Though Justin Thomas completed two again of Sepp Straka at The American Categorical, the two-time PGA Championship winner made PGA Tour historical past.
Cha-ching! Along with his $959,200 payday, Thomas turned solely the eleventh participant to earn greater than $60 million throughout his profession, per Brentley Romine of the Golf Channel. Thomas now sits tenth on the all-time profession cash listing, surpassing Matt Kuchar due to his runner-up end in Palm Springs.
- Tiger Woods, $120,999,166
- Rory McIlroy, $90,989,348
- Scottie Scheffler, $71,793,586
- Jim Furyk, $71,507,269
- Vijay Singh, $71,281,216
- Adam Scott, $68,248,165
- Justin Rose, $64,878,042
- Jordan Spieth, $62,741,970
- Jason Day, $61,731,563
- Justin Thomas, $60,827,898
- Matt Kuchar, $60,335,682
Contemplating how large purses on the PGA Tour have change into, this listing encompasses gamers who thrived sooner or later in the course of the twenty first century. Unsurprisingly, Tiger Woods holds the clubhouse lead, whereas Rory McIlroy is about $30 million behind the 15-time main winner. Scottie Scheffler is then third, however his profession winnings have acquired an incredible enhance as a results of Signature Occasions — the $20 million occasions the PGA Tour created in recent times to ensure one of the best gamers compete alongside one another whereas thwarting the specter of LIV Golf.
Thomas can climb this listing even increased ought to he play effectively in these Signature Occasions this season. He’s trending in that path too. His solo second this week marked his finest end result since Might 2022, when he defeated Will Zalatoris in a playoff at Southern Hills. He additionally completed second to Scheffler on the Hero World Problem final month, however that 20-man exhibition within the Bahamas shouldn’t be thought-about an official PGA Tour occasion. Earlier than that, Thomas tied for second in Japan on the ZOZO Championship.
But, after capturing a bogey-free 66 on Sunday, Thomas mentioned he didn’t have his ‘finest stuff’ this week. Regardless of that remark, Thomas ranked among the many prime 22 in all strokes gained metrics and gained 7.640 strokes total, which tied for fifth among the many discipline.
“I had an opportunity. It wasn’t clearly a fantastic one on the again 9, however I used to be pleased with myself, I did what I wanted to do on the entrance 9 at present and at the very least be making some noise and form of transferring up the leaderboard,” Thomas mentioned.
“Clearly it was unlucky to form of stall there after 11, actually, actually performed some nice golf at present, hit some actually good pictures, made some nice putts and hit some nice putts too that didn’t go in… I really feel like I managed every little thing rather well and obtained it round effectively, solely two bogeys all week, however, yeah, in a spot like this you bought to be fairly sharp throughout, and I’ll simply hold constructing.”
When Thomas arrived on the twelfth gap — a brief 346-yard par-4 — he had simply made his sixth birdie of the day on 11 and was hungry for extra. However a 15-footer for birdie there slipped previous the opening and Thomas went on to make six extra pars after that, stalling out as he alluded to.
“Simply hold doing what I’m doing; I don’t want to vary or do something totally different; simply hold constructing, hold working, tighten some issues up,” Thomas mentioned on what he has to do to recover from the hump and win.
“I really feel like my wedge recreation has not been something near my degree of what I prefer it being. So, yeah, simply hold honing in on that and work as a result of we now have a giant stretch right here developing that I’m enthusiastic about.”
Thomas shouldn’t be within the discipline on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines however will tee it up the next week at Pebble Seaside for the second Signature Occasion of the season. Ought to he win there, not solely will he obtain a wholesome dose of confidence, however he can even transfer additional up the profession winnings listing with a $4 million payday.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. Observe him on X @jack_milko.