How much did Y.E. Yang win at the 2024 Ascension Charity Classic? Champions Tour payout explored

Y.E. Yang won $315,000 for winning the 2024 Ascension Charity Classic. Yang took home 15% of the total prize purse of $2.1 million. He won the tournament in playoffs against Germany's Bernhard Langer by a birdie on the first extra hole.

Y.E. Yang scored 65, 69, and 66 in the three rounds of the tournament making an aggregate score 13-under 200. This is his first victory on the PGA Tour Champions in 72 starts. He has 9 top-5 finishes and 17 top-10 finishes. He has won a total of $3,374,725 in 72 events.

In 2024, Yang played in 20 events on the Champions Tour. He has won a total of $1,423,883. The details of those are as follows:

• Chubb Classic: T53 ($4,320)
• Trophy Hassan II: T3 ($131,000)
• Cologuard Classic: T49 ($6,380)
• Hoag Classic: T11 ($42,500)
• The Galleri Classic: T6 ($83,600)
• Invited Celebrity Classic: T3 ($145,200)
• Mitsubishi Electric Classic: T13 ($37,000)
• Insperity Invitational: T10 ($58,050)
• Regions Tradition: T22 ($25,578)
• KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship: T29 ($20,443)
• Principal Charity Classic: T12 ($38,400)
• American Family Insurance Championship: T47 ($7,920)
• DICK'S Open: T16 ($32,603)
• U.S. Senior Open Championship: T12 (N/A)
• Kaulig Companies Championship: 2 ($308,000)
• Senior Open pres. by Rolex: T19 ($30,342)
• Boeing Classic: T33 ($13,035)
• Rogers Charity Classic: T16 ($37,260)
• The Ally Challenge: T26 ($17,527)
• Ascension Charity Classic: 1 ($315,000)

After winning the Ascension Charity Classic, he jumped from 7th to 6th in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Ernie Els is on the top of the standings with $2.03 million in 16 events.

Four other players won over $100,000 including Bernard Langer who won $184,800. A total of 40 players cashed $10,000 or more at the tournament.

Steve Flesch won the 2023 Ascension Charity Classic. He had then won $300,000 of the prize purse of $2 million.

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2024 Ascension Charity Classic prize money payout

The following is the prize distribution for the Champions Tour's Ascension Charity Classic:

• 1. Y.E. Yang: $315,000
• 2. Bernhard Langer: $184,800
• 3. Stewart Cink: $151,200
• T4. Shane Bertsch: $113,400
• T4. Justin Leonard: $113,400
• T6. Chris DiMarco: $79,800
• T6. Cameron Percy: $79,800
• T8. Darren Clarke: $57,750
• T8. Joe Durant: $57,750
• T8. Harrison Frazar: $57,750
• T8. Richard Green: $57,750
• T12. Jerry Kelly: $42,700
• T12. Dicky Pride: $42,700
• T12. Kevin Sutherland: $42,700
• T15. Ángel Cabrera: $33,642
• T15. Steve Flesch: $33,642
• T15. Matt Gogel: $33,642
• T15. Rod Pampling: $33,642
• T15. Steve Stricker: $33,642
• T20. Steven Alker: $26,040
• T20. Paul Broadhurst: $26,040
• T20. Kenny Perry: $26,040
• T23. Steve Allan: $19,688
• T23. Billy Andrade: $19,688
• T23. Stuart Appleby: $19,688
• T23. Greg Chalmers: $19,688
• T23. Marco Dawson: $19,688
• T23. Rocco Mediate: $19,688
• T23. Jason Schultz: $19,688
• T23. Kirk Triplett: $19,688
• T31. David Bransdon: $13,041
• T31. Chad Campbell: $13,041
• T31. Glen Day: $13,041
• T31. Ricardo Gonzalez: $13,041
• T31. Mark Hensby: $13,041
• T31. Robert Karlsson: $13,041
• T31. Tim O'Neal: $13,041
• T31. Tim Petrovic: $13,041
• T31. Gene Sauers: $13,041
• T31. Ken Tanigawa: $13,041
• T41. Ken Duke: $9,660
• T41. Paul Goydos: $9,660
• T41. Jay Haas: $9,660
• T41. Cliff Kresge: $9,660
• T45. David Branshaw: $7,560
• T45. Alex Cejka: $7,560
• T45. Bob Estes: $7,560
• T45. Brett Quigley: $7,560
• T45. Heath Slocum: $7,560
• T45. Boo Weekley: $7,560
• T51. Woody Austin: $5,376
• T51. Doug Barron: $5,376
• T51. Paul Stankowski: $5,376
• T51. Duffy Waldorf: $5,376
• T51. Charlie Wi: $5,376
• T56. Scott Dunlap: $4,305
• T56. Thongchai Jaidee: $4,305
• T56. Jeff Maggert: $4,305
• T56. Tom Pernice Jr.: $4,305
• T60. Thomas Bjørn: $3,465
• T60. K.J. Choi: $3,465
• T60. Rob Labritz: $3,465
• T60. Michael Wright: $3,465
• T64. John Daly: $2,730
• T64. John Senden: $2,730
• T64. Mario Tiziani: $2,730
• 67. Retief Goosen: $2,310
• T68. John Huston: $2,037
• T68. Scott Parel: $2,037
• 70. Jay Delsing: $1,848
• T71. David Duval: $1,596
• T71. Billy Mayfair: $1,596
• T71. Scott McCarron: $1,596
• T74. Carlos Franco: $1,344
• T74. David Frost: $1,344
• 76. Corey Pavin: $1,218
• 77. Scott Verplank: $1,134