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It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask  this week’s winners, Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy .

The Ryder Cup teammates won the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana in Avondale on Sunday after a one-hole playoff against Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer. The win is the 25th of McIlroy’s career and third of Lowry’s on the PGA Tour.

McIlroy and Lowry will each bank $1,286,050, while Ramey and Trainer will earn $525,100 as a consolation prize. Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard finished a shot back in third and will take home $343,763 a piece.

With $8.9 million up for grabs, check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

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Players purse: Record payout, winner’s check on the line at Players Championship

The 2023 Players Championship boasts a record purse and winner's check. Here's how much money is on the line at TPC Sawgrass.

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If you think the PGA Tour’s new designated events offer big-time payouts, just wait until you see what the Players Championship is dishing out this week.

The PGA Tour’s flagship event kicked off on Thursday at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., with 144 players in the field.

They’re playing for a ton of money, too. The Players purse is a record $25 million, with the winner getting a whopping $4.5 million. That’s significantly more than what the Tour’s previous three designated events have competed for this year. The Players is the Tour’s fifth designated event this season, and the previous three full-field tournaments (not counting the Sentry Tournament of Champions) have boasted $20 million purses and $3.6 million to the winners.

The Players’ $25 million purse and $4.5 million winner’s payout are both PGA Tour regular-season records, and they reflect a massive recent increase in Players payouts.

The Players purse fluctuated between $10-12.5 million from 2014 to 2019 before jumping to $15 million in 2021. (The 2020 Players also had a $15 million purse, but that event was canceled due to Covid-19.)

Last year’s purse jumped $5 million to $20 million — with Cameron Smith winning $3.6 million for his victory — and now it’s increased by yet another $5 million. For those keeping track at home, that’s a $10 million purse increase in just two years.

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Last month, the Tour’s rival, LIV Golf , completed its first event of its second season, with Charles Howell III winning the $4 million top prize out of the $20 million individual purse.

Asked on Tuesday if it took LIV Golf’s arrival to help rewrite the PGA Tour’s playbook, commissioner Jay Monahan rattled off a lengthy rebuttal.

“At that time we announced increased purses in our events, the events that we’re yielding this year. It’s really important to note that back in that timeframe we were also in the midst of extending our domestic media rights deals, and those didn’t take effect until the beginning of 2022,” Monahan said. “In running a business, you can only spend the money you generate. For us, that was a big moment for the PGA Tour, and when you think about how the resources have been allocated, that comes from the great loyal membership that we have on the PGA Tour, their incredible talents, their commitment to the model, to the meritocracy of the PGA Tour and the game, to the corporate partners that we have that support all of our tournaments, to the communities where we make such a huge impact, to our fans who want to see more of our — all these things really come as a result of the business having these changes that we could reinvest in our product.”

Rory McIlroy had a slightly different answer, though.

“I’m not going to sit here and lie; I think the emergence of LIV or the emergence of a competitor to the PGA Tour has benefited everyone that plays elite professional golf,” he said. “I think when you’ve been the biggest golf league in the biggest market in the world for the last 60 years, there’s not a lot of incentive to innovate.”

So about that money. The winner gets $4.5 million, but the top-five finishers all grab seven-figure checks. Let that sink in. The runner-up takes $2.725 million, 3rd $1.725 million, 4th $1.225 million and 5th $1.025 million. Even 14th place, for example, gets nearly a half-million dollars ($481,250).

The Players will have a cut after 36 holes with the top 65 golfers and ties advancing to the weekend. Sixty-fifth place pays out $53,750.

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The Biggest Checks, Purses And First Prizes In Golf

The most lucrative golf tournaments in the professional game are no longer the Major Championships...

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Whoever conquers Royal Liverpool this week to lift the famous Claret Jug will also be rewarded financially, handsomely so, with the winner receiving a $3m payout .

The check for finishing first is the biggest it has ever been in golf’s oldest Major Championship , but The Open is not the most lucrative tournament in professional golf – far from it.

Compared to prize funds and first prizes in other individual sports , golf comes out on top, especially when you look at the money that’s on offer for competitors on a week to week basis.

The Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour has taken prize money to a new level, too, which means professional golfers have never had a better opportunity to secure their financial futures.

