Sam Burns hits a tee shot on Sunday on the 14th hole at Austin Country Club.
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This was sweet. In more ways than one.
On the first day of the WGC-Match Play, and down four after 13 holes in his match against Denny McCarthy, Keegan Bradley went on a tear. He won 14. He won 15, He won 16. He won 18. He halved the match.
The difference?
“Man, it was looking pretty bleak there for a while, but I just put my head down,” Bradley said. “My boy gave me Starburst walking down 10, and I put it in my back pocket for good luck, and gave me some good luck.”
So let’s have some fun. As we break down the WGC-Match Play $20 million purse, let’s see just how many Starbursts you can buy with the $3.5 million given to the winner. Here we go:
— There are 12 pieces per pack.
— On Amazon, you can purchase a box of 36 packs for $43.50, or $1.20 per pack.
— For $3.5 million, you can buy 2,916,666 packs.
— And for $3.5 million, you can have 34,999,992 pieces of Starburst.
Sweet!
You can find a complete list of the 2023 WGC-Match Play payouts for each player below. In all, players were playing for a $20 million purse.
How much every player made at the 2023 WGC-Match Play
1. Sam Burns $3.5 million
2. Cameron Young $2.2 million
3. Rory McIlroy $1.42 million
4. Scottie Scheffler $1.145 million
T5. Mackenzie Hughes $645,000 Jason Day $645,000 Xander Schauffele $645,000 Kurt Kitayama $645,000
T9. Max Homa $365,000 Patrick Cantlay $365,000 Matt Kuchar $365,000 J.T. Poston $365,000 J.J. Spaun $365,000 Andrew Putnam $365,000 Billy Horschel $365,000 Lucas Herbert $365,000
T17. Rickie Fowler $219,909 Brian Harman $219,909 Cam Davis $219,909 Ryan Fox $219,909 Si Woo Kim $219,909 Tony Finau $219,909 Adrian Meronk $219,909 Taylor Montgomery $219,909 Russell Henley $219,909 Corey Conners $219,909 Sungjae Im $219,909
T28. Davis Riley $166,000 Keegan Bradley $166,000 Collin Morikawa $166,000
T31. Tom Kim $113,761 Jon Rahm $113,761 Scott Stallings $113,761 Nick Taylor $113,761 Hideki Matsuyama $113,761 Kevin Kisner $113,761 Justin Suh $113,761 Aaron Wise $113,761 Harris English $113,761 Viktor Hovland $113,761 Victor Perez $113,761 Matt Fitzpatrick $113,761 Sahith Theegala $113,761 Min Woo Lee $113,761 Jordan Spieth $113,761 Shane Lowry $113,761 Seamus Power $113,761 Adam Scott $113,761 Adam Hadwin $113,761 Ben Griffin $113,761 Davis Thompson $113,761
T52. Alex Noren $74,857 Keith Mitchell $74,857 Denny McCarthy $74,857 Chris Kirk $74,857 Adam Svensson $74,857 Tommy Fleetwood $74,857 Maverick McNealy $74,857
T59. Christiaan Bezuidenhout $67,500 K.H. Lee $67,500 Tom Hoge $67,500 Will Zalatoris $67,500 Tyrrell Hatton $67,500 Sepp Straka $67,500
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