RBC Heritage purse, payouts: How much did Justin Thomas earn for his win at Harbour Town?
He went more than 1,000 days between wins, but Justin Thomas is finally back on top.
Thomas sank a deep birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Andrew Novak and win the RBC Heritage on Sunday afternoon. He fired a bogey-free 68, and then erupted into a massive celebration on the green after what was his first win since the 2022 PGA Championship.
WHAT A WAY TO WIN IT! 🤯
Justin Thomas with the putt to claim victory at the @RBC_Heritage 🔥🏆 pic.twitter.com/JSaofLwsur
— Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) April 20, 2025
With that win came a $3.6 million check, too.
As the RBC Heritage is a Signature Event on the PGA Tour, it offered a $20 million purse. That's just shy of what the Masters offered last week, and on par with some of the biggest prizes on Tour this season.
Thomas has come painfully close to winning in recent years. He had six top-10 finishes on Tour last season, including a runner-up finish at the Zozo Championship, and he entered this week with a pair of runner-up finishes this season, too. Thomas finished in second at The American Express in January and then again at the Valspar Championship in March. He's not missed a single cut in 10 starts this season, and he's coming off a T36 finish at Augusta National last week.
But Thomas was great this week from the jump. He matched the course record on Thursday with a 61, and held his first 36-hole lead in nearly four years after Friday's round. He then held on late and, after Novak missed an 8-footer for the win in regulation, handled the playoff perfectly to finally grab his win.
Here's a look at how much Thomas and the rest of the field earned this week in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
RBC Heritage payouts
1. Justin Thomas — $3.6 million
2. Andrew Novak — $2.16 million
T3. Daniel Berger, Mackenzie Hughes, Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy — $960,000
7. Tommy Fleetwood — $670,000
T8. Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley, Si Woo Kim — $580,000
T11. J.T. Poston, Sungjae Im — $480,000
T13. Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Viktor Hovland, Cam Davis, Patrick Cantlay — $260,000
T18. Xander Schauffele, Sami Valimaki, Chris Kirk, Eric Cole, Jordan Spieth, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Hoge, Shane Lowry, Keegan Bradley — $223,000
26. $159,000
T27. Davis Thompson, Ryan Gerard, Billy Horschel, Max Greyserman, Wyndham Clark, — $140,000
T32. Bud Cauley, Austin Eckroat, Matt Kuchar, Thoams Detry, Stephan Jaeger, Brian Campbell — $109,084
T38. Tony Finau, Aaron Rai, Ben An, Matt Fizpatrick — $86,250
T42. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Patrick Rodgers, Matthieu Pavon, J.J. Spaun, Taylor Pendrith, Akshay Bhatia, Justin Rose — $64,000
T49. Corey Conners, Denny McCarthy, Nick Taylor, Jason Day, Adam Scott $48,000
T54. Collin Morikawa, Michael Kim, Ludvig Åberg, Sam Stevens, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Karl Vilips — $44,500
T61. Min Woo Lee, Adam Hadwin, Gary Woodland, Lucas Glover, Jacob Bridgeman — $41,500
T66. Robert MacIntyre, Harris English — $39,750
68. Rickie Fowler — $39,000
69. Sahith Theegala — $38,000
70. Max Homa — $37,500
71. Nick Dunlap — $37,000
72. Joe Highsmith — $36,500
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