Justin Thomas opted out of last week’s Farmers Insurance Open, and instead hooked up with some buddies for a casual round at the Bear Club which included a former world #1.
Despite the week off, the 23-year-old from Kentucky still holds a solid lead in the PGA Tour’s money race.
As we head into the week of the always-rowdy Waste Management Phoenix Open, Thomas ($3.8M) is up by about a $700k on Hideki Matsuyama ($3.16M), and nearly $2M clear of Pat Perez, who is having a superb start to the new season – currently in third place with $2.1M in earnings. All three are in the field this week.
The winner at TPC Scottsdale takes home a check for $1.2M, so the only player this week with a chance to leapfrog Thomas, with a win, would be the defending champion, Matsuyama.
Perez Joins The $2M Club
While Thomas and Matsuyama are the only two players to have cleared the $3M mark, Perez is only the third player to jump into the $2M club, thanks to another top-5 finish last week at Torrey Pines – good for $252K.
The 40-year-old Perez is off to a superb start to the new season, and if not for the lights-out play of Thomas (and before him, Matsuyama), the former Arizona State star would be getting more media hype. To date, Perez has played in 6 Tour events, going: T33, T7, 1, T3, T69, T4.
13 Players Over $1M
The top two finishers at Torrey Pines joined the $1M club this week: Jon Rahm who grabbed $1.2M for his first win, and Charles Howell III who took home nearly $600K for a T2 finish. Howell was already having a solid year, with $700K coming into the Farmers, so this haul moves him into 7th place – and the only player in the top-10 without a win this season.
Money Leaders
| Pos | Player | Events | Money | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 5 | $3,802,167 | $760,433 |
| 2 | Hideki Matsuyama | 5 | $3,162,498 | $632,500 |
| 3 | Pat Perez | 6 | $2,126,275 | $354,379 |
| 4 | Brendan Steele | 6 | $1,652,174 | $275,362 |
| 5 | Jon Rahm | 5 | $1,440,393 | $288,079 |
| 6 | Mackenzie Hughes | 8 | $1,369,846 | $171,231 |
| 7 | Charles Howell III | 8 | $1,322,037 | $165,255 |
| 8 | Rod Pampling | 6 | $1,312,387 | $218,731 |
| 9 | Hudson Swafford | 7 | $1,251,805 | $178,829 |
| 10 | Cody Gribble | 7 | $1,152,195 | $164,599 |
| 11 | Gary Woodland | 5 | $1,102,837 | $220,567 |
| 12 | Russell Knox | 5 | $1,038,334 | $207,667 |
| 13 | Daniel Berger | 5 | $943,636 | $188,727 |
| 14 | Adam Hadwin | 6 | $938,586 | $156,431 |
| 15 | Keegan Bradley | 7 | $910,259 | $130,037 |
| 16 | Justin Rose | 2 | $900,590 | $450,295 |
| 17 | Luke List | 8 | $887,278 | $110,910 |
| 18 | Scott Piercy | 7 | $863,214 | $123,316 |
| 19 | C.T. Pan | 8 | $818,413 | $102,302 |
| 20 | Henrik Stenson | 1 | $787,000 | $787,000 |
| 21 | Brooks Koepka | 3 | $774,800 | $258,267 |
| 22 | Chris Kirk | 7 | $770,597 | $110,085 |
| 23 | Jordan Spieth | 2 | $767,000 | $383,500 |
| 24 | Bill Haas | 5 | $733,707 | $146,741 |
| 25 | Francesco Molinari | 4 | $732,363 | $183,091 |
| 26 | Chez Reavie | 6 | $716,214 | $119,369 |
| 27 | Brian Harman | 8 | $712,115 | $89,014 |
| 28 | Lucas Glover | 6 | $682,562 | $113,760 |
