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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.
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With a strong field present at the event, let’s look at how much is at stake for the professionals at the event.
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.
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Apr 18, 2021; Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA; Stewart Cink poses with the trophy after winning the 2021 RBC Heritage golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports | Reuters
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.
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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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