In search of his first solo victory on the PGA Tour, Andrew Novak holds a three-shot lead heading into the weekend at the VidantaWorld Mexico Open. He obviously would like to maintain that advantage on Saturday for various reasons, not the least of which being this fact about the tournament since it became a PGA Tour event in 2022: The largest final-round comeback in tournament history is just one stroke. That came a year ago, when Brian Campbell rallied to claim his first tour title.
Novak has won previously on the PGA Tour, but it was a team victory along with Ben Griffin at the 2025 Zurich Classic.
Ironically, Griffin is one of Novak’s closest pursuers at Vidanta Vallarta, sitting tied in second place along with Matthieu Pavon, Adrien Dumont de Chassart and amateur Kihei Akina.
The winner on Sunday will claim a $1.08 million prize money payout from an overall purse of $6 million.
Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer who made the cut this weekend in Mexico. Come back Sunday and we’ll update this list with names and individual paydays.
Win: $1,080,000
2: $654,000
3: $414,000
4: $294,000
5: $246,000
6: $217,500
7: $202,500
8: $187,500
9: $175,500
10: $163,500
11: $151,500
12: $139,500
13: $127,500
14: $115,500
15: $109,500
16: $103,500
17: $97,500
18: $91,500
19: $85,500
20: $79,500
21: $73,500
22: $67,500
23: $62,700
24: $57,900
25: $53,100
26: $48,300
27: $46,500
28: $44,700
29: $42,900
30: $41,100
31: $39,300
32: $37,500
33: $35,700
34: $34,200
35: $32,700
36: $31,200
37: $29,700
38: $28,500
39: $27,300
40: $26,100
41: $24,900
42: $23,700
43: $22,500
44: $21,300
45: $20,100
46: $18,900
47: $17,700
48: $16,740
49: $15,900
50: $15,420
51: $15,060
52: $14,700
53: $14,460
54: $14,220
55: $14,100
56: $13,980
57: $13,860
58: $13,740
59: $13,620
60: $13,500
61: $13,380
62: $13,260
63: $13,140
64: $13,020
65: $12,900
66: $12,780
67: $12,660
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
