Hiram Moreno
The hectic 2022 RSM Classic will be an important tournament in the calendar of the PGA Tour 2022/23,as it will be the last event of the season this year before the break until next January. In this way, many golfers will be looking to head off on a well-deserved vacation with something to celebrate – and a good amount of money in their pockets to spend!
The tournament will be held November 17-20 at the Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons, Georgia:this place will host several top level golfers who will fight for the champion’s trophy.
They will, however, be competing for more than just honors, as the 2022 RSM Classic will also provide its competitors with a fantastic money reward, which we at JefeBet will reveal to you below.
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Updated Purse and Prize Money Breakdown for the 2022 RSM Classic Running from November 17-20, 2022
Despite having a much smaller prize pool than other early-season events like the Zozo Championship and the CJ Cup, the 2022 RSM Classic purse is by no means insignificant, especially considering the increase it received from the previous edition.
The purse for the RSM Classic in 2022 will be $8.1 million, an increase of precisely 12.5% from the 2021 total of $7.2 million. Moreover, this $900,000 represents the largest increase in the tournament purse from one year to the next, being surpassed only by the 2013 RSM Classic ($5.5 million – $1.5 million more than the previous edition).
The winner in 2021, Talor Gooch, walked away with $1,296 billion to his credit, and. the champion of this 2022 RSM Classic will earn a total of $1,458,000 million. However, not only the first place winner will win, and here is the table of how the money will be distributed according to the position of the golfers.
| Place | Award |
| 1 | $1,458,000 |
| 2 | $882,900 |
| 3 | $558,900 |
| 4 | $396,900 |
| 5 | $332,100 |
| 6 | $293,625 |
| 7 | $273,375 |
| 8 | $253,125 |
| 9 | $236,925 |
| 10 | $220,725 |
| 11 | $204,525 |
| 12 | $188,325 |
| 13 | $172,125 |
| 14 | $155,925 |
| 15 | $147,825 |
| 16 | $139,725 |
| 17 | $131,625 |
| 18 | $123,525 |
| 19 | $115,425 |
| 20 | $107,325 |
| 21 | $99,225 |
| 22 | $91,125 |
| 23 | $84,645 |
| 24 | $78,165 |
| 25 | $71,685 |
| 26 | $65,205 |
| 27 | $62,775 |
| 28 | $60,345 |
| 29 | $57,915 |
| 30 | $55,485 |
| 31 | $53,055 |
| 32 | $50,625 |
| 33 | $48,195 |
| 34 | $46,170 |
| 35 | $44,145 |
| 36 | $42,120 |
| 37 | $40,095 |
| 38 | $38,475 |
| 39 | $36,855 |
| 40 | $35,235 |
| 41 | $33,615 |
| 42 | $31,995 |
| 43 | $30,375 |
| 44 | $28,755 |
| 45 | $27,135 |
| 46 | $25,515 |
| 47 | $23,895 |
| 48 | $22,599 |
| 49 | $21,465 |
| 50 | $20,817 |
| 51 | $20,331 |
| 52 | $19,845 |
| 53 | $19,521 |
| 54 | $19,197 |
| 55 | $19,035 |
| 56 | $18,873 |
| 57 | $18,711 |
| 58 | $18,549 |
| 59 | $18,387 |
| 60 | $18,225 |
| 61 | $18,063 |
| 62 | $17,901 |
| 63 | $17,739 |
| 64 | $17,577 |
| 65 | $17,415 |
Additional information and curious facts about the 2022 RSM Classic
- Only one golfer in all history has been able to win this tournament on more than one occasion, that being Robert Streb (2014 and 2020).
- There haven’t been any instances in the past 12 years of the runner-up of one edition winning the competition in the following edition.
- The best score in the competition is 22 under par, recorded by Talor Gooch (2021) and Kevin Kisner (2015).
- Only once in history has a Latino managed to finish in the top two places at the RSM Classic, with that being Colombian Camilo Villegas (second place, 2016).
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