To put things into perspective, however, a third-place prize on the rival LIV golf Tour this weekend would have brought in almost three times as much.
Rory McIlroy heads to Augusta National again this week with a real pep in his step after an encouraging final round at the Valero Texas Open.
Read next: Poppy McIlroy's wise words to dad Rory was 'best piece of advice I’ve gotten in the last three years' McIlroy was a distant third, nine shots adrift, but he completed his Masters warm-up with a bogey-free 66. That was enough to see McIlroy take home a cheque for a whopping $634,800, well over double anything he had earned on the PGA Tour so far this season.
An identical finish at The Arnold Palmer Invitational brought in $224,750 for McIlroy and that was topped by the $285,536 he earned for a T19 place at The Players Championship at Sawgrass.
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