This Sunday, Justin Thomas won the 2022 PGA Championship, the second major championship of his career, know the purse and prize money
Unfortunately, Mito Pereira’s awful implosion will be remembered more than Justin Thomas’ win. Pereira was at the 18th tee in the final round of the US PGA Championship, poised to make history. There has never been a big winner from Chile. There still hasn’t been one; Pereira, who needed a par to win, cut a huffy drive into a drainage ditch.
The shot would have shocked an 18-handicap golfer. Pereira’s double-bogey six did not even qualify him for a playoff. This occurred after Thomas and Will Zalatoris had tied at five-under-par. This tournament was the slowest to heat up, but the high drama was well worth the wait.
PGA Championship 2022 Winner Prize Money, Full Purse Payout Breakdown
1st (Winner): $2,700,000 — Justin Thomas
2nd: $1,620,000 — Will Zalatoris
3rd: $1,020,000 — Cameron Young, Mito Pereira ($870,000 each)
4th: $720,000
5th: $600,000 — Tommy Fleetwood, Chris Kirk, Matt Fitzpatrick ($530,417 each)
6th: $516,250
7th: $475,000
8th: $436,600 — Rory McIlroy
9th: $400,000 — Abraham Ancer, Seamus Power, Brendan Steele, Tom Hoge ($357,813 each)
10th: $371,250
11th: $343,750
12th: $316,250
13th: $291,250 — Tyrrell Hatton, Lucas Herbert, Max Homa, Davis Riley, Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele ($253,750 each)
14th: $278,750
15th: $266,250
16th: $253,750
17th: $241,250
18th: $228,750
19th: $216,250
20th: $203,750 — Talor Gooch, Webb Simpson, Sam Burns ($191,250 each)
21st: $191,250
22nd: $178,750
23rd: $166,250 — Joaquin Niemann, Stewart Cink, Rickie Fowler, Lucas Glover, Shane Lowry, Kevin Na, Aaron Wise ($129,768 each)
24th: $153,750
25th: $141,250
26th: $128,750
27th: $116,250
28th: $104,375
29th: $97,750
30th: $91,250 — Adri Arnaus, Tony Finau, Bubba Watson, Bernd Wiesberger ($83,750 each)
31st: $86,250
32nd: $81,250
33rd: $76,250
34th: $71,250 — Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Brian Harman, Keith Mitchell, Patrick Reed, Gary Woodland, Jordan Spieth ($61,607 each)
35th: $66,250
36th: $63,750
37th: $61,250
38th: $58,750
39th: $56,250
40th: $53,750
41st: $51,250 — Cameron Tringale, Viktor Hovland, K.H. Lee, Luke List, Troy Merritt, Adam Schenk, Kevin Streelman ($43,839 each)
42nd: $48,750
43rd: $46,250
44th: $43,750
45th: $41,250
46th: $38,750
47th: $36,875
48th: $35,000 — Laurie Canter, Cameron Davis, Denny McCarthy, Jon Rahm, Harold Varner III, Keegan Bradley ($32,146 each)
49th: $33,750
50th: $32,500
51st: $31,250
52nd: $30,500
53rd: $29,875
54th: $29,250 — Ryan Fox
55th: $28,750 — Francesco Molinari, Jason Day, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Sebastian Munoz ($27,925 each)
56th: $28,250
57th: $27,875
58th: $27,500
59th: $27,250
60th: $27,000 — Lanto Griffin, Russell Henley, Rikuya Hoshino, Si Woo Kim, Jason Kokrak, Hideki Matsuyama, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel ($26,125 each)
61st: $26,750
62nd: $26,500
63rd: $26,250
64th: $26,000
65th: $25,750
66th: $25,500
67th: $25,250
68th: $25,000 — Billy Horschel
69th: $24,750 — Kramer Hickok, Beau Hossler ($24,625 each)
70th: $24,500
71st: $24,400 — Adam Hadwin, Justin Harding, Shaun Norris, Thomas Pieters ($24,250 each)
72nd: $24,300
73rd: $24,200
74th: $24,100
75th: $24,000 — Patton Kizzire, Maverick McNealy ($23,950 each)
76th: $23,900
77th: $23,800 — Robert MacIntyre
78th: $23,700 — Sepp Straka
Thomas is a big star in golf. Despite having burst into the limelight a few years ago with 15 PGA Tour victories, including the 2017 PGA Championship, he has not won a tournament since the Players Championship in March 2021. However, in recent months, he has shown signs of reverting to his former self.
He finished tied for seventh at the Masters earlier this year and came into the tournament as one of the favourites. Rear three-under-par rounds on Thursday and Friday propelled him to the top of the rankings, but a four-over-par performance in difficult conditions on Saturday derailed his championship bid. But he returned with fury on championship Sunday.
He blasted a stunning three-under 67 once more to put himself in contention at five-under for the tournament. When he concluded his round, he was still one shot behind leader Mito Pereira. Pereira, though, met with misfortune on the final hole. The Chilean was leading by a stroke when he put his ball into the water and finished with a double-bogey at four-under.
That disastrous blunder sent the two Americans into a three-hole playoff. And they fought under the low Oklahoma sun. This couldn’t have turned out better for both on the opening playoff hole, the par-five 13th. Both carded birdies after some magnificent iron strokes and good putts.
“It was good, and it placed a little more pressure on Will (Zalatoris). I enjoy playing the 17th hole in PGA Championships, and I’d like to continue doing so ” he stated.
Thomas was up by one shot.
And on the par-four 18th hole, the last playoff hole, some cool and composed golf from the world No. 9 resulted in a tap-in putt from very close range for par, capping up his second major championship. The emotions of the moment eventually caught up with Thomas, now a two-time major winner, as his father Mike stood nearby and the two shared a hug on the 18th green.
He joins Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Tom Watson, and Johnny Miller as the only players after World War II to have 15 PGA Tour wins, including two majors, before the age of 30. Thomas’ incredible recovery to win the PGA Championship rivals John Mahaffey’s record-breaking seven-shot comeback in 1978.
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