He went more than 1,000 days between the victories, but Justin Thomas is finally back in mind.
Thomas sank a deep Birdie putt on the first hole in the playoffs to beat Andrew Novak and win the RBC legacy on Sunday afternoon. He pulled a 68 without Bogey, then broke out in a massive celebration on The Green after the first victory since the PGA 2022 championship.
With this victory also came a check for $ 3.6 million.
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As the RBC Heritage is a signature event on the PGA Tour, it offered a $ 20 million handbag. It’s just shy from what the Masters offered last week, and tied with some of the biggest tour of the tour this season.
Thomas has painfully won in recent years. He had six TOP-10 on tour last season, including a finalist in the Zozo championship, and he also entered this week with a pair of finalists this season. Thomas finished second at the American Express in January, then again at the Valspar championship in March. He did not miss a single cup in 10 departures this season, and he has just finished T36 in Augusta National last week.
But Thomas was great this jump week. He equaled the course record Thursday with a 61 and held his first advance of 36 holes in almost four years after the Tour of Friday. He then stood late and, after Novak missed an 8 feet for the victory in settlement, perfectly managed the playoffs to finally win his victory.
Here is an overview of the quantity of Thomas and the rest of the field this week in Hilton Head, in South Carolina.
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RBC wealth pays
1. Justin Thomas – $ 3.6 million
2. Andrew Novak – $ 2.16 million
T3. Daniel Berger, Mackenzie Hughes, Brian Harman, Maverick McNealy – $ 960,000
7. Tommy Fleetwood – $ 670,000
T8. Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley, Si Woo Kim – $ 580,000
T11. JT Poston, Sungjae IM – $ 480,000
T13. Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Viktor Hovland, Cam Davis, Patrick Cantlay – $ 260,000
T18. Xander Schauffele, Sami Valimaki, Chris Kirk, Eric Cole, Jordan Spieth, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Hoge, Shane Lowry, Keegan Bradley – $ 223,000
$ 26. 159,000
T27. Davis Thompson, Ryan Gerard, Billy Outside Check, Max Greyserman, Wyndham Clark, – $ 140,000
T32. Bud Cauley, Austin Eckroat, Matt Kuchar, Thoams Detry, Stephan Jaeger, Brian Campbell – $ 109,084
T38. Tony Finau, Aaron Rai, Ben An, Matt Fizpatrick – $ 86,250
T42. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Patrick Rodgers, Matthieu Pavon, JJ Spaun, Taylor Pendrith, Akshay Bhatia, Justin Rose – $ 64,000
T49. Corey Conners, Denny McCarthy, Nick Taylor, Jason Day, Adam Scott $ 48,000
T54. Collin Morikawa, Michael Kim, Ludvig Åberg, Sam Stevens, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Karl Vilips – $ 44,500
T61. Min Woo Lee, Adam Hadwin, Gary Woodland, Lucas Glover, Jacob Bridgeman – $ 41,500
T66. Robert Macintyre, Harris English – $ 39,750
68. Rickie Fowler – $ 39,000
69. Sahith Theegala – $ 38,000
70. Max Homa – $ 37,500
71. Nick Dunlap – $ 37,000
72. Joe Highsmith – $ 36,500
