2016 Puerto Rico Open prize money
Tony Finau won the 2016 Puerto Rico Open on 27 March 2016 and took $540,000. Below is every one of the 58 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $6,060 Dawie van der Walt collected for finishing 69.
Tony Finau 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 2016 Puerto Rico Open
27 March 2016
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Finau | USA | -12 | 276 | $540,000 |
| 2 | Steve Marino | USA | -12 | 276 | $324,000 |
| T3 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -11 | 277 | $174,000 |
| T5 | Nick Taylor | CAN | -10 | 278 | $109,500 |
| T5 | Scott Brown | USA | -10 | 278 | $109,500 |
| T8 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -9 | 279 | $87,000 |
| T8 | Rafael Campos | PUR | -9 | 279 | $87,000 |
| T8 | Will MacKenzie | USA | -9 | 279 | $87,000 |
| T11 | Alex Cejka | GER | -8 | 280 | $66,000 |
| T11 | Graham DeLaet | CAN | -8 | 280 | $66,000 |
| T11 | Kyle Reifers | USA | -8 | 280 | $66,000 |
| T11 | Scott Langley | USA | -8 | 280 | $66,000 |
| T15 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -7 | 281 | $46,500 |
| T15 | Kelly Kraft | USA | -7 | 281 | $46,500 |
| T15 | Luke List | USA | -7 | 281 | $46,500 |
| T15 | Mark Hubbard | USA | -7 | 281 | $46,500 |
| T15 | Tim Herron | USA | -7 | 281 | $46,500 |
| T21 | Derek Fathauer | USA | -6 | 282 | $31,200 |
| T21 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -6 | 282 | $31,200 |
| T21 | Patrick Rodgers | USA | -6 | 282 | $31,200 |
| T21 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -6 | 282 | $31,200 |
| T21 | Tim Wilkinson | NZL | -6 | 282 | $31,200 |
| T26 | Brice Garnett | USA | -5 | 283 | $20,417 |
| T26 | Cameron Percy | AUS | -5 | 283 | $20,417 |
| T26 | Chris Stroud | USA | -5 | 283 | $20,417 |
| T26 | Jhonattan Vegas | VEN | -5 | 283 | $20,417 |
| T26 | Luke Donald | ENG | -5 | 283 | $20,417 |
| T26 | Michael Bradley | USA | -5 | 283 | $20,417 |
| T26 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -5 | 283 | $20,417 |
| T35 | Boo Weekley | USA | -4 | 284 | $15,113 |
| T39 | David Toms | USA | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T39 | Dean Burmester | RSA | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T39 | Erik Compton | USA | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T39 | Henrik Norlander | SWE | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T39 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T39 | Michael Thompson | USA | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T39 | Ricky Barnes | USA | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T39 | Sam Saunders | USA | -3 | 285 | $11,400 |
| T47 | Adam Svensson | CAN | -2 | 286 | $7,706 |
| T47 | Bronson Burgoon | USA | -2 | 286 | $7,706 |
| T47 | Bryce Molder | USA | -2 | 286 | $7,706 |
| T47 | Chad Collins | USA | -2 | 286 | $7,706 |
| T47 | Thomas Aiken | RSA | -2 | 286 | $7,706 |
| T54 | Cameron Smith | AUS | -1 | 287 | $6,870 |
| T54 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -1 | 287 | $6,870 |
| T54 | John Rollins | USA | -1 | 287 | $6,870 |
| T54 | Steve Wheatcroft | USA | -1 | 287 | $6,870 |
| T58 | Andrew Landry | USA | 0 | 288 | $6,690 |
| T58 | Whee Kim | KOR | 0 | 288 | $6,690 |
| T60 | Brendon de Jonge | ZIM | 1 | 289 | $6,570 |
| T60 | Hiroshi Iwata | JPN | 1 | 289 | $6,570 |
| T62 | Ken Duke | USA | 2 | 290 | $6,420 |
| T62 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 2 | 290 | $6,420 |
| T62 | Tyler Aldridge | USA | 2 | 290 | $6,420 |
| T65 | D.A. Points | USA | 3 | 291 | $6,240 |
| T65 | Derek Ernst | USA | 3 | 291 | $6,240 |
| T65 | Tyrone Van Aswegen | RSA | 3 | 291 | $6,240 |
| 69 | Dawie van der Walt | RSA | 5 | 293 | $6,060 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,921,500 between them, against $634,802 shared by the other 43 players paid.
The 58 cheques above come to $2,556,302 between them. We hold 105 players for the week in all, so 47 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 Puerto Rico Open years
seventeen editions, 2008 to 2026
The 2015 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Alex Cejka. The 2017 ladder is the one after, won by D.A. Points. The Puerto Rico Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2016 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2016 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2016 was the $1,890,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Jason Day.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2016 Puerto Rico Open?
Tony Finau, on 27 March 2016, in a playoff. The win paid $540,000.
How much did the 2016 Puerto Rico Open pay out?
The 58 cheques on this page come to $2,556,302 between them, from $540,000 at the top down to $6,060.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2016 Puerto Rico Open?
$6,060, which Dawie van der Walt collected for finishing 69.
How many players were paid at the 2016 Puerto Rico Open?
58. We hold 105 players for that week in all, so 47 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.