Justin Thomas (USA) challenges to break the record for the highest accumulated prize money in the tournament this week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions (TOC: $15 million in total prize money: 19.1 billion won), a special tournament on the PGA Tour.
Thomas has participated in the tournament, which opens on the 6th (Korean time) at the Kapalua Plantation Course (par 73, 7596 yards) in Maui, Hawaii, USA, 7 times until last year, and won 3,966,083 dollars (5,052,780,000 won). ranks 2nd. Among them, he won two wins in 2017 and 2020, finished third in 2019 and 21, and finished tied for fifth last year, setting a course record tie record of 12 under par 61 in the third round.
Dustin Johnson (USA), who won 2 wins in 11 appearances, accumulated 4,047,583 dollars (5,156.62 million won) in the first place in accumulated prize money. However, Johnson moved to LIV Golf sponsored by Saudi Oil Money last year and will not play this year. 메이저놀이터
This tournament, which is famous for putting on exciting long shots, is the ‘Wangjungwangjeon’ in which only 39 ‘top players’, including three Korean players this year and the winners of the previous year’s PGA Tour, qualify to participate.
A list of all-time prize money for this tournament. [Data = PGA Tour]
This year, the total prize money increased by $6.8 million from $8.2 million last year to $15 million. The winning prize amounted to 2.7 million dollars (3.44 billion won). Therefore, at present, Thomas’ cumulative prize money is most likely to be renewed. However, even if Jordan Spieth, who is in 7th place with a cumulative prize money of 2.5 million dollars in 5 appearances, wins, he will also rise to 1st place.
Even if Xander Shappili (USA), who earned 2.46 million dollars in 5 appearances, and 12th place Yon Lam (Spain), who earned 2.11 million dollars in 5 appearances, win, they can rise to first place at once.
In addition to Justin Thomas, 8 of the top 10 players in the men’s golf world rankings, including Scotty Scheffler (#2 in the world golf rankings), Patrick Cantley (above the US) (above), and John Lam (5th), will participate, and 17 of the top 20 players in the world will appear.
Tiger Woods, the ‘Emperor of Golf’, participated in this tournament eight times and won twice, and is ranked 15th with prize money of 1.81 million dollars. Among Koreans, Choi Gyeong-ju (53) participated six times and tied for second place in 2003, and is ranked 30th ($1.12 million) in prize money.
Lee Gyeong-hoon (32) is the second Korean player to participate this year after last year, Lim Seong-jae (24) is the third, and Kim Joo-hyung (20) is the first.