By raising money for the Tiger Woods’ TGR Foundation, the Hero World Challenge has a charitable component that cannot be overlooked and shouldn’t be forgotten. But for the 20 men participating in the year-end event, there is a reality to competing at Albany Golf Club that is awfully appealing. As Golf Digest’s Dan Rapaport wrote earlier in the week, for all intents and purpose this is a paid vacation in a tropical paradise for those in the field, a reward for their accomplishments—10 of the 12 members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team are here—during a long 2021 season.
Indeed, the overall prize money payout in the Bahamas is $3.5 million with the winner taking home $1 million and nobody walking away with less than $100,000 in the no-cut tournament. We won’t give Collin Morikawa the check just yet, but with a five-stroke lead entering the final round, he looks like he’s going to add another significant payday to what we’ve noted previous as an already outrageous career haul for a 24-year-old. Oh, and with the win, he’d also take over as World No. 1 … after getting engaged to his long-time girlfriend Katherine Zhu on Tuesday. Pretty solid week for Mr. Morikawa, no?
Here’s the prize money payout for everybody in the field. We’ll update this shortly after the end of the event with players names and specific prize money totals.