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How much money each PGA Tour player won at the 2021 Puerto Rico Open

Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the Puerto Rico Open.

Just five weeks after his father died due to COVID-19, Branden Grace earned an emotional second win on the PGA Tour.

Playing in the event held opposite the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship, Grace finished with a hole-out for eagle on the par-4 17th and then made birdie from the sand on the par-5 18th to reach 19 under and claim the trophy, the top prize of $540,000 and 300 FedEx Cup points.

Jhonattan Vegas finished second at 18 under and will take home $327,000. Falling short in his home country once again, Rafael Campos finished T-3 alongside Grayson Murray, with both players earning $177,000.

Check out how much money each player earned in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Open: Leaderboard | Winner’s bag

Prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Branden Grace -19 $540,000
2 Jhonattan Vegas -18 $327,000
T3 Grayson Murray -16 $177,000
T3 Rafael Campos -16 $177,000
T5 Brice Garnett -15 $115,875
T5 Andrew Putnam -15 $115,875
T7 Rob Oppenheim -14 $91,125
T7 Ted Potter Jr. -14 $91,125
T7 Brandon Wu -14 $91,125
T7 Cameron Percy -14 $91,125
T11 Emiliano Grillo -13 $72,750
T11 Ryan Brehm -13 $72,750
T13 Wes Roach -12 $60,750
T13 Lee Hodges -12 $60,750
T15 Joohyung Kim -11 $45,750
T15 Chase Seiffert -11 $45,750
T15 Bo Van Pelt -11 $45,750
T15 Vincent Whaley -11 $45,750
T15 Fabian Gomez -11 $45,750
T15 Thomas Pieters -11 $45,750
T15 Nelson Lauta Ledesma -11 $45,750
T22 D.J. Trahan -10 $28,950
T22 Greg Chalmers -10 $28,950
T22 Roger Sloan -10 $28,950
T22 Josh Teater -10 $28,950
T22 Seamus Power -10 $28,950
T27 Tim Wilkinson -9 $22,350
T27 Will Gordon -9 $22,350
T27 Adam Schenk -9 $22,350
T30 Aaron Baddeley -8 $18,780
T30 Xinjun Zhang -8 $18,780
T30 Bill Haas -8 $18,780
T30 Andres Romero -8 $18,780
T30 Patrick Rodgers -8 $18,780
T35 Justin Suh -7 $15,263
T35 Byeong-Hun An -7 $15,263
T35 Ian Poulter -7 $15,263
T35 Charlie Beljan -7 $15,263
T39 Bronson Burgoon -6 $10,962
T39 Davis Riley -6 $10,962
T39 Sam Ryder -6 $10,962
T39 Anirban Lahiri -6 $10,962
T39 Lucas Glover -6 $10,962
T39 Jonathan Byrd -6 $10,962
T39 Bryson Nimmer -6 $10,962
T39 Vaughn Taylor -6 $10,962
T39 Roberto Castro -6 $10,962
T39 Peter Uihlein -6 $10,962
T49 Jason Bohn -5 $7,635
T49 Satoshi Kodaira -5 $7,635
T49 Kristoffer Ventura -5 $7,635
T49 Joseph Bramlett -5 $7,635
T53 Taylor Pendrith -4 $7,062
T53 Ryan Blaum -4 $7,062
T53 David Lingmerth -4 $7,062
T53 Scott Brown -4 $7,062
T53 Dalton Ward -4 $7,062
T58 Edward Figueroa -3 $6,750
T58 Stephan Jaeger -3 $6,750
T58 Michael Gellerman -3 $6,750
T58 Paul Barjon -3 $6,750
T58 Padraig Harrington -3 $6,750
T63 Dylan Meyer -2 $6,510
T63 Mark D. Anderson -2 $6,510
T63 Michael Gligic -2 $6,510
T66 Will Cannon -1 $6,360
T66 Zack Sucher -1 $6,360
T68 Richard S. Johnson E $6,150
T68 J.J. Spaun E $6,150
T68 Tommy Gainey E $6,150
T68 George McNeill E $6,150
T68 Marcelo Rozo E $6,150
73 Ben Martin 1 $5,970
74 Michael Kim 2 $5,910
75 John Senden 3 $5,850

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Winner’s Bag: Branden Grace, Puerto Rico Open

A complete list of the gear South Africa’s Branden Grace used to win the PGA Tour’s 2021 Puerto Rico Open.

