It’s Amazing How Many PGA Tour Pros Made $ 1 Million In Paydays In A Single Week | Golf news and tour information

What was less well known was that Smith’s win at the Plantation Course in Kapalua earned the biggest single payer of his young and emerging professional golf career: $ 1.475 million. That beats Smith’s previous high of $ 1.188 million for his win at the 2020 Sony Open.

Suffice it to say, it pays to be successful on the PGA Tour. Literally. Full Status Tour Event winners will receive seven-digit prize money that will not increase until 2022. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announced to Tour members late last year that the tournament prize pool would increase from $ 375 million to $ 427 million in 2022. also thanks to the sales increases from the new TV deal, which starts this year.

One interesting fact about Smith’s $ 1.475 million payday, however, is that it makes him one of the active PGA Tour professionals for the highest single payouts. As big as $ 1.475 million sounds, Smith ranks only 44th among all current tour members for highest one-time paydays.

Yes, 43 other PGA Tour professionals won a check for that amount.

With the help of the PGA Tour communications team, Golf Digest has compiled a list of the highest paydays for each active player on the tour. Justin Thomas leads the way with a $ 2.7 million win for winning the Players Championship last year. He is one of 11 Tour Pros to have made more than $ 2 million in paydays.

Meanwhile, you might be surprised that of the 266 golfers with active status on the tour (winners, top 125 FedEx Cup points, Korn Ferry Tour alumni, former champions, medical enhancements, etc.) percent) have at some point in their careers earned a check for $ 1 million. And out of total membership, the average largest check is $ 1,000,756.40. (That includes one player, Callum Tarren, who has a tour card but has not yet won any prize money on the tour; take him out of the equation and the average goes to $ 1,004,532.84.)

Below is the list of all 155 active players whose highest paydays have passed the $ 1 million mark. Interestingly, not all checks are earned on the road to victory. Louis Oosthuizen, for example, had his biggest payday for his runner-up at the US Open last year ($ 1.35 million) rather than his 2010 Open Championship win ($ 1,305,593.20). The largest checks for something that was not won are shown in parentheses.

Justin Thomas / $ 2,700,000 / 2021 Players Championship

Bryson DeChambeau / $ 2,250,000 / US Open 2020

Rory McIlroy / $ 2,250,000 / 2019 Players’ Championship

Jon Rahm / $ 2,250,000 / US Open 2021

Gary Woodland / $ 2,250,000 / US Open 2019

Brooks Koepka / $ 2,160,000 / US Open 2018

Phil Mickelson / $ 2,160,000 / 2021 PGA Championship

Dustin Johnson / $ 2,070,000 / Champion 2020

Hideki Matsuyama / $ 2,070,000 / 2021 Masters

Collin Morikawa / $ 2,070,000 / 2021 Open Championship

Tiger Woods / $ 2,070,000 / 2019 champions

Sergio Garcia / $ 1,980,000 / Masters tournament 2017

Patrick Reed / $ 1,980,000 / 2018 championship tournament

Webb Simpson / $ 1,980,000 / 2018 Players’ Championship

Shane Lowry / $ 1,935,000 / 2019 Open Championship

Jason Day / $ 1,890,000 / 2016 Players’ Championship

Si Woo Kim / $ 1,890,000 / 2017 players’ championship

Francesco Molinari / $ 1,890,000 / 2018 Open Championship

Jordan Spieth / $ 1,845,000 / 2017 Open Championship

Abraham Ancer / $ 1,820,000 / 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

Billy Horschel / $ 1,820,000 / 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

Rickie Fowler / $ 1,800,000 / 2015 Players’ Championship

Jimmy Walker / $ 1,800,000 / 2016 PGA Championship

Danny Willett / $ 1,800,000 / 2016 Masters

Zach Johnson / $ 1,794,690 / 2015 Open Championship

Jason Kokrak / $ 1,755,000 / 2020 CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek

Kevin Kisner / $ 1,745,000 / 2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay

Patrick Cantlay / $ 1,710,000 / 2021 BMW Championship

KJ Choi / $ 1,710,000 / 2011 players’ championship

Tony Finau / $ 1,710,000 / 2021 Northern Trust

Matt Kuchar / $ 1,710,000 / 2012 players’ championship

Henrik Stenson / $ 1,710,000 / 2009 Players’ Championship

Xander Schauffele / $ 1,700,000 / 2018 WGC HSBC Masters

Bubba Watson / $ 1,700,000 / 2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay

