On the 15th hole, both Zalatoris and his playing partner Cam Davis played each other’s ball by mistake for their third shots on the par-5.
That meant both players had to not only re-hit their third shots but take a two-shot penalty as well, which in one of the PGA Tour’s eight Signature events, proved very costly.
“That’s gonna be expensive,” said NBC analyst Mark Rolfing.
Oh yeah, it was Rolf.
By the time Zalatoris had finished up, he was in a tie for 26th, which comes with a paycheck around $163k. If he had those two shots back, he would have been in a tie for 15th, which is a payday of around $283k, costing him almost half his paycheck for the week.
Two shots for Davis would have bumped him from the tie for 13th into the top 5, costing him more than $300k.
It just goes to show you, when millions of dollars are on the line, a simple mistake can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
With that, below is the complete payout breakdown for this week’s the Sentry. The total purse is $20 million.
How much every player made at the 2025 the Sentry
1. Hideki Matsuyama $3.6 million
2. Collin Morikawa $2.16 million
3. Sungjae Im $1.36 million
4. Jhonattan Vegas $975,000
T5. Ludvig Aberg $744,166.70 Corey Conners Thomas Detry
T8. Sam Burns $550,000 Maverick McNealy Cameron Young Tom Hoge Harry Hall
T13. Taylor Pendrith $410,000 Cam Davis
T15. Robert MacIntyre $292,000 Aaron Rai Austin Eckroat Keegan Bradley Tony Finau Wyndham Clark Patrick Cantlay Adam Scott Sepp Straka
T24. Matt Fitzpatrick $196,000 Max Greyserman
T26. Max Homa $163,333.33 Justin Thomas Will Zalatoris
29. Adam Hadwin $148,000
T30. Russell Henley $137,500 Xander Schauffele
T32. Nico Echavarria $118,000 Byeong Hun An Si Woo Kim Akshay Bhatia
T36. Viktor Hovland $97,750 Stephan Jaeger Davis Thompson Sahith Theegala
T40. Patton Kizzire $81,000 Christiaan Bezuidenhout Jason Day J.T. Poston
T44. Chris Kirk $69,000 Kevin Yu
T46. Denny McCarthy $62,000 Chris Gotterup
T48. Brice Garnett $59,000 Nick Taylor Matthieu Pavon
Jack Hirsh is the Associate Equipment Editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his high school golf team and recently returned to the program to serve as head coach. Jack also still *tries* to remain competitive in local amateurs. Before joining GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but also producing, anchoring and even presenting the weather. He can be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.