Wherever today’s elite professional golfers are playing around the world, there’s good money to be made in the professional game, with some tournaments in particular offering eye-watering sums of money, and not just for the winners, either – players might miss the cut and still take home a decent wedge.

Here, we list the most lucrative official golf tournaments in the professional game according to the 2022/23 season, as well as individual checks for bonuses and season-ending rewards.

Talor Gooch won the individual and team competitions at LIV Golf Singapore, which amounted to a $4.75m payday 

Biggest Tournament Checks

• The Players Championship, purse $25m, first $4.5m
• LIV Golf Mayakoba, purse $25m*, first $4m**
• LIV Golf Tucson, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Orlando, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Adelaide, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Singapore, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Tulsa, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf DC, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Andalucía, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf London, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Greenbrier, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Bedminster, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Chicago, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Jeddah, purse $25m, first $4m
• LIV Golf Miami, purse $25m, first $4m 
• US Open, purse $20m, first $3.6m *Major
• Phoenix Open, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• The Genesis Invitational, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• Arnold Palmer Invitational, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• RBC Heritage, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• Wells Fargo Championship, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• the Memorial Tournament, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• Travelers Championship, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, purse $20m, first $3.5m
• Masters, purse $18m, first £3,240,000 *Major
• PGA Championship, purse $17.5m, first $3.15m *Major
• Open Championship, purse $16.5m, first $3m *Major

* Applicable for each of the 14 2023 LIV Golf tournaments – $20m for the individual event and $5m for the team event

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** Applicable for each of the 14 2023 LIV Golf tournaments – $4m for the individual event winner, with additional $3m ($750,000 per player) for winners of the team event, so the potential for a $4.75m first prize

The 14 LIV Golf tournaments dominate this list, with only The Players Championship coming close. Strictly speaking, golf's 'unofficial Fifth Major' offers the best individual first prize, with Scottie Scheffler scooping $4.5m for winning the PGA Tour's flagship event in March 2023. 

However, it's possible for players on LIV to take home $4.75m if they win both the individual and team event that each of the 14 tournaments features, as Talor Gooch did in Singapore.

LIV Prize Money By Event

Cameron Smith won $4 million for taking the LIV Golf London individual title

• LIV Golf Miami, purse $25m, first $4m

PGA Tour Designated Event Purses And First Prizes

Wyndham Clark won the US Open in June, the game's most lucrative Major Championship 

PGA Tour designated, or elevated, events are 17 tournaments running from January to August 2023 that will have all of the best players competing for increased purses.

It's worth noting that the 2024 season will feature eight Designated events that will have fields of 70-78 players competing for elevated purses and FedExCup points.

• FedEx St. Jude Championship, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• BMW Championship, purse $20m, first $3.6m
• Sentry Tournament Of Champions, purse $15m, first $2.7m

Other Big Paydays - PIP and season-ending bonuses 

Individual wins and big paydays are good. End-of-season paydays and additional bonuses are even better – and there are a number of other big checks worth winning in golf.

For example, the Player Impact Program (PIP), introduced by the PGA Tour to reward its most impactful players, was set at $100m in 2022, a sum shared among the 20 players deemed to have boosted engagement, reach and publicity, with Tiger Woods earning himself a nice $15m bonus. 

• 2023 The TOUR Championship, purse $75m, FedEx Cup winner $18m
• 2023 LIV Golf individual season winner $18m
• 2022 Player Impact Program (PIP) winner $15m 
• 2023 LIV Golf individual season runner-up $8m
• 2023 LIV Golf individual season third $8m
• 2022 DP World Tour Championship, purse $10m, winner $3m

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2024 The Galleri Classic purse, winner’s share, prize money payout

The 2024 The Galleri Classic purse is set for $2.2 million, with the winner's share coming in at $330,000 -- the standard 15 percent payout according to the PGA Tour Champions' prize money distribution chart .

The Galleri Classic field is headed by Steve Alker, Stephen Ames, Padraig Harrington and Retief Goosen.

For 2024 The Galleri Classic results and payout , see our final leaderboard

It's the sixth event of the season, with 78 players taking on the California host course. There is no cut.

This tournament is played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

The Galleri Classic will be played over three days from Friday through Sunday.

What else is on the line: Charles Schwab Cup points, OWGR points, exemptions

Beyond money, there are important points, perks and benefits on the line for the field -- in particular, the tournament winner.

