World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational prize money
Every World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational champion on record here, what the win paid and the year it was won. Justin Thomas took $1,700,000 in 2018, which is the most winning it has paid in seventeen editions here.
The same tournament has run as NEC World Series of Golf, World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational. Those years are counted here, under the name it carries now.
Every World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational winner
Newest first. The year opens that edition's full payout ladder.
| YEAR | WINNER | COUNTRY | WHAT IT PAID | PLAYERS PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Justin Thomas | USA | $1,700,000$1.7m | 59 |
| 2017 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | $1,660,000$1.7m | 55 |
| 2016 | Dustin Johnson | USA | $1,620,000$1.6m | 46 |
| 2015 | Shane Lowry | IRL | - | 53 |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | $1,530,000$1.5m | 51 |
| 2013 | Tiger Woods | USA | $1,500,000$1.5m | 49 |
| 2012 | Keegan Bradley | USA | $1,400,000$1.4m | 49 |
| 2011 | Adam Scott | AUS | $1,400,000$1.4m | 52 |
| 2010 | Hunter Mahan | USA | $1,400,000$1.4m | 48 |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | USA | $1,400,000$1.4m | 42 |
| 2008 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | $1,350,000$1.4m | 43 |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | USA | $1,350,000$1.4m | 46 |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | USA | $1,300,000 | 40 |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | USA | $1,300,000 | 35 |
| 2004 | Stewart Cink | USA | $1,200,000 | 33 |
| 2003 | no first place held | - | 34 | |
| 2002 | no first place held | - | 27 |
We hold no first place for two of these seventeen years, and those rows show a dash rather than a name. Every other figure in the row is held in full. Two names in a row is a pairs event, and both halves were paid the same cheque.
Won it more than once
One player has taken the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at least twice
| PLAYER | WINS | YEARS | PAID FOR THOSE WINS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | 5 | 2013, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005 | $6,850,000$6.8m |
The last column is the sum of the cheques we hold for exactly the years beside it, and nothing else. It is not a career total: what these players earned across the rest of their seasons is on their own pages.
What winning it has paid
The champion's cheque, 2004 to 2018
Every edition here we hold a winner's cheque for, back to 2004.
The 2018 top ten
5 August 2018
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | USA | -15 | $1,700,000$1.7m |
| 2 | Kyle Stanley | USA | -11 | $1,072,000 |
| T3 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -10 | $510,000 |
| 5 | Brooks Koepka | USA | -9 | $357,000 |
| T6 | Aaron Wise | USA | -8 | $241,375 |
| T6 | Anirban Lahiri | IND | -8 | $241,375 |
| T6 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | -8 | $241,375 |
| T6 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -8 | $241,375 |
| T10 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -7 | $160,875 |
| T10 | Jason Day | AUS | -7 | $160,875 |
Frequently asked questions
Who won the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in 2018?
Justin Thomas, on 5 August 2018. The win was worth $1,700,000.
How much does the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational winner get?
The 2018 champion took $1,700,000. The biggest winner's cheque across the seventeen editions on this page is $1,700,000, which Justin Thomas collected in 2018.
Who has won the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational most often?
Tiger Woods, five times: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013. Those wins paid $6,850,000 between them.
How far back does World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational prize money go here?
To 2002. This page carries seventeen editions and 762 individual payouts across them, and we hold no first place for two of those years.
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 themselves by what they have won across their careers. For the tournaments closest to this one, see RBC Canadian Open, Valero Texas Open, World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Farmers Insurance Open, THE NORTHERN TRUST, The American Express, Sony Open in Hawaii, Valspar Championship, Deutsche Bank Championship, 3M Open and John Deere Classic. 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.