Hideki Matsuyama defeated Alex Noren on the first hole of sudden death to win his second Hero World Challenge title (2016).
Matsuyama claimed $1 million from the $5 million purse, while Noren earned $450,000.
Here’s how the purse will be paid out to the field of 20 at Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas:
| FINISH | PLAYER | EARNINGS |
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Alex Noren | $450,000 |
| 3 | Sepp Straka | $300,000 |
| T4 | J.J. Spaun | $237,500 |
| T4 | Scottie Scheffler | $237,500 |
| 6 | Justin Rose | $220,000 |
| 7 | Corey Conners | $215,000 |
| T8 | Harris English | $207,500 |
| T8 | Wyndham Clark | $207,500 |
| 10 | Cameron Young | $200,000 |
| 11 | Sam Burns | $195,000 |
| 12 | Robert MacIntyre | $190,000 |
| 13 | Keegan Bradley | $185,000 |
| 14 | Akshay Bhatia | $180,000 |
| 15 | Billy Horschel | $175,000 |
| 16 | Brian Harman | $170,000 |
| 17 | Andrew Novak | $165,000 |
| 18 | Aaron Rai | $160,000 |
| T19 | Jordan Spieth | $152,500 |
| T19 | Chris Gotterup | $152,500 |