The money earned this week counts toward the Charles Schwab Cup points list. Each dollar earned translates into a regular season point to qualify for the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs in 2024.

At the season of the season in 2024, the top five players in the final standings are paid part of the $2.1 million bonus pool (all as annuities), based on the points standings.

The PGA Tour Champions does not offer Official World Golf Ranking points in its events.

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2024 PGA Championship odds, field: Surprising PGA picks from golf model that's won 11 majors

Sportsline's proven model simulated the pga championship 2024 10,000 times and revealed its pga golf picks for valhalla golf club.

Unlike the other majors, the PGA Championship is the only that is exclusive to professional golfers. No amateurs will be a part of the 2024 PGA Championship field when play tees off Thursday, May 16 from Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville. The field of pros hopes to take advantage of what has historically been a course with numerous birdie opportunities, as the average winning score from the three previous PGA Championships at Valhalla is 15-under-par. Rory McIlroy won the last major held at this course in 2014, while Brooks Koepka enters the PGA Championship 2024 as the defending champion.

McIlroy (10-1) and Koepka (16-1) are looking up to Scottie Scheffler in the 2024 PGA Championship odds. The Masters winner is the 4-1 PGA Championship favorite, followed by Jon Rahm (9-1). Ludvig Aberg, who was runner-up at the Masters in his first major start, is 16-1. Before locking in any 2024 PGA Championship picks of your own, entering PGA DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings or FanDuel, or finalizing PGA Championship props and PGA Championship Pick Six entries, be sure to see the 2024 PGA Championship golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up almost $10,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure's model correctly predicted Scottie Scheffler would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Masters, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and The Players Championship this season. McClure also included Hideki Matsuyama in his best bets to win the 2024 Genesis Invitational. That bet hit at +9000, and for the entire tournament, McClure's best bets returned nearly $1,000.

The model also predicted Jon Rahm would be victorious at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm's second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scheffler winning in 2022.

In addition, McClure's best bets included Nick Taylor (70-1) winning the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, Jason Day (17-1) winning outright at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson, and Rickie Fowler (14-1) finishing on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 11 majors entering the weekend and hit the Masters three straight years. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now with the PGA Championship 2024 field taking shape, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.

Top 2024 PGA Championship predictions 

One major surprise the model is calling for at the 2024 PGA Championship: Brooks Koepka, a three-time PGA champion and one of the favorites, stumbles and doesn't even crack the top 10. Koepka has five major tournament wins on his resume and a reputation for elevating his level of play in big events. However, his last two major starts haven't gone well as he was 45th at the Masters, which followed a 64th-place finish at last year's Open Championship. He's failed to shoot par in each of his last seven rounds at major tournaments.

After notching three tournament wins in 2023, including last year's PGA Championship, it has been tough sledding for Koepka in 2024. He has no victories, or even top-fives, and across his six starts, he has three times as many finishes outside the top 25 (three) as he has inside the top 10 (one). He played Valhalla at the 2014 PGA Championship and finished in a tie for 15th place, but that placement ranks just eighth out of his 11 career PGA Championship starts.

Another surprise: Justin Thomas, a 31-1 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. Thomas hasn't had the best run at recent majors, as he's missed the cut in four of his last five majors. However, the one cut he made was at last year's PGA Championship, and this is clearly his favorite major event. He won this tournament just two years ago, his second victory after also being the 2017 PGA champion. Also, Thomas has had more top-fives at the PGA Championship than top-fives at every other major tournament combined.

Thomas is off to a solid start this season, with a pair of top-10s. He also has strong metrics across the board, ranking among the top 12 of the PGA Tour in strokes gained: tee-to-green, birdie average and strokes gained: approach the green. Add in that Thomas is a Louisville native who will have the fan support at a major he's most comfortable at and he has a much better chance to win than his long PGA Championship 2024 odds imply, according to the model.  See who else to pick here .

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The model is also targeting three other golfers with odds of 25-1 or longer to make a strong run at the title. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model's picks here .

Who will win the 2024 PGA Championship, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the PGA Championship 2024 odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected PGA Championship leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed 11 golf majors, including the last three Masters .

