2021 PGA Championship prize money
Phil Mickelson won the 2021 PGA Championship on 23 May 2021 and took $2,160,000. Below is every one of the 77 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $18,500 Brian Gay collected for finishing 81.
Every cheque at the 2021 PGA Championship
23 May 2021
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -6 | 282 | $2,160,000$2.2m |
| T2 | Brooks Koepka | USA | -4 | 284 | $1,056,000 |
| T2 | Louis Oosthuizen | RSA | -4 | 284 | $1,056,000 |
| T4 | Harry Higgs | USA | -2 | 286 | $462,250 |
| T4 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -2 | 286 | $462,250 |
| T4 | Paul Casey | ENG | -2 | 286 | $462,250 |
| T4 | Shane Lowry | IRL | -2 | 286 | $462,250 |
| T8 | Abraham Ancer | MEX | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Collin Morikawa | USA | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Jon Rahm | ESP | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | ENG | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Rickie Fowler | USA | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Tony Finau | USA | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T8 | Will Zalatoris | USA | -1 | 287 | $263,000 |
| T17 | Aaron Wise | USA | 0 | 288 | $168,000 |
| T17 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 0 | 288 | $168,000 |
| T17 | Corey Conners | CAN | 0 | 288 | $168,000 |
| T17 | Keegan Bradley | USA | 0 | 288 | $168,000 |
| T17 | Patrick Reed | USA | 0 | 288 | $168,000 |
| T17 | Sungjae Im | KOR | 0 | 288 | $168,000 |
| T23 | Billy Horschel | USA | 1 | 289 | $103,814 |
| T23 | Chan Kim | USA | 1 | 289 | $103,814 |
| T23 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | 1 | 289 | $103,814 |
| T23 | Jason Scrivener | AUS | 1 | 289 | $103,814 |
| T23 | Martin Laird | SCO | 1 | 289 | $103,814 |
| T23 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG | 1 | 289 | $103,814 |
| T23 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | 1 | 289 | $103,814 |
| T30 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T30 | Ian Poulter | ENG | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T30 | Joaquin Niemann | CHI | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T30 | Jordan Spieth | USA | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T30 | Matt Jones | AUS | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T30 | Stewart Cink | USA | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T30 | Viktor Hovland | NOR | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T30 | Webb Simpson | USA | 2 | 290 | $59,750 |
| T38 | Branden Grace | RSA | 3 | 291 | $42,000 |
| T38 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | 3 | 291 | $42,000 |
| T38 | Emiliano Grillo | ARG | 3 | 291 | $42,000 |
| T38 | Gary Woodland | USA | 3 | 291 | $42,000 |
| T38 | Richy Werenski | USA | 3 | 291 | $42,000 |
| T38 | Tyrrell Hatton | ENG | 3 | 291 | $42,000 |
| T44 | Jason Day | AUS | 4 | 292 | $31,300 |
| T44 | Steve Stricker | USA | 4 | 292 | $31,300 |
| T44 | Talor Gooch | USA | 4 | 292 | $31,300 |
| T49 | Byeong Hun An | KOR | 5 | 293 | $24,950 |
| T49 | Harold Varner III | USA | 5 | 293 | $24,950 |
| T49 | Jason Kokrak | USA | 5 | 293 | $24,950 |
| T49 | Robert MacIntyre | SCO | 5 | 293 | $24,950 |
| T49 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | 5 | 293 | $24,950 |
| T49 | Sam Horsfield | ENG | 5 | 293 | $24,950 |
| T55 | Alex Noren | SWE | 6 | 294 | $22,475 |
| T55 | Carlos Ortiz | MEX | 6 | 294 | $22,475 |
| T55 | Joel Dahmen | USA | 6 | 294 | $22,475 |
| T55 | Matt Wallace | ENG | 6 | 294 | $22,475 |
| T59 | Cameron Davis | AUS | 7 | 295 | $21,400 |
| T59 | Cameron Smith | AUS | 7 | 295 | $21,400 |
| T59 | Dean Burmester | RSA | 7 | 295 | $21,400 |
| T59 | Denny McCarthy | USA | 7 | 295 | $21,400 |
| T59 | Robert Streb | USA | 7 | 295 | $21,400 |
| T64 | Adam Hadwin | CAN | 8 | 296 | $20,200 |
| T64 | Danny Willett | ENG | 8 | 296 | $20,200 |
| T64 | Garrick Higgo | RSA | 8 | 296 | $20,200 |
| T64 | Harris English | USA | 8 | 296 | $20,200 |
| T64 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | 8 | 296 | $20,200 |
| T64 | Jimmy Walker | USA | 8 | 296 | $20,200 |
| T64 | Tom Hoge | USA | 8 | 296 | $20,200 |
| T71 | Lee Westwood | ENG | 9 | 297 | $19,350 |
| T71 | Lucas Herbert | AUS | 9 | 297 | $19,350 |
| T71 | Russell Henley | USA | 9 | 297 | $19,350 |
| T71 | Tom Lewis | ENG | 9 | 297 | $19,350 |
| T75 | Daniel Berger | USA | 10 | 298 | $19,050 |
| T75 | Wyndham Clark | USA | 10 | 298 | $19,050 |
| 77 | Brendan Steele | USA | 11 | 299 | $18,900 |
| 80 | Bubba Watson | USA | 14 | 302 | $18,600 |
| 81 | Brian Gay | USA | 18 | 306 | $18,500 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $8,225,000 between them, against $3,481,098 shared by the other 62 players paid.
The 77 cheques above come to $11,706,098 between them. We hold 135 players for the week in all, so 58 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other PGA Championship years
31 editions, 1996 to 2026
The 2020 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Collin Morikawa. The 2022 ladder is the one after, won by Justin Thomas. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2021 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2021 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2021 was the $15,000,000 paid at the TOUR Championship, won by Patrick Cantlay.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2021 PGA Championship?
Phil Mickelson, on 23 May 2021. The win paid $2,160,000.
How much did the 2021 PGA Championship pay out?
The 77 cheques on this page come to $11,706,098 between them, from $2,160,000 at the top down to $18,500.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2021 PGA Championship?
$18,500, which Brian Gay collected for finishing 81.
How many players were paid at the 2021 PGA Championship?
77. We hold 135 players for that week in all, so 58 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.