2022 PGA Championship prize money
Justin Thomas won the 2022 PGA Championship on 22 May 2022 and took $2,700,000. Below is every one of the 78 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $23,700 Sepp Straka collected for finishing 78.
Justin Thomas won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2022 PGA Championship
22 May 2022
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | USA | -5 | 275 | $2,700,000$2.7m |
| 2 | Will Zalatoris | USA | -5 | 275 | $1,620,000$1.6m |
| T3 | Cameron Young | USA | -4 | 276 | $870,000 |
| T3 | Mito Pereira | CHI | -4 | 276 | $870,000 |
| T5 | Chris Kirk | USA | -3 | 277 | $530,417 |
| T5 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG | -3 | 277 | $530,417 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | ENG | -3 | 277 | $530,417 |
| 8 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -2 | 278 | $436,600 |
| T9 | Abraham Ancer | MEX | -1 | 279 | $357,813 |
| T9 | Brendan Steele | USA | -1 | 279 | $357,813 |
| T9 | Seamus Power | IRL | -1 | 279 | $357,813 |
| T9 | Tom Hoge | USA | -1 | 279 | $357,813 |
| T13 | Cameron Smith | AUS | 0 | 280 | $253,750 |
| T13 | Davis Riley | USA | 0 | 280 | $253,750 |
| T13 | Justin Rose | ENG | 0 | 280 | $253,750 |
| T13 | Lucas Herbert | AUS | 0 | 280 | $253,750 |
| T13 | Max Homa | USA | 0 | 280 | $253,750 |
| T13 | Tyrrell Hatton | ENG | 0 | 280 | $253,750 |
| T13 | Xander Schauffele | USA | 0 | 280 | $253,750 |
| T20 | Sam Burns | USA | 1 | 281 | $191,250 |
| T20 | Talor Gooch | USA | 1 | 281 | $191,250 |
| T20 | Webb Simpson | USA | 1 | 281 | $191,250 |
| T23 | Aaron Wise | USA | 2 | 282 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Joaquin Niemann | CHI | 2 | 282 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Kevin Na | USA | 2 | 282 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Lucas Glover | USA | 2 | 282 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Rickie Fowler | USA | 2 | 282 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | IRL | 2 | 282 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Stewart Cink | USA | 2 | 282 | $129,768 |
| T30 | Adri Arnaus | ESP | 3 | 283 | $83,750 |
| T30 | Bernd Wiesberger | AUT | 3 | 283 | $83,750 |
| T30 | Bubba Watson | USA | 3 | 283 | $83,750 |
| T30 | Tony Finau | USA | 3 | 283 | $83,750 |
| T34 | Brian Harman | USA | 4 | 284 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Gary Woodland | USA | 4 | 284 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Jordan Spieth | USA | 4 | 284 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Keith Mitchell | USA | 4 | 284 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Marc Leishman | AUS | 4 | 284 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Matt Kuchar | USA | 4 | 284 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Patrick Reed | USA | 4 | 284 | $61,607 |
| T41 | Adam Schenk | USA | 5 | 285 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Cameron Tringale | USA | 5 | 285 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Kevin Streelman | USA | 5 | 285 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR | 5 | 285 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Luke List | USA | 5 | 285 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Troy Merritt | USA | 5 | 285 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Viktor Hovland | NOR | 5 | 285 | $43,839 |
| T48 | Cameron Davis | AUS | 6 | 286 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Dan McCarthy | USA | 6 | 286 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Harold Varner III | USA | 6 | 286 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Jon Rahm | ESP | 6 | 286 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Keegan Bradley | USA | 6 | 286 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Laurie Canter | ENG | 6 | 286 | $32,146 |
| 54 | Ryan Fox | NZL | 7 | 287 | $29,250 |
| T55 | Brooks Koepka | USA | 8 | 288 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Collin Morikawa | USA | 8 | 288 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Francesco Molinari | ITA | 8 | 288 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Jason Day | AUS | 8 | 288 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Sebastián Muñoz | COL | 8 | 288 | $27,925 |
| T60 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Jason Kokrak | USA | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Lanto Griffin | USA | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Louis Oosthuizen | RSA | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Rikuya Hoshino | JPN | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Russell Henley | USA | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Si Woo Kim | KOR | 9 | 289 | $26,125 |
| 68 | Billy Horschel | USA | 10 | 290 | $25,000 |
| T69 | Beau Hossler | USA | 11 | 291 | $24,625 |
| T69 | Kramer Hickok | USA | 11 | 291 | $24,625 |
| T71 | Adam Hadwin | CAN | 12 | 292 | $24,250 |
| T71 | Justin Harding | RSA | 12 | 292 | $24,250 |
| T71 | Shaun Norris | RSA | 12 | 292 | $24,250 |
| T71 | Thomas Pieters | BEL | 12 | 292 | $24,250 |
| T75 | Maverick McNealy | USA | 15 | 295 | $23,950 |
| T75 | Patton Kizzire | USA | 15 | 295 | $23,950 |
| 77 | Robert MacIntyre | SCO | 17 | 297 | $23,800 |
| 78 | Sepp Straka | AUT | 18 | 298 | $23,700 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $10,280,353 between them, against $4,407,649 shared by the other 63 players paid.
The 78 cheques above come to $14,688,002 between them. We hold 134 players for the week in all, so 56 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 2021 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Phil Mickelson. The 2023 ladder is the one after, won by Brooks Koepka. The PGA Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2022 golf year
44 other tournaments we hold a 2022 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2022 was the $18,000,000 paid at the TOUR Championship, won by Rory McIlroy.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2022 PGA Championship?
Justin Thomas, on 22 May 2022, in a playoff. The win paid $2,700,000.
How much did the 2022 PGA Championship pay out?
The 78 cheques on this page come to $14,688,002 between them, from $2,700,000 at the top down to $23,700.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2022 PGA Championship?
$23,700, which Sepp Straka collected for finishing 78.
How many players were paid at the 2022 PGA Championship?
78. We hold 134 players for that week in all, so 56 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.