Former major champion Jason Day is a winner again for the first time since his mother’s death. Check out How much did Jason Day win today.

Jason Day : Payout | How much did win today

Jason Day is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and most notably won the 2015 PGA Championship.

Jason Day : Payout | How much did win today

He is a former world number one in the World Golf Ranking, having first achieved the ranking in September 2015.

Day first broke into the world’s top ten in June 2011, rising to world number nine after his runner-up finish at the U.S. Open.

In February 2014, Day won his first WGC title, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and would win it for a second time in 2016.

With his 2016 win, he joined Tiger Woods and Geoff Ogilvy as the only multiple winners of the WGC Match Play.

He went on to win his first major tournament at the 2015 PGA Championship, scoring a record 20 strokes under par and rising to number three in the world rankings.

Jason Day Payout 

The golf world has erupted after favourite Jason Day won hist first PGA Tour title in more than five years, which also occurred on Mother’s Day nearly a year on from his own mother’s tragic death.

Jason Day purse $2.6 million having won the AT&T Byron Nelson tournament by one stroke in a tight battle with the field.

Day pocketed $1.71 million for his 13th career PGA Tour victory and crossed the $55 million mark in Tour earnings. 

He remains ninth on the all-time list, less than $2 million behind Matt Kuchar. Day made $1.89 million for his Players triumph and $1.8 million for his 2015 PGA Championship win, the only two times he’s earned more on Tour than on Sunday.

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler was right behind Day to start play, however, a birdie on the 12th hole after an audacious chip gave him room.

He then birdied the 14th and 15th hole to put some room between him and Scheffler in the final stretch.

Day then arguably saved his best for last. On the final hole, Day produced a stunning chip approach to set him up for a birdie and finish 23-under par.

Day fired a brilliant bogey-free final-round nine-under-par 62 to secure a steely one-shot win over Si Woo Kim (63) and American Austin Ekroat (65).

 

The win marked Day’s first title in 1,835 days. The victory marked Day’s 13th PGA title and will see the 35-year-old Australian head into the year’s second major, the PGA Championship, as one of the favourites. Following the victory, Day rushed over to his family and embraced them.

How much did Jason Day win today 

Day bagged a paycheck of $1,710,000. The golfer earned the winner’s share of the $9,500,000 purse along with 36 Official World Golf Ranking points. The Aussie also bagged 500 FedEx Cup points for the AT&T Byron Nelson win.

Jason Day : Payout | How much did win today

Day was most up to the task at TPC Craig Ranch, firing a final-round 62 to grab his 13th PGA Tour title and end a five-year winless drought.

Below are the complete payouts: 

WIN: Jason Day, 23 under: $1,710,000

T2. Si Woo Kim, Austin Eckroat; 22 under: $845,500

4. C.T. Pan; 21 under: $465,500

T5. Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Zecheng Dou; 20 under: $351,500

T8. Adam Scott, Vincent Norrman, Ryan Palmer; 19 under: $277,875

T11. Stephan Jaeger, Kevin Tway, Richy Werenski; 18 under: $220,875

T14. Peter Kuest, Mackenzie Hughes, Byeong Hun An, Carson Young, Sung Kang; 17 under: $163,875

T19. Seamus Power, Doug Ghim, Scott Piercy, Joseph Bramlett; 16 under: $121,125

T23. Eric Cole, Trevor Cone, Hideki Matsuyama, Nate Lashley, Brandon Wu, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Aaron Baddeley; 15 under: $80,546.43 

T30. Matthew NeSmith, Garrick Higgo, Doc Redman, Patton Kizzire; 14 under: $60,800

T34. Adam Hadwin, Martin Laird, Tommy Gainey, Stewart Cink, Augusto Nunez, Luke List, Tom Kim, Henrik Norlander, Sam Stevens; 13 under: $45,441.67 

T43. Jonathan Byrd, Satoshi Kodaira, Matt Kuchar, Tom Hoge, Justin Lower, Robby Shelton, Sangmoon Bae; 12 under: $30,115

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