| 29 | Patton Kizzire | 6 | $661,703 | $110,284 |
| 30 | Ryan Moore | 4 | $633,507 | $158,377 |
| 31 | Jamie Lovemark | 8 | $594,300 | $74,288 |
| 32 | Anirban Lahiri | 5 | $592,802 | $118,560 |
| 33 | Tony Finau | 7 | $588,411 | $84,059 |
| 34 | Paul Casey | 6 | $552,946 | $92,158 |
| 35 | Derek Fathauer | 7 | $546,687 | $78,098 |
| 36 | Martin Laird | 5 | $519,247 | $103,849 |
| 37 | Emiliano Grillo | 6 | $500,732 | $83,455 |
| 38 | Sean O'Hair | 4 | $497,650 | $124,413 |
| 39 | Camilo Villegas | 6 | $488,898 | $81,483 |
| 40 | Michael Kim | 7 | $485,099 | $69,300 |
| 41 | Patrick Rodgers | 7 | $475,390 | $67,913 |
| 42 | Marc Leishman | 4 | $469,833 | $117,458 |
| 43 | Kyle Stanley | 6 | $462,083 | $77,014 |
| 44 | Jim Herman | 6 | $445,733 | $74,289 |
| 45 | Billy Horschel | 5 | $445,410 | $89,082 |
| 46 | Stewart Cink | 7 | $434,726 | $62,104 |
| 47 | Ollie Schniederjans | 7 | $413,436 | $59,062 |
| 48 | Blayne Barber | 6 | $409,514 | $68,252 |
| 49 | Harris English | 6 | $406,866 | $67,811 |
| 50 | Kevin Kisner | 5 | $403,027 | $80,605 |
| 51 | James Hahn | 6 | $400,173 | $66,696 |
| 52 | Kevin Streelman | 7 | $397,726 | $56,818 |
| 53 | Greg Owen | 4 | $397,700 | $99,425 |
| 54 | Chad Campbell | 8 | $393,756 | $49,220 |
| 55 | Jhonattan Vegas | 7 | $390,725 | $55,818 |
| 56 | Patrick Reed | 4 | $386,756 | $96,689 |
| 57 | Russell Henley | 6 | $384,437 | $64,073 |
| 58 | Rory McIlroy | 1 | $372,000 | $372,000 |
| 59 | Cameron Smith | 7 | $371,614 | $53,088 |
| 60 | Ryan Blaum | 8 | $353,650 | $44,206 |
| 61 | Bud Cauley | 7 | $350,872 | $50,125 |
| 62 | John Huh | 8 | $342,262 | $42,783 |
| 63 | Phil Mickelson | 3 | $335,190 | $111,730 |
| 64 | Kevin Na | 6 | $334,175 | $55,696 |
| 65 | Whee Kim | 6 | $330,220 | $55,037 |
| 66 | Geoff Ogilvy | 5 | $314,302 | $62,860 |
| 67 | Tyrone Van Aswegen | 8 | $310,220 | $38,778 |
| 68 | Brandt Snedeker | 4 | $305,753 | $76,438 |
| 69 | Johnson Wagner | 7 | $303,008 | $43,287 |
| 70 | Richy Werenski | 8 | $286,996 | $35,875 |
| 71 | Dustin Johnson | 3 | $277,000 | $92,333 |
| 72 | Michael Thompson | 7 | $272,871 | $38,982 |
| 73 | Branden Grace | 4 | $272,840 | $68,210 |
| 74 | Sergio Garcia | 2 | $271,500 | $135,750 |
| 75 | Adam Scott | 2 | $268,500 | $134,250 |
| 76 | Dominic Bozzelli | 7 | $264,714 | $37,816 |
| 77 | Si Woo Kim | 6 | $257,750 | $42,958 |
| 78 | Robert Streb | 6 | $254,216 | $42,369 |
| 79 | J.J. Spaun | 8 | $253,693 | $31,712 |
| 80 | Billy Hurley III | 6 | $248,315 | $41,386 |
| 81 | Ryo Ishikawa | 5 | $248,173 | $49,635 |
| 82 | Aaron Baddeley | 6 | $243,262 | $40,544 |
| 83 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 2 | $243,000 | $121,500 |
| 84 | Webb Simpson | 6 | $239,394 | $39,899 |
| 85 | Grayson Murray | 5 | $235,480 | $47,096 |
| 86 | Rickie Fowler | 2 | $235,333 | $117,667 |
| 87 | Vaughn Taylor | 6 | $231,790 | $38,632 |
| 88 | Jason Kokrak | 6 | $231,059 | $38,510 |
| 89 | William McGirt | 5 | $228,463 | $45,693 |
| 90 | Jimmy Walker | 5 | $214,458 | $42,892 |
| 91 | Xander Schauffele | 8 | $212,576 | $26,572 |
| 92 | Troy Merritt | 7 | $209,188 | $29,884 |
| 93 | Nick Taylor | 8 | $208,923 | $26,115 |
