Eric Cole hits his tee shot on Saturday on the 8th hole at Sea Island Golf Club.
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Last event of the PGA Tour year.
Last chance to win.
Last chance to move into one of the No. 51-60 spots in the season-long points race. That gets you into the first two big-money Signature Events next year.
Last chance to move into the top 125 in the season-long points race. That secures you a Tour card for next year. And the freedom to mostly pick your schedule.
Last chance to move into the top 150 in the season-long points race. That secures you a Tour conditional card. And the ability to play some events.
Last chance to avoid falling below 150. And golfing limbo.
Whew.
This week’s RSM Classic is both a physical and mental grind for some, and Tano Goya knows it. It’s the 35-year-old’s rookie campaign, and he was at 164 in the standings entering the week. So a reporter wondered on Saturday, on what could be his penultimate day:
How ya feeling?
Not bad actually.
“Because I want to enjoy it,” Goya said. “I want to enjoy all the round tomorrow as well. If it has to be, it will be. I will give my best and I give it 100 percent, but if I don’t, I still go with Q-School and have my chances there.
“Again, I feel like just one week that can change everything and I’m not going to stop believing in myself or give up because I didn’t have a great season.”
With that, here are the money payouts for the RSM Classic. The total purse is $8.4 million. Golf Channel coverage of the final round starts at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. And when he’s not writing about ways to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash away his score. You can reach out to him about any of these topics — his stories, his game or his beers — at nick.piastowski@golf.com.