Justin Thomas hits a shot on Saturday on the 16th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links.
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Corey Conners, maybe sometime around 2015, would have clicked on a story headlined “2025 RBC Heritage money: Here’s how much every player made.” As a newly turned pro, he was interested.
“Yeah, I would say my first year,” he said, “I was always curious about the check I was going to make.”
Since then?
Not so much. It made for a notable conversation ahead of this week’s RBC Heritage, and it started when a reporter asked Conners if he cares about money.
Conners said not really.
“Regardless of the purse, I’m going to be here,” he said. “I love this golf course, love this event. It’s basically the case everywhere I tee it up. It’s just kind of a nice bonus. I feel fortunate, but it doesn’t — yeah, the amount that I make doesn’t change who I am or really my day-to-day life much.”
A reporter then asked if the prize money was shrunk, would that change Conners’ outlook as a pro.
“I don’t think it really would, no,” he said. “If the purse here was half of what it is, I would still be just as amped up and just as excited to be here and play. It’s still a lot of money. If they started shrinking a lot of the purses, I think my mind would be concerned with the finances of the Tour as a whole, but I know things are in a good spot. The golf is in a great spot and the Tour is on a good trajectory.
“But the purse is not a big thing on my mind or something that I’m worried about.”
With that, here is the complete payout breakdown for this week’s RBC Heritage, played at Harbour Town Golf Links. The total purse is $20 million.
1. Justin Thomas $3.6 million
2. Andrew Novak $2.16 million
T3. Daniel Berger $960,000
Mackenzie Hughes $960,000
Brian Harman $960,000
Maverick McNealy $960,000
7. Tommy Fleetwood $670,000
T8. Scottie Scheffler $580,000
Russell Henley $580,000
Si Woo Kim $580,000
T11. J.T. Poston $480,000
Sungjae Im $480,000
T13. Sam Burns $364,000
Sepp Straka $364,000
Viktor Hovland $364,000
Cam Davis $364,000
Patrick Cantlay $364,000
T18. Xander Schauffele $226,055.55
Sami Valinaki $226,055.55
Chris Kirk $226,055.55
Eric Cole $226,055.55
Jordan Spieth $226,055.55
Ryo Hisatune $226,055.55
Tom Hoge $226,055.55
Shane Lowry $226,055.55
Keegan Bradley $226,055.55
T27. Davis Thompson $140,200
Ryan Gerard $140,200
Billy Horschel $140,200
Max Greyserman $140,200
Wyndham Clark $140,200
T32. Bud Cauley $108,916.66
Austin Eckroat $108,916.66
Matt Kuchar $108,916.66
Thomas Detry $108,916.66
Stephan Jaeger $108,916.66
Brian Campbell $108,916.66
T38. Tony Finau $86,250
Aaron Rai $86,250
Byeong Hun An $86,250
Matt Fitzpatrick $86,250
T42. Christiaan Bezuidenhout $64,142.85
Patrick Rodgers $64,142.85
Matthieu Pavon $64,142.85
J.J. Spaun $64,142.85
Taylor Pendrith $64,142.85
Akshay Bhatia $64,142.85
Justin Rose $64,142.85
T49. Corey Conners $48,000
Denny McCarthy $48,000
Nick Taylor $48,000
Jason Day $48,000
Adam Scott $48,000
T54. Collin Morikawa $44,357.14
Michael Kim $44,357.14
Ludvig Aberg $44,357.14
Sam Stevens $44,357.14
Will Zalatoris $44,357.14
Cameron Young $44,357.14
Karl Vilips $44,357.14
T61. Min Woo Lee $41,500
Adam Hadwin $41,500
Gary Woodland $41,500
Lucas Glover $41,500
Jacob Bridgeman $41,500
T66. Robert MacIntyre $39,750
Harris English $39,750
68. Rickie Fowler $39,000
69. Sahith Theegala $38,000
70. Max Homa $37,500
71. Nick Dunlap $37,000
72. Joe Highsmith $36,000
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