2021 CJ CUP Byron Nelson prize money
Kyoung-Hoon Lee won the 2021 CJ CUP Byron Nelson on 16 May 2021 and took $1,458,000. Below is every one of the 72 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $16,362 D.J. Trahan collected for finishing T71.
Every cheque at the 2021 CJ CUP Byron Nelson
16 May 2021
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR | -25 | 263 | $1,458,000$1.5m |
| 2 | Sam Burns | USA | -22 | 266 | $882,900 |
| T3 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | -21 | 267 | $395,381 |
| T3 | Daniel Berger | USA | -21 | 267 | $395,381 |
| T3 | Patton Kizzire | USA | -21 | 267 | $395,381 |
| T3 | Scott Stallings | USA | -21 | 267 | $395,381 |
| T7 | Joseph Bramlett | USA | -19 | 269 | $263,250 |
| T7 | Troy Merritt | USA | -19 | 269 | $263,250 |
| T9 | Doc Redman | USA | -18 | 270 | $212,625 |
| T9 | Jhonattan Vegas | VEN | -18 | 270 | $212,625 |
| T9 | Jordan Spieth | USA | -18 | 270 | $212,625 |
| T9 | Seamus Power | IRL | -18 | 270 | $212,625 |
| T13 | Bronson Burgoon | USA | -17 | 271 | $153,900 |
| T13 | Harris English | USA | -17 | 271 | $153,900 |
| T13 | Luke Donald | ENG | -17 | 271 | $153,900 |
| T13 | Satoshi Kodaira | JPN | -17 | 271 | $153,900 |
| T17 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -16 | 272 | $119,475 |
| T17 | Hank Lebioda | USA | -16 | 272 | $119,475 |
| T17 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -16 | 272 | $119,475 |
| T17 | Will Zalatoris | USA | -16 | 272 | $119,475 |
| T21 | Alex Noren | SWE | -15 | 273 | $84,969 |
| T21 | Carlos Ortiz | MEX | -15 | 273 | $84,969 |
| T21 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -15 | 273 | $84,969 |
| T21 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -15 | 273 | $84,969 |
| T21 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | ESP | -15 | 273 | $84,969 |
| T26 | Ben Martin | USA | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T26 | Keith Mitchell | USA | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T26 | Rob Oppenheim | USA | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T26 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T26 | Ryan Armour | USA | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T26 | Sepp Straka | AUT | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T26 | Vincent Whaley | USA | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T26 | Wesley Bryan | USA | -14 | 274 | $56,700 |
| T34 | Adam Schenk | USA | -13 | 275 | $42,201 |
| T34 | Jon Rahm | ESP | -13 | 275 | $42,201 |
| T34 | Mark Hubbard | USA | -13 | 275 | $42,201 |
| T34 | Roger Sloan | CAN | -13 | 275 | $42,201 |
| T34 | Scott Brown | USA | -13 | 275 | $42,201 |
| T39 | Brian Stuard | USA | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T39 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T39 | Johnson Wagner | USA | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T39 | Pat Perez | USA | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T39 | Russell Knox | SCO | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T39 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T39 | Talor Gooch | USA | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T39 | Wyndham Clark | USA | -12 | 276 | $31,185 |
| T47 | Brice Garnett | USA | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T47 | J.J. Spaun | USA | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T47 | Michael Gligic | CAN | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T47 | Nelson Ledesma | ARG | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T47 | Patrick Rodgers | USA | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T47 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T47 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T47 | Sung Kang | KOR | -11 | 277 | $20,959 |
| T55 | Aaron Wise | USA | -10 | 278 | $18,630 |
| T55 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | -10 | 278 | $18,630 |
| T55 | Cameron Champ | USA | -10 | 278 | $18,630 |
| T55 | Charles Howell III | USA | -10 | 278 | $18,630 |
| T55 | Sebastián Muñoz | COL | -10 | 278 | $18,630 |
| T55 | Si Woo Kim | KOR | -10 | 278 | $18,630 |
| T61 | Luke List | USA | -9 | 279 | $17,820 |
| T61 | Mark Anderson | USA | -9 | 279 | $17,820 |
| T61 | Martin Laird | SCO | -9 | 279 | $17,820 |
| T61 | Wes Roach | USA | -9 | 279 | $17,820 |
| 65 | Michael Gellerman | USA | -8 | 280 | $17,415 |
| 66 | Bo Hoag | USA | -7 | 281 | $17,253 |
| 67 | Michael Kim | USA | -6 | 282 | $17,091 |
| T68 | Dylan Meyer | USA | -5 | 283 | $16,848 |
| T68 | Ted Potter, Jr. | USA | -5 | 283 | $16,848 |
| 70 | Cameron Percy | AUS | -3 | 285 | $16,605 |
| T71 | Austin Cook | USA | -1 | 287 | $16,362 |
| T71 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -1 | 287 | $16,362 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $5,761,124 between them, against $2,456,246 shared by the other 57 players paid.
The 72 cheques above come to $8,217,370 between them. We hold 152 players for the week in all, so 80 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 CJ CUP Byron Nelson years
28 editions, 1998 to 2026
The 2019 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Sung Kang. The 2022 ladder is the one after, won by Kyoung-Hoon Lee. The CJ CUP Byron Nelson 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 CJ CUP Byron Nelson?
Kyoung-Hoon Lee, on 16 May 2021. The win paid $1,458,000.
How much did the 2021 CJ CUP Byron Nelson pay out?
The 72 cheques on this page come to $8,217,370 between them, from $1,458,000 at the top down to $16,362.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2021 CJ CUP Byron Nelson?
$16,362, which D.J. Trahan collected for finishing T71.
How many players were paid at the 2021 CJ CUP Byron Nelson?
72. We hold 152 players for that week in all, so 80 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.