Patrick Cantlay hits a shot out of a bunker on Saturday on the 5th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links.
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Why play?
The question had been posed a few times to Jon Rahm this weekend. It was OK to at least wonder. He had won the Masters last week. He was exhausted. Likely no one would have blinked had he chosen to withdraw from this week’s RBC Heritage.
Except maybe him.
“It’s my job, right?” Rahm said Friday. “… People pay their hard-earned money to watch me perform. It’s my job to perform. They don’t care if I slept good or bad, I feel good or bad. It doesn’t matter. As a competitor, I’m not ducking anything, in that sense. I’m going to go out and try to shoot low.
“… My intention is to try my hardest, and that was it.”
That being said …
Three point six mill to the winner ain’t bad either.
You can find a complete list of the 2023 RBC Heritage payouts for each player below. In all, players were playing for a $20 million purse.
How much every player made at the 2023 RBC Heritage
T7. Brian Harman $607,500 Sungjae Im $607,500 Emiliano Grillo $607,500 Cam Davis $607,500
T11. Scottie Scheffler $445,000 Chez Reavie $445,000 Taylor Moore $445,000 Mark Hubbard $445,000
T15. Sam Burns $335,000 Jon Rahm $335,000 Rickie Fowler $335,000 Tommy Fleetwood $335,000
T19. Christiaan Bezuidenhout $237,000 Tyrrell Hatton $237,000 Carson Young $237,000 Patrick Rodgers $237,000 Russell Henley $237,000 Matt Kuchar $237,000
T25. Justin Thomas $160,500 Denny McCarthy $160,500 Justin Rose $160,500 Jimmy Walker $160,500
T29. Wyndham Clark $140,000 Michael Thompson $140,000
T31. Beau Hossler $107,400 Adam Schenk $107,400 Tony Finau $107,400 Nate Lashley $107,400 Ben Griffin $107,400 Gary Woodland $107,400 Collin Morikawa $107,400 Adam Scott $107,400 Corey Conners $107,400 Patton Kizzire $107,400
T41. James Hahn $71,000 K.H. Lee $71,000 Ben Martin $71,000 Adam Svensson $71,000 Nick Taylor $71,000 Chris Kirk $71,000 Lee Hodges $71,000
T48. Garrick Higgo $53,400 Aaron Rai $53,400 Keegan Bradley $53,400
T51. Kevin Streelman $49,133 Cameron Young $49,133 Brendon Todd $49,133
T54. Zach Johnson $47,200 Doug Ghim $47,200
T56. Danny Willett $46,200 Ernie Els $46,200 Scott Stallings $46,200
T59. Matthew NeSmith $44,800 Viktor Hovland $44,800 Andrew Putnam $44,800 Adam Long $44,800
T63. Harris English $43,200 Max McGreevy $43,200 Lucas Herbert $43,200 Davis Thompson $43,200
67. Luke Donald $41,600 Jim Herman $41,600 Shane Lowry $41,600 Austin Smotherman $41,600
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