Xander Schauffele emerged victorious on Sunday, taking dwelling the Wanamaker Trophy on the PGA Championship at Valhalla Gold Membership in Valhalla, New York.
And for Schauffele, 30, and the opposite golfers who completed close to the highest, the payoff was rewarding. This yr’s championship purse was $18.5 million — $1 million larger than a yr in the past and the most important within the event’s historical past.
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Schauffele is now $3.3 million richer, whereas second-place winner Bryson DeChambeau earned $1.998 million, adopted by Viktor Hovland in third place with a prize of $1.258 million.
In the meantime, the event drama began early. Earlier than daybreak on Friday, the second day of the event, early favourite and 2024 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, was arrested and booked on a number of fees together with second-degree assault of a police officer, and is scheduled to be arraigned on June 3. He reportedly warmed up in jail earlier than being launched to make his tee time. Scheffler completed the event in a four-way tie for eighth place.
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The PGA Championship purse was barely lower than the Masters this yr, which noticed a prize purse of $20 million and a payout to Scheffler of $3.6 million for profitable the event for the second time.
Golfers within the high 10 all take dwelling at the very least $500,000. All gamers obtained at the very least $4,000 only for ending the 36-hole course.
This is how the payout went for the highest 20 gamers this event.
1st: $3,300,000, Xander Schauffele
2nd: $1,998,000, Bryson DeChambeau
third: $1,258,000, Viktor Hovland
4th: $888,000, Thomas Detry and Collin Morikawa ($814,000 per participant)
fifth: $740,000
sixth: $660,580 — Justin Rose and Shane Lowry ($639,440 per participant)
seventh: $618,300
eighth: $577,790 — Scottie Scheffler, Billy Horschel, Robert MacIntyre and Justin Thomas ($521,418 per participant)
ninth: $539,030
tenth: $502,040
eleventh: $466,810
twelfth: $433,340 — Taylor Moore, Rory McIlroy, Lee Hodges, Sahith Theegala, Dean Burmester and Alex Noren ($359,943 per participant)
thirteenth: $401,630
14th: $371,690
fifteenth: $343,500
sixteenth: $317,080
seventeenth: $292,420
18th: $269,520 — Rio Hisatune, Harris English, Tony Finau, Keegan Bradley and Austin Eckroat ($230,764 per participant)
nineteenth: $248,380
twentieth: $229,000
twenty first: $211,390
twenty second: $195,530
twenty third: $181,440 — Russell Henley, Tom Hoge and Maverick McNealy ($170,137 per participant)
twenty fourth: $169,990
twenty fifth: $158,980