| 94 | Zach Johnson | 3 | $208,500 | $69,500 |
| 95 | Shawn Stefani | 5 | $196,864 | $39,373 |
| 96 | Jim Furyk | 2 | $194,250 | $97,125 |
| 97 | Robert Garrigus | 6 | $191,883 | $31,981 |
| 98 | Scott Stallings | 7 | $191,800 | $27,400 |
| 99 | Ryan Brehm | 8 | $180,994 | $22,624 |
| 100 | Hiroshi Iwata | 4 | $179,133 | $44,783 |
| 101 | Seamus Power | 8 | $175,323 | $21,915 |
| 102 | Zac Blair | 8 | $169,822 | $21,228 |
| 103 | Roberto Castro | 5 | $165,579 | $33,116 |
| 104 | Rory Sabbatini | 6 | $165,371 | $27,562 |
| 105 | Seung-yul Noh | 8 | $164,308 | $20,539 |
| 106 | Brian Gay | 5 | $161,805 | $32,361 |
| 107 | Brian Stuard | 9 | $156,358 | $17,373 |
| 108 | Fabian Gomez | 6 | $155,311 | $25,885 |
| 109 | Martin Flores | 7 | $153,786 | $21,969 |
| 110 | Graham DeLaet | 5 | $151,988 | $30,398 |
| 111 | Ben Crane | 7 | $151,507 | $21,644 |
| 112 | Tim Wilkinson | 6 | $150,149 | $25,025 |
| 113 | Jason Day | 2 | $147,000 | $73,500 |
| 114 | Kelly Kraft | 7 | $144,660 | $20,666 |
| 115 | Trey Mullinax | 8 | $143,842 | $17,980 |
| 116 | Harold Varner III | 7 | $138,718 | $19,817 |
| 117 | Ian Poulter | 4 | $127,333 | $31,833 |
| 118 | Cameron Tringale | 7 | $126,841 | $18,120 |
| 119 | Jason Dufner | 3 | $125,502 | $41,834 |
| 120 | Brett Stegmaier | 7 | $121,304 | $17,329 |
| 121 | Brandon Hagy | 6 | $120,342 | $20,057 |
| 122 | Bubba Watson | 2 | $119,250 | $59,625 |
| 123 | Steven Alker | 8 | $115,966 | $14,496 |
| 124 | Shane Lowry | 2 | $115,565 | $57,783 |
| 125 | J.T. Poston | 8 | $114,404 | $14,301 |
| 126 | Chris Stroud | 3 | $113,470 | $37,823 |
| 127 | Charley Hoffman | 6 | $113,341 | $18,890 |
| 128 | Jon Curran | 8 | $113,151 | $14,144 |
| 129 | John Peterson | 5 | $111,053 | $22,211 |
| 130 | Sung Kang | 8 | $106,700 | $13,338 |
| 131 | Ben Martin | 6 | $105,801 | $17,634 |
| 132 | J.B. Holmes | 2 | $102,398 | $51,199 |
| 133 | Miguel Angel Carballo | 8 | $100,092 | $12,512 |
| 134 | Peter Malnati | 9 | $98,506 | $10,945 |
| 135 | Cameron Percy | 5 | $97,453 | $19,491 |
| 136 | Andres Romero | 2 | $96,468 | $48,234 |
| 137 | Andres Gonzales | 8 | $95,293 | $11,912 |
| 138 | Alex Cejka | 5 | $94,400 | $18,880 |
| 139 | Matt Jones | 3 | $92,840 | $30,947 |
| 140 | Kyle Reifers | 8 | $91,216 | $11,402 |
| 141 | John Senden | 6 | $91,144 | $15,191 |
| 142 | Byeong-Hun An | 3 | $89,786 | $29,929 |
| 143 | Greg Chalmers | 7 | $88,704 | $12,672 |
| 144 | Matt Kuchar | 3 | $88,000 | $29,333 |
| 145 | Kevin Chappell | 4 | $87,496 | $21,874 |
| 146 | Jonas Blixt | 7 | $84,174 | $12,025 |
| 147 | Jason Bohn | 7 | $84,156 | $12,022 |
| 148 | Louis Oosthuizen | 2 | $81,314 | $40,657 |
| 149 | Kevin Tway | 8 | $80,984 | $10,123 |
| 150 | Jonathan Byrd | 3 | $79,830 | $26,610 |
| 151 | Nicholas Lindheim | 8 | $79,823 | $9,978 |
| 152 | Brian Campbell | 6 | $78,788 | $13,131 |
| 153 | Charl Schwartzel | 1 | $72,000 | $72,000 |
| 154 | Tag Ridings | 6 | $71,765 | $11,961 |
| 155 | Ryan Armour | 5 | $67,203 | $13,441 |
| 156 | Bryce Molder | 7 | $64,746 | $9,249 |
| 157 | Scott Brown | 5 | $63,760 | $12,752 |
| 158 | Wesley Bryan | 7 | $62,040 | $8,863 |
