How Much Aaron Rai Won At The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

Aaron Rai acknowledges fans at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links

Aaron Rai beat Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff

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The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship marked the first of two DP World Tour Play-off events to decide the Race To Dubai in the Middle East.

Rory McIlroy led the way in the rankings ahead of the tournament, and he did his chances of winning the Race to Dubai no harm at all with a finish of T3.

However, while his 10-under 62 in the final round saw him surge up the leaderboard, he didn't quite do enough to clinch the title, falling one shot shy of Tommy Fleetwood and Aaron Rai.

As a result, the playoff was contested by the two Englishmen to determine the outcome, with Rai winning on the first extra hole for his third DP World Tour title and the biggest victory of his career.

Aaron Rai and Tommy Fleetwood at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

As well as the opportunity to make it to the second event in the Play-Offs, there was also some big prize money on the table in Abu Dhabi, with the players competing for a share of the $9,000,000 purse.

Thanks to his victory, Rai secured the largest slice of the prize money, earning over €1,300,000 ($1,530,000) and 1,500 Race to Dubai ranking points to leave him ninth on the list, a leap of 46 places and safely into the field for the season finale.

For Fleetwood, there is the considerable consolation of a check for almost €850,000 ($990,000), while McIlroy and the man he shared third with, Nicolai Hojgaard, bank around €438,000 ($506,000).

As a no-cut event, every player earned prize money, meaning even the player who finished 72nd and last on the leaderboard, Jeong weon Ko, won over €13,000 ($15,000).

Below is what each player won at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Prize Money Breakdown

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Position	Player	Prize Money
1st	Aaron Rai	€1,318,102.96
2nd	Tommy Fleetwood	€849,829.54
T3	Nicolai Hojgaard	€437,922.36
T3	Rory McIlroy	€437,922.36
T5	Daniel Hillier	€301,342.62
T5	Richard Mansell	€301,342.62
T7	Nacho Elvira	€214,625.32
T7	Andy Sullivan	€214,625.32
T9	Angel Ayora	€157,536.43
T9	Robert MacIntyre	€157,536.43
T9	Marco Penge	€157,536.43
T12	Shane Lowry	€126,231.48
T12	Keita Nakajima	€126,231.48
t12	Richard Sterne	€126,231.48
T15	Matthew Jordan	€112,385.62
T15	Jordan Smith	€112,385.62
T17	Daniel Brown	€97,400.87
T17	Alejandro Del Rey	€97,400.87
T17	Calum Hill	€97,400.87
T17	Alex Noren	€97,400.87
T17	John Parry	€97,400.87
22nd	Kristoffer Reitan	€88,191.49
T23	Ludvig Aberg	€76,484.66
T23	Marcus Armitage	€76,484.66
T23	Laurie Canter	€76,484.66
T23	Martin Couvra	€76,484.66
T23	Rasmus Hojgaard	€76,484.66
T23	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	€76,484.66
T23	Jacob Skov Olesen	€76,484.66
T23	Andrea Pavan	€76,484.66
T23	Jayden Schaper	€76,484.66
T32	Matt Fitzpatrick	€59,054.48
T32	Michael Kim	€59,054.48
T32	Francesco Laporta	€59,054.48
T32	Haotong Li	€59,054.48
T32	Elvis Smylie	€59,054.48
T32	Conner Syme	€59,054.48
38th	Grant Forrest	€52,290.53
T39	Eugenio Chacarra	€49,949.16
T39	Joel Girrbach	€49,949.16
T41	Alex Fitzpatrick	€42,144.61
T41	Tyrrell Hatton	€42,144.61
T41	Kazuma Kabori	€42,144.61
T41	Romain Langasque	€42,144.61
T41	Mikael Lindberg	€42,144.61
T41	Oliver Lindell	€42,144.61
T41	Joost Luiten	€42,144.61
T41	Adrien Saddier	€42,144.61
T49	Ugo Coussaud	€30,549.27
T49	Joe Dean	€30,549.27
T49	Manuel Elvira	€30,549.27
T49	Ewen Ferguson	€30,549.27
T49	Patrick Reed	€30,549.27
T49	Brandon Robinson Thompson	€30,549.27
T49	Johannes Veerman	€30,549.27
T56	Jorge Campillo	€24,974.58
T56	Ryan Gerard	€24,974.58
T56	Marcel Schneider	€24,974.58
59th	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	€23,413.67
60th	Darius Van Driel	€22,633.22
61st	Shaun Norris	€21,852.76
T62	Rafa Cabrera Bello	€19,901.62
T62	Joakim Lagergren	€19,901.62
T62	Thriston Lawrence	€19,901.62
T62	Dylan Naidoo	€19,901.62
66th	Tom McKibbin	€17,950.48
67th	Todd Clements	€17,170.03
68th	Ben Schmidt	€16,389.57
69th	Ryggs Johnston	€15,609.11
70th	Jacques Kruyswijk	€14,828.66
71st	Junghwan Lee	€14,048.20
72nd	Jeong weon Ko	€13,267.75

Jonny Leighfield is our Staff News Writer who joined Golf Monthly just in time for the 2023 Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup. He graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Sport Journalism in 2017 and spent almost five years as the sole sports reporter at his local newspaper. During his time with Golf Monthly, Jonny has interviewed several stars of the game, including Robert MacIntyre, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, and Joaquin Niemann. An improving golfer himself, Jonny enjoys learning as much about the game as he can and recently reached his Handicap goal of 18 for the first time.

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