Wells Fargo Championship 2016: Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts

Past Wells Fargo Championship winner Rickie Fowler held the 2016 tournament’s 54-hole lead but collapsed in Sunday’s final round at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Superstars Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson both fired off rounds of six-under 66 to create some early drama, but the last man standing was James Hahn.

A Sunday score of 70 got Hahn to nine under overall. Roberto Castro matched that total with a round of 71 to force a playoff, which Hahn prevailed in with a par on the first sudden-death hole.

Below is a listing of the top performers and the prize money they earned from a sizable $7.3 million purse:

The trio of Hahn, Castro and Justin Rose were jockeying for position on the back nine, but it wasn’t the most inspiring battle down the stretch. All three of the top finishers played their last nine holes in level par or worse.

Castro bogeyed Nos. 16 and 17 and came to the par-four closing hole needing a par to get into a playoff with Hahn, who’d dropped a shot at the last with a three-putt. In pursuit of his maiden PGA Tour victory, Castro nearly carded a third straight bogey but drained a steely par putt to move on:

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Unfortunately, he did bogey the 18th in the playoff because of to a wayward drive that found the watery creek left of the fairway, allowing Hahn to notch his second win on tour with a routine two-putt par.

ESPN’s Jason Sobel had a suitable reaction to …

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