2012 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions prize money
Ian Poulter won the 2012 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions on 4 November 2012 and took $1,200,000. Below is every one of the 27 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $26,500 Johnson Wagner collected for finishing 75.
Every cheque at the 2012 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions
4 November 2012
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -21 | 267 | $1,200,000 |
| T2 | Ernie Els | RSA | -19 | 269 | $417,500 |
| T2 | Jason Dufner | USA | -19 | 269 | $417,500 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -19 | 269 | $417,500 |
| T2 | Scott Piercy | USA | -19 | 269 | $417,500 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -18 | 270 | $190,000 |
| T6 | Louis Oosthuizen | RSA | -18 | 270 | $190,000 |
| 8 | Adam Scott | AUS | -17 | 271 | $155,000 |
| 10 | Bill Haas | USA | -15 | 273 | $125,000 |
| T11 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -14 | 274 | $98,000 |
| T16 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -13 | 275 | $80,500 |
| T16 | Nick Watney | USA | -13 | 275 | $80,500 |
| T18 | Luke Donald | ENG | -12 | 276 | $75,000 |
| T18 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -12 | 276 | $75,000 |
| 23 | Keegan Bradley | USA | -10 | 278 | $67,000 |
| T24 | Justin Rose | ENG | -9 | 279 | $62,250 |
| T28 | John Senden | AUS | -8 | 280 | $57,500 |
| 33 | Bubba Watson | USA | -6 | 282 | $54,000 |
| T39 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -3 | 285 | $47,000 |
| T42 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | -2 | 286 | $43,500 |
| T46 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -1 | 287 | $40,000 |
| T46 | Mark Wilson | USA | -1 | 287 | $40,000 |
| T51 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | 0 | 288 | $38,000 |
| T51 | Robert Garrigus | USA | 0 | 288 | $38,000 |
| T56 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 2 | 290 | $34,750 |
| T65 | Kyle Stanley | USA | 4 | 292 | $31,000 |
| 75 | Johnson Wagner | USA | 10 | 298 | $26,500 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,006,000 between them, against $512,500 shared by the other twelve players paid.
The 27 cheques above come to $4,518,500 between them. We hold 44 players for the week in all, so seventeen 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-HSBC Champions years
eleven editions, 2009 to 2019
The 2011 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Martin Kaymer. The 2013 ladder is the one after, won by Dustin Johnson. The World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2012 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2012 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2012 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Matt Kuchar.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2012 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions?
Ian Poulter, on 4 November 2012. The win paid $1,200,000.
How much did the 2012 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions pay out?
The 27 cheques on this page come to $4,518,500 between them, from $1,200,000 at the top down to $26,500.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2012 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions?
$26,500, which Johnson Wagner collected for finishing 75.
How many players were paid at the 2012 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions?
27. We hold 44 players for that week in all, so seventeen 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.