2026 Genesis Invitational payout: Here's how much every player made

In a field full of golf’s biggest stars, 26-year-old Jacob Bridgeman stood alone this week at the Genesis Invitational

The Clemson product tore up Riviera Country Club over the first three days and then held on Sunday to beat Rory McIlroy and Kurt Kitayama by one to claim his first career PGA Tour victory.

Bridgeman arrived on Sunday with a six-shot lead over McIlroy. While the gap was big, Bridgeman knew that he couldn’t stumble during the final round and open the door for McIlroy. Playing conservative wasn’t going to cut it. He had to stay aggressive and keep the pedal down to fend off a generational great.

“I think maybe the only thing would be I know he’s going to play well tomorrow. I know that I can’t back up at all,” Bridgeman said on Saturday.

“I think the way I’ve been playing is pretty aggressive and it’s been working. I don’t know that I’m going to change anything. And if that aggression gets me into a little bit of trouble, that’s OK. Maybe it will kind of balance out with some good ones. I don’t think anything’s going to change. Hopefully I can come out firing again.”

Bridgeman opened with a birdie at the first and poured in another at No. 3 to stretch his lead to seven. He made the turn at even par for the round and arrived at the 10th tee with a five-shot lead on Kurt Kitayama and a six-shot edge on McIlroy, Adam Scott and Aldrich Potgieter.

Bridgeman said this week has been “fun and easy,” but the golf gods never make it that simple. As he parred his way through the back nine, Kitayama made a furious charge to close the gap to one with two holes to play. Bridgeman parred the par-5 17th and arrived at the 72nd hole needing to make a four to secure the title and avoid the playoff.

He split the fairway, hit his approach to 19 feet and two-putted to lift the trophy at Tiger Woods’ tournament and take home the $4 million check that goes with it.

Below is a breakdown of what everyone in the field earned this week in Southern California. The tournament has a $20 million purse with $4 million going to the winner.

What every player made at the 2026 Genesis Invitational

WIN. Jacob Bridgeman, $4,000,000

T2. Kurt Kitayama, $1,800,000Rory McIlroy, $1,800,000

4. Adam Scott, $1,000,000

5. Aldrich Potgieter, $840,000

6. Jake Knapp, $760,000

T7. Xander Schauffele, $602,200Collin Morikawa, $602,200Cameron Young, $602,200Tommy Fleetwood, $602,200Ryan Fox, $602,200

T12. Scottie Scheffler, $415,000Min Woo Lee, $415,000Jordan Spieth, $415,000Alex Noren, $415,000

T16. Marco Penge, $319,000Sam Stevens, $224,500Akshay Bhatia, $224,500Pierceson Coody, $224,500

T20. Ludvig Aberg, $259,500Robert MacIntyre, $259,500

T22. Harris English, $224,500Sahith Theegala, $224,500

T24. Shane Lowry, $178,250Matt Fitzpatrick, $178,250Matt McCarty, $178,250Max Greyserman, $178,250

T28. Rickie Fowler, $136,500Aaron Rai, $136,500Tony Finau, $136,500Hideki Matsuyama, $136,500Ryan Gerard, $136,500Nick Taylor, $136,500

T34. Tom Kim, $109,000Si Woo Kim, $109,000Patrick Rodgers, $109,000

T37. Patrick Cantlay, $92,250Max Homa, $92,250Corey Conners, $92,250Sami Valimaki, $92,250

T41. Viktor Hovland, $78,000Ben Griffin, $78,000Wyndham Clark, $78,000

44. Jhonattan Vegas, $70,000

T45. Ryo Hisatsune, $64,000Taylor Pendrith, $64,000

T47. Denny McCarthy, $57,000Andrew Novak, $57,000

49. Matti Schmid, $54,000

T50. Sepp Straka, $51,500Brian Harman, $51,500

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