Payday in Rio Grande
Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open
Andy Lyons
Yes, there were two PGA Tour events this week. While the top players were in Florida at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, there was an opposite event at the Puerto Rico Open, where players could take advantage of a prime opportunity to earn FedEx Cup points.
Erik Barnes and Brice Garnett both ended the week at 19 under par to get into a playoff at Grande Reserve Golf Club. After halving the first three holes in par, birdie, par, Garnett finally ended the tournament with a birdie from 15 feet on the fourth playoff hole to win for the second time on the PGA Tour. He won the Corales Puntacana Championship in 2018 by four shots over Keith Mitchell and takes home $720,000 from the overall purse of $4 million, which coincidentally is what Scottie Scheffler earned for winning at Bay Hill.
"I told someone at home last week that I wouldn't still be playing if I didn't think I could still do this," an emotional Garnett said. "It's hard, but this is why we do it."
Garnett, at 40-year-old from Missouri, was just wondering what sort of status he'd have when the tour does it's next reshuffle. Now he's heading to Ponte Vedra Beach to play in the Players Championship next week.
Barnes, 36, will continue to look for his first tour victory. He had an attempt at birdie to tie Garnett on the fourth playoff hole from 12 feet but the ball just slid by the hole. He collected $436,000.
Here is the prize money breakdown for each player who made the cut this week.
WIN: Brice Garnett, -19/269, $720,000
2: Erik Barnes, -19/269, $436,000
T-3: Victor Perez, -18/270, $212,000
T-3: Hayden Springer, -18/270, $212,000
T-3: Jimmy Stanger, -18/270, $212,000
T-6: Adrien Dumont de Chassart, -17/271, $135,000
T-6: Joe Highsmith, -17/271, $135,000
T-6: Ben Kohles, -17/271, $135,000
9: Norman Xiong, -16/272, $117,000
T-10: Jackson Van Paris (a), -15/273, $0
T-10: Evan Harmeling, -15/273, $97,000
T-10: Martin Laird, -15/273, $97,000
T-10: Austin Cook, -15/273, $97,000
T-10: Matti Schmid, -15/273, $97,000
T-15: Henrik Norlander, -14/274, $73,000
T-15: Max Greyserman, -14/274, $73,000
T-15: Nico Echavarria, -14/274, $73,000
T-18: Rafael Campos, -13/275, $57,000
T-18: Ryo Hisatsune, -13/275, $57,000
T-18: Richy Werenski, -13/275, $57,000
T-18: Sam Stevens, -13/275, $57,000
T-18: Vince Whaley, -13/275, $57,000
T-23: Mac Meissner, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Kevin Chappell, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Aaron Rai, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Troy Merritt, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Jacob Bridgeman, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Michael Kim, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Aaron Baddeley, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Cody Gribble, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-23: Tyler Duncan, -12/276, $34,422.22
T-32: Zecheng Dou, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: S.Y. Noh, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Tommy Gainey, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Fred Bondi, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Kevin Tway, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Pierceson Coody, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Kevin Streelman, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Garrick Higgo, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Robert MacIntyre, -11/277, $21,480
T-32: Rico Hoey, -11/277, $21,480
T-42: Ben Silverman, -10/278, $14,200
T-42: Ben Martin, -10/278, $14,200
T-42: Brandon Wu, -10/278, $14,200
T-42: Scott Piercy, -10/278, $14,200
T-42: Harrison Endycott, -10/278, $14,200
T-42: Paul Pereda, -10/278, $14,200
T-42: Patrick Fishburn, -10/278, $14,200
T-49: Taiga Semikawa, -9/279, $10,253.33
T-49: Jim Herman, -9/279, $10,253.33
T-49: Rasmus Hojgaard, -9/279, $10,253.33
T-49: Chris Nido, -9/279, $10,253.33
T-49: Harry Hall, -9/279, $10,253.33
T-49: Joel Dahmen, -9/279, $10,253.33
T-55: Ben Griffin, -8/280, $9,400
T-55: Roger Sloan, -8/280, $9,400
T-55: Ryan Brehm, -8/280, $9,400
T-58: Ryan McCormick, -7/281, $9,160
T-58: Michael Gligic, -7/281, $9,160
T-58: Paul Haley, -7/281, $9,160
T-61: Sean O'Hair, -6/282, $8,800
T-61: Sangmoon Bae, -6/282, $8,800
T-61: Josh Teater, -6/282, $8,800
T-61: Kyle Stanley, -6/282, $8,800
T-61: Tom Whitney, -6/282, $8,800
T-61: Chan Kim, -6/282, $8,800
67: David Skinns, -5/283, $8,520
T-68: Austin Smotherman, -4/284, $8,360
T-68: Brian Stuard, -4/284, $8,360
T-68: Tyler Collet, -4/284, $8,360
71: Chris Stroud, -3/285, $8,200
72: Angel Ayora, -2/286, $8,120