Up next in the Golfing events across the globe we have the Senior PGA Championship which is the most classic event among the five major championships in men’s senior golf. The tournament is administered by the PGA, Proffesional Golfers‘ Association of America. The lowest age rank for participating golfers is 50 years, which is the standard limit for men’s senior professional golf tournaments.
Senior PGA Championship 2022 is going to be held at Harbor Shores Golf Club, Michigan. The event will begin on Thursday, May 26th, 2022. This is one of the most classic games to be played on the PGA Tour and European Senior Tour. So let’s take a look at the further details of this event, the Senior PGA Championship 2022 Prize Money Breakdown, and Everything you need to know.
Senior PGA Championship 2022 Everything you need to know.
Senior PGA Championship 2022 will be contested from 26th May 2022, on Thursday and conclude by Sunday, May 29. This edition will take place at Harbor Shores Golf Club, Benton Harbor which is measured to be 6,734 yards. There are going to be 156 professional golfers participating in this 72 holes of stroke play format.
In order to participate there are a few eligibility criteria that one must follow, so have a quick look at the points that are mentioned below.
- The past winner of the Senior PGA Championship can take apart.
- The past winner of a regular major championship.
- All top 15 finishers in the last season of the Senior PGA Championship.
- The winner who participated in five U.S. Senior Opens
- The winner of last year’s Senior Open Championship.
Senior PGA Championship 2022 Payout Breakdown: How much prize money will the winner get?
Since 2007, this event has been officially been awarding, winners, with prize money, previously it was an unofficial money event. The previous edition winner of the event is Germany’s, Alex Cejka. So let’s have a look at the prize purse and the winner’s share of the prize money. The total purse has a sum of $3,250,000 which is going to be distributed to the participants. The top 70 participants will be entitled to a sum, and the Top 4 Golfer’s Caddies will also have a chance to get a share of the sum. Have a look at the table below which states the share.
| Rank of the player | Share of Top 70 | Caddie’s Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $585,000 | $58,500 |
| 2 | $347,000 | $27,760 |
| 3 | $215,000 | $15,050 |
| 4 | $150,000 | $9,000 |
| 5 | $120,000 | N/A |
| 6 | $104,000 | N/A |
| 7 | $94,000 | N/A |
| 8 | $89,000 | N/A |
| 9 | $84,000 | N/A |
| 10 | $79,100 | N/A |
| 11 | $74,500 | N/A |
| 12 | $69,900 | N/A |
| 13 | $65,500 | N/A |
| 14 | $61,300 | N/A |
| 15 | $57,200 | N/A |
| 16 | $53,500 | N/A |
| 17 | $50,000 | N/A |
| 18 | $46,500 | N/A |
| 19 | $43,000 | N/A |
| 20 | $40,500 | N/A |
| 21 | $38,000 | N/A |
| 22 | $36,000 | N/A |
| 23 | $34,000 | N/A |
| 24 | $32,300 | N/A |
| 25 | $30,700 | N/A |
| 26 | $29,200 | N/A |
| 27 | $27,800 | N/A |
| 28 | $26,400 | N/A |
| 29 | $25,100 | N/A |
| 30 | $23,800 | N/A |
| 31 | $22,600 | N/A |
| 32 | $21,400 | N/A |
| 33 | $20,300 | N/A |
| 34 | $19,200 | N/A |
| 35 | $18,100 | N/A |
| 36 | $17,000 | N/A |
| 37 | $16,000 | N/A |
| 38 | $15,000 | N/A |
| 39 | $14,000 | N/A |
| 40 | $13,000 | N/A |
| 41 | $12,000 | N/A |
| 42 | $11,000 | N/A |
| 43 | $10,300 | N/A |
| 44 | $9,600 | N/A |
| 45 | $9,200 | N/A |
| 46 | $8,800 | N/A |
| 47 | $8,400 | N/A |
| 48 | $8,000 | N/A |
| 49 | $7,600 | N/A |
| 50 | $7,200 | N/A |
| 51 | $7,000 | N/A |
| 52 | $6,900 | N/A |
| 53 | $6,800 | N/A |
| 54 | $6,700 | N/A |
| 55 | $6,600 | N/A |
| 56 | $6,500 | N/A |
| 57 | $6,400 | N/A |
| 58 | $6,300 | N/A |
| 59 | $6,200 | N/A |
| 60 | $6,100 | N/A |
| 61 | $6,000 | N/A |
| 62 | $5,900 | N/A |
| 63 | $5,800 | N/A |
| 64 | $5,700 | N/A |
| 65 | $5,600 | N/A |
| 66 | $5,550 | N/A |
| 67 | $5,500 | N/A |
| 68 | $5,450 | N/A |
| 69 | $5,400 | N/A |
| 70 | $5,350 | N/A |