2021 NORTHERN TRUST prize money
Tony Finau won the 2021 NORTHERN TRUST on 22 August 2021 and took $1,710,000. Below is every one of the 75 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $18,525 Brian Harman collected for finishing 75.
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 2021 NORTHERN TRUST
22 August 2021
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Finau | USA | -20 | 264 | $1,710,000$1.7m |
| 2 | Cameron Smith | AUS | -20 | 264 | $1,035,500 |
| 3 | Jon Rahm | ESP | -18 | 266 | $655,500 |
| T4 | Alex Noren | SWE | -15 | 269 | $399,792 |
| T4 | Justin Thomas | USA | -15 | 269 | $399,792 |
| T4 | Tom Hoge | USA | -15 | 269 | $399,792 |
| 7 | Erik van Rooyen | RSA | -14 | 270 | $320,625 |
| T8 | Corey Conners | CAN | -13 | 271 | $277,875 |
| T8 | Keith Mitchell | USA | -13 | 271 | $277,875 |
| T8 | Kevin Na | USA | -13 | 271 | $277,875 |
| T11 | Harold Varner III | USA | -12 | 272 | $203,775 |
| T11 | Hudson Swafford | USA | -12 | 272 | $203,775 |
| T11 | Keegan Bradley | USA | -12 | 272 | $203,775 |
| T11 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | -12 | 272 | $203,775 |
| T11 | Shane Lowry | IRL | -12 | 272 | $203,775 |
| T16 | Harry Higgs | USA | -11 | 273 | $144,875 |
| T16 | Pat Perez | USA | -11 | 273 | $144,875 |
| T16 | Robert Streb | USA | -11 | 273 | $144,875 |
| T16 | Sungjae Im | KOR | -11 | 273 | $144,875 |
| T16 | Xander Schauffele | USA | -11 | 273 | $144,875 |
| T21 | Aaron Wise | USA | -10 | 274 | $95,792 |
| T21 | Cameron Tringale | USA | -10 | 274 | $95,792 |
| T21 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -10 | 274 | $95,792 |
| T21 | Sam Burns | USA | -10 | 274 | $95,792 |
| T21 | Sebastián Muñoz | COL | -10 | 274 | $95,792 |
| T21 | Stewart Cink | USA | -10 | 274 | $95,792 |
| T27 | Cameron Champ | USA | -9 | 275 | $69,350 |
| T27 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -9 | 275 | $69,350 |
| T27 | Mackenzie Hughes | CAN | -9 | 275 | $69,350 |
| T27 | Maverick McNealy | USA | -9 | 275 | $69,350 |
| T31 | Adam Schenk | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Billy Horschel | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Brooks Koepka | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Cameron Davis | AUS | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Chez Reavie | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Doug Ghim | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Harris English | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Joel Dahmen | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Seamus Power | IRL | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T31 | Talor Gooch | USA | -8 | 276 | $48,925 |
| T43 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | -7 | 277 | $32,775 |
| T43 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -7 | 277 | $32,775 |
| T43 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -7 | 277 | $32,775 |
| T43 | Viktor Hovland | NOR | -7 | 277 | $32,775 |
| T47 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Carlos Ortiz | MEX | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Joaquin Niemann | CHI | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Max Homa | USA | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Peter Malnati | USA | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Webb Simpson | USA | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T47 | Zach Johnson | USA | -6 | 278 | $24,331 |
| T56 | Andrew Putnam | USA | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T56 | Anirban Lahiri | IND | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T56 | Chris Kirk | USA | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T56 | Daniel Berger | USA | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T56 | Dylan Frittelli | RSA | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T56 | Kramer Hickok | USA | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T56 | Patton Kizzire | USA | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T56 | Russell Henley | USA | -5 | 279 | $21,470 |
| T64 | Abraham Ancer | MEX | -4 | 280 | $20,140 |
| T64 | Garrick Higgo | RSA | -4 | 280 | $20,140 |
| T64 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -4 | 280 | $20,140 |
| T64 | Lanto Griffin | USA | -4 | 280 | $20,140 |
| T64 | Paul Casey | ENG | -4 | 280 | $20,140 |
| T64 | Scott Piercy | USA | -4 | 280 | $20,140 |
| 70 | Luke List | USA | -1 | 283 | $19,475 |
| T71 | Denny McCarthy | USA | 0 | 284 | $19,190 |
| T71 | James Hahn | USA | 0 | 284 | $19,190 |
| 73 | Jordan Spieth | USA | 1 | 285 | $18,905 |
| 74 | Gary Woodland | USA | 2 | 286 | $18,715 |
| 75 | Brian Harman | USA | 3 | 287 | $18,525 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $6,773,501 between them, against $2,920,306 shared by the other 60 players paid.
The 75 cheques above come to $9,693,807 between them. We hold 123 players for the week in all, so 48 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 NORTHERN TRUST years
23 editions, 1999 to 2021
The 2020 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Dustin Johnson. The NORTHERN TRUST 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 NORTHERN TRUST?
Tony Finau, on 22 August 2021, in a playoff. The win paid $1,710,000.
How much did the 2021 NORTHERN TRUST pay out?
The 75 cheques on this page come to $9,693,807 between them, from $1,710,000 at the top down to $18,525.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2021 NORTHERN TRUST?
$18,525, which Brian Harman collected for finishing 75.
How many players were paid at the 2021 NORTHERN TRUST?
75. We hold 123 players for that week in all, so 48 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.