TULSA, Okla. — The 2022 PGA Championship purse was boosted to $15 million dollars this year by the PGA of America.
That raised the first-place check to the whopping sum of $2.7 million. In fact, the top three finishers at Southern Hills Country Club earned more than $1 million.
That first-place check is going to Justin Thomas, who won the PGA for the second time. He defeated Will Zalatoris in the three-hole aggregate playoff.
The 2021 PGA Championship winner, Phil Mickelson, took home $2.16 million.
Take a look at the complete final money list from the second men’s major of the year.
2022 PGA Championship prize money
| Pos | Player | Score | Winnings |
| T1 | Justin Thomas | -5* | $2,700,000 |
| T1 | Will Zalatoris | -5 | $1,620,000 |
| T3 | Mito Pereira | -4 | $870,000 |
| T3 | Cameron Young | -4 | $870,000 |
| T5 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | -3 | $530,417 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | -3 | $530,417 |
| T5 | Chris Kirk | -3 | $530,417 |
| 8 | Rory McIlroy | -2 | $436,600 |
| T9 | Abraham Ancer | -1 | $357,813 |
| T9 | Tom Hoge | -1 | $357,813 |
| T9 | Seamus Power | -1 | $357,813 |
| T9 | Brendan Steele | -1 | $357,813 |
| T13 | Tyrrell Hatton | E | $253,750 |
| T13 | Lucas Herbert | E | $253,750 |
| T13 | Max Homa | E | $253,750 |
| T13 | Davis Riley | E | $253,750 |
| T13 | Justin Rose | E | $253,750 |
| T13 | Xander Schauffele | E | $253,750 |
| T13 | Cameron Smith | E | $253,750 |
| T20 | Sam Burns | 1 | $191,250 |
| T20 | Talor Gooch | 1 | $191,250 |
| T20 | Webb Simpson | 1 | $191,250 |
| T23 | Stewart Cink | 2 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Rickie Fowler | 2 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Lucas Glover | 2 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | 2 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Kevin Na | 2 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Joaquin Niemann | 2 | $129,768 |
| T23 | Aaron Wise | 2 | $129,768 |
| T30 | Tony Finau | 3 | $83,750 |
| T30 | Bubba Watson | 3 | $83,750 |
| T30 | Bernd Wiesberger | 3 | $83,750 |
| T30 | Adri Arnaus | 3 | $83,750 |
| T34 | Brian Harman | 4 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Matt Kuchar | 4 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Marc Leishman | 4 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Keith Mitchell | 4 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Patrick Reed | 4 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Jordan Spieth | 4 | $61,607 |
| T34 | Gary Woodland | 4 | $61,607 |
| T41 | Viktor Hovland | 5 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Kyoung-hoon Lee | 5 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Luke List | 5 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Troy Merritt | 5 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Kevin Streelman | 5 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Cameron Tringale | 5 | $43,839 |
| T41 | Adam Schenk | 5 | $43,839 |
| T48 | Keegan Bradley | 6 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Laurie Canter | 6 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Cameron Davis | 6 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Jon Rahm | 6 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Harold Varner III | 6 | $32,146 |
| T48 | Denny McCarthy | 6 | $32,146 |
| 54 | Ryan Fox | 7 | $29,250 |
| T55 | Jason Day | 8 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Brooks Koepka | 8 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Francesco Molinari | 8 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Collin Morikawa | 8 | $27,925 |
| T55 | Sebastian Munoz | 8 | $27,925 |
| T60 | Lanto Griffin | 9 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Russell Henley | 9 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Rikuya Hoshino | 9 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Si Woo Kim | 9 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Jason Kokrak | 9 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Hideki Matsuyama | 9 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Louis Oosthuizen | 9 | $26,125 |
| T60 | Charl Schwartzel | 9 | $26,125 |
| 68 | Billy Horschel | 10 | $25,000 |
| T69 | Kramer Hickok | 11 | $24,625 |
| T69 | Beau Hossler | 11 | $24,625 |
| T71 | Adam Hadwin | 12 | $24,250 |
| T71 | Justin Harding | 12 | $24,250 |
| T71 | Shaun Norris | 12 | $24,250 |
| T71 | Thomas Pieters | 12 | $24,250 |
| T75 | Patton Kizzire | 15 | $23,950 |
| T75 | Maverick McNealy | 15 | $23,950 |
| 77 | Robert MacIntyre | 17 | $23,800 |
| 78 | Sepp Straka | 18 | $23,700 |
