Hero World Challenge 2016: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts

Hideki Matsuyama prevailed Sunday at the Hero World Challenge in Nassau, Bahamas.

Although he ended the final round at one over par, Matsuyama finished two strokes ahead of Henrik Stenson atop the leaderboard at 18 under overall. Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson rounded out the top five:

With his win, Matsuyama took home $1 million from the $3.5 million tournament purse. Here’s a look at what the rest of the top 10 earned, courtesy of ESPN.com:

Matsuyama had a solid front nine Sunday, birdieing Nos. 3 and 9. He slipped, however, after making the turn.

The 24-year-old opened the back nine with a double bogey on No. 10, erasing the strokes he gained earlier in the round. He lost another stroke with a bogey on the 14th hole.

As the PGA Tour noted, Stenson was slowly making up ground after birdieing No. 14:

Hideki’s lead is now just 3 over Stenson. pic.twitter.com/VYexjwOHZt

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 4, 2016

Earlier in the round, Stenson delivered one of the day’s best shots on the 603-yard ninth hole. He dropped his approach onto the green and sunk the eagle putt.

The PGA Tour shared a replay of the two-shot sequence:

The 9th hole is over 600 yards.Henrik Stenson just made an eagle … and made it look easy.#QuickHits https://t.co/CjdlvvQpyF

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 4, 2016

Whereas Stenson was locked in with his putter on No. 9, he lost the touch on the 15th hole. He three-putted to post a par, thus failing to close the gap on …

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