2019 Hero World Challenge money: Purse, winner's share, prize money payout
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2019 Hero World Challenge money: Purse, winner’s share, prize money payout

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The 2019 Hero World Challenge purse is set for $3.5 million, with 18 professional players who complete four rounds at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas, earning a paycheck this week.

The winner's share of the Hero World Challenge prize pool is at $1,000,000, with the second-place finisher taking home $400,000.

The Hero World Challenge field is headed by Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Gary Woodland.

This tournament started with 18 players, as there's no cut for this unofficial event, hosted by Tiger Woods and his foundation.

To qualify for this field, players are required to be in the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking at the cut-off date. There are two sponsor exemptions.

With the new PGA Tour cut rule down to the top 65 and ties, no players are subject to the PGA Tour's secondary cut any longer. However, there's no cut this week, so the cut rule doesn't matter.

Additionally, there are big Official World Golf Ranking points on the line, as the field strength of just these 18 top-ranked players is better than more than a dozen PGA Tour fields in 2019.

While this event offers a significant payday, a win here doesn't come with the benefits that come with winning on the PGA Tour. Winners of these events don't get a two-plus season exemption on the PGA Tour, nor berths into the Masters, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, The Players Championship and the PGA Championship.

2019 Hero World Challenge prize money, winner's share, first-place payout

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POS PLAYER TO PAR R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL MONEY
1 Henrik Stenson -18 69 67 68 66 270 $1,000,000
2 Jon Rahm -17 70 66 69 66 271 $400,000
3 Patrick Reed -16 66 66 74 66 272 $250,000
4 Tiger Woods -14 72 66 67 69 274 $175,000
T5 Justin Rose -13 69 70 71 65 275 $147,500
T5 Justin Thomas -13 69 69 67 70 275 $147,500
T7 Kevin Kisner -12 71 70 70 65 276 $137,500
T7 Gary Woodland -12 66 69 68 73 276 $137,500
9 Rickie Fowler -10 69 69 72 68 278 $125,000
T10 Tony Finau -7 79 68 69 65 281 $115,000
T10 Xander Schauffele -7 73 70 70 68 281 $115,000
T10 Webb Simpson -7 73 68 71 69 281 $115,000
13 Chez Reavie -5 68 73 69 73 283 $109,000
14 Matt Kuchar -4 71 70 70 73 284 $108,000
15 Bryson DeChambeau -3 76 71 70 68 285 $107,000
16 Jordan Spieth -2 75 70 69 72 286 $106,000
17 Patrick Cantlay E 74 72 71 71 288 $105,000
18 Bubba Watson 1 72 73 71 73 289 $100,000

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