron Young, 278/-6, $88,305
T-29: Wyndham Clark, 279/-5, $65,730
T-29: Matt Kuchar, 279/-5, $65,730
T-29: Collin Morikawa, 279/-5, $65,730
T-29: Andrew Putnam, 279/-5, $65,730
T-29: Justin Suh, 279/-5, $65,730
T-34: Rickie Fowler, 280/-4, $54,180
T-34: Sungjae Im, 280/-4, $54,180
T-34: Hideki Matsuyama, 280/-4, $54,180
T-37: Bio Kim, 281/-3, $46,830
T-37: Denny McCarthy, 281/-3, $46,830
T-37: Alex Noren, 281/-3, $46,830
T-40: Harris English, 282/-2, $38,430
T-40: Keith Mitchell, 282/-2, $38,430
T-40: Sebastián Muñoz, 282/-2, $38,430
T-40: Justin Thomas, 282/-2, $38,430
T-40: Danny Willett, 282/-2, $38,430
T-45: Emiliano Grillo, 283/-1, $29,085
T-45: Russell Henley, 283/-1, $29,085
T-45: Ryan Palmer, 283/-1, $29,085
T-45: Scottie Scheffler, 283/-1, $29,085
T-49: Adam Hadwin, 284/E, $24,010
T-49: Sanghyun Park, 284/E, $24,010
T-49: Seamus Power, 284/E, $24,010
T-52: Si Woo Kim, 285/+1, $21,840
T-52: Chris Kirk, 285/+1, $21,840
T-52: Davis Riley, 285/+1, $21,840
T-52: Webb Simpson, 285/+1, $21,840
T-52: Alex Smalley, 285/+1, $21,840
T-52: Jordan Spieth, 285/+1, $21,840
T-58: Lucas Glover, 286/+2, $20,685
T-58: Luke List, 286/+2, $20,685
T-58: J.J. Spaun, 286/+2, $20,685
T-58: Scott Stallings, 286/+2, $20,685
T-62: Byeong Hun An, 287/+3, $20,055
T-62: Sepp Straka, 287/+3, $20,055
64: S.H. Kim, 288/+4, $19,740
T-65: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 290/+6, $19,425
T-65: John Huh, 290/+6, $19,425
T-67: Troy Merritt, 291/+7, $18,795
T-67: J.T. Poston, 291/+7, $18,795
T-67: Sahith Theegala, 291/+7, $18,795
T-67: Gary Woodland, 291/+7, $18,795
71: Trey Mullinax, 292/+8, $18,270
T-72: Chanmin Jung, 293/+9, $17,850
T-72: Kevin Kisner, 293/+9, $17,850
T-72: Chez Reavie, 293/+9, $17,850
75: Yongjun Bae, 294/+10, $17,430
76: Sanghun Shin, 301/+17, $17,220
T-77: Yeongsu Kim, 303/+19, $16,905
T-77: Yoseop Seo, 303/+19, $16,905