With non-professionals contending so often this season, it leads to one very interesting conundrum: they are unable to take any prize money.
When Dunlap won again, he had turned professional, so he was able to cash the winner’s check, but Clanton, who is contending once again this week at the RSM Classic in Georgia, is still competing for the Seminoles and thus is playing for free.
“I played great, just made some really dumb mistakes coming down the stretch,” Clanton said after his third-round 68 that left him just three off the lead. “I think that’s just kind of from experience and kind of feeling that pressure again. I think to get myself another opportunity out here to win again is amazing.”
While Clanton finished just one stroke short of another title for an amateur, he’ll take home the same pay share as he did for all of his previous starts: $0.
With that, below is the complete payout breakdown for this week’s RSM Classic. The total purse is $7.2 million.
How much every player made at the 2024 RSM Classic
(Final payouts will be updated upon the conclusion of the final round)
(a) = amateur, does not receive share
1. Maverick McNealy $1,368,000
T2. Nico Echavarria $676,400 Daniel Berger Luke Clanton (a)
T5. J.T. Poston $319,833.34 Lee Hodges Mackenzie Hughes
T8. Michael Thorbjornsen $238,766.67 Patrick Fishburn Vince Whaley
T11. Chandler Phillips $184,300 Joe Highsmith Kevin Yu Michael Kim
T15. Ben Griffin $142,500 Eric Cole
T17. Austin Eckroat $104,690 Ryo Hisatsune Ludvig Aberg Patrick Rodgers Robby Shelton Martin Laird Henrik Norlander Stewart Cink
T25. Denny McCarthy $63,460 Bud Cauley Adrien Dumont de Chassart Brian Harman Paul Peterson
T30. Kelly Kraft $49,780 S.Y. Noh Hayden Springer Lucas Glover Will Gordon
T35. Andrew Novak $37,945.71 Mark Hubbard Taylor Moore Blake McShea Joseph Bramlett Joel Dahmen Carson Young
T42. Sam Stevens $26,980 Austin Smotherman Taylor Montgomery Kevin Tway Jonathan Byrd Doug Ghim S.H. Kim
T49. Callum Tarren $20,292 Brandon Wu Steven Fisk
52. Martin Trainer $19,076
T53. Adam Schenk $17,925.14 Kevin Chappell Adam Hadwin Matt Wallace Marcus Byrd Garrick Higgo Adam Svensson
T60. Harris English $17,024 Davis Thompson William McGirt Russell Knox
Jack Hirsh is the Associate Equipment Editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his high school golf team and recently returned to the program to serve as head coach. Jack also still *tries* to remain competitive in local amateurs. Before joining GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but also producing, anchoring and even presenting the weather. He can be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.
