Russell Henley overtook Collin Morikawa late to grab the win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Russell Henley’s dry spell is finally over.
Henley overtook Collin Morikawa late with a perfect eagle chip-in to grab a one-shot win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Florida on Sunday afternoon. It marked his fifth career win on the PGA Tour, and his first in more than two years. He posted a final-round 70 to get to 11-under on the week.
As a result, Henley took home a $4 million check.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational was the fourth signature event of the PGA Tour season. Those events carry a $20 million purse, which is among the highest offered this season and in line or greater than the major championships. The Players Championship, which returns next week at TPC Sawgrass, had the largest purse last season at $25 million.
Hideki Matsuyama won The Sentry to kick off the season, and then Rory McIlroy won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in the second signature event. Both guys took home $3.6 million for their wins. Ludvig Åberg then won $4 million for his win at The Genesis Invitational.
Here’s a look at how much Henley and the rest of the field earned this week at Bay Hill Club and Lodge.
1. Russell Henley — $4 million2. Collin Morikawa — $2.2 million3. Corey Conners — $1.4 million4. Michael Kim — $1 millionT5. Keegan Bradley, Sepp Straka — $800,0007. Shane Lowry — $700,0008. Ben An, Justin Rose, Jason Day — $600,667T11. Tommy Fleetwood, Scottie Scheffler, Robert MacIntyre, Aaron Rai — $451,250T15. Jacob Bridgeman, Daniel Berger, Rory McIlroy — $349,00018. Denny McCarthy — $309,000T19. Sungjae Im, Si Woo Kim, Christiaan Bezuidenhout — $269,334T22. Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Chris Kirk, Patrick Rodgers, Max Greyserman, Matt Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie Hughes, Wyndham Clark — $178,112T31. Patrick Cantlay, J.J. Spaun, Nick Taylor — $126,000T34. Austin Eckroat, Andrew Novak — $111,500T36. Lucas Glover, Adam Scott, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau — $96,750T40. Xander Schauffele, Sam Stevens, Max McGreevy, Brian Harman, Tom Hoge — $78,000T45. Adam Hadwin, Isaiah Salinda, Ben Griffin — $62,000T48. Sam Burns, Jackson Koivun (a)* — $56,000
T50. J.T. Poston, Eric Cole — $53,000
*As an amateur, Jackson Koivun does not receive a paycheck for this week.
