Davis Thompson was in control this weekend in the Quad Cities.
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As Davis Thompson caught fire Saturday afternoon and took the lead at the John Deere Classic by two heading into the final round, one big responsibility came into view.
He needed to uphold the tournament’s “Champion’s House” for a third straight year.
“It’s been fun staying with those guys this week,” Tompson said. “Hopefully maybe it [will be] three years in a row. That would be pretty cool. Seems like everybody is going to want to be staying in that house next year.”
Straka has his family with him this week so Thompson is actually staying in the same room he did a year ago when he earned his second PGA Tour title.
He’s joined by Poston, Greyson Sigg, Patton Kizzire, Denny McCarthy and Ben Kohles, basically the same group that originally booked the house two years ago, with Thompson subbing for Brendon Todd.
Last year the group played baseball and frisbee while back at the house together and Thompson said the vibes are pretty much the same this year.
“It’s pretty laid back,” Thompson said. “Been going, eating dinner every night and hanging out, watching TV. Been really laid back and all the guys in the house are great.”
If staying at the “Champions House” keeps resulting in wins, more and more are going to try and book their stay their each year.
With that, below you can check out the complete payout breakdown for this week’s John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. The total purse is $8 million.
How much every player made at the 2024 John Deere Classic
(Final payouts will be updated upon the conclusion of the final round)
(a) = amateur, does not receive share
1. Davis Thompson, $1.44 million
T2. Michael Thorbjornsen, $712,000 C.T. Pan Luke Clanton (a)
T5. Ben Griffin, $360,000 Carson Young
T7. Denny McCarthy, $252,400 Andrew Novak Hayden Springer Eric Cole Aaron Rai
T12. Sungjae Im, $171,600 Brendon Todd Harry Hall Chan Kim Sami Valimaki
17. Seamus Power, $138,000
T18. Ben Silverman, $126,000 Keith Mitchell
T20. Kevin Yu, $106,000 Mac Meissner Jhonattan Vegas
T23. Jason Day, $83,600 Lucas Glover J.J. Spaun
T26. Zach Johnson, $64,200 Max Greyserman Rico Hoey Jordan Spieth
T30. J.T. Poston, $56,000 Pierceson Coody
T32. Chesson Hadley, $51,200 Mark Hubbard
T34. Sam Stevens, $39,200 Robby Shelton Adam Svensson Hayden Buckley Joshua Creel S.H. Kim Patrick Rodgers Sam Ryder Doug Ghim Brice Garnett
T44. Chandler Phillips, $29,200 Trace Crowe
T46. Ben Taylor, $23,280 Kevin Streelman Adrien Dumont de Chassart Joel Dahmen Zac Blair Kevin Dougherty
T52. James Hahn, $18,924.45 Jake Knapp Ryo Hisatsune Stewart Cink Nico Echavarria Blaine Hale, Jr. Bill Haas Ben Kohles Dylan Frittelli
T61. David Lipsky, $17,200 Austin Smotherman Bud Cauley Scott Gutschewski Beau Hossler Sepp Straka Roger Sloan Henrik Norlander Thorbjørn Olesen Kyle Westmoreland Kevin Chappell
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