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.
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. $155,000
28. $149,000
29. $143,000
30. $137,000
31. $131,000
32. $125,000
33. $119,000
34. $114,000
35. $109,000
36. $104,000
37. $99,000
38. $95,000
39. $91,000
40. $87,000
41. $83,000
42. $79,000
43. $75,000
44. $71,000
45. $67,000
46. $63,000
47. $59,000
48. $55,800
49. $53,000
50. $51,400
51. $50,200
52. $49,000
53. $48,200
54. $47,400
55. $47,000
56. $46,600
57. $46,200
58. $45,800
59. $45,400
60. $45,000
61. $44,600
62. $44,200
63. $43,800
64. $43,400
65. $43,000
66. $42,600
67. $42,200
68. $41,800
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.
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