A complete list of the golf equipment Branden Grace used to win the PGA Tour’s 2021 Puerto Rico Open:

DRIVER: Callaway Epic Speed (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana TB 60 shaft

FAIRWAY WOOD: Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero (16.5 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus 6 Blue shaft

IRONS: Callaway Apex UT (3), with Fujikura prototype shaft, X Forged CB (4-PW), with Project X 6.5 shafts

WEDGES: Callaway JAWS MD5 (52, 56, 60 degrees), with Project X 6.5 shafts

PUTTER: Odyssey 2-Ball Ten

BALL: Titleist Pro V1x

GRIPS: Golf Pride MCC (full swing) / SuperStroke Taxion Claw 1.0 (putter)

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Just weeks after his father’s death, Branden Grace finishes eagle-birdie to win Puerto Rico Open

Branden Grace made an eagle and a birdie in his final two holes to win the Puerto Rico Open for his second PGA Tour victory.

Branden Grace sure has a flair for the dramatic.

Back in 2016, Grace won his first PGA Tour event with a final-round 66 at the RBC Heritage. On Sunday afternoon, he did the same, holing-out for eagle on the par-4 17th and then making birdie from the sand on the par-5 18th to reach 19 under and claim the trophy at the 2021 Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Jhonattan Vegas made birdie on the par-5 18th to reach 18 under, briefly tying Grace for the lead and ultimately finishing second. Rafael Campos, who was born in San Juan and now resides in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, fell short once again in his home country, earning a third top-10 finish at the tournament.

Puerto Rico Open: Leaderboard

Campos and Grayson Murray finished T-3 at 16 under, while Brice Garnett and Andrew Putnam round out the top five at 15 under.

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Puerto Rico Open: Brandon Wu shoots 67, showing he’s ready for bright lights of PGA Tour

Korn Ferry Tour pro Brandon Wu is taking advantage of his opportunity at this week’s Puerto Rico Open, grabbing the 36-hole lead.

Brandon Wu has been the forgotten man of the vaunted Class of 2019.

While Colin Morikawa has won a major championship and Matthew Wolff and Viktor Hovland have both notched PGA Tour wins and cruised into the top 20 in the world, Brandon Wu has been toiling on the Korn Ferry Tour.

But not this week. Wu, 24, is competing at the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open and grabbed the early second-round lead with a 5-under 67 on Friday at Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

If Wu’s name sounds familiar, it should. He helped lead Stanford to the 2019 NCAA Championship, its first title in 12 years, represented the U.S. in the Walker Cup, and became the first amateur since 1967 to qualify for the U.S. and British Opens in 2019. But after failing to secure full exempt status at Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School, Wu started last year Monday-qualifying for events on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Then COVID-19 hit, but when play resumed he proved his mettle, winning the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. He’s currently fourth on the Korn Ferry Tour money list. Under normal circumstances, he would’ve earned a promotion to the PGA Tour by now, but due to the suspension of play last year status was frozen for the current season.

Puerto Rico Open: Leaderboard

This week, opportunity knocks and he’s not the only KFT regular making some noise. Wu shot 66 on Thursday as did Taylor Pendrith and Lee Hodges, which had the three KFT stars tied for second and one stroke back of pacesetter Tommy Gainey.

“That was pretty cool to see,” Wu said. “I think, yeah, it shows that we have all the skills and talent to compete at this level. And yeah, you just got to go out and play well.”

A year ago, Hovland notched his maiden PGA Tour victory in dramatic fashion at this event. Could Wu do the same? He put on a clinic with his iron play on Friday, hitting 17 of 18 greens in blustery conditions, none better than a high fade from 240 yards to 10 feet at 18.

“That was the shot of the day that I saw him hit,” said Golf Channel’s Arron Oberholser.

“I think my irons have always kind of been the strength of my game, so that’s always been there, which is good,” Wu said. “I’m definitely hitting it really solid.”

Wu made the birdie putt to climb to 11-under 133 and break out of a tie with Aussie veteran Greg Chalmers, who birdied his last two holes for 68. A day earlier, Chalmers made four birdies in a row beginning at the second and then aced the 235-yard par-3 eighth hole on his way to shooting 66.

