Payday at Waialae
Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2022 Sony Open
Cliff Hawkins
Russell Henley wasn’t just battling a hard-charging Hideki Matsuyama on Sunday at the Sony Open. He was fighting his own swirling mind. Entering the final round, the 32-year-old Georgia native had been honest about the struggles he’s had with trying to close out leads on the PGA Tour, acknowledging the fact that the five previous times he’s been the 54-hole leader on tour, he’s pulled out a victory just once.
Unfortunately for Henley, both his nemeses got the better of him at Waialae Country Club during a white-knuckle finish. Despite posting a six-under 29 on the front side and holding a five-shot lead with nine holes to play, Henley was caught on the 72nd hole when Matsuyama made his fourth back-nine birdie to post a 63. The defending Masters champion then made an eagle on the first playoff hole—sticking a 3-wood to inside three feet on the par-5 18th—to claim the title.
“Yeah, it's tough. I've slept on a few leads the last couple years. It's hard,” Henley said on Saturday. “I struggle to sleep. I'm already not the best sleeper.”
Most recently, Henley had a three-shot advantage heading into the final round of the Wyndham Championship last August only to finish T-7 after shooting a one-over 71 that left him one shy of a six-man playoff.
This time he did post a five-under 65 in the final round, but still couldn’t close things out.
As for Matsuyama, his impressive finish earned him a eighth career PGA Tour title and his third in the last nine months. It also allowed the 29-year-old Japanese native to move to No. 10 in the World Ranking, No. 1 in the FedEx Cup points race and claim the winner’s prize money payout of $1.35 million from an overall purse of $7.5 million. Here are the payouts for every player who made the cut in Honolulu.
Win: Hideki Matsuyama, 257/-23, $1,350,000
P-2: Russell Henley, -257/-23, $817,500
T-3: Kevin Kisner, 261/-19, $442,500
T-3: Seamus Power, 261/-19, $442,500
T-5: Lucas Glover, 262/-18, $289,687.50
T-5: Michael Thompson, 262/-18, $289,687.50
T-7: Russell Knox, 263/-17, $227,812.50
T-7: Matt Kuchar, 263/-17, $227,812.50
T-7: Keith Mitchell, 263/-17, $227,812.50
T-7: Adam Svensson, 263/-17, $227,812.50
11: Corey Conners, 264/-16, $189,375
T-12: Keegan Bradley, 265/-15, $148,875
T-12: Hayden Buckley, 265/-15, $148,875
T-12: Satoshi Kodaira, 265/-15, $148,875
T-12: Haotong Li, 265/-15, $148,875
T-12: Ryan Palmer, 265/-15, $148,875
T-17: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 266/-14, $114,375
T-17: Jason Kokrak, 266/-14, $114,375
T-17: Vince Whaley, 266/-14, $114,375
T-20: Ryan Armour, 267/-13, $79,017.86
T-20: Joseph Bramlett, 267/-13, $79,017.86
T-20: Davis Riley, 267/-13, $79,017.86
T-20: Erik van Rooyen, 267/-13, $79,017.86
T-20: Dylan Wu, 267/-13, $79,017.86
T-20: Kramer Hickok, 267/-13, $79,017.85
T-20: Kevin Na, 267/-13, $79,017.85
T-27: Wesley Bryan, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Cam Davis, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Luke Donald, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Talor Gooch, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Chris Kirk, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Ben Kohles, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Maverick McNealy, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Andrew Putnam, 268/-12, $49,250
T-27: Kyle Stanley, 268/-12, $49,250
T-36: Stewart Cink, 269/-11, $35,700
T-36: Billy Horschel, 269/-11, $35,700
T-36: Charles Howell III, 269/-11, $35,700
T-36: Marc Leishman, 269/-11, $35,700
T-36: Brandt Snedeker, 269/-11, $35,700
41: Keita Nakajima, 270/-10, Amateur
T-42: Jim Furyk, 271/-9, $27,375
T-42: Patton Kizzire, 271/-9, $27,375
T-42: J.T. Poston, 271/-9, $27,375
T-42: Greyson Sigg, 271/-9, $27,375
T-42: Sepp Straka, 271/-9, $27,375
T-42: Vaughn Taylor, 271/-9, $27,375
T-48: Paul Barjon, 272/-8, $19,639.29
T-48: Brian Harman, 272/-8, $19,639.29
T-48: Denny McCarthy, 272/-8, $19,639.29
T-48: Hudson Swafford, 272/-8, $19,639.29
T-48: K.H. Lee, 272/-8, $19,639.28
T-48: Sahith Theegala, 272/-8, $19,639.28
T-48: Brendon Todd, 272/-8, $19,639.28
T-55: Kevin Chappell, 273/-7, $17,400
T-55: Brett Drewitt, 273/-7, $17,400
T-55: Harris English, 273/-7, $17,400
T-55: Si Woo Kim, 273/-7, $17,400
T-55: Jim Knous, 273/-7, $17,400
T-55: Henrik Norlander, 273/-7, $17,400
T-61: Webb Simpson, 275/-5, $16,800
T-61: Kevin Tway, 275/-5, $16,800
63: Sam Ryder, 276/-4, $16,575
64: Justin Lower, 277/-3, $16,425
65: Jimmy Walker, 278/-2, $16,275