In the wise words of the late Yankee legend Yogi Berra, “it’s getting late, early.” Meaning, we’ve only just started July but there are only five weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The tour is at TPC Deere Run this week for its annual stop at the John Deere Classic, which is big for some of those lower in standing to make up ground with little time remaining in the regular season. The field is playing for $8.4 million with the winner taking home $1.512 million.
Ben Griffin (17) is the only top-20 ranked player in the world competing. Sungjae Im (25) is next on the list. Davis Thompson is the defending champion and is looking to be the first repeat winner of this event since Steve Stricker from 2009-11.
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Rickie Fowler is playing here for the first time since 2010, the only time that he’s ever played at Deere Run. Last week’s winner Aldrich Potgieter is playing again, hoping to keep the same form that saw him win in Detroit on the fifth playoff hole.
Jason Day (28), J.T. Poston (43), Denny McCarthy (45) and Lucas Glover (46) are the other top-50 ranked players participating.
Up next: the Genesis Scottish Open and ISCO Championship are both held next week, followed by the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. The Barracuda Championship, 3M Open and Wyndham Championship then close out the regular season.
Here’s the rundown of what each player will earn who makes the cut. Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
WIN: $1.512 million
2: $915,600
3: $579,600
4: $411,600
5: $344,400
6: $304,500
7: $283,500
8: $262,500
9: $245,700
10: $228,900
11: $212,100
12: $195,300
13: $178,500
14: $161,700
15: $153,300
16: $144,900
17: $136,500
18: $128,100
19: $119,700
20: $111,300
21: $102,900
22: $94,500
23: $87,780
24: $81,060
25: $74,340
26: $67,620
27: $65,100
28: $62,580
29: $60,060
30: $57,540
31: $55,020
32: $52,500
33: $49,980
34: $47,880
35: $45,780
36: $43,680
37: $41,580
38: $39,900
39: $38,220
40: $36,540
41: $34,860
42: $33,180
43: $31,500
44: $29,820
45: $28,140
46: $26,460
47: $24,780
48: $23,436
49: $22,260
50: $21,588
51: $21,084
52: $20,580
53: $20,244
54: $19,908
55: $19,740
56: $19,572
57: $19,404
58: $19,236
59: $19,068
60: $18,900
61: $18,732
62: $18,564
63: $18,396
64: $18,228
65: $18,060
66: $17,892
67: $17,724
68: $17,556
69: $17,388
70: $17,220
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
