2024 Puerto Rico Open prize money payouts for each PGA Tour golfer

The first opposite-field event on the 2024 schedule had plenty of goodies up for grabs.

The Puerto Rico Open, the first opposite-field event on the PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule, didn’t have a Masters invite on the line but there were plenty of other goodies up for grabs.

The winner Sunday was Brice Garnett, who hadn’t won in six years. This victory was huge for him, as he earned a Tour card through 2026, 300 FedEx Cup points, a cash prize of $720,000 and a spot in this week’s $25 million Players Championship, which has the richest first-place check – $4.5 million – on the PGA Tour.

Barnes earned $436,000 for finishing runner-up. Those in the three-way tie for third took home $212,000.

Pos Player Score Earnings
1 Brice Garnett -19 $720,000
1 Erik Barnes -19 $436,000
T3 Victor Perez -18 $212,000
T3 Hayden Springer -18 $212,000
T3 Jimmy Stanger -18 $212,000
T6 Adrien Dumont de Chassart -17 $135,000
T6 Joe Highsmith -17 $135,000
T6 Ben Kohles -17 $135,000
9 Norman Xiong -16 $117,000
T10 Jackson Van Paris (a) -15 0
T10 Evan Harmeling -15 $93,000
T10 Austin Cook -15 $93,000
T10 Martin Laird -15 $93,000
T10 Matti Schmid -15 $93,000
T15 Henrik Norlander -14 $69,000
T15 Nico Echavarria -14 $69,000
T18 Rafael Campos -13 $53,000
T18 Richy Werenski -13 $53,000
T18 Ryo Hisatsune -13 $53,000
T18 Sam Stevens -13 $53,000
T18 Vince Whaley -13 $53,000
T23 Kevin Chappell -12 $32,333
T23 Mac Meissner -12 $32,333
T23 Troy Merritt -12 $32,333
T23 Aaron Rai -12 $32,333
T23 Michael Kim -12 $32,333
T23 Jacob Bridgeman -12 $32,333
T23 Aaron Baddeley -12 $32,333
T23 Cody Gribble -12 $32,333
T23 Tyler Duncan -12 $32,333
T32 Zecheng Dou -11 $20,520
T32 S.Y. Noh -11 $20,520
T32 Tommy Gainey -11 $20,520
T32 Fred Biondi -11 $20,520
T32 Pierceson Coody -11 $20,520
T32 Kevin Tway -11 $20,520
T32 Garrick Higgo -11 $20,520
T32 Kevin Streelman -11 $20,520
T32 Robert MacIntyre -11 $20,520
T32 Rico Hoey -11 $20,520
T42 Ben Silverman -10 $13,423
T42 Brandon Wu -10 $13,423
T42 Ben Martin -10 $13,423
T42 Harrison Endycott -10 $13,423
T42 Raul Pereda -10 $13,423
T42 Patrick Fishburn -10 $13,423
T42 Scott Piercy -10 $13,423
T49 Jim Herman -9 $9,973
T49 Chris Nido -9 $9,973
T49 Taiga Semikawa -9 $9,973
T49 Rasmus Hojgaard -9 $9,973
T49 Harry Hall -9 $9,973
T49 Joel Dahmen -9 $9,973
T55 Ben Griffin -8 $9,320
T55 Roger Sloan -8 $9,320
T55 Ryan Brehm -8 $9,320
T58 Ryan McCormick -7 $9,080
T58 Michael Gligic -7 $9,080
T58 Paul Haley II -7 $9,080
T61 Sangmoon Bae -6 $8,720
T61 Josh Teater -6 $8,720
T61 Sean O’Hair -6 $8,720
T61 Kyle Stanley -6 $8,720
T61 Tom Whitney -6 $8,720
T61 Chan Kim -6 $8,720
67 David Skinns -5 $8,440
T68 Austin Smotherman -4 $8,280
T68 Brian Stuard -4 $8,280
T68 Tyler Collet -4 $8,280
71 Chris Stroud -3 $8,120
72 Angel Ayora -2 $8,040

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Brice Garnett outlasts Erik Barnes in four-hole playoff at 2024 Puerto Rico Open, earns spot in the Players Championship

Garnett’s last win came six years ago.

The first opposite-field event of the 2024 PGA Tour season was a two-man race down the stretch that went to a lengthy playoff.

On one side was Erik Barnes, who turned pro in 2011 but was making just his 22nd PGA Tour start. On the other was Brice Garnett, who six years ago won his lone tournament, the 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in the Dominican Republic. This was his 241st start.

In a social media post from 2020 that resurfaced Sunday, Barnes talked about taking a job as a Grocery Replenishment Specialist, with the shifts starting at 4 a.m., during COVID when playing opportunities diminished on the Korn Ferry Tour.