Tyrrell Hatton / $ 1,674,000 / 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational

Max Homa / $ 1,674,000 / 2021 Genesis Invitational

Adam Scott / $ 1,674,000 / 2020 Genesis Invitational

Justin Rose / $ 1,660,000 / WGC HSBC Champions 2017

Lee Westwood / $ 1,635,000 / 2021 Players Championship (second)

Keegan Bradley / $ 1,620,000 / BMW Championship 2018

Marc Leishman / $ 1,575,000 / 2017 BMW Championship

Jason Dufner / $ 1,566,000 / 2017 Memorial

William McGirt / $ 1,530,000 / Memorial 2016

Cameron Smith / $ 1,475,000 / 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions

KH Lee / $ 1,458,000 / 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson

Bill Haas / $ 1,440,000 / Tour Championship 2011

Chris Kirk / $ 1,440,000 / Deutsche Bank Championship 2014

Hunter Mahan / $ 1,440,000 / 2014 Barclays

Charl Schwartzel / $ 1,440,000 / 2011 Masters

Brandt Snedeker / $ 1,440,000 / 2012 Tour Championship

Nick Watney / $ 1,440,000 / 2012 Barclays

Sung Kang / $ 1,422,000 / 2019 AT&T Byron Nelson

Ernie Els / $ 1,405,890 / 2012 Open Championship

Daniel Berger / $ 1,404,000 / 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Nick Taylor / $ 1,404,000 / 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Luke Donald / $ 1,400,000 / 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

Russell Knox / $ 1,400,000 / 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions

Ian Poulter / $ 1,400,000 / 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

Aaron way / $ 1,386,000 / 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson

Corey Conners / $ 1,350,000 / 2019 Valero Texas Open

Cam Davis / $ 1,350,000 / 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic

Jim Furyk / $ 1,350,000 / 2010 Tour Championship

Lucas Glover / $ 1,350,000 / US Open 2009

Lanto Griffin / $ 1,350,000 / Houston Open 2019

Brian Harman / $ 1,350,000 / 2017 Wells Fargo Championship

Charley Hoffmann / $ 1,350,000 / 2010 Deutsche Bank Championship

Graeme McDowell / $ 1,350,000 / 2010 US Open

Joaquin Niemann / $ 1,350,000 / 2019 A military honor in the Greenbrier

Louis Oosthuizen / $ 1,350,000 / 2021 US Open (second)

Vijay Singh / $ 1,350,000 / 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Steve Stricker / $ 1,350,000 / Deutsche Bank Championship 2009

Matthew Wolff / $ 1,350,000 / 2020 US Open (second)

Harris English / $ 1,340,000 / 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions

JB Holmes / $ 1,332,000 / 2019 Genesis Open

Ted potter jr. / $ 1,332,000 / 2018 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

James Hahn / $ 1,314,000 / 2016 Wells Fargo Championship

Garrick Higgo / $ 1,314,000 / 2021 Congaree Palmetto Championship

Nate Lashley / $ 1,314,000 / 2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic

Kevin Well / $ 1,314,000 / Charles Schwab Challenge 2019

David Toms / $ 1,300,000 / 2005 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

Tommy Fleetwood / $ 1,296,000 / US Open 2018 (second)

Talor Gooch / $ 1,296,000 / 2021 RSM Classic

Viktor Hovland / $ 1,296,000 / 2021 Mayakoba Golf Classic

Chez Reavie / $ 1,296,000 / 2019 Travelers Championship

Brendon Todd / $ 1,296,000 / Mayakoba Golf Classic 2019

Stewart Cink / $ 1,278,000 / 2021 RBC inheritance

Patton Kizzire / $ 1,278,000 / 2017 OHL Classic in Mayakoba

Kyle Stanley / $ 1,278,000 / 2017 Quicken Loans National

Pat Perez / 1,260,001 $ / 2016 OHL Classic in Mayakoba

Sam Burns / $ 1,260,000 / 2021 Sanderson Farms Championship

Russell Henley / $ 1,260,000 / Shell Houston Open 2017

Sungae Im / $ 1,260,000 / 2021 Shriners Children’s Open

Matt Jones / $ 1,260,000 / 2021 Honda Classic

Martin Laird / $ 1,260,000 / 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children opened

