A look up and down at the Sony Open leaderboard after three rounds and you’re likely going to notice two things:
1. the board is about as jam-packed as it can be with 21 players within five shots of the lead jointly held by Keegan Bradley and Grayson Murray. And 2. After Bradley, many of these names haven’t won much on the PGA Tour.
On the second point, while there are multiple PGA Tour winners among the group within five shots from last week’s champion Chris Kirk, to Emiliano Grillo, Kurt Kitayama and Russell Henley, there are more obscure names like the penultimate group of Matthieu Pavon, Ben Silverman and Taiga Semikawa.
Bradley plans on using his experience to his advantage.
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“This is my 14th year. Took me about 12 years until I felt like a veteran out here,” he said Saturday night. “I didn’t feel like even two, three years ago. Now I sort of feel a lot more comfortable, like days like today. Felt totally fine. I expect to be nervous tomorrow. Definitely have felt better in these situations.”
He knows the only way to emerge from the crowded pack at the top of the leaderboard is to focus on his own game.
“it is what it is,” Bradley said. “I’m trying to just worry about myself. If I go out and shoot a good round tomorrow it’s going to be tough to beat. There is a lot of great players and a lot of players within a handful of shots of the lead, so be difficult as usual.”
Of course, Bradley won’t just be playing for the chance to capture his seventh PGA Tour title. He’ll also be chasing a bigger piece of the Sony’s $8.3 million purse, namely the nearly $1.5 million winner’s share.
You can check out the entire payout breakdown for the Sony Open below, and you can view the TV schedule here. The final threesome of Bradley, Murray and Stevens tee off at 2:50 p.m. ET.
2024 Sony Open money: Purse, payout breakdown, winner’s share
1. $1,494,000
2. $904,700
3. $572,700
4. $406,700
5. $340,300
6. $300,875
7. $280,125
8. $259,375
9. $242,775
10. $226,175
11. $209,575
12. $192,975
13. $176,375
14. $159,775
15. $151,475
16. $143,175
17. $134,875
18. $126,575
19. $118,275
20. $109,975
21. $101,675
22. $93,375
23. $86,735
24. $80,095
25. $73,455
26. $66,815
27. $64,325
28 $61,835
29. $59,345
30. $56,855
31. $54,365
32. $51,875
33. $49,385
34. $47,310
35. $45,235
36. $43,160
37. $41,085
38. $39,425
39. $37,765
40. $36,105
41. $34,445
42. $32,785
43. $31,125
44. $29,465
45. $27,805
46. $26,145
47. $24,485
48. $23,157
49. $21,995
50. $21,331
51. $20,833
52. $20,335
53. $20,003
54. $19,671
55. $19,505
56. $19,339
57. $19,173
58. $19,007
59. $18,841
60. $18,675
61. $18,509
62. $18,343
63. $18,177
64. $18,011
65. $17,845
66. $17,679
67. $17,513
68. $17,347
69. $17,181
70. $17,015
71. $16,849
72. $16,683
73. $16,517
74. $16,351
75. $16,185
76. $16,019
77. $15,853
78. $15,687
79. $15,521
80. $15,355
81. $15,189