The total purse for the RSM Classic last week was a cool $8.4M with The Big Swede taking home the $1.5M winner’s check. Not bad money if you can get it for a week’s work.
Let’s jump over to see how the ladies faired yesterday and the CME Group Tour Championship. Amy Yang lifted her 5th Big-A LPGA Tour Trophy of her career. Do you know what else she lifted? A Big-A check worth $2M — $500k more than Ludvig Aberg for winning the RSM. Mighty nice. Good for you Amy. Good for you LPGA Tour. And especially good for CME Group for putting up the cheese.
Back to the RSM Classic. Not only did Mackenzie Hughes finish yesterday in 2nd place and take home nearly $1M, he also locked up his place in the Top-60 in the FedExCup Fall Standings. He has now locked up his spots in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis at Riviera. Elevated events. Big purses. Lots of points. Taylor Montgomery who finished T-8 in the RSM also locked up his Top-60 FedExCup Fall Standings place in addition to taking home $229k. It pays to be good at golf. It pays a lot.
RSM Payouts:
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Ludvig Aberg | -29 | $1,512,000 |
| 2 | Mackenzie Hughes | -25 | $915,600 |
| T3 | Tyler Duncan | -22 | $495,600 |
| T3 | Eric Cole | -22 | $495,600 |
| T5 | Adam Svensson | -19 | $310,800 |
| T5 | Ben Kohles | -19 | $310,800 |
| T5 | Denny McCarthy | -19 | $310,800 |
| T8 | Ben Griffin | -18 | $228,900 |
| T8 | Taylor Montgomery | -18 | $228,900 |
| T8 | Ryan Moore | -18 | $228,900 |
| T8 | Austin Eckroat | -18 | $228,900 |
| T8 | Greyson Sigg | -18 | $228,900 |
| T13 | Russell Henley | -17 | $150,500 |
| T13 | J.J. Spaun | -17 | $150,500 |
| T13 | Charley Hoffman | -17 | $150,500 |
| T13 | Vince Whaley | -17 | $150,500 |
| T13 | Peter Kuest | -17 | $150,500 |
| T13 | Sam Ryder | -17 | $150,500 |
| T19 | Tano Goya | -16 | $107,100 |
| T19 | Luke List | -16 | $107,100 |
| T19 | Kelly Kraft | -16 | $107,100 |
| T19 | Adam Schenk | -16 | $107,100 |
| T23 | Jacob Solomon | -15 | $75,180 |
| T23 | Fred Biondi | -15 | $75,180 |
| T23 | Nick Hardy | -15 | $75,180 |
| T23 | Kevin Tway | -15 | $75,180 |
| T23 | Alex Noren | -15 | $75,180 |
| T28 | Stephan Jaeger | -14 | $53,918 |
| T28 | Chris Kirk | -14 | $53,918 |
| T28 | William McGirt | -14 | $53,918 |
| T28 | Brendon Todd | -14 | $53,918 |
| T28 | Harris English | -14 | $53,918 |
| T28 | Thomas Detry | -14 | $53,918 |
| T28 | Nicholas Lindheim | -14 | $53,918 |
| T28 | Matt NeSmith | -14 | $53,918 |
| T36 | Ricky Barnes | -13 | $42,630 |
| T36 | Will Gordon | -13 | $42,630 |
| T38 | Chesson Hadley | -12 | $35,700 |
| T38 | Brian Gay | -12 | $35,700 |
| T38 | Scott Piercy | -12 | $35,700 |
| T38 | Matt Atkins | -12 | $35,700 |
| T38 | Akshay Bhatia | -12 | $35,700 |
| T38 | Cameron Young | -12 | $35,700 |
| T44 | J.T. Poston | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Brian Harman | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Russell Knox | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Stewart Cink | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Alex Smalley | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Corey Conners | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Wesley Bryan | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Patton Kizzire | -11 | $24,239 |
| T44 | Nico Echavarria | -11 | $24,239 |
| T53 | Tommy Gainey | -10 | $19,774 |
| T53 | Austin Smotherman | -10 | $19,774 |
| T53 | Cody Gribble | -10 | $19,774 |
| T53 | Matt Kuchar | -10 | $19,774 |
| T53 | Davis Thompson | -10 | $19,774 |
| T58 | Cameron Champ | -9 | $18,816 |
| T58 | K.H. Lee | -9 | $18,816 |
| T58 | Maverick McNealy | -9 | $18,816 |
| T58 | Ben Crane | -9 | $18,816 |
| T58 | Camilo Villegas | -9 | $18,816 |
| T58 | Brandon Wu | -9 | $18,816 |
| T64 | Justin Suh | -8 | $17,976 |
| T64 | Brent Grant | -8 | $17,976 |
| T64 | Aaron Baddeley | -8 | $17,976 |
| T64 | Robert Streb | -8 | $17,976 |
| T68 | Ben Carr | -7 | $17,388 |
| T68 | Carl Yuan | -7 | $17,388 |
| T68 | Harry Higgs | -7 | $17,388 |
| T71 | Carson Young | -6 | $16,968 |
| T71 | Si Woo Kim | -6 | $16,968 |
| T73 | Andrew Novak | -5 | $16,632 |
| T73 | Kramer Hickok | -5 | $16,632 |
| T75 | Satoshi Kodaira | -4 | $16,296 |
| T75 | Curtis Thompson | -4 | $16,296 |
| 77 | Cameron Percy | -3 | $16,044 |
| 78 | Kevin Kisner | -1 | $15,876 |