Tom Kite finished -6 and took 18% of the purse. That $54,000 is worth about $185,918 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1982 Bay Hill Classic purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 59% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1982 Bay Hill Classic prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | -6 | $54,000 | $54,000 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus | -6 | $32,400 | $26,400 |
| T2 | Denis Watson | -6 | $32,400 | $26,400 |
| T4 | Lanny Wadkins | -5 | $14,400 | $13,200 |
| T4 | Craig Stadler | -5 | $14,400 | $13,200 |
| T6 | Fuzzy Zoeller | -4 | $10,425 | |
| T6 | Ray Floyd | -4 | $10,425 | |
| T8 | Gil Morgan | -3 | $9,300 | $8,700 |
| T8 | Scott Hoch | -3 | $9,300 | $8,700 |
| T8 | Tom Jenkins | -3 | $9,300 | $8,700 |
| T11 | Hale Irwin | -2 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Dave Eichelberger | -2 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Frank Conner | -2 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Woody Blackburn | -2 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Larry Nelson | -2 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Manuel Piñero | -2 | $6,150 | |
| 17 | Nick Faldo | -1 | $4,200 | $4,800 +14% |
| T18 | Howard Clark | E | $4,200 | |
| T18 | Scott Watkins | E | $4,200 | |
| T18 | Curtis Strange | E | $4,200 | |
| T21 | Jerry Pate | +1 | $3,240 | |
| T21 | Andy Bean | +1 | $3,240 | |
| T21 | Barry Jaeckel | +1 | $3,240 | |
| T21 | Jay Haas | +1 | $3,240 | |
| 25 | Bill Britton | +2 | $2,640 | |
| T26 | Bobby Clampett | +3 | $2,220 | |
| T26 | Phillip Hancock | +3 | $2,220 | |
| T26 | David Graham | +3 | $2,220 | |
| T26 | Mike McCullough | +3 | $2,220 | |
| T26 | Mark McNulty | +3 | $2,220 | |
| T31 | Johnny Miller | +4 | $1,740 | |
| T31 | Gary Koch | +4 | $1,740 | |
| T31 | Gary Hallberg | +4 | $1,740 | |
| T31 | Isao Aoki | +4 | $1,740 | |
| T31 | Paul Azinger | +4 | $1,740 | |
| T31 | Danny Talbot | +4 | $1,740 | |
| T37 | Ed Sneed | +5 | $1,290 | |
| T37 | Mick Soli | +5 | $1,290 | |
| T37 | Mark O'Meara | +5 | $1,290 | |
| T37 | Mark Calcavecchia | +5 | $1,290 | |
| T37 | John Cook | +5 | $1,290 | |
| T37 | Bruce Lietzke | +5 | $1,290 | |
| T37 | Mark McCumber | +5 | $1,290 | |
| T44 | John Fought | +6 | $960 | |
| T44 | Bobby Cole | +6 | $960 | |
| T44 | Michael Brannan | +6 | $960 | |
| T44 | Jim Simons | +6 | $960 | |
| T48 | Tom Shaw | +7 | $786 | |
| T48 | Mike Smith | +7 | $786 | |
| T48 | Ben Crenshaw | +7 | $786 | |
| T51 | Charles Coody | +9 | $716 | |
| T51 | Larry Mize | +9 | $716 | |
| T51 | Tim Simpson | +9 | $716 | |
| T51 | Tom Weiskopf | +9 | $716 | |
| T55 | D.A. Weibring | +10 | $681 | |
| T55 | Gary Player | +10 | $681 | |
| T55 | Dick Mast | +10 | $681 | |
| T55 | Lyn Lott | +10 | $681 | |
| 59 | Tom Chain | +11 | $666 | |
| T60 | Morris Hatalsky | +12 | $657 | |
| T60 | Mike Nicolette | +12 | $657 | |
| 62 | Miller Barber | +13 | $648 | |
| 63 | Pat Lindsey | +16 | $639 | $642 |
| 64 | Jerry Heard | +22 | $636 | |
| T65 | Mike Holland | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Lou Graham | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Ken Green | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Bobby Mitchell | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Bud Allin | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Seve Ballesteros | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Ray Barr Jr. | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Jim Booros | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | J. C. Snead | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Larry Rinker | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| T65 | Bill Rogers | +2 | $621 | $600 |
| MC | Jim Nelford | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Arnold Palmer | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Sander | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Sanders | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Cesar Sanudo | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Lonnie Nielsen | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Oosterhuis | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Nichols | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Pohl | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Don Pooley | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Rick Pearson | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Calvin Peete | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Ken Still | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Kermit Zarley | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Howard Twitty | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Valentine | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Wadkins | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Sullivan | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Hal Sutton | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Barney Thompson | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Leonard Thompson | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | David Thore | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | John Traub | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Adolph Popp | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Skip Dunaway | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Krenkel | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Massy Kuramoto | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Robbie Gilmore | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Byman | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Bryant | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Burke Jr. | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Black | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Eric Batten | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Beau Baugh | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Barr | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Chip Beck | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Benson | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Wally Armstrong | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Perry