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Scottie Scheffler 4-1 Jon Rahm 9-1 Rory McIlroy 10-1 Ludvig Aberg 16-1 Brooks Koepka 16-1 Xander Schauffele 18-1 Viktor Hovland 20-1 Patrick Cantlay 20-1 Wyndham Clark 20-1 Cameron Smith 22-1 Joaquin Niemann 22-1 Collin Morikawa 25-1 Sam Burns 25-1 Max Homa 25-1 Matt Fitzpatrick 28-1 Tom Kim 28-1 Jordan Spieth 30-1 Bryson DeChambeau 30-1 Tony Finau 30-1 Dustin Johnson 30-1 Justin Thomas 33-1 Hideki Matsuyama 35-1 Jason Day 35-1 Cameron Young 35-1 Tommy Fleetwood 40-1 Rickie Fowler 45-1 Min Woo Lee 50-1 Sungjae Im 50-1 Shane Lowry 50-1 Tyrrell Hatton 50-1 Brian Harman 55-1 Corey Conners 60-1 Patrick Reed 65-1 Justin Rose 65-1 Russell Henley 65-1 Sahith Theegala 65-1 Keegan Bradley 75-1 Adam Scott 80-1 Talor Gooch 90-1 Gary Woodland 100-1 Kurt Kitayama 100-1 Daniel Berger 100-1 Louis Oosthuizen 125-1 Tiger Woods 125-1 Si Woo Kim 125-1 Keith Mitchell 125-1 Thomas Pieters 125-1 Abraham Ancer 125-1 J.T. Poston 125-1 Sepp Straka 125-1 Mito Pereira 150-1 Harris English 150-1 Phil Mickelson 150-1 Ryan Fox 150-1 Adam Hadwin 150-1 Sergio Garcia 150-1 Seamus Power 175-1 Denny McCarthy 175-1 Robert MacIntyre 175-1 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 175-1 Davis Riley 175-1 Aaron Wise 175-1 Marc Leishman 175-1 Billy Horschel 200-1 Harold Varner III 200-1 Jason Kokrak 200-1 Mackenzie Hughes 225-1 Francisco Molinari 225-1 Joel Dahmen 250-1

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Brendan Steele wins LIV Golf Adelaide tournament from fast-finishing Louis Oosthuizen

Individual Champion Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC poses with the trophy after the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP)

Individual Champion Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC kisses the trophy after the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP)

Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC hits his shot from the third tee during the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP)

Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC hits his shot from the first tee during the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP)

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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele held off a fast finishing Louis Oosthuizen to win the LIV Golf Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club by one stoke.

The 41-year-old Steele shot a final round 68 Sunday for a 54-hole total of 18-under 198 to earn his first victory since he won his second Safeway Open in 2017 on the PGA Tour.

Steele had a streak of five consecutive birdies early in the round, before some putting jitters appeared in his back nine to open the door for a fast finishing pack of challenges including Oosthuizen, and former previous Masters winners Charl Schwartzel (64) and Jon Rahm (64).

“Yeah, I was telling myself that I knew there was going to be hard moments today regardless of the result and that I just needed to get back in there and start playing with freedom again,” Steele said moments after winning.

“And, and I was able to hit some good shots after that and write the show.”

South Africa’s Oosthuizen shot 65 to finish second at 17-under 199, and had drawn within one stroke of Steele late in Sunday’s final round, only for the American to make some clutch pars in the final holes to clinch victory.

Oosthuizen’s compatriot Schwartzel and Rahm were among a group of five players at 16-under 200, with Joaquin Niemann (66), Andy Ogletree (65) and Dean Burgmester (67) in a tie for third.

Former world No.1 Rahm had an eagle and six birdies in his 8-under 64 but had left too much ground to catch up on Steele on the final day to capture his first title since joining the LlV tour in December.

Last year’s winner Talor Gooch shot 70 and finshed in a tie for 26th at 10-under.

Some of the LIV Golf’s biggest names were also off the pace this week, including Brooks Koepka (nine-under), Dustin Johnson (nine-under), Phil Mickelson (seven-under) and Sergio Garcia (six under).

Australian team Ripper GC, led by local favorite Cameron Smith, with Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Lucas Herbert, won the teams format on the second playoff hole against the South African-based team, Stingers GC, to the delight of another large and boisterous crowd at The Grange course on Sunday.

The LIV tour remains in the Asia region next week for the May 3-5 Singapore event at the Sentosa Golf Club. Then there’s a month-long break before resuming in Houston from June 7-9.

