“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
T64. Webb Simpson $43,000
Austin Eckroat $43,000
Calllum Tarren $43,000
67. Stewart Cink $42,200
68. Nick Hardy $41,800
