Like the other PGA TOUR fall events, the 2024 Black Desert Classic had a weak field and small purse compared to regular season events. Matt McCarty didn’t notice. He took home $1,350,000 for his victory and can look forward to playing in the Masters next April.
You know who did notice, everyone finishing T-54 or worse who took home $17,400 or less. For comparison’s sake, T-52 in the Wells Fargo Championship, a Signature event played in May, took home $47,000, nearly 3x as much.
Last week, Kevin Streelman hit a pretty-straight forward chip 7-feet. The problem: it needed to go at least 50. Had he gotten up and down and finished the tourney one stroke lower, he would have won an additional $200k. Ouch.
Sunday’s Movers and Losers:
- Lucas Glover on Sunday fired a cool 62 and jumped 25 places to finish T-3, taking home $442,500. Who needs a glove anyway? He’s playing the best golf of his season right now.
- Matt Schmid (???) also shot 62 Sunday and jumped even more spots on the leaderboard — 31 spots to finish in solo 5th. His take home of $307,500 was $120k more than his 2nd best take home of the season so far.
- Ben Kholes shi* the bed yesterday. He shot +4, tying two others for the worst round of the day. His Sunday finish cost him a boatload of cash and confidence.
- Chad Ramey shot par on Sunday. Not good. We are guessing he made friends with the Black lava more than once yesterday. He fell 14 places.
- Matt McCarty’s confidence is soaring right now. If he can maintain it, look out golf world. He’s going to make waves and tons of greenbacks in 2025.
2024 Black Desert Championship Payouts
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Matt McCarty | -23 | $1,350,000 |
| 2 | Stephan Jaeger | -20 | $817,500 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | -19 | $442,500 |
| T3 | Kevin Streelman | -19 | $442,500 |
| 5 | Matti Schmid | -18 | $307,500 |
| T6 | Harris English | -17 | $262,500 |
| T6 | Joe Highsmith | -17 | $262,500 |
| T8 | Nick Hardy | -16 | $219,375 |
| T8 | Lee Hodges | -16 | $219,375 |
| T8 | Henrik Norlander | -16 | $219,375 |
| T11 | Patrick Rodgers | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Seamus Power | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Tom Whitney | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Greyson Sigg | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Nico Echavarria | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Ben Griffin | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Carson Young | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Max McGreevy | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Carl Yuan | -15 | $137,625 |
| T11 | Beau Hossler | -15 | $137,625 |
| T21 | Wesley Bryan | -14 | $81,750 |
| T21 | Rico Hoey | -14 | $81,750 |
| T21 | Joseph Bramlett | -14 | $81,750 |
| T21 | Chad Ramey | -14 | $81,750 |
| T25 | Mac Meissner | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Tyler Duncan | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Ryo Hisatsune | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Trey Mullinax | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Alex Smalley | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Nick Taylor | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | J.J. Spaun | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Doug Ghim | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Adam Svensson | -13 | $52,912 |
| T25 | Kurt Kitayama | -13 | $52,912 |
| T35 | Will Gordon | -12 | $37,350 |
| T35 | Chris Kirk | -12 | $37,350 |
| T35 | Daniel Berger | -12 | $37,350 |
| T35 | Kevin Tway | -12 | $37,350 |
| T35 | Harry Hall | -12 | $37,350 |
| T40 | Philip Knowles | -11 | $31,125 |
| T40 | Sam Ryder | -11 | $31,125 |
| T40 | Joel Dahmen | -11 | $31,125 |
| T43 | Patton Kizzire | -10 | $26,625 |
| T43 | Alejandro Tosti | -10 | $26,625 |
| T43 | Erik van Rooyen | -10 | $26,625 |
| T46 | Wilson Furr | -9 | $20,137 |
| T46 | K.H. Lee | -9 | $20,137 |
| T46 | Justin Suh | -9 | $20,137 |
| T46 | Ryan Fox | -9 | $20,137 |
| T46 | Cameron Champ | -9 | $20,137 |
| T46 | Jacob Bridgeman | -9 | $20,137 |
| T46 | Chan Kim | -9 | $20,137 |
| T46 | Ben Kohles | -9 | $20,137 |
| T54 | Lanto Griffin | -8 | $17,400 |
| T54 | Scott Piercy | -8 | $17,400 |
| T54 | Tyson Alexander | -8 | $17,400 |
| T54 | Raul Pereda | -8 | $17,400 |
| T54 | Trace Crowe | -8 | $17,400 |
| T54 | Chez Reavie | -8 | $17,400 |
| 60 | Erik Barnes | -6 | $16,875 |
| T61 | Nate Lashley | -5 | $16,650 |
| T61 | Roger Sloan | -5 | $16,650 |
| 63 | Norman Xiong | -4 | $16,425 |
| T64 | Chesson Hadley | -3 | $16,200 |
| T64 | S.H. Kim | -3 | $16,200 |
| 66 | Zac Blair | -2 | $15,975 |
| 67 | Vince Whaley | -1 | $15,825 |
| 68 | Alexander Bjork | E | $15,675 |
| 69 | Dylan Wu | 2 | $15,525 |
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