Officials with the PGA Tour couldn’t have asked for a better scenario than the one that played out in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open. As the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, with its massive guaranteed contracts, wrapped up its debut event in London on Saturday, the tour countered with a star-studded final threesome playing for a title at St. George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy and Tony Finau, who started the day tied at 11 under, and Justin Thomas, one shot back at 10 under, had a combined 37 PGA Tour wins, six majors and an average World Ranking of 10.7.
In the end, it turned into a Sunday shootout, McIlroy prevailing with a closing 62 to win by two shots over Finau (64) and three shots over Thomas (64).
The victory for McIlroy was the 21st of his PGA Tour career but the first time he’s defended a tournament title (he won the Canadian Open in 2019, the last time the event was held due to COVID-19 cancellations of tournament in 2020 and 2021). It also meant McIlroy closed out a tournament for the ninth time in 15 tries while leading or carrying a share of the lead entering the final round.
For his win, McIlroy claimed a prize money payout of $1.566 million from an overall purse of $8.7 million. Here are the prize money payouts for the entire field.
Win: Rory McIlroy, 261/-19, $1,566,000
2: Tony Finau, 263/-17, $948,300
3: Justin Thomas, 265/-15, $600,300
T-4: Sam Burns, 266/-14, $391,500
T-4: Justin Rose, 266/-14, $391,500
6: Corey Conners, 268/-12, $315,375
T7: Wyndham Clark, 270/-10, $273,325
T7: Chris Kirk, 270/-10, $273,325
T7: Keith Mitchell, 270/-10, $273,325
T-10: Matt Fitzpatrick, 271/-9, $219,675
T-10: Danny Lee, 271/-9, $219,675
T-10: Shane Lowry, 271/-9, $219,675
T-13: Austin Cook, 272/-8, $160,515
T-13: Kelly Kraft, 272/-8, $160,515
T-13: Aaron Rai, 272/-8, $160,515
T-13: Brendon Todd, 272/-8, $160,515
T-13: Harold Varner III, 272/-8, $160,515
T-18: Doug Ghim, 273/-7, $123,975
T-18: Patrick Rodgers, 273/-7, $123,975
T-18: Scottie Scheffler, 273/-7, $123,975
T-21: Adam Long, 274/-6, $94,830
T-21: Scott Piercy, 274/-6, $94,830
T-21: Alex Smalley, 274/-6, $94,830
T-21: Adam Svensson, 274/-6, $94,830
T-25: John Huh, 275/-5, $71,485
T-25: Jim Knous, 275/-5, $71,485
T-25: Sebastián Muñoz, 275/-5, $71,485
T-28: Emiliano Grillo, 276/-4, $57,047.15
T-28: Mackenzie Hughes, 276/-4, $57,047.15
T-28: Jonas Blixt, 276/-4, $57,047.14
T-28: Hank Lebioda, 276/-4, $57,047.14
T-28: Chase Seiffert, 276/-4, $57,047.14
T-28: Nick Taylor, 276/-4, $57,047.14
T-28: Danny Willett, 276/-4, $57,047.14
T-35: Ryan Armour, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Adam Hadwin, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Nick Hardy, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Charley Hoffman, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Justin Lower, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Ryan Moore, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Seung-Yul Noh, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Matt Wallace, 277/-3, $39,730
T-35: Vince Whaley, 277/-3, $39,730
T-44: Mark Hubbard, 278/-2, $30,015
T-44: Austin Smotherman, 278/-2, $30,015
T-46: Paul Barjon, 279/-1, $26,535
T-46: Carlos Ortiz, 279/-1, $26,535
T-48: Aaron Cockerill, 280/E, $22,567.80
T-48: Lee Hodges, 280/E, $22,567.80
T-48: Cameron Smith, 280/E, $22,567.80
T-48: Brandt Snedeker, 280/E, $22,567.80
T-48: Vaughn Taylor, 280/E, $22,567.80
T-53: Brett Drewitt, 281/+1, $20,387
T-53: Ben Martin, 281/+1, $20,387
T-53: Robert Streb, 281/+1, $20,387
T-53: Sahith Theegala, 281/+1, $20,387
T-53: Bo Van Pelt, 281/+1, $20,387
T-53: Jhonattan Vegas, 281/+1, $20,387
T-59: J.J. Henry, 282/+2, $19,662
T-59: Cameron Percy, 282/+2, $19,662
T-61: Dylan Frittelli, 283/+3, $19,314
T-61: Kramer Hickok, 283/+3, $19,314
63: Ben Crane, 284/+4, $19,053
T-64: Rafa Cabrera Bello, 285/+5, $18,531
T-64: Brandon Hagy, 285/+5, $18,531
T-64: Andrew Novak, 285/+5, $18,531
T-64: Sean O’Hair, 285/+5, $18,531
T-64: David Skinns, 285/+5, $18,531
69: Trey Mullinax, 286/+6, $18,009
70: Dawie van der Walt, 288/+8, $17,835
