2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions prize money
Russell Knox won the 2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions on 8 November 2015 and took $1,400,000. Below is every one of the 39 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $40,375 Chris Kirk collected for finishing T76.
Every cheque at the 2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions
8 November 2015
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Knox | SCO | -20 | 268 | $1,400,000$1.4m |
| 2 | Kevin Kisner | USA | -18 | 270 | $850,000 |
| T5 | Branden Grace | RSA | -16 | 272 | $276,500 |
| T5 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -16 | 272 | $276,500 |
| T7 | Jordan Spieth | USA | -15 | 273 | $173,750 |
| T7 | Patrick Reed | USA | -15 | 273 | $173,750 |
| T11 | Daniel Berger | USA | -14 | 274 | $106,167 |
| T11 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | -14 | 274 | $106,167 |
| T11 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -14 | 274 | $106,167 |
| T11 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -14 | 274 | $106,167 |
| T11 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -14 | 274 | $106,167 |
| T17 | Rickie Fowler | USA | -13 | 275 | $89,000 |
| T19 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -11 | 277 | $83,000 |
| T23 | Gary Woodland | USA | -10 | 278 | $75,750 |
| T23 | Harris English | USA | -10 | 278 | $75,750 |
| T23 | Paul Casey | ENG | -10 | 278 | $75,750 |
| T27 | Justin Thomas | USA | -9 | 279 | $72,000 |
| T30 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -8 | 280 | $68,000 |
| T35 | Bubba Watson | USA | -7 | 281 | $63,000 |
| T35 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | -7 | 281 | $63,000 |
| T35 | Emiliano Grillo | ARG | -7 | 281 | $63,000 |
| T35 | Robert Streb | USA | -7 | 281 | $63,000 |
| T35 | Scott Piercy | USA | -7 | 281 | $63,000 |
| T40 | Anirban Lahiri | IND | -6 | 282 | $58,500 |
| T40 | Luke Donald | ENG | -6 | 282 | $58,500 |
| T40 | Matt Jones | AUS | -6 | 282 | $58,500 |
| T40 | Steven Bowditch | AUS | -6 | 282 | $58,500 |
| T44 | Daniel Summerhays | USA | -5 | 283 | $55,500 |
| T44 | Louis Oosthuizen | RSA | -5 | 283 | $55,500 |
| T54 | Thomas Aiken | RSA | -2 | 286 | $47,500 |
| 57 | Kevin Na | USA | -1 | 287 | $46,500 |
| T58 | Danny Lee | NZL | 0 | 288 | $44,792 |
| T58 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | 0 | 288 | $44,792 |
| T64 | Cameron Smith | AUS | 1 | 289 | $43,250 |
| T64 | Hiroshi Iwata | JPN | 1 | 289 | $43,250 |
| T68 | Shane Lowry | IRL | 4 | 292 | $42,375 |
| 70 | Adam Scott | AUS | 5 | 293 | $42,000 |
| T72 | David Lingmerth | SWE | 7 | 295 | $41,375 |
| T76 | Chris Kirk | USA | 15 | 303 | $40,375 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,004,835 between them, against $1,311,959 shared by the other 24 players paid.
The 39 cheques above come to $5,316,794 between them. We hold 68 players for the week in all, so 29 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 2014 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Bubba Watson. The 2016 ladder is the one after, won by Hideki Matsuyama. The World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2015 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2015 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2015 was the $1,800,000 paid at the Masters Tournament, won by Jordan Spieth.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions?
Russell Knox, on 8 November 2015. The win paid $1,400,000.
How much did the 2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions pay out?
The 39 cheques on this page come to $5,316,794 between them, from $1,400,000 at the top down to $40,375.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions?
$40,375, which Chris Kirk collected for finishing T76.
How many players were paid at the 2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions?
39. We hold 68 players for that week in all, so 29 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.