How much will golfers win at the 2024 Cognizant Classic? $9,000,000 prize money breakdown

Modified Feb 28, 2024 10:54 GMT

The Honda Classic - Final Round — Cognizant Classic prize money (Image via Getty)

After a successful Mexico Open at Vidanta outing, the PGA Tour is now in Florida for the 2024 Cognizant Classic. The event, formerly known as The Honda Classic, is set to tee off on Thursday, February 29, at the Palm Beach Gardens. The four-day event will see a 144-player field compete for the $9,000,000 prize purse.

The Cognizant Classic will host several big PGA Tour names like Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tom Kim, Sepp Straka and Rickie Fowler, and has a winner’s prize of $1,620,000. The event will have 19 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders and each of the golfers will be playing for the hefty paycheck.

Apart from the big prize money, the winning golfer will also bag 500 valuable FedEx Cup points.

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2024 Cognizant Classic prize money

While the Cognizant Classic champion gets $1,620,000, the runner-up will settle for a $981,000 paycheck. The golfer finishing third will win $621,000, while the fourth-placed golfer gets $369,000. The golfer finishing fifth earns $369,000 for his efforts this weekend.

Owing to the traditional 72-hole format, the PGA Tour event will have a 36-hole cut on Friday. After the cut, all golfers on the event’s final leaderboard will get prize money payouts. Interestingly, the player finishing 65th on the stacked field will return home with a $19,350 paycheck.

Below is the prize money breakdown for the 2024 Cognizant Classic:

WIN - $1,620,000
2 - $981,000
3 - $621,000
4 - $441,000
5 - $369,000
6 - $326,250
7 - $303,750
8 - $281,250
9 - $263,250
10 - $245,250
11 - $227,250
12 - $209,250
13 - $191,250
14 - $173,250
15 - $164,250
16 - $155,250
17 - $146,250
18 - $137,250
19 - $128,250
20 - $119,250
21 - $110,250
22 - $101,250
23 - $94,050
24 - $86,850
25 - $79,650
26 - $72,450
27 - $69,750
28 - $67,050
29 - $64,350
30 - $61,650
31 - $58,950
32 - $56,250
33 - $53,550
34 - $51,300
35 - $49,050
36 - $46,800
37 - $44,550
38 - $42,750
39 - $40,950
40 - $39,150
41 - $37,350
42 - $35,550
43 - $33,750
44 - $31,950
45 - $30,150
46 - $28,350
47 - $26,500
48 - $25,110
49 - $23,850
50 - $23,130
51 - $22,590
52 - $22,050
53 - $21,690
54 - $21,330
55 - $21,150
56 - $20,970
57 - $20,790
58 - $20,610
59 - $20,430
60 - $20,250
61 - $20,070
62 - $19,890
63 - $19,710
64 - $19,530
65 - $19,350

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Unsurprisingly, World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is the favorite to win the Cognizant Classic. At the event, he’ll face competition from World No. 9 Matt Fitzpatrick, World No. 16 Tom Kim, No. 23 Cameron Young, and No. 25 Sepp Straka.

It is pertinent to note that reigning champion Chris Kirk will also return to defend his title in Florida this week.

Edited by Vishnu Mohan