- DO PRO GOLFERS MAKE MONEY IF THEY MISS THE CUT PRO
- DO PRO GOLFERS MAKE MONEY IF THEY MISS THE CUT CRACK
The moral of the story: we all know these guys are good, but making all the finances add up on the PGA Tour still requires really good finishes. And for even greater perspective, our player’s last-place total in every event still tops the Korn Ferry Tour’s top money leader through the KFT Championship, Will Zalatoris, who has banked over $358K in 15 events to lead the rest of his peers by more than $25K.
DO PRO GOLFERS MAKE MONEY IF THEY MISS THE CUT CRACK
(While the money list is no longer used to determine PGA Tour status, a last-place finish in a regular Tour event earns around four FedEx Cup points, which yields a total of approximately 112 points for the season and a FedEx Cup ranking of around 177 - a far cry from the 276 points you needed to crack the top 125 and qualify for the Playoffs.)įor perspective, just one top 5 finish on the PGA Tour is generally worth somewhere between $240,000 to $300,000, so a player can literally almost match the season-long tally of last-place finishes with one good week. 149 on the PGA Tour money list through the Wyndham Championship, and while an income of nearly $400K represents a pretty good living for most people - even when you factor in expenses - it’s unfortunately not enough to guarantee that you can keep your job on the PGA Tour. That total winnings of $392,415 would put our player at No. For example, golfers who missed the cut at the 2022 Masters Championship still walked away with 10,000.
DO PRO GOLFERS MAKE MONEY IF THEY MISS THE CUT PRO
*Wells Fargo Championship: $15,326 (73rd) Do Pro Golfers Make Money If They Miss The Cut The only professional events where professionals get paid for missing the cuts are in majors. *Zurich Classic of New Orleans: $34,310 (T37) Waste Management Phoenix Open: $15,549 (66th) Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: $13,510 (76th) Sanderson Farms Championship: $13,794 (68th) So, with all that in mind, here’s the breakdown for our hypothetical player:Ī Military Tribute at the Greenbrier: $15,825 (67th) Cutlines often include many players tied on the number, which is why last place varies widely, from 66th to T80. Is it possible that pro golfers make money if they miss the cut Majors are the only professional events where professionals get paid if they miss the cuts. For the purposes of this story, I’ll use the amounts from 2018-19 tournament season finishes to fill the canceled tournament voids.Īlso worth noting: PGA Tour tournament purses vary, generally ranging from the low $6-millions to the high $7-millions, depending on the event (the Bermuda Championship and Puerto Rico Open are exceptions here - they’re held opposite WGCs - with total purses of only $3 million). There were a total of 23 regular, full-field PGA Tour tournaments played during the 2019-2020 season (five were canceled due to the coronavirus shutdown, and others, like the Masters, were postponed into the 2020-21 season). With the new PGA Tour season already upon us, it raises an interesting question: What would a fully exempt player have made during the 2019-20 season if he made the cut at every single regular-season Tour event (not including majors, WGCs, limited-field events or the FedEx Cup playoffs), but finished at the bottom of the leaderboard every single time?
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