Payday at PGA National
Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2022 Honda Classic
Andy Lyons
Shane Lowry looked up into the pouring rain and cursed it quietly. Already warm and dry in the clubhouse at PGA National, Sepp Straka was ecstatic. If a sudden squall of rain in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., hadn’t positioned itself over the final stretch in the Honda Classic on Sunday, who knows what the outcome would have been?
What we do know is that Straka played superbly for the week with his driver and irons on a course that requires precision, and the 28-year-old out of Georgia now is the first native of Austria to win on the PGA Tour.
Seeming to come from out of nowhere, Straka birdied three of the final holes—including the 18th—to shoot four-under 66 and beat Lowry by one shot with a 10-under total. Lowry, the 2019 winner of the Open Championship, appeared gutted after shooting a third straight 67 that ended with seven straight pars. The Irishman finished solo second, one shot better than Kurt Kitayama, who notched his career-best result on tour.
Remarkably, Straka entered the tournament ranking 171st on the tour in strokes gained/tee-to-green, and he led the field in that stat for the week. He hit 92 percent of the fairways and reached 83 percent of the greens in regulation. It allowed him to make up for losing 0.42 putts to the field.
The 6-foot-3 golfer, ranked 176th in the world entering the week, got his first tour win in his 95th start. His previous best finish was a solo third in the Barbasol Championship in his rookie year of 2018-19.
Third-round leader Daniel Berger, who held a five-shot advantage over Straka and three others heading into the final round, shot 74 in the final round and placed solo fourth.
Here are the final standings and prize money payouts for the Honda Classic:
Win: Sepp Straka, 270/-10, $1,440,000
2: Shane Lowry, 271/-9, $872,000
3: Kurt Kitayama, 272/-8, $552,000
4: Daniel Berger, 273/-7, $392,000
T-5: Alex Noren, 276/-4, $309,000
T-5: Gary Woodland, 276/-4, $309,000
T-7: Chris Kirk, 277/-3, $260,000
T-7: Matthias Schwab, 277/-3, $260,000
T-9: Lee Hodges, 278/-2, $194,000
T-9: John Huh, 278/-2, $194,000
T-9: Keith Mitchell, 278/-2, $194,000
T-9: Sam Ryder, 278/-2, $194,000
T-9: Brian Stuard, 278/-2, $194,000
T-9: Adam Svensson, 278/-2, $194,000
15: Mark Hubbard, 279/-1, $146,000
T-16: C.T. Pan, 280/E, $106,533.34
T-16: Nick Taylor, 280/E, $106,533.34
T-16: Cameron Young, 280/E, $106,533.34
T-16: Martin Contini, 280/E, $106,533.33
T-16: Dylan Frittelli, 280/E, $106,533.33
T-16: Billy Horschel, 280/E, $106,533.33
T-16: Beau Hossler, 280/E, $106,533.33
T16: Brooks Koepka, 280/E, $106,533.33
T-16: Kevin Streelman, 280/E, $106,533.33
T-25: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 281/+1, $62,800
T-25: Bill Haas, 281/+1, $62,800
T-25: Matthew NeSmith, 281/+1, $62,800
T-25: Taylor Pendrith, 281/+1, $62,800
T-25: Chase Seiffert, 281/+1, $62,800
T-30: Lucas Glover, 282/+2, $43,133.34
T-30: Denny McCarthy, 282/+2, $43,133.34
T-30: J.J. Spaun, 282/+2, $43,133.34
T-30: Callum Tarren, 282/+2, $43,133.34
T-30: Andrew Kozan, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-30: Rick Lamb, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-30: Trey Mullinax, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-30: Louis Oosthuizen, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-30: Mito Pereira, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-30: Ian Poulter, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-30: Nick Watney, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-30: Dylan Wu, 282/+2, $43,133.33
T-42: Rickie Fowler, 283/+3, $27,600
T-42: Brian Gay, 283/+3, $27,600
T-42: J.T. Poston, 283/+3, $27,600
T-42: Davis Riley, 283/+3, $27,600
T-42: Jhonattan Vegas, 283/+3, $27,600
T-42: Lee Westwood, 283/+3, $27,600
T-48: Stephan Jaeger, 284/+4, $20,285.72
T-48: Brendon Todd, 284/+4, $20,285.72
T-48: Danny Willett, 284/+4, $20,285.72
T-48: Mackenzie Hughes, 284/+4, $20,285.71
T-48: K.H. Lee, 284/+4, $20,285.71
T-48: Rory Sabbatini, 284/+4, $20,285.71
T-48: Martin Trainer, 284/+4, $20,285.71
T-55: Brett Drewitt, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: Russell Knox, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: David Lipsky, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: Roger Sloan, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: Alex Smalley, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: Sam Stevens, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: Vaughn Taylor, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: Curtis Thompson, 285/+5, $18,160
T-55: Peter Uihlein, 285/+5, $18,160
T-64: Justin Lower, 286/+6, $17,280
T-64: Patrick Rodgers, 286/+6, $17,280
T-66: Bronson Burgoon, 287/+7, $16,800
T-66: Garrick Higgo, 287/+7, $16,800
T-66: William McGirt, 287/+7, $16,800
T-66: Aaron Rai, 287/+7, $16,800
T-70: Joshua Creel, 288/+8, $16,320
T-70: Ryan Palmer, 288/+8, $16,320
T-72: Austin Cook, 292/+12, $16,000
T-72: Robert Streb, 292/+12, $16,000