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We interrupt this purse story to bring you a word on another prize.
It comes from Padraig Harrington. He’s won a lot. Three majors. Twenty-one victories worldwide. And he had been asked this question this week at the Valero Texas Open:
What brings you the most joy about this game at this point in your career?
Here’s his response:
“I think because I’m an optimist, pretty enthusiastic person, I get up in the morning and it just, it drives me on,” Harrington said. “I wake up and the minute I go hit a golf shot — and you’d think I’d have sense at this stage — I’m dreaming that I’m going to find the secret. I know there isn’t one, but you’re always hopeful, dreaming. I think just keeps you young, it keeps you there.
“And I figured I’d burnt out. Maybe five, maybe five six years ago, I’d have been burnt out when it came to golf, and I established a new way of doing it for myself. You know, I don’t — I’m not as intense as I would have been, I look to enjoy my weeks more. Yeah, I’m a little bit more relaxed about everything that goes on. I know I’m going to try hard enough, so I can afford to take a step back, and I think that was the only way I could continue to compete out here is just to take a step back and enjoy the stuff I enjoy and trying to get rid of the stuff that was making it tedious.”
With that, back to the money on the line.
Seventy-one players are playing for an $8.9 million purse this week. You can stream the final round of the Valero Texas Open via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET on Sunday. Television coverage starts at 1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and it will switch to NBC beginning at 2:30 p.m.
You can check out the complete payout breakdown below.
1. $1.602 million
2. $970,100
3. $614,100
4. $436,100
5. $364,900
6. $322,625
7. $300,375
8. $278,125
9. $260,325
10. $242,525
11. $224,725
12. $206,925
13. $189,125
14. $171,325
15. $162,425
16. $153,525
17. $144,625
18. $135,725
19. $126,825
20. $117,925
21. $109,025
22. $100,125
23. $93,005
24. $85,885
25. $78,765
26. $71,645
27. $68,975
28. $66,305
29. $63,635
30. $60,965
31. $58,295
32. $55,625
33. $52,955
34. $50,730
35. $48,505
36. $46,280
37. $44,055
38. $42,275
39. $40,495
40. $38,715
41. $36,935
42. $35,155
43. $33,375
44. $31,595
45. $29,815
46. $28,035
47. $26,255
48. $24,831
49. $23,585
50. $22,873
51. $22,339
52. $21,805
53. $21,449
54. $21,093
55. $20,915
56. $20,737
57. $20,559
58. $20,381
59. $20,203
60. $20,025
61. $19,847
62. $19,669
63. $19,491
64. $19,313
65. $19,135
66. $18,957
67. $18,779
68. $18,601
69. $18,423
70. $18,245
71. $18,067
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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.