| 159 | Soren Kjeldsen | 4 | $62,000 | $15,500 |
| 160 | Bryson DeChambeau | 7 | $59,936 | $8,562 |
| 161 | Graeme McDowell | 2 | $59,675 | $29,838 |
| 162 | Ken Duke | 6 | $59,412 | $9,902 |
| 163 | Will MacKenzie | 7 | $58,852 | $8,407 |
| 164 | Steve Marino | 6 | $58,684 | $9,781 |
| 165 | David Lingmerth | 5 | $58,219 | $11,644 |
| 166 | Spencer Levin | 9 | $57,170 | $6,352 |
| 167 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 8 | $56,133 | $7,017 |
| 168 | Andrew Johnston | 2 | $55,000 | $27,500 |
| 169 | Daniel Summerhays | 5 | $54,261 | $10,852 |
| 170 | Brad Fritsch | 5 | $51,586 | $10,317 |
| 171 | Vijay Singh | 4 | $50,303 | $12,576 |
| 172 | Danny Lee | 6 | $50,278 | $8,380 |
| 173 | Mark Wilson | 4 | $47,390 | $11,848 |
| 174 | Smylie Kaufman | 5 | $44,676 | $8,935 |
| 175 | Steve Wheatcroft | 3 | $42,958 | $14,319 |
| 176 | Danny Willett | 1 | $42,750 | $42,750 |
| 177 | J.J. Henry | 7 | $40,864 | $5,838 |
| 178 | Brendon de Jonge | 3 | $40,833 | $13,611 |
| 179 | Morgan Hoffmann | 7 | $39,340 | $5,620 |
| 180 | Y.E. Yang | 1 | $39,100 | $39,100 |
| 181 | Brett Drewitt | 5 | $35,756 | $7,151 |
| 182 | Julian Etulain | 7 | $35,296 | $5,042 |
| 183 | Sebastian Munoz | 4 | $34,838 | $8,710 |
| 184 | Carl Pettersson | 7 | $30,390 | $4,341 |
| 185 | Ricky Barnes | 7 | $29,190 | $4,170 |
| 186 | D.A. Points | 5 | $28,143 | $5,629 |
| 187 | Ernie Els | 4 | $27,308 | $6,827 |
| 188 | David Hearn | 6 | $27,006 | $4,501 |
| 189 | Dicky Pride | 1 | $26,705 | $26,705 |
| 190 | Luke Donald | 2 | $25,833 | $12,917 |
| 191 | Mark Hubbard | 7 | $24,500 | $3,500 |
| 192 | Jonathan Randolph | 6 | $23,744 | $3,957 |
| 193 | Nick Watney | 4 | $23,516 | $5,879 |
| 194 | Davis Love III | 2 | $23,100 | $11,550 |
| 195 | Bob Estes | 4 | $19,845 | $4,961 |
| 196 | Michael Putnam | 1 | $19,830 | $19,830 |
| 196 | Jerry Kelly | 4 | $19,830 | $4,958 |
| 198 | Mark Anderson | 5 | $16,536 | $3,307 |
| 199 | Chesson Hadley | 2 | $16,253 | $8,127 |
| 199 | Tyler Aldridge | 3 | $16,253 | $5,418 |
| 201 | Boo Weekley | 8 | $15,050 | $1,881 |
| 202 | Hunter Mahan | 6 | $13,601 | $2,267 |
| 203 | Colt Knost | 5 | $13,580 | $2,716 |
| 204 | Michael Bradley | 1 | $13,514 | $13,514 |
| 204 | John Merrick | 2 | $13,514 | $6,757 |
| 204 | Zack Sucher | 7 | $13,514 | $1,931 |
| 207 | K.J. Choi | 5 | $13,300 | $2,660 |
| 208 | Sam Saunders | 3 | $13,200 | $4,400 |
| 209 | Steven Bowditch | 6 | $12,586 | $2,098 |
| 210 | Fred Funk | 1 | $11,280 | $11,280 |
| 211 | Bill Lunde | 1 | $9,984 | $9,984 |
| 211 | Tim Petrovic | 1 | $9,984 | $9,984 |
| 211 | George McNeill | 2 | $9,984 | $4,992 |
| 211 | Angel Cabrera | 3 | $9,984 | $3,328 |
| 211 | David Toms | 3 | $9,984 | $3,328 |
| 211 | Chad Collins | 6 | $9,984 | $1,664 |
| 217 | Charlie Wi | 1 | $9,198 | $9,198 |
| 217 | Eric Axley | 2 | $9,198 | $4,599 |
| 217 | Bobby Wyatt | 6 | $9,198 | $1,533 |
| 220 | John Rollins | 1 | $8,736 | $8,736 |
| 220 | Tommy Gainey | 3 | $8,736 | $2,912 |
| 222 | Robert Allenby | 1 | $8,526 | $8,526 |
| 223 | Stuart Appleby | 4 | $8,064 | $2,016 |
| 224 | Craig Barlow | 1 | $7,896 | $7,896 |
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