Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy were the biggest earners at Wentworth yesterday.
The Offaly man rallied impressively at the final round of the BMW Championship to come from two strokes behind heading into the final round to take the lead from Spaniard Jon Rahm with a winning score of -17.
The 35-year-old then had to see if his closest challenger and close friend Rory McIlroy could snatch the lead from him. The County Down native missed an eagle to putt to force a play-off by mere centimetres on the 18th, confirming Lowry's first Open win since Portrush in 2019.
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— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) September 11, 2022
The Prize Money
Winner Shane Lowry received a handsome award of €1,360,000 whilst joint second placed Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm both got rewarded with €692,000 and fourth placed Talor Gooch bagged €400,000.
The Prize Money for the Top 30 at the BMW PGA Championship are as follows:
1st (Winner): €1,360,000 - Shane Lowry
2nd: €692,000 - Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm
4th: €400,000 - Talor Gooch
5th: €264,000 - Thomas Dentry, Viktor Hovland, Soren Kjeldsen, Patrick Reed
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9th: €156,000 - Rafa Cabrera Bello, Billy Horschel, Fracenso Molinari, Matthieu Pazon
13th: €117,920 - Guido Migliozzi, Adrian Otaegui, Matthew Southgate, Lee Westwood, Fabrizio Zanotti
18th: €96,320 - Abraham Ancer, Rasmus Hojgaard, David Horsey, Sam Horsfield, Masahiro Kawamura,
23rd: €78,400 - Richard Bland, Grant Forrest, Justin Harding, Matthew Jordan, Joost Luiten, Thomas Pieters, Johannes Veerman, Bernd Wiesberger, Oliver Wilson
Major Prize Money
Compared with this year other golf competitions, the Masters had a purse of €15 million, the Open €14 million and the US Open a nice €17.5 million.
The total amount of prize money on offer at the BMW PGA Championship was just €8 million.
Harrington wins in Champions Tour
Shane Lowry wasn't the only successful Irishman yesterday as Padraig Harrington won his 3rd champions tour of the year in the USA. The Dubliner won with a score of -14 and collected a cool €300,000 for his victory in the Ascension Charity Classic.
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