It’s true. The 29 year-old Englishman has made a habit of offering well-wishes to champions. His motivation, he said Saturday, was simple.
“Whether it’s me that wins or whether it’s someone else that wins,” he said, “there’s a huge amount of work that goes into it and it’s an amazing journey that every single player is on. When that culminates in a victory, whether that’s the first victory or multiple victories, it’s very special for whoever that it is. I think everyone who’s playing on the Tour can appreciate how difficult it is to win and how difficult it is to even get to this stage.
“Yeah, taking an extra few minutes to congratulate someone is not too much of an ask.”
With that, Rai’s victory late Sunday no doubt will make him a popular winner. Here is the complete payout breakdown for this week’s Wyndham Championship, played at Sedgefield Country Club. The total purse is $7.9 million.
How much every player made at the 2024 Wyndham Championship
1. Aaron Rai $1,422 million
2. Max Greyserman $861,100
T3. J.J. Spaun $466,100 Ryo Histatune $466,100
5. Luke Clanton (amateur and will not collect winnings)
6. Austin Eckroat $323,900
T7. Ben Griffin $249,245 Adam Svensson $249,245 Trace Crowe $249,245 Eric Cole $249,245 Billy Horschel $249,245
T12. Roger Sloan $144,965 Chan Kim $144,965 Mac Meissner $144,965 Keith Mitchell $144,965 Brendon Todd $144,965 Davis Thompson $144,965 Jacob Bridgeman $144,965 Charley Hoffman $144,965 Beau Hossler $144,965 Matt Kuchar $144,965
T22. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 79,658.33 Chris Gotterup 79,658.33 Nico Echavarria 79,658.33 Keegan Bradley 79,658.33 Rico Hoey 79,658.33 Cameron Young 79,658.33
T28. Matt Wallace $56,485 Gary Woodland $56,485 Mackenzie Hughes $56,485 Seamus Power $56,485 Adam Hadwin $56,485
T33. Victor Perez $45,109 Zach Johnson $45,109 Justin Lower $45,109 Denny McCarthy $45,109 Patrick Rodgers $45,109
T38. Davis Riley $37,525 Nick Hardy $37,525 Chandler Phillips $37,525
T41. K.H. Lee $31,995 Sungjae Im $31,995 Doug Ghim $31,995 Brice Garnett $31,995
T45. Maverick McNealy $23,711.29 Ryan Moore $23,711.29 Zac Blair $23,711.29 Brian Harman $23,711.29 Martin Trainer $23,711.29 Cameron Champ $23,711.29 Daniel Berger $23,711.29
T52. Jorge Campillo $18,881 Andrew Novak $18,881 Kevin Tway $18,881 Ben Taylor $18,881 Taylor Moore $18,881 Justin Suh $18,881 Chad Ramey $18,881
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