PGA TOUR: CJ Cup preview: How to watch, who to watch, the course and prize money
The CJ Cup returns to the US with South Carolina hosting the young event. We look at who to keep an eye on and how you can follow the action.
Two years after its conception in South Korea, the CJ Cup moved to Nevada and although it was meant to be a temporary state of affairs, the tournament has remained in the US ever since. Now in its sixth season, South Carolina will host the event.
The CJ Cup fields 78 players, of whom the top 60 will come from the FedEx Cup standings. The winners of Korea’s KPGA Championship and Genesis Championship will join them, as will the top three Korean Tour players in order of merit. The top available player from the Asian Tour as well as the top available Korean player from the same Asian tour will join the top remaining three Korean players from the World Golf Ranking will round out the participants.
This year’s participants are as follows:
Five players designated by the KPGA
- Sanghun Shin
- Yeongsu Kim
- Yoseop Seo
- Bio Kim
- Yongjun Bae
Three Korean players from the Official World Golf Ranking
- S.H. Kim
- Sanghyun Park
- Byeong Hun An
Sponsor’s exemption (members not otherwise exempt)
- Harris English
- Rickie Fowler
- Ryan Palmer
- Webb Simpson
- Justin Suh
- Danny Willett
Sponsor’s exemption (unrestricted)
- Jason Day
- Chanmin Jung
- Taylor Montgomery
- Gary Woodland
Top 125 on prior season’s FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List
- Rory McIlroy
- Scottie Scheffler
- Sungjae Im
- Justin Thomas
- Max Homa
- Sepp Straka
- Tom Hoge
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Jordan Spieth
- Aaron Wise
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Jon Rahm
- Viktor Hovland
- J.T. Poston
- Cameron Young
- Collin Morikawa
- Billy Horschel
- Brian Harman
- Sam Burns
- Corey Conners
- K.H. Lee
- Sahith Theegala
- Scott Stallings
- Shane Lowry
- Trey Mullinax
- J.J. Spaun
- Tom Kim
- Davis Riley
- Denny McCarthy
- Maverick McNealy
- Kevin Kisner
- Keith Mitchell
- Kurt Kitayama
- Lucas Glover
- Seamus Power
- Russell Henley
- Andrew Putnam
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Mito Pereira
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Luke List
- Emiliano Grillo
- Keegan Bradley
- Sebastián Muñoz
- Cam Davis
- Si Woo Kim
- Brendan Steele
- Troy Merritt
- Adam Hadwin
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Chez Reavie
- Matt Kuchar
- Taylor Moore
- Chris Kirk
- Alex Noren
- Alex Smalley
- Wyndham Clark
- Lee Hodges
- John Huh
- Brendon Todd
2022 CJ Cup prize money
The total purse for the CJ Cup is $10.5 million, with the winner taking home $1.89 million.
Here is the payout for each placed finish:
- Winner: $1,890,000
- 2nd: $1,134,000
- 3rd: $714,000
- 4th: $504,000
- 5th: $420,000
- 6th: $378,000
- 7th: $351,750
- 8th: $325,500
- 9th: $304,500
- 10th: $283,500
- 11th: $262,500
- 12th: $241,500
- 13th: $220,500
- 14th: $199,500
- 15th: $187,320
- 16th: $175,980
- 17th: $165,480
- 18th: $154,980
- 19th: $144,480
- 20th: $133,980
- 21st: $123,480
- 22nd: $115,080
- 23rd: $106,680
- 24th: $98,280
- 25th: $89,880
- 26th: $81,480
- 27th: $78,330
- 28th: $75,180
- 29th: $72,030
- 30th: $68,880
- 31st: $65,730
- 32nd: $62,580
- 33rd: $59,430
- 34th: $56,805
- 35th: $54,180
- 36th: $51,555
- 37th: $48,930
- 38th: $46,830
- 39th: $44,730
- 40th: $42,630
- 41st: $40,530
- 42nd: $38,430
- 43rd: $36,330
- 44th: $34,230
- 45th: $32,130
- 46th: $30,030
- 47th: $27,930
- 48th: $26,250
- 49th: $24,780
- 50th: $23,940
- 51st: $23,310
- 52nd: $22,680
- 53rd: $22,260
- 54th: $21,840
- 55th: $21,630
- 56th: $21,420
- 57th: $21,210
- 58th: $21,000
- 59th: $20,790
- 60th: $20,580
- 61st: $20,370
- 62nd: $20,160
- 63rd: $19,950
- 64th: $19,740
- 65th: $19,530
- 66th: $19,320
- 67th: $19,110
- 68th: $18,900
- 69th: $18,690
- 70th: $18,480
- 71st: $18,270
- 72rd: $18,060
- 73rd: $17,850
- 74th: $17,640
- 75th: $17,430
- 76th: $17,220
- 77th: $17,010
- 78th: $16,800
How and where to watch
- Location: Ridgeland, South Carolina.
- Course: Congaree Golf Club
- Yardage: 7,431
- Par: 72
- Television: Thursday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
- Defending champion: Rory McIlroy