For sixth straight year, the winner of the Barracuda Championship has made the victory his first on the PGA Tour. South Africa's Erik van Rooyen charged from four points back over 54-hole leader Adam Schenk to claim his maiden tour win at Tahoe Mountain Club in Truckee, Calif.
Van Rooyan, 31, did exactly what you have to do in a tournament that uses a Modified Stableford scoring format: he stayed agressive, making six birdies and an eagle, offset by one lone bogey for a +16 final-round score to reach +50 for the tournament.
Van Rooyan’s best finish in 40 previous tour starts was a third-place showing at the 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, one of just four career top-10 finishes before Sunday.
The victory also gave van Rooyen the biggest payday of his tour career. The Barracuda winner earned a prize money payout of $630,000 from a purse of $3.5 million. Van Rooyen made $600,000 for this Mexico performance.
Here are the prize money payouts for all the players who made the cut at the Barracuda.
1: Erik van Rooyen, +50, $630,000
2: Andrew Putnam, +45, $381,500
3: Scott Piercy, +44, $241,500
4: Adam Schenk, +43, $171,500
5: Brandon Hagy, +41, $143,500
6: Roger Sloan, +40, $126,875
T-7: Joel Dahmen, +38, $113,750
T-7: Gary Woodland, +38, $113,750
T-9: Sean O'Hair, +36, $98,875
T-9: Vincent Whaley, +36, $98,875
T-11: Lee Hodges, +35, $84,875
T-11: Bo Van Pelt, +35, $84,875
T-13: Taylor Pendrith, +34, $70,875
T-13: Patrick Rodgers, +34, $70,875
T-15: Austin Cook, +33, $60,375
T-15: Greyson Sigg, +33, $60,375
T-15: Harold Varner III, +33, $60,375
T-18: Maverick McNealy, +32, $51,625
T-18: Scott Stallings, +32, $51,625
T-20: Joseph Bramlett, +31, $42,875
T-20: Scott Harrington, +31, $42,875
T-20: Michael Thompson, +31, $42,875
T-23: Aaron Baddeley, +30, $32,375
T-23: Ryan Brehm, +30, $32,375
T-23: John Huh, +30, $32,375
T-23: Robby Shelton, +30, $32,375
T-27: Emiliano Grillo, +29, $26,075
T-27: Bill Haas, +29, $26,075
T-27: Ben Taylor, +29, $26,075
T-30: Branden Grace, +28, $22,400
T-30: Nelson Ledesma, +28, $22,400
T-30: Pat Perez, +28, $22,400
T-30: Kevin Tway, +28, $22,400
T-34: Mark Baldwin, +27, $18,235
T-34: Greg Chalmers, +27, $18,235
T-34: Brice Garnett, +27, $18,235
T-34: Sam Ryder, +27, $18,235
T-34: Sahith Theegala, +27, $18,235
T-39: John Pak, +26, $15,225
T-39: Mito Pereira, +26, $15,225
T-39: Davis Thompson, +26, $15,225
42: Stephan Jaeger, +25, $13,825
T-43: Tyler Duncan, +24, $12,075
T-43: Mark Hubbard, +24, $12,075
T-43: Chez Reavie, +24, $12,075
T-43: Nick Watney, +24, $12,075
T-47: Fabián Gómez, +23, $10,045
T-47: Satoshi Kodaira, +23, $10,045
T-49: MJ Daffue, +22, $9,135
T-49: Doc Redman, +22, $9,135
T-51: Andrew Landry, +21, $8,598.34
T-51: Troy Merritt, +21, $8,598.33
T-51: Kris Ventura, +21, $8,598.33
T-54: Paul Barjon, +20, $8,155
T-54: Michael Feagles, +20, $8,155
T-54: Chesson Hadley, +20, $8,155
T-54: Tom Lewis, +20, $8,155
T-54: Thomas Pieters, +20, $8,155
T-59: Mark Anderson, +19, $7,805
T-59: Jonathan Byrd, +19, $7,805
T-59: Michael Gligic, +19, $7,805
T-59: Bo Hoag, +19, $7,805
T-59: Richy Werenski, +19, $7,805
T-64: Chris Baker, +17, $7,560
T-64: Cameron Percy, +17, $7,560
T-66: Sebastian Cappelen, +15, $7,385
T-66: Rhein Gibson, +15, $7,385
T-66: Chase Seiffert, +15, $7,385
69: Sangmoon Bae, +14, $7,245
70: Camilo Villegas, +12, $7,175
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