The PGA Tour is currently in Chiba, Japan. The first two rounds have already concluded at the 2024 ZOZO Championship. And well, there is no doubt that it indeed has been a thrilling ride. The fourth event of the FedEx Fall Series is set to conclude on Sunday. The field has only three top 10 players: Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, and Collin Morikawa.
Sahith Theegala, Max Homa, Rickie Fowler, and Justin Thomas are among the other big names competing too. Morikawa has returned as the defending champion. Thomas entered the Saturday round with a tied lead with Nico Echavarria. JT opened the third round with two consecutive birdies, while Echavarria, who had ended up carding a bogey in the first four holes. Suppose Thomas were to continue his momentum through these last two rounds, how much would he get as the prize money?
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According to the official website of the PGA Tour, the 2024 ZOZO Championship has the largest purse in the FedEx Fall Series, which is a whopping $8.5 million. The winner will be taking home a staggering $1.53 million. The runner-up and the second runner-up will be entitled to get $918,000, and $578,000, respectively.
All the seventy-seven players finishing the Sunday round will get a portion of the total purse. The player who ranks at the bottom of the leaderboard will get 0.16% of the share which will be $13,770. Here is what the final payout of the event in Japan looks like:
| Pos. | Amount |
| 1 | $1,530,000.00 |
| 2 | $918,000.00 |
| 3 | $578,000.00 |
| 4 | $408,000.00 |
| 5 | $340,000.00 |
| 6 | $306,000.00 |
| 7 | $284,750.00 |
| 8 | $263,500.00 |
| 9 | $246,500.00 |
| 10 | $229,500.00 |
| 11 | $212,500.00 |
| 12 | $195,500.00 |
| 13 | $178,500.00 |
| 14 | $161,500.00 |
| 15 | $151,640.00 |
| 16 | $142,460.00 |
| 17 | $133,960.00 |
| 18 | $125,460.00 |
| 19 | $116,960.00 |
| 20 | $108,460.00 |
| 21 | $99,960.00 |
| 22 | $93,160.00 |
| 23 | $86,360.00 |
| 24 | $79,560.00 |
| 25 | $72,760.00 |
| 26 | $65,960.00 |
| 27 | $63,410.00 |
| 28 | $60,860.00 |
| 29 | $58,310.00 |
| 30 | $55,760.00 |
| 31 | $53,210.00 |
| 32 | $50,660.00 |
| 33 | $48,110.00 |
| 34 | $45,985.00 |
| 35 | $43,860.00 |
| 36 | $41,735.00 |
| 37 | $39,610.00 |
| 38 | $37,910.00 |
| 39 | $36,210.00 |
| 40 | $34,510.00 |
| 41 | $32,810.00 |
| 42 | $31,110.00 |
| 43 | $29,410.00 |
| 44 | $27,710.00 |
| 45 | $26,010.00 |
| 46 | $24,310.00 |
| 47 | $22,610.00 |
| 48 | $21,250.00 |
| 49 | $20,060.00 |
| 50 | $19,380.00 |
| 51 | $18,870.00 |
| 52 | $18,360.00 |
| 53 | $18,020.00 |
| 54 | $17,680.00 |
| 55 | $17,510.00 |
| 56 | $17,340.00 |
| 57 | $17,170.00 |
| 58 | $17,000.00 |
| 59 | $16,830.00 |
| 60 | $16,660.00 |
| 61 | $16,490.00 |
| 62 | $16,320.00 |
| 63 | $16,150.00 |
| 64 | $15,980.00 |
| 65 | $15,810.00 |
| 66 | $15,640.00 |
| 67 | $15,470.00 |
| 68 | $15,300.00 |
| 69 | $15,130.00 |
| 70 | $14,960.00 |
| 71 | $14,790.00 |
| 72 | $14,620.00 |
| 73 | $14,450.00 |
| 74 | $14,280.00 |
| 75 | $14,110.00 |
| 76 | $13,940.00 |
| 77 | $13,770.00 |
| 78 | $13,600.00 |
Justin Thomas looks forward to ending 2024 on a high note
Justin Thomas has already won four times in Asia in the past CIMB Classics in 2015 and 2017 in Malaysia and 2017 and 2019 THE CJ CUP Byron Nelsons in South Korea. However, he has been winless since 2022, and being able to clinch the trophy on Sunday will mark a comeback. Additionally, his wife, Jillian Thomas is pregnant and the couple is expecting to welcome their first baby late in November.
So, the 2024 ZOZO Championship will be the last event before he becomes a father. That adds up to all the more reason as to why he is so hungry to win this one. “We’re very fortunate with the timing of being able, for me being able to come here. I think reality will probably set in when I’m flying home and then when I get home because it will be getting in crunch time,” he said at the post-round presser on Thursday.
Do you think he will be able to fulfill his goal? Stay tuned to find out what happens.
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Riya Singhal