Scheffler started the final day five back of Schauffele and ended up finishing nearly an hour before him while hanging on for the win.
Fast forward a week and Schauffele is in Scheffler’s position at the Valspar Championship, having gone out more than two hours before the leaders and posting eight under in the clubhouse at Innisbrook.
“Kind of an awkward holding pattern,” Schaffuele said after finishing his round. “I’m going to sit and creep the leaderboard, maybe catch some basketball as well, just to distract myself a bit, but for the most part just hang around.”
When Schauffele finished, he trailed just two golfers, overnight leader Keith Mitchell and Mackenzie Hughes, who were both at nine under on the front nine.
“I’m not expecting too much to happen,” Schauffele said. “Everyone’s pretty darn good at this game. I’ll keep an eye on it and hope for the best, but overall just happy with where I stand.”
If Schauffele has anything going for him, it’s Copperhead’s difficult finishing stretch, the “Snake Pit.” Mitchell became the first player to play the “Snake Pit” in four under on Saturday when he holed his second at the 18th.
But Schaffuele is sitting back and watching the final nine with an open mind.
“You just never know,” he said. “I don’t know where the wind’s supposed to sit and how much it’s supposed to blow. 16 is a fun hole, you know, into left-to-right. Then you have 17 into, kind of into right-to-left. Then 18 was kind of straight across. So if the wind switches and, you know, all those holes can kind of play awkwardly, very across, which is not the most favorable wind.”
The difference between Schauffele holding onto his clubhouse lead or not could be hundreds of thousands of dollars, like every week on the PGA Tour.
With that, here is a complete list of the 2024 Valspar Championship payouts for all 77 players who made the cut. The total purse is $8.3 million.
How much every player made at the 2024 Valspar Championship
(Final payouts will be updated at the conclusion of the tournament.)
1. Peter Malnati: $1,512,000
2. Cameron Young: $915,600
T3. Chandler Phillips $495,600 Mackenzie Hughes
T5. Xander Schauffele $298,725 Carl Yuan Ryan Moore Adam Hadwin
T9. Christiaan Bezuidenhout $237,300 K.H. Lee
11. Lucas Glover $212,100
T12. Billy Horschel $166,740 Taylor Moore Chez Reavie Scott Stallings Kevin Roy
T17. Andrew Novak $104,020 Akshay Bhatia Aaron Baddeley Matti Schmid Ben Griffin Thomas Detry Matt Wallace Joseph Bramlett Keith Mitchell
T26. Mac Meissner $60,060 Dylan Wu Fred Biondi Kevin Streelman Lee Hodges Cameron Champ Seamus Power
T33. Sam Ryder $39,410 Robert MacIntyre Stewart Cink Max Greyserman Justin Suh Ryo Hisatsune Adam Schenk Eric Cole Robby Shelton Michael Kim Tom Whitney Brendon Todd
T45. Maverick McNealy $25,704 Sami Valimaki Greyson Sigg Kevin Dougherty
T49. Matt Kuchar $21,151.20 Joel Dahmen Roger Sloan Jorge Campillo Adam Svensson
T54. Ryan Palmer $19,404 Alexander Bjork Carson Young Webb Simpson Vince Whaley Norman Xiong Rico Hoey
T61. S.H. Kim $18,564 Chris Gotterup Hayden Buckley
T64. Nick Taylor $18,060 Justin Thomas Sam Stevens
T67. Harry Hall $17,388 Chan Kim Parker Coody Ben Martin Doug Ghim
T72. Ryan Brehm $16,716 Callum Tarren Hayden Springer
T75. Bronson Burgoon $16,212 Alejandro Tosti David Skinns
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