“It’s a nice way of saying ‘stock boy’,” he said at the time.

The duo were tied for the lead after regulation at 19 under, with both making par on the 630-yard par-5 18th. In the playoff, they each went par-birdie-par before Garnett drained a long right-to-left breaking putt for a birdie, leaving Barnes to match with a putt from the fringe for birdie but he ran it by the left.

That ended the longest playoff in tournament history as Garnett won for the second time on Tour, six years after his first. He earned $720,000 for the win as well as full exempt status on the PGA Tour through the 2026 season.

He also earned a spot in this week’s 2024 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Ben Kohles, Jimmy Stanger and Victor Perez, who shot a 65 Sunday, tied for third.

Amateur Jackson Van Paris, a junior at Vanderbilt playing in his first PGA Tour event, posted the low score in the final round, an 8-under 64. He was in 50th place to start the day but finished tied for 10th.

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Ben Kohles shoots career-best round, leads Puerto Rico Open with 18 holes to go

Ben Kohles last four starts? MC, MC, WD, MC.

In Ben Kohles last four starts, he has missed three cuts and withdrawn from the other tournament.

At the 2024 Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, he’s the solo leader with 18 holes to play.

Kohles shot the best score in relation to par, 9-under 63, in his PGA Tour career on Saturday. He had nine birdies and nine pars with a clean card to put himself in position for his first Tour victory.

“The last four events haven’t been great, but like we always say, I felt like I’ve been close,” Kohles said. “I don’t feel like I’ve been playing that bad. Like I said, I think I just needed something to kind of click.”

Click it did Saturday.

Kohles sits at 18 under for the tournament, leading Jimmy Stanger, Brice Garnett and Matti Schmid by two shots. Last year’s champion, Nico Echavarria, sits solo eighth at 13 under.

A year ago this week, Kohles won on the Korn Ferry Tour in Chile. He’s trying to go back-to-back, but this victory would mean even more.

The winner Sunday will earn a Tour card through 2026, a $720,000 winner’s check and 300 FedEx Cup points.

Lefty Joe Highsmith pulls in front on bunched-up Puerto Rico Open leaderboard

The Pepperdine grad is angling to be the 16th left-handed golfer to win on the circuit.

There were eight golfers tied atop the 2024 Puerto Rico Open leaderboard after the first round, which finished Friday because of a weather delay Thursday.

The bunched-up leaderboard continued through the second round, as four golfers – Matti Schmid, Kevin Streelman, Rafael Campos and Ryo Hisatune – shared the 36-hole lead at the Grand Reserve Golf Club until late in the day when Joe Highsmith got to 13 under before play was suspended for darkness for a second night in a row.

The Pepperdine grad making his eighth PGA Tour start is angling to be the 16th left-handed golfer to win on the circuit.

He went out in 32 after a birdie on No. 8 and an eagle on No. 9. After a bogey on 10, he birdied Nos. 11, 13 and 14 before his day was over.

This is the first opposite-field event of the season, and in addition to the $720,000 first-place prize, the winner will earn a spot in the 2024 Players Championship, if not already eligible, as well as a two-year PGA Tour exemption.

A 4-time winner and a PGA Tour rookie are tied for lead at stormy Puerto Rico Open

The Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Golf Club is the Tour’s first opposite-field event of the year.

Scott Piercy is a four-time PGA Tour winner. Joe Highsmith is a Tour rookie.

Piercy, 45, is nearly twice as old as Highsmith, 23. The duo are in vastly different stages of their career, but they’re tied for the led at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open after their 7-under 65 opening rounds.

The Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Golf Club is the Tour’s first opposite-field event of the year, and Thursday’s opening round didn’t finish because of afternoon storms that rolled through the area, forcing a suspension of play for more than two hours for the afternoon groups.

The first round was suspended with 54 players still needing to complete their rounds. Play will resume at 7:20 a.m. ET Friday, with round two scheduled to begin at 7:50 a.m. ET.

Piercy and Highsmith finished their rounds in the morning and are the overnight leaders.

“I think today was a lot of progress on the mental side,” Highsmith said of his opening round. “I felt like this year I just haven’t done a great job kind of just focusing and being like clear on what I’m trying to do out there. It’s been easy to get distracted with a lot of stuff out here.”

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Joe Highsmith plays his shot from the fourth tee during the first round of the 2024 Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Golf Club. (Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Kevin Streelman was 6 under thru 14 when the horn sounded for the day, and he’s tied with Brice Garnett, Garrick Higgo and Erik Barnes at T-3.

Defending champion Nico Echavarria shot 4 under in the opening round and is T-17. Aaron Wise, in his first start since the 2023 U.S. Open, shot 4 over.