Sport Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational

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A statue of Arnold Palmer is seen at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando.

During Arnold Palmer’s 50 years playing professionally on the PGA Tour, he made 726 tournament starts and played a total of 2,553 rounds. He won 62 titles, fifth most in tour history, while finishing second or third 38 and 27 times, respectively. For those celebrated efforts, the seven-time major champion’s career earnings totaled a mere $1,861,857.

To understand how laughably low that is, consider that the winner on Sunday of the Arnold Palmer Invitational will earn $1,674,000 for his efforts. That’s 89.9 percent of Palmer’s career prize money while playing in .002 percent of the rounds Palmer logged in his career.

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Different era for sure, but that contrast illustrates just how much more money is at stake these days on the PGA Tour compared to when Palmer was The King. So does this: There are 10 golfers who have made more money playing in Palmer’s tournament at Bay Hill alone than Palmer did for the entirety of his career. Take a look at the career money list for the API Invitational:

1. Tiger Woods, $7,657,559.53 (18 starts, 8 wins)

2. Marc Leishman, $3,388,192.17 (11/1)

3. Rory McIlroy, $2,803,278.13 (6/1)

4. Vijay Singh, $2,650,365.71 (27/1)

5. Francesco Molinari, $2,487,528.50 (7/1)

6. Matt Every, $2,363,492.43 (11/2)

7. Justin Rose, $2,296,710.43 (15/0)

8. Henrik Stenson, $2,166,174.53 (12/0)

9. Ernie Els, $2,138,036.34 (24/2)

10. Tyrrell Hatton, $2,135,382 (4/1)

The overall prize money payout for this week’s tournament is $9.3 million. Here’s the breakdown for the prize money each golfer who made the cut will earn this week. Come back shortly after the conclusion of the tournament on Sunday and we’ll update this list with individual names and money earned.

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Win: $1,674,000

2: $1,013,700

3: $641,700

4: $455,700

5: $381,300

6: $337,125

7: $313,875

8: $290,625

9: $272,025

10: $253,425

11: $234,825

12: $216,225

13: $197,625

14: $179,025

15: $169,725

16: $160,425

17: $151,125

18: $141,825

19: $132,525

20: $123,225

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21: $113,925

22: $104,625

23: $97,185

24: $89,745

25: $82,305

26: $74,865

27: $72,075

28: $69,285

29: $66,495

30: $63,705

31: $60,915

32: $58,125

33: $55,335

34: $53,010

35: $50,685

36: $48,360

37: $46,035

38: $44,175

39: $42,315

40: $40,455

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41: $38,595

42: $36,735

43: $34,875

44: $33,015

45: $31,155

46: $29,295

47: $27,435

48: $25,947

49: $24,645

50: $23,901

51: $23,343

52: $22,785

53: $22,413

54: $22,041

55: $21,855

56: $21,669

57: $21,483

58: $21,297

59: $21,111

60: $20,925

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61: $20,739

62: $20,553

63: $20,367

64: $20,181

65: $19,995

66: $19,809

67: $19,623

68: $19,437

69: $19,251

70: $19,065

71: $18,786

72: $18,693

73: $18,507