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How much prize money did Cam Davis win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic 2024?
Tom Kim started out as the bookmakers’ favorite, with defending champion Rickie Fowler way down the list. But another star rose to the challenge.
The PGA Tour arrived at the Detroit Country Club this weekend for the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic. It was the sixth edition of the tournament, and the 29th event of this year’s PGA Tour schedule. Defending champion Rickie Fowler featured in a 156-player starting field that included Cameron Young, Tom Kim, Will Zalatoris, Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia. And while world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy sat this one out, it was Australian Cameron Davis who clinched the title on Sunday in a thrilling finish.
Record purse for the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic
The Rocket Mortgage Classic purse increased for the sixth year running. Last year’s purse was set at $8.8 million and this year rose to a record $9.2 million, with 10 of the top 50 in the world ranking eyeing the top prize as we got underway. This year’s winner Cam Davis takes home the $1.65 million cash prize.
The individual prize for finishing second at the 72-par Country Club this year stands at $1,002,800 with $634,800 allocated for the player who finishes third.
The table below shows the top 10 cash prizes at this year’s event and the corresponding share if players are tied.
| Cash prizes 1-10 | 2 Tied | 3 Tied | 4 Tied | 5 Tied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,656,000 | $1,329 M | $1,097 M | $936,100 | $824,320 |
| $1,002,800 | $818,800 | $696,133 | $616,400 | $559,820 |
| $634,800 | $542,800 | $487,600 | $449,075 | $421,360 |
| $450,800 | $414,000 | $387,166 | $368,000 | $351,900 |
| $377,200 | $355,350 | $340,400 | $327,175 | $315,560 |
| $333,500 | $322,000 | $310,500 | $300,150 | $290,260 |
| $310,500 | $299,000 | $289,033 | $279,450 | $270,020 |
| $287,500 | $278,300 | $269,100 | $259,900 | $250,700 |
| $269,100 | $259,900 | $250,700 | $241,500 | $232,300 |
| $250,700 | $241,500 | $232,300 | $223,100 | $213,900 |
This means that the following payments are made (amateurs not paid):
Winner: $1.656 million
Cameron Davis
T2. $616,400
Davis Thompson
Min Woo Lee
Akshay Bhatia
Aaron Rai
T6. $300,150
Rico Hoey
Eric Cole
Erik van Rooyen
Cameron Young
T10. $206,233.33
Taylor Moore
J.J. Spaun
Dylan Wu
Hayden Springer
Nick Dunlap
Luke Clanton (amateur)
Sam Stevens
T17. $149,500
David Skinns
Troy Merritt
Ben Silverman
T20. $113,068
Carl Yuan
Andrew Novak
Patton Kizzire
Ben Kohles
Neal Shipley
T25. $74,980
Nate Lashley
Matt Kuchar
Patrick Fishburn
Justin Lower
Jhonattan Vegas
Joel Dahmen
T31. $48,583.08
Nicholas Lindheim
Ben Griffin
Kevin Yu
Ryan McCormick
Ryo Hisatsune
Jacob Bridgeman
Harry Hall
Roger Sloan
Max Greyserman
Beau Hossler
Jake Knapp
Rickie Fowler
Patrick Rodgers
T44. $29,164
Taylor Montgomery
Maverick McNealy
Blaine Hale, Jr.
Brandon Wu
Ryan Moore
Ben James (amateur)
Chris Kirk
Hayden Buckley
T52. $22,650.40
Matti Schmid
Mark Hubbard
Bud Cauley
Nick Hardy
Michael Kim
T57. $21,160
Davis Riley
Callum Tarren
Kevin Streelman
Robby Shelton
Vince Whaley
Joe Highsmith
T63. $20,332
Zach Johnson
Pierceson Coody
Nico Echavarria
66. $19,964
Nicolai Hojgaard
T67. $19,412
Ryan Fox
Luke List
Chandler Phillips
Wesley Bryan
Chris Gotterup
T72. $18,768
Taylor Pendrith
Aaron Baddeley
74. $18,492
Peter Malnati
Akshay Bhatia will likely be having a sleepless night after he bogeyed the 72nd hole to fall just one short of Davis, who picks up his second Rocket Mortgage Classic title after winning in 2021.
And now with this one over, which was held at the private country club in Grosse Pointe Farms, there are only two tournaments left on the PGA Schedule before the start of the Open Championship in late July. Even bigger prizes await.