“I played some of the best golf I have played in a long time,” he said.

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Puerto Rico Open: Rafael Campos tries to be this week’s hometown hero

Puerto Rico native Rafael Campos is attempting to break out of his slump with some home cooking and 7 birdies Thursday.

One week after Max Homa won the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles, not far from where he grew up, another hometown hero is in the thick of it at the Puerto Rico Open.

Rafael Campos, 32, must be enjoying some home cooking as he carded seven birdies and just one bogey en route to an opening-round 6-under 66 at Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

“I really do feel more comfortable being out here,” said Campos, who was part of a five-way tie for second, one stroke behind leader Tommy Gainey. “I understand where I can miss the balls and fully have good looks to make up-and-down. I’m actually very relaxed.”

Campos’s stellar start was shades of 2016 when he opened with a 64 and became the first Puerto Rican golfer to lead a Tour event since World Golf Hall of Famer Chi Chi Rodriguez won the Tallahassee Open in 1979. Campos stayed in the trophy hunt that year until Sunday, notching a T-8 and finished T-10 a year later. He’s only made the cut in six of his 11 starts at the Puerto Rico Open, but said he’s finally figured the course out.

Puerto Rico Open: Leaderboard

“I normally play a little left-to-right shot, but this course actually has a lot of left-to-right wind, so it’s actually tougher for me,” he explained during his pre-tournament interview. “But I actually realized I found different ways to play this course and I really feel comfortable now. I know where to attack, where not to attack.”

It also had to be good for Campos to simply be back in a place with positive memories. He missed playing in the tournament for the first time in the tournament’s history last year due to a torn muscle in his back.

“It was really hard for me,” he said.

But he really had no choice. The injury prevented him from swinging a club until August, six months later. Since his return, Campos has been mired in a slump. He’s missed his last four cuts and seven of his eight starts this season on the PGA Tour. But he showed signs of breaking out of his rut, tying for seventh at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Lecom Suncoast Classic on Sunday.

“I knew I was really close,” he said, “so, seeing last week things kind of click into place a little bit more and finish in the top-10 over there at the Korn Ferry, giving me a chance to actually win a tournament, really nice to feel the nerves again.”

Campos has made a steady climb as a pro, spending 56 starts on PGA Tour Latinoamerica and 84 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour before earning his PGA Tour card for the first time in the 2019-20 season. A strong result this week would go a long way to maintaining his current membership status. Sidney Wolf, president of the Puerto Rico Golf Association, has even grander ambitions.

“My dream,” he told Golfweek in 2017, “is to see a Latino win this event.”

On a windy Thursday, Gainey birdied five of his last seven holes to take his fourth 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA Tour.

“The whole game’s in good shape right now,” said Gainey, who has been playing primarily on the Korn Ferry Tour of late. “I’m hitting it good enough to win, and it’s just time for me to get back out on the PGA Tour, where I belong.

Campos was tied with veterans Robert Garrigus, who birdied four of his first six holes, Greg Chalmers, who made a hole-in-one at the par-3 eighth, and a pair of Korn Ferry Tour stars, Taylor Pendrith and Lee Hodges, who are out to prove they’ve got game too.

“I would say top to bottom – obviously we’re not as strong as out here, but we can compete. Any week, anybody from the Korn Ferry could win out here,” Hodges said.

Rafael Campos walks up to the 18th green during the final round of the 2017 Puerto Rico Open. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images)

Campos, who grew up in San Juan, hit 16 of 18 greens in the opening round. He’s the biggest name in the Puerto Rican golf community and he’s trying to give back through the formation of a First Tee chapter, the youth development program based in the U.S.

“I think it’s something that’s mandatory and necessary here on the island,” Campos said. “I believe this is a great opportunity to kind of showcase and implement golf into schools, into areas that don’t know anything about golf basically. You never know if the next Tiger Woods is actually coming from these areas.”

There would be no greater spark for golf in Puerto Rico than a hometown victory. Campos has threatened before and a promising start lends hope that this could be the year for his big breakthrough.

“I hit the ball very well, gave myself a lot of great looks. Wasn’t really aggressive today, which I think that was a key, just kind of tried to play my way around the course,” he said. “Hopefully tomorrow we’ll try to do the same thing, hit the ball the same way.”

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