FedEx St. Jude Championship: How much they all won
Will Zalatoris walked away with a huge pay day as he claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Will Zalatoris made hard work of his emotional, maiden win on the PGA Tour at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
After a frankly emotionally exhausting playoff against Sepp Straka, a tearful Zalatoris broke down and hugged his girlfriend after finally getting the win.
It has been, as they say, a long journey for Zalatoris up until this point. The 25-year-old had previously played in 55 PGA Tour events without a win.
Of course, that may not sound like much, considering the tournament schedule and the fact players can go what seems like a lifetime without winning. Just ask LIV rebel Dick Bland.
Zalatoris had previously mustered as many as 16 top-10s, including four as the runner-up. He closed out his Sunday with a sublime 66 after a shaky start on Thursday that he must have felt was going to cost him.
A clutch par save at the 72nd hole and a verbal shot at the haters saw him reach a playoff which went onto become one for the ages. He will undoubtedly look back on those holes, going toe-to-toe with Sepp Straka and think to himself: what the heck did I just do?!
The PGA Tour loyalists will tell you winning means more than the money. But Zalatoris did collect a hefty pay day for his efforts. As did his new caddie, who claimed $270,000 on debut.
I mean, he did earn it, convincing Zalatoris to take a drop when he was contemplating a ridiculous shot when his golf ball somehow found itself wedged between a rock and the Bermudagrass.
Zalatoris earned $2,700,000 for his maiden victory. The prize purses have been increasing in recent years and will grow even more in response to LIV Golf.
The prize purse here was $15million. This tournament replaced the Northern Trust as the PGA Tour's first FedEx Cup Playoff event. Last year, it had a prize purse of $9.7million. Tony Finau won that, earning $1.71million.
Scroll down to see the full payout info for FedEx St. Jude Championship:
WIN - Will Zalatoris $2,700,000
P-2: Sepp Straka $1,635,000
T-3: Lucas Glover $885,000
T-3: Brian Harman $885,000
T-5: Adam Scott $480,000
T-5: Jon Rahm $480,000
T-5: Collin Morikawa $480,000
T-5: Tony Finau $480,000
T-5: Matt Fitzpatrick $480,000
T-5: Andrew Putnam $480,000
T-5: Trey Mullinax $480,000
12: Sungjae Im $348,750
T-13: Lee Hodges $260,892.86
T-13: Joohyung Kim $260,892.86
T-13: Justin Thomas $260,892.86
T-13: Cam Davis $260,892.86
T-13: Sahith Theegala $260,892.86
T-13: Joaquin Niemann $260,892.86
T-13: Cameron Smith $260,892.86
T-20: J.T. Poston $152,812.50
T-20: Viktor Hovland $152,812.50
T-20: Kevin Kisner $152,812.50
T-20: Denny McCarthey $152,812.50
T-20: K.H. Lee $152,812.50
T-20: Dylan Frittelli $152,812.50
T-20: Ryan Palmer $152,812.50
T-20: Sam Burns $152,812.50
T-28: Corey Conners $107,250
T-28: Wyndham Clark $107,250
T-28: Troy Merritt $107,250
T-31: Maverick McNealy $78,886
T-31: Cameron Young $78,886
T-31: Aaron Wise $78,886
T-31: Taylor Moore $78,886
T-31: Emiliano Grillo $78,886
T-31: Michael Thompson $78,886
T-31: Tyrrell Hatton $78,886
T-31: Davis Riley $78,886
T-31: Keith Mitchell $78,886
T-31: Adam Schenk $78,886
T-31: Tyler Duncan $78,886
T-42: Si Woo Kim $54,750
T-42: Max Homa $54,750
T-42: Mito Periera $54,750
T-42: J.J. Spaun $54,750
T-46: Mackenzie Hughes $42,330
T-46: Sebastian Munoz $42,330
T-46: Shane Lowry $42,330
T-46: Stephan Jaeger $42,330
T-46: David Lipsky $42,330
T-51: Gary Woodland $36,050
T-51: Aaron Rai $36,050
T-51: Robert Streb $36,050
T-51: Sam Ryder $36,050
T-51: Chez Reavie $36,050
T-51: Adam Svensson $36,050
T-57: Beau Hossler $34,200
T-57: Xander Schauffele $34,200
T-57: Patrick Cantlay $34,200
T-57: Martin Laird $34,200
T-61: Gregson Sigg $33,150
T-61: James Hahn $33,150
T-61: Hayden Buckley $33,150
T-64: Marc Leishman $32,250
T-64: Christiaan Bezuidenhout $32,250
T-64: Rickie Fowler $32,250
67: Brendon Todd $31,650
68: Taylor Pendrith $31,350
69: Adam Hadwin $31,050
