Xander Schauffele hits out of a bunker on Saturday on the 10th hole at Quail Hollow Club.
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“Why do you love golf?”
Good question. Ask a dozen players, and you’ll likely get hundreds of answers. And this week, at the Wells Fargo Championship, we got a few. Ahead of the event, reporters questioned Xander Schauffele, Max Homa and Justin Thomas, and the responses were thoughtful. Here was Thomas’, for example:
“I love the individual part of it. I like that there’s nobody to blame or nobody to pick you up or no one to bring you down other than yourself.
“I like the fact that you can just go out and get it. It’s finding what you need to get better at, it’s the challenge of trying to get better.
“I don’t know. I’ve never been asked that before; that’s a great question. I just, I love everything about it. There’s nothing better than when you put a lot of hard work in and you start to see it paying off and you get yourself in contention in a big tournament like this or in a major championship and you execute those shots and make those putts and handle that moment like you know you can, and how you’ve been practicing and you pull it off and you’re the one holding the trophy — that’s why I love golf.”
Good stuff.
Of course, the paydays are kinda nice, too.
This week, the winner brings home $3.6 million. From a purse of 20 mill.
You can find a complete list of the 2023 RBC Heritage payouts for each player below.
How much every player made at the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship
1. Wyndham Clark $3.6 million
2. Xander Schauffele $2.18 million
T3. Harris English $1.18 million Tyrrell Hatton $1.18 million
T5. Tommy Fleetwood $772,500 Adam Scott $772,500
7. Michael Kim $675,000
T8. Denny McCarthy $525,000 K.H. Lee $525,000 Max Homa $525,000 Corey Conners $525,000 Sungjae Im $525,000 Brendon Todd $525,000
T14. Jimmy Walker $355,000 Rickie Fowler $355,000 Justin Thomas $355,000 Gary Woodland $355,000
T18. Kevin Streelman $285,000 Seamus Power $285,000 Alex Smalley $285,000
T21. Patrick Cantlay $235,000 Dylan Wu $235,000
T23. Tony Finau $185,000 Emiliano Grillo $185,000 Tom Kim $185,000 Matt Kuchar $185,000
27. Stephan Jaeger $134,125 Taylor Moore $134,125 Trace Crowe $134,125 Mark Hubbard $134,125 J.J. Spaun $134,125 Doug Ghim $134,125 Nate Lashley $134,125 Adam Svensson $134,125
T35. Matt Fitzpatrick $99,600 Chad Ramey $99,600 Keegan Bradley $99,600 Ryan Palmer $99,600 Matthew NeSmith $99,600
T40. Kramer Hickok $83,000 Joseph Bramlett $83,000 Francesco Molinari $83,000
T43. Hayden Buckley $69,000 Si Woo Kim $69,000 Akshay Bhatia $69,000 Viktor Hovland $69,000
T47. Henrik Norlander $51,222.22 Zac Blair $51,222.22 David Lingmerth $51,222.22 Alejandro Tosti $51,222.22 Rory McIlroy $51,222.22 Sam Stevens $51,222.22 Trey Mullinax $51,222.22 MJ Daffue $51,222.22 Beau Hossler $51,222.22
T56. Ryan Armour $46,200 Chris Kirk $46,200 Sahith Theegala $46,200
T59. Justin Suh $44,600 Cam Davis $44,600 Cameron Young $44,600 Keith Mitchell $44,600 Harrison Endycott $44,600
Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. And when he’s not writing about ways to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash away his score. You can reach out to him about any of these topics — his stories, his game or his beers — at nick.piastowski@golf.com.