2022 RBC Heritage: Prize Money Breakdown and Winner’s Payout

Apr 15, 2022 | 2:30 PM EDT

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After witnessing an enthralling finish to the 2022 season’s first major championship event last week, the PGA Tour moves forward with its regular schedule to the RBC Heritage at the beautiful and scenic Harbour Town Golf Links.

With a strong field present at the event, let’s look at how much is at stake for the professionals at the event.

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Who is the defending champion this week?

Stewart Cink is the event’s defending champion this week at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Moreover, the 48-year-old professional won the event in 2021 at the tricky golf course with an overall score of 19-under-par. As a result, Cink won the event by a comfortable four-shot advantage after the final round on Sunday. On top of that, Stewart also made the 54-holes scoring record with rounds of 63, 63, 69, and 70 in the four rounds to win the tartan jacket.

Furthermore, the American professional has made a solid start to his title defense. Cink carded an opening round of four-under-par 67 on the challenging par 71 golf course. His opening round of 67 included three birdies and two bogeys on the front nine on Thursday. As a result, he moved out in one-under-par, 36.

He made an incredible hole-in-one, a single birdie, and rest pars on the back nine to make the turn in three-under-par, 32. Stewart is in tied 10th position and four shots back from the leader heading into the second round on Friday. Will Cink be able to defend his title and go back to back at Harbour Town?

Winners payout at the 2022 RBC Heritage

Last year, the winner of the event took home a prize money share worth $1,278,000. While the runner-ups of the event, Emiliano Grillo and Harold Varner III, took home $631,900. In the previous edition of the event, the total prize money purse of the event was $ 7.1 million. Moreover, this year with a star-studded lineup at the event that includes probably the biggest names in the sport like Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, and others.

The total prize money purse for the event sits at a healthy $8 million, which was the same at the Honda Classic in February earlier in the season. The field this week included a total of 132 professionals who are battling out at the demanding golf course. On top of that, after the final round is finished on Sunday, the winner of the event will take home a paycheque worth $1,440,000. The runner-ups of the event will also see an increase in their share of prize money. They will have a share of $872,000 from the total prize money purse.

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Breakdown of the $8 million payout

Below is the payout list of the event from the winner to the 65th position at the Harbour Town Golf Links.

POSITION	AMOUNT
1	$ 1,440,000
2	$ 872,000
3	$ 552,000
4	$ 392,000
5	$ 328,000
6	$ 290,000
7	$ 270,000
8	$ 250,000
9	$ 234,000
10	$ 218,000
11	$ 202,000
12	$ 186,000
13	$ 170,000
14	$ 154,000
15	$ 146,000
16	$ 138,000
17	$ 130,000
18	$ 122,000
19	$ 114,000
20	$ 106,000
21	$ 98,000
22	$ 90,000
23	$ 83,600
24	$ 77,200
25	$ 70,800
26	$ 64,400
27	$ 62,000
28	$ 59,600
29	$ 57,200
30	$ 54,800
31	$ 52,400
32	$ 50,000
33	$ 47,600
34	$ 45,600
35	$ 43,600
36	$ 41,600
37	$ 39,600
38	$ 38,000
39	$ 36,400
40	$ 34,800
41	$ 33,200
42	$ 31,600
43	$ 30,000
44	$ 28,400
45	$ 26,800
46	$ 25,200
47	$ 23,600
48	$ 22,320
49	$ 21,200
50	$ 20,560
51	$ 20,080
52	$ 19,600
53	$ 19,280
54	$ 18,960
55	$ 18,800
56	$ 18,640
57	$ 18,480
58	$ 18,320
59	$ 18,160
60	$ 18,000
61	$ 17,840
62	$ 17,680
63	$ 17,520
64	$ 17,520
65	$ 17,200

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