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The winner of the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon last month is an immigrant from Laos who had been battling cancer for eight years.

The winning Powerball ticket was sold in early April at a Plaid Pantry convenience store in Portland, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months.

Oregon Lottery officials on Monday said 46-year-old Cheng Saephan, a Laos-born immigrant living in Portland and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week, claimed the winning ticket.

"I am grateful for the lottery and how I have been blessed," Saephan told reporters at a news conference Monday, according to CBS affiliate KOIN . "I am able to provide for my family and my health. … My life has been changed. Now I can bless my family and hire a good doctor for myself."

Saephan said he was relying on a combination of faith and luck when he purchased more than 20 tickets for the drawing.

"I prayed to God to help me," he said. "My kids are young and I'm not that healthy."

Officials said Saephan decided to take his winnings as a lump sum, $422 million after taxes, with his wife Duanpen Saephan, 37, and friend Laiza Chao, 55, of Milwaukie.

Saephan said his friend is getting part of the winnings because she gave him $100 toward the purchase of the tickets. After discovering he was holding the winning ticket, he called her to share the news.

"I said, 'Laiza, where are you?' and she said, 'I'm going to work,'" said Saephan. "I replied, 'You don't have to go anymore.'"

According to KOIN, he told reporters he plans to first purchase a home for himself in his family in Oregon. He also said he will likely continue to play the lottery after his winnings.

"I might get lucky again," he said. "I'll keep playing."

Under Oregon law, with few exceptions, lottery players cannot remain anonymous. Winners have a year to claim the top prize.

The Oregon Lottery said it had to go through a security and vetting process before announcing the identity of the person who came forward to claim the prize.

The $1.3 billion prize is the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in history, and the eighth largest among U.S. jackpot games, according to the Oregon Lottery.

The biggest U.S. lottery jackpot won was $2.04 billion in California in 2022.

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Paul Broadhurst looks for back-to-back wins, leads after Round 2 at Mitsubishi Electric Classic

Daily Wrap Up

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Things to Know

• Looking to win in back-to-back weeks, Paul Broadhurst carded 5-under 67 for the second consecutive day to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic presented by Vensure.
• On the day before his 60th birthday, defending champion Stephen Ames (2nd) matched the low 18-hole score in Mitsubishi Electric Classic history with 8-under 64.
• First-round leader Steven Alker , who has been atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings for all seven weeks this season, sits in third.
• Alker, Broadhurst and Ames – each of whom have one win in 2024 – are Nos. 1, 2 and 4, respectively, in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.

Paul Broadhurst, 67-67 – 134 (10-under)

• The 58-year-old seeks his seventh win on PGA TOUR Champions (182nd start)
• Note: This is the eighth tournament of the 2024 season
• Last player to win back-to-back tournaments on PGA TOUR Champions: Steven Alker (2023 Charles Schwab Cup Championship; 2024 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai).
• Last player to win back-to-back weeks on PGA TOUR Champions: Bernhard Langer (2017 Dominion
• Entered the week No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Is 0-for-5 converting those into victories
• His 67s this week are his low 18-hole scores at this event (20 rounds)

Stephen Ames, 71-64 – 135 (9-under)

• This was the 10th time a player shot 64 at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic
• Ames also shot 64 at this event in the second round last year en route to victory
• Seeks his eighth win on PGA TOUR Champions (204th start), which would come on his 60th birthday
• A win on Sunday would be Ames’ sixth victory in his last 29 starts after winning two times in his first 175 starts on PGA TOUR Champions
• Won the Chubb Classic (Feb. 16-18)
• Last player to win the same tournament in back-to-back years on PGA TOUR Champions: Steve Stricker (Sanford International; 2022, 2023)
• Steve Flesch is also a two-time winner of this event (2018, 2022)

Other Notes

• Won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (January 18-20)
• Five players are T4 at 7-under: K.J. Choi , Lee Janzen , John Senden , Doug Barron and Shane Bertsch .
• Tournament host Stewart Cink sits T23 at 3-under.
• Seventy-year-old Jay Haas (T28) bettered his age with 5-under 67 in the second round. This is his fourth time shooting his age or better during the 2024 season.
• Rocco Mediate withdrew after the second round.