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.”
The second-year pro is one of six players in the field staying in the same house this week. The same house has been home to the John Deere Classic’s champion the last two years with Sepp Straka and J.T. Poston.
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
72. Wilson Furr, $16,240
T73 Justin Lower, $16,000
Justin Suh
T75. Matt NeSmith, $15,680
Ryan Palmer
77. Lee Hodges, $15,440