Ryan Moore / $ 1,260,000 / 2014 CIMB Classic

Carlos Ortiz / $ 1,260,000 / 2020 Vivint Houston Open

Brian Stuard / $ 1,260,000 / Zurich Classics 2016 from New Orleans

Vaughn Taylor / $ 1,260,000 / 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Camilo Villegas / $ 1,260,000 / 2008 Tour Championship

CT cup / $ 1,242,000 / 2019 RBC inheritance

Will Zalatoris / $ 1,242,000 / 2021 Masters (second)

Jim Herman / $ 1,224,000 / Shell Houston Open 2016

Keith Mitchell / $ 1,224,000 / 2019 Honda Classic

Seung-Yul Noha / $ 1,224,000 / 2014 Zurich classics from New Orleans

Sangmoon Bae / $ 1,206,000 / 2013 HP Byron Nelson Championship

Paul Casey / $ 1,206,000 / Valspar Championship 2019

Satoshi Kodaira / $ 1,206,000 / RBC inheritance 2018

Andrew Landry / $ 1,206,000 / 2020 American Express

Danny Lee / $ 1,206,000 / 2015 Greenbrier Classic

Troy Merritt / $ 1,206,000 / 2015 Quicken Loans National

Cameron Champ / $ 1,188,000 / 2019 Safeway Open

Tyler Duncan / $ 1,188,000 / 2019 RSM classics

Sebastian Muñoz / $ 1,188,000 / Sanderson Farms Championship 2019

Rod Pampling / $ 1,188,000 / 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children opened

Robert Streb / $ 1,188,000 / 2020 RSM Classic

Michael Thompson / $ 1,188,000 / 3M opening 2020

Aaron Baddeley / $ 1,170,000 / 2011 Northern Trust Open

Wesley Bryan / $ 1,170,000 / 2017 RBC inheritance

Lucas Herbert / $ 1,170,000 / 2021 Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Davis Love III / $ 1,170,000 / 2003 Players’ Championship

Sean O’Hair / $ 1,170,000 / 2009 Quail Hollow Championship

Rory Sabbatini / $ 1,170,000 / 2009 HP Byron Nelson Championship

Charles Howell III / $ 1,152,000 / 2018 RSM classics

Kevin Tway / $ 1,152,000 / 2018 Safeway Open

Scottie Scheffler / $ 1,150,000 / 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay (second)

Jonas Blixt / $ 1,134,000 / 2013 Greenbrier Classic

Kevin Chappell / $ 1,134,000 / 2016 players’ championship (second)

Matt everyone / $ 1,134,000 / 2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational

Adam Hadwin / $ 1,134,000 / 2017 Valspar Championship

Jerry Kelly / $ 1,134,000 / 2009 Zurich classics from New Orleans

DA points / $ 1,134,000 / 2011 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Jonathan Byrd / $ 1,120,000 / 2011 Hyundai Tournament of Champions

Austin Cook / $ 1,116,000 / 2017 RSM classics

David Lingmerth / $ 1,116,000 / 2015 Memorial

Ben Martin / $ 1,116,000 / 2014 Shriners Hospitals for Children opened

JT Poston / $ 1,116,000 / 2019 Wyndham Championship

Kevin Stadler / $ 1,116,000 / 2014 Waste Management Phoenix Open

Brendan Steele / $ 1,116,000 / 2017 Safeway Open

Kevin Streelman / $ 1,116,000 / 2014 Travelers Championship

Scott Stallings / $ 1,098,000 / 2014 Farmers Insurance opened

Dylan Frittelli / $ 1,080,000 / 2019 John Deere Classic

Fabian Gomez / $ 1,080,000 / 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic

Emiliano Grillo / $ 1,080,000 / 2015 Frys.com opening

Tim Herron / $ 1,080,000 / 2006 Bank of America Colonial

Mackenzie Hughes / $ 1,080,000 / 2016 RSM classics

Jhonattan Vegas / $ 1,080,000 / 2017 RBC Canadian Open

Mike Weir / $ 1,080,000 / Master 2003

Branden Grace / $ 1,062,000 / 2016 RBC inheritance

Adam Long / $ 1,062,000 / 2019 Desert Classic

Ryan Palmer / 1,051,200 $ / 2019 Zurich classics from New Orleans

Michael Kim / $ 1,044,000 / 2018 John Deere Classic

Hudson Swafford / $ 1,044,000 / 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge

Scott Piercy / $ 1,036,800 / 2018 Zurich classics from New Orleans

Brian Gay / $ 1,026,000 / 2009 Verizon Heritage

Johnson Wagner / $ 1,008,000 / 2008 Shell Houston Open