PGA Championship payout: How much money did Justin Thomas win at the PGA?
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American golfer Justin Thomas gave a tough fight against fellow American golfer Will Zalatoris in a play-off and won the USA PGA Championship at Southern Hills.
Thomas trailed by seven at the beginning of the day but at the end, he posted a three-under 67 to set the clubhouse target at five under. Thomas was one over after six holes on Sunday, but had four birdies in his final holes as he found himself at the top of the leaderboard. Thomas equalled John Mahaffey’s record of coming from seven behind to win the 1978 US PGA title in a play-off.
Of course, with the big win also came the big prize money, not only for him but for several golfers who bravely took on the course.
PGA Championship Payout: How much did Justin Thomas and other golfers earn?
The PGA Championship offered up its largest ever purse ever of $15 million, a $3 million increase from last year. The World no 9 Thomas has now picked up his second PGA Championship winning cheque. He captured his second Wanamaker Trophy, and a whopping cheque of $2.7 million.
Second place golfer Will Zalatoris took home a big chunk too, a total of $1.6 million in his second runner up win of a major championship. Mito Pereira, third place finisher had to eventually settle for $870,000, which is no less amount. Here is a list of the top 10 finishers and their prize money.
- 1. Justin Thomas: $2.7 million
- 2. Will Zalatoris: $1.6 million
- 3. Cameron Young, Mito Pereira: $870,000 each
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- 5. Tommy Fleetwood, Chris Kirk, Matt Fitzpatrick: $530,417 each
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- 8. Rory McIlroy: $436,600
- 9. Abraham Ancer, Seamus Power, Brendan Steele, Tom Hoge: $357,813 each
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