It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask this week’s winner, Rory McIlroy.
Making his first start of the new PGA Tour season, the 33-year-old defended his title at the 2022 CJ Cup – held this year at Congaree Golf Club in South Carolina – on Sunday and left the course with more than just a trophy. The victory will move McIlroy back to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking on Monday, a position he last held in 2020.
The win is the 23rd of McIlroy’s career on Tour and follows his victorious efforts at the 2022 Tour Championship that also earned him a third FedEx Cup title. According to the Tour, McIlroy joins Tiger Woods as the only reigning FedEx Cup champions to win their following season debut.
Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2022 CJ Cup.
Prize money payouts
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | -17 | $1,890,000 |
| 2 | Kurt Kitayama | -16 | $1,134,000 |
| 3 | K.H. Lee | -15 | $714,000 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | -14 | $462,000 |
| T4 | Jon Rahm | -14 | $462,000 |
| 6 | Aaron Wise | -12 | $378,000 |
| T7 | Billy Horschel | -11 | $316,312 |
| T7 | Sam Burns | -11 | $316,312 |
| T7 | Lee Hodges | -11 | $316,312 |
| T7 | Brendon Todd | -11 | $316,312 |
| T11 | Jason Day | -10 | $252,000 |
| T11 | Tom Kim | -10 | $252,000 |
| T13 | Taylor Montgomery | -9 | $189,756 |
| T13 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -9 | $189,756 |
| T13 | Tyrrell Hatton | -9 | $189,756 |
| T13 | Cam Davis | -9 | $189,756 |
| T13 | Tom Hoge | -9 | $189,756 |
| T18 | Brendan Steele | -8 | $144,480 |
| T18 | Mito Pereira | -8 | $144,480 |
| T18 | Maverick McNealy | -8 | $144,480 |
| T21 | Keegan Bradley | -7 | $119,280 |
| T21 | Viktor Hovland | -7 | $119,280 |
| T23 | Cameron Young | -6 | $88,305 |
| T23 | Max Homa | -6 | $88,305 |
| T23 | Brian Harman | -6 | $88,305 |
| T23 | Corey Conners | -6 | $88,305 |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | -6 | $88,305 |
| T23 | Taylor Moore | -6 | $88,305 |
| T29 | Andrew Putnam | -5 | $65,730 |
| T29 | Matt Kuchar | -5 | $65,730 |
| T29 | Justin Suh | -5 | $65,730 |
| T29 | Wyndham Clark | -5 | $65,730 |
| T29 | Collin Morikawa | -5 | $65,730 |
| T34 | Rickie Fowler | -4 | $54,180 |
| T34 | Hideki Matsuyama | -4 | $54,180 |
| T34 | Sungjae Im | -4 | $54,180 |
| T37 | Denny McCarthy | -3 | $46,830 |
| T37 | Alex Noren | -3 | $46,830 |
| T37 | Bio Kim | -3 | $46,830 |
| T40 | Sebastián Muñoz | -2 | $38,430 |
| T40 | Justin Thomas | -2 | $38,430 |
| T40 | Keith Mitchell | -2 | $38,430 |
| T40 | Harris English | -2 | $38,430 |
| T40 | Danny Willett | -2 | $38,430 |
| T45 | Ryan Palmer | -1 | $29,085 |
| T45 | Scottie Scheffler | -1 | $29,085 |
| T45 | Emiliano Grillo | -1 | $29,085 |
| T45 | Russell Henley | -1 | $29,085 |
| T49 | Sanghyun Park | E | $24,010 |
| T49 | Adam Hadwin | E | $24,010 |
| T49 | Seamus Power | E | $24,010 |
| T52 | Davis Riley | 1 | $21,840 |
| T52 | Webb Simpson | 1 | $21,840 |
| T52 | Jordan Spieth | 1 | $21,840 |
| T52 | Si Woo Kim | 1 | $21,840 |
| T52 | Alex Smalley | 1 | $21,840 |
| T52 | Chris Kirk | 1 | $21,840 |
| T58 | Lucas Glover | 2 | $20,685 |
| T58 | Scott Stallings | 2 | $20,685 |
| T58 | Luke List | 2 | $20,685 |
| T58 | J.J. Spaun | 2 | $20,685 |
| T62 | Sepp Straka | 3 | $20,055 |
| T62 | Byeong Hun An | 3 | $20,055 |
| 64 | Seonghyeon Kim | 4 | $19,740 |
| T65 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 6 | $19,425 |
| T65 | John Huh | 6 | $19,425 |
| T67 | Sahith Theegala | 7 | $18,795 |
| T67 | Gary Woodland | 7 | $18,795 |
| T67 | J.T. Poston | 7 | $18,795 |
| T67 | Troy Merritt | 7 | $18,795 |
| 71 | Trey Mullinax | 8 | $18,270 |
| T72 | Chanmin Jung | 9 | $17,850 |
| T72 | Kevin Kisner | 9 | $17,850 |
| T72 | Chez Reavie | 9 | $17,850 |
| 75 | Yongjun Bae | 10 | $17,430 |
| 76 | Sanghun Shin | 17 | $17,220 |
| T77 | Yeongsu Kim | 19 | $16,905 |
| T77 | Yoseop Seo | 19 | $16,905 |
