Players approach the par-3 11th hole during the first round of the Fortinet Championship.
On Sunday in Northern California, the back nine of the Fortinet Championship turned into, appropriately enough, a showdown between college golf standouts from Cal-Berkeley and Stanford. Max Homa and Maverick McNealy pulled away from the field, playing in the final two pairings at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif., and sharing the lead at 18 under with two holes remaining.
But when Homa rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole and McNealy double bogeyed the same short par 4 after a wayward tee shot, the Golden Bear proved to have the Cardinal’s number. A par from Homa on the 18th hole allowed the 30-year-old to make the first tournament of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season his third career win, McNealy closing eagle leaving him one stroke back.
Homa’s final Sunday number was a seven-under 65, making seven birdies and a holed-out eagle from 95 yards on the par-4 12th. After playing the opening 36 holes in five under, he went 14 under on the weekend (after a Saturday 65) to pull out the victory seven months removed from winning the Genesis Invitational at Riviera.
“I went to school up here, and I love the state of California,” said Homa, who grew up in Southern California. “It means a lot to me, obviously.”
With the win, Homa claimed the $1.26 million first-place prize money payout from the $7 million overall purse.
Here’s breakdown of prize money payouts for every player who makes the cut this week. Come back shortly after the tournament is over and we’ll update with individual names and prize money payouts.
Win: Max Homa, -19, $1,260,000
3: Mito Pereira, -16, $483,000
T-4: Talor Gooch, 273/-15, $315,000
T-4: Marc Leishman, 273/-15, $315,000
T-6: John Augenstein, 275/-13, $220,850
T-6: Hideki Matsuyama, 275/-13, $220,850
T-6: C.T. Pan, 275/-13, $220,850
T-6: Patrick Rodgers, 275/-13, $220,850
T-6: Scott Stallings, 275/-13, $220,850
T-11: Austin Cook, 276/-12, $150,150
T-11: Si Woo Kim, 276/-12, $150,150
T-11: Jim Knous, 276/-12, $150,150
T-11: Scott Piercy, 276/-12, $150,150
T-11: Will Zalatoris, 276/-12, $150,150
T-16: Bronson Burgoon, 277/-11, $103,250
T-16: Beau Hossler, 277/-11, $103,250
T-16: Mark Hubbard, 277/-11, $103,250
T-16: Nate Lashley, 277/-11, $103,250
T-16: Troy Merritt, 277/-11, $103,250
T-16: Harold Varner III, 277/-11, $103,250
T-22: Peter Malnati, 278/-10, $65,333.34
T-22: Brendon Todd, 278/-10, $65,333.34
T-22: Charley Hoffman, 278/-10, $65,333.33
T-22: David Lipsky, 278/-10, $65,333.33
T-22: Cameron Tringale, 278/-10, $65,333.33
T-22: Dawie van der Walt, 278/-10, $65,333.33
T-28: Patton Kizzire, 279/-9, $51,100
T-28: Chez Reavie, 279/-9, $51,100
T-30: Wyndham Clark, 280/-8, $42,875
T-30: Andrew Putnam, 280/-8, $42,875
T-30: Greyson Sigg, 280/-8, $42,875
T-30: Webb Simpson, 280/-8, $42,875
T-30: Kevin Tway, 280/-8, $42,875
T-30: Nick Watney, 280/-8, $42,875
T-36: Nick Hardy, 281/-7, $32,608.34
T-36: Taylor Pendrith, 281/-7, $32,608.34
T-36: Aaron Baddeley, 281/-7, $32,608.33
T-36: Tom Hoge, 281/-7, $32,608.33
T-36: Matt Kuchar, 281/-7, $32,608.33
T-36: Phil Mickelson, 281/-7, $32,608.33
T-42: Paul Barjon, 282/-6, $24,850
T-42: Joseph Bramlett, 282/-6, $24,850
T-42: Jason Dufner, 282/-6, $24,850
T-42: Jim Herman, 282/-6, $24,850
T-42: Brendan Steele, 282/-6, $24,850
T-47: Sung Kang, 283/-5, $19,180
T-47: Sahith Theegala, 283/-5, $19,180
T-47: Peter Uihlein, 283/-5, $19,180
T-47: Dylan Wu, 283/-5, $19,180
T-51: Ryan Armour, 284/-4, $16,730
T-51: Scott Gutschewski, 284/-4, $16,730
T-51: Luke List, 284/-4, $16,730
T-51: Matthew NeSmith, 284/-4, $16,730
T-51: Adam Schenk, 284/-4, $16,730
T-51: Chase Seiffert, 284/-4, $16,730
T-51: Adam Svensson, 284/-4, $16,730
T-58: Quade Cummins, 285/-3, $15,680
T-58: Russell Knox, 285/-3, $15,680
T-58: Sean O'Hair, 285/-3, $15,680
T-58: Sam Ryder, 285/-3, $15,680
T-58: Justin Suh, 285/-3, $15,680
T-58: Vaughn Taylor, 285/-3, $15,680
T-64: Cameron Percy, 286/-2, $15,120
T-64: Nick Taylor, 286/-2, $15,120
T-66: Michael Gligic, 287/-1, $14,770
T-66: Lanto Griffin, 287/-1, $14,770
T-66: Austin Smotherman, 287/-1, $14,770
T-69: David Skinns, 288/E, $14,420
T-69: Michael Thompson, 288/E, $14,420
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