2016 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play prize money
Jason Day won the 2016 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play on 27 March 2016 and took $1,620,000. Below is every one of the 46 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $47,750 Smylie Kaufman collected for finishing T61.
Every cheque at the 2016 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play
27 March 2016
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | AUS | 0 | - | $1,620,000$1.6m |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen | RSA | 0 | - | $1,018,000 |
| 4 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | 0 | - | $530,000 |
| T5 | Brooks Koepka | USA | 0 | - | $290,000 |
| T5 | Chris Kirk | USA | 0 | - | $290,000 |
| T5 | Dustin Johnson | USA | 0 | - | $290,000 |
| T5 | Ryan Moore | USA | 0 | - | $290,000 |
| T9 | Bill Haas | USA | 0 | - | $152,000 |
| T9 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | 0 | - | $152,000 |
| T9 | Jordan Spieth | USA | 0 | - | $152,000 |
| T9 | Matt Kuchar | USA | 0 | - | $152,000 |
| T9 | Patrick Reed | USA | 0 | - | $152,000 |
| T9 | Patton Kizzire | USA | 0 | - | $152,000 |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | USA | 0 | - | $152,000 |
| 17 | Kevin Na | USA | 0 | - | $112,000 |
| T18 | Branden Grace | RSA | 0 | - | $90,900 |
| T18 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | 0 | - | $90,900 |
| T18 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | 0 | - | $90,900 |
| T18 | Jamie Donaldson | WAL | 0 | - | $90,900 |
| T18 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 0 | - | $90,900 |
| T18 | Scott Piercy | USA | 0 | - | $90,900 |
| T18 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 0 | - | $90,900 |
| T28 | Adam Scott | AUS | 0 | - | $74,500 |
| T28 | Anirban Lahiri | IND | 0 | - | $74,500 |
| T28 | Bubba Watson | USA | 0 | - | $74,500 |
| T28 | J.B. Holmes | USA | 0 | - | $74,500 |
| T28 | Justin Rose | ENG | 0 | - | $74,500 |
| T28 | Russell Knox | SCO | 0 | - | $74,500 |
| T38 | Billy Horschel | USA | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Emiliano Grillo | ARG | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Jason Dufner | USA | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Jimmy Walker | USA | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Kevin Kisner | USA | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Rickie Fowler | USA | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T38 | Robert Streb | USA | 0 | - | $63,000 |
| T51 | Danny Lee | NZL | 0 | - | $52,000 |
| T51 | David Lingmerth | SWE | 0 | - | $52,000 |
| T51 | Marc Leishman | AUS | 0 | - | $52,000 |
| T51 | Matt Jones | AUS | 0 | - | $52,000 |
| T51 | Paul Casey | ENG | 0 | - | $52,000 |
| T51 | Shane Lowry | IRL | 0 | - | $52,000 |
| T61 | Daniel Berger | USA | 0 | - | $47,750 |
| T61 | Justin Thomas | USA | 0 | - | $47,750 |
| T61 | Smylie Kaufman | USA | 0 | - | $47,750 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $5,504,000 between them, against $2,105,550 shared by the other 31 players paid.
The 46 cheques above come to $7,609,550 between them. We hold 60 players for the week in all, so fourteen 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 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play years
22 editions, 2000 to 2023
The 2015 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Rory McIlroy. The 2017 ladder is the one after, won by Dustin Johnson. The World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play 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 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play?
Jason Day, on 27 March 2016. The win paid $1,620,000.
How much did the 2016 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play pay out?
The 46 cheques on this page come to $7,609,550 between them, from $1,620,000 at the top down to $47,750.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2016 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play?
$47,750, which Smylie Kaufman collected for finishing T61.
How many players were paid at the 2016 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play?
46. We hold 60 players for that week in all, so fourteen 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.