Scottie Scheffler hits his tee shot on Saturday on the 15th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links.
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Max Homa left Augusta National higher than the tips of the club’s pine trees. He’d tied for third at last week’s Masters, his best-ever finish in a major. He said he handled his nerves well. He said he didn’t let expectations affect his play.
He said he had an image.
It came Sunday, during the final round, in the heat of battle, while walking from the 11th green to the 12th tee. There, Homa paused. Looked around. Inhaled.
“I had a good buddy of mine remind me going into Saturday that I need to look around and smell the roses and appreciate what I get to do,” Homa said earlier this week at the RBC Heritage, “because I’ve seen some not-so-great parts of professional golf. So I was very aware on the weekend to smile. Joe [Greiner, his caddie] kept reminding me this is the most fun we’ve ever had. Appreciate that and then get back to work.
“I tried every day to walk up to that 12th tee with my eyes up and look around and scan the crowd. I got basically like a standing ovation walking to that tee, and I just tried to stare at it as long as I could and enjoy it. We got it on Saturday, as well. Just something about walking to that 12th tee is a pretty amazing feeling.”
Good stuff. At the least, it’s an interesting thought in a story where you can find out who made how much.
Below, you can check out the complete payout breakdown for this week’s RBC Heritage, played at Harbour Town Golf Links. The total purse is $20 million.
How much every player made at the 2024 RBC Heritage
1. Scottie Scheffler $3.6 million
2. Sahith Theegala $2.16 million
T3. Wyndham Clark $1.16 million Patrick Cantlay $1.16 million
T5. Justin Thomas $702,750 Patrick Rodgers $702,750 J.T. Poston $702,750 Sepp Straka $702,750
9. Collin Morikawa $581,000
T10. Chris Kirk $521,000 Ludvig Aberg $521,000
T12. Tony Finau $393,000 Brian Harman $393,000 Russell Henley $393,000 Sungjae Im $393,000 Seamus Power $393,000
17. Austin Eckroat $321,000
T18. Rickie Fowler $220,100 Andrew Putnam $220,100 Akshay Bhatia $220,100 Jason Day $220,100 Si Woo Kim $220,100 Brice Garnett $220,100 Xander Schauffele $220,100 Tom Kim $220,100 Stephan Jaeger $220,100 Tom Hoge $220,100
T28. Harris English $136,500 Denny McCarthy $136,500 Christiaan Bezuidenhout $136,500 Matt Fitzpatrick $136,500 Thomas Detry $136,500
T33. Kurt Kitayama $106,166 Alejandro Tosti $106,166 Lucas Glover $106,166 Eric Cole $106,166 Erik van Rooyen $106,166 Rory McIlroy $106,166
T39. Grayson Murray $86,500 Jordan Spieth $86,500 Mackenzie Hughes $86,500
T42. Webb Simpson $76,500 Adam Hadwin $76,500
T44. Justin Rose $62,660 Corey Conners $62,660 Sam Burns $62,660 Adam Svensson $62,660 Will Zalatoris $62,660
T49. Cam Davis $49,450 Tommy Fleetwood $49,450 Matthieu Pavon $49,450 Adam Schenk $49,450 Nick Taylor $49,450 Peter Malnati $49,450
T55. Keegan Bradley $46,200 Max Homa $46,200 Chandler Phillips $46,200
T58. Lee Hodges $44,800 Erik Barnes $44,800 Brendon Todd $44,800 Taylor Moore $44,800
T62. Jake Knapp $43,600 Cameron Young $43,600
T64. Gary Woodland $42,600 Shane Lowry $42,600 Emiliano Grillo $42,600
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