It’s rare when there’s so much history at a fall event on the PGA Tour but there are two significant headlines this week at the Black Desert Championship, the third of eight fall events this year. For starters, it’s the first time since 1963 that the tour has returned to Utah, playing this week in a course designed on a lava field in Ivins.
Secondly, 65-year-old Jay Don Blake is making his 500th tour star after being given a sponsor invite. Blake last played in a tour even in 2018 and won his only tour title back in 1991. He was born and still lives in St. George and attended Utah State. (Last week 71-year-old Reed Hughes played in the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi.)
Other players in the field with Utah ties are Zac Blair and Patrick Fishburn. They’ll all be playing for the $7.5 million purse. The winner will take home $1.35 million.
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A reminder, full status is on the line during this stretch and entry into two early signature events in 2025—the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational. As part of the Aon Next 10, those ranked Nos. 51-60 will play in those two events. Seamus Power, Patrick Rodgers, Harris English and Nick Taylor are all in that category and playing this week. Those from 61-125 will retain full status for next year and Nos. 126-150 will have conditional status. All those players can improve status by playing in PGA Tour Q-School.
Here’s the rundown of what each play will earn who makes the cut this week. Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
WIN: $1.35 million
2: $817,500
3: $517,500
4: $367,500
5: $307,500
6: $271,875
7: $253,125
8: $234,375
9: $219,375
10: $204,375
11: $189,375
12: $174,375
13: $159,375
14: $144,375
15: $136,875
16: $129,875
17: $121,875
18: $114,375
19: $106,875
20: $99,375
21: $91,875
22: $84,375
23: $78,375
24: $72,375
25: $66,375
26: $60,375
27: $58,125
28: $55,875
29: $53,625
30: $51,375
31: $49,125
32: $46,875
33: $44,625
34: $42,750
35: $40,875
36: $39,000
37: $37,125
38: $35,625
39: $34,125
40: $32,625
41: $31,125
42: $29,625
43: $28,125
44: $26,625
45: $25,125
46: $23,625
47: $22,125
48: $20,925
49: $19,875
50: $19,275
51: $18,825
52: $18,375
53: $18,075
54: $17,775
55: $17,625
56: $17,475
57: $17,325
58: $17,175
59: $17,025
60: $16,875
61: $16,725
62: $16,575
63: $16,425
64: $16,275
65: $16,125
66: $15,975
67: $15,825
68: $15,675
69: $15,525
70: $15,375
71: $15,225
72: $15,075
73: $14,925
74: $14,775
75: $14,625
76: $14,475
77: $14,325
78: $14,175
79: $14,025
80: $13,875
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