Arthur | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Albus | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Colbert | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Couples | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Keith Fergus | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Dow Finsterwald | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Campbell | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Fleisher | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Johnny Elam | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Elder | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | John DeForest | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Dent | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Douglass | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Eastwood | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Lindy Miller | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Kratzert | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bernhard Langer | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Lye | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Sandy Lyle | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Gibby Gilbert | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Ford | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Hubert Green | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Inman | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Inskeep | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Hayes | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark James | +3 | $0 | |
| DQ | Grier Jones | Not known | ||
| DQ | Joe Hager | Not known | ||
| DQ | Tim Graham | Not known | ||
| DQ | Barry Harwell | Not known | ||
| DQ | Gary McCord | Not known | ||
| DQ | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| DQ | John Mazza | Not known | ||
| DQ | Bill Calfee | Not known | ||
| DQ | Robert Powers | Not known | ||
| DQ | Ron Garcia | Not known | ||
| DQ | John Hall | Not known | ||
| DQ | Joe Haase | Not known | ||
| DQ | Steve Sebastian | Not known | ||
| DQ | David Philo | Not known | ||
| DQ | Tom Woodard | Not known | ||
| DQ | Bob Ralston | Not known | ||
| — | Don Reese | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Selser | Not known | ||
| — | David Sann | Not known | ||
| — | Clarence Rose | Not known | ||
| — | R. H. Sikes | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Proben | Not known | ||
| — | Jay Overton | Not known | ||
| — | Rod Nuckolls | Not known | ||
| — | Richard Zokol | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Cochran | Not known | ||
| — | DeWitt Weaver | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| — | Robert Thompson | Not known | ||
| — | Rocky Thompson | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Thomsen | Not known | ||
| — | Lance Ten Broeck | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Steger | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Kammann | Not known | ||
| — | Jet Ozaki | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Guttenberg | Not known | ||
| — | Brien Charter | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Perry | Not known | ||
| — | Chris Blocker | Not known | ||
| — | Chuck Brewer | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Burton | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Dwyer | Not known | ||
| — | Buddy Shelton | Not known | ||
| — | Mike O'Sullivan | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Hicks | Not known | ||
| — | Charlie MacK | Not known | ||
| — | Eric Meyers | Not known | ||
| — | Richard Poe | Not known | ||
| — | Rick Borg | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Buttner | Not known | ||
| — | Ronnie Black | Not known | ||
| — | Billy Bassler | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Brauch | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Booker | Not known | ||
| — | Tommy Aaron | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Ackerman | Not known | ||
| — | John Adams | Not known | ||
| — | Tommy Armour III | Not known | ||
| — | Butch Baird | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Bertoncino | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Barber | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Anton | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Dougherty | Not known | ||
| — | Antonio Cerdá | Not known | ||
| — | Buzz Fly | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Ford | Not known | ||
| — | Woody Fitzhugh | Not known | ||
| — | Jay Cudd | Not known | ||
| — | Rod Curl | Not known | ||
| — | Ron Commans | Not known | ||
| — | Blaine McCallister | Not known | ||
| — | Pat McGowan | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Molt | Not known | ||
| — | Al Morton | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Hill | Not known | ||
| — | Kenny Knox | Not known | ||
| — | Gavan Levenson | Not known | ||
| — | Don Levin | Not known | ||
| — | Steven Liebler | Not known | ||
| — | Rik Massengale | Not known | ||
| — | John Lister | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Loeffler | Not known | ||
| — | Thomas Gray | Not known | ||
| — | Billy Glisson | Not known | ||
| — | Dick Goetz | Not known | ||
| — | Gene George | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Hart | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Jones | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Jones | Not known | ||
| — | Jim King | Not known | ||
| WD | Vance Heafner | +6 | Not known | |
| WD | Skeeter Heath | +6 | Not known | |
| WD | Tom McGinnis | +3 | Not known |
Arnold Palmer Invitational winner's share over time
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1982 Bay Hill Classic payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1982 Bay Hill Classic get?
Tom Kite won $54,000 from a $300,000 purse.
What was the 1982 Bay Hill Classic purse?
$300,000.
How much did last place get at the 1982 Bay Hill Classic?
The smallest check was $600, to Bill Rogers (T65).
How many players made the cut at the 1982 Bay Hill Classic?
75 players made the cut and finished, and 65 players missed it.