American Xander Schauffele won his second main of his profession when he triumphed on the Open Championship at Royal Troon on Sunday.
Schauffele additionally won the PGA Championship in May this 12 months.
At Royal Troon he completed the 72 holes on 9-under-par, two strokes forward of England’s Justin Rose.
Schauffele, 30, took residence $3.1 million for his win and moved to No 2 within the latest golf world rankings.
From a South African perspective, eight golfers began the match with three making the midway minimize.
As reported by The South African web site, Ernie Els pulled out forward of the second spherical with a again damage.
Joining Els in failing to make the weekend and going residence empty-handed have been Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan van Velzen and beginner Altin van der Merwe.
The trio who did make the midway minimize have been Thriston Lawrence, Dean Burmester and Darren Fichardt.
Lawrence completed a commendable fourth total on 6-under par and banked $876 000 (R16 million).
He additionally moved from 98th to 71st within the world rankings.
Burmester completed in a tie for nineteenth place on 3-over par and took residence $176 367 (R3.2 million), whereas Fichardt completed eightieth – and final amongst these to have made the midway minimize – on 22-over par which was adequate for a $38 150 (R700 000) pay day.
Open Championship prize cash payouts
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Xander Schauffele | -9 | $3,100,000 |
| T2 | Justin Rose | -7 | $1,443,500 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | -7 | $1,443,500 |
| 4 | Thriston Lawrence | -6 | $876,000 |
| 5 | Russell Henley | -5 | $705,000 |
| 6 | Shane Lowry | -4 | $611,000 |
| T7 | Jon Rahm | -1 | $451,834 |
| T7 | Sungjae Im | -1 | $451,834 |
| T7 | Scottie Scheffler | -1 | $451,834 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | E | $317,534 |
| T10 | Matthew Jordan | E | $317,534 |
| T10 | Daniel Brown | E | $317,534 |
| T13 | Jason Day | 1 | $248,667 |
| T13 | Alex Noren | 1 | $248,667 |
| T13 | Byeong Hun An | 1 | $248,667 |
| T16 | Mackenzie Hughes | 2 | $202,700 |
| T16 | John Catlin | 2 | $202,700 |
| T16 | Collin Morikawa | 2 | $202,700 |
| T19 | Dean Burmester | 3 | $176,367 |
| T19 | Shubhankar Sharma | 3 | $176,367 |
| T19 | Daniel Hillier | 3 | $176,367 |
| T22 | Ewen Ferguson | 4 | $151,067 |
| T22 | Sepp Straka | 4 | $151,067 |
| T22 | Padraig Harrington | 4 | $151,067 |
| T25 | Ryan Fox | 5 | $124,617 |
| T25 | Corey Conners | 5 | $124,617 |
| T25 | Jordan Spieth | 5 | $124,617 |
| T25 | Joe Dean | 5 | $124,617 |
| T25 | Patrick Cantlay | 5 | $124,617 |
| T25 | Laurie Canter | 5 | $124,617 |
| T31 | Guido Migliozzi | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Cameron Young | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Eric Cole | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Brendon Todd | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Matteo Manassero | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Minkyu Kim | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Chris Kirk | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Dustin Johnson | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Justin Thomas | 6 | $90,220 |
| T31 | Sam Burns | 6 | $90,220 |
| T41 | Kurt Kitayama | 7 | $70,050 |
| T41 | Matt Wallace | 7 | $70,050 |
| T43 | Jorge Campillo | 8 | $57,200 |
| T43 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 8 | $57,200 |
| T43 | Brooks Koepka | 8 | $57,200 |
| T43 | Max Homa | 8 | $57,200 |
| T43 | Si Woo Kim | 8 | $57,200 |
| T43 | Emiliano Grillo | 8 | $57,200 |
| T43 | Calum Scott (a) | 8 | $0 |
| T50 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 9 | $45,238 |
| T50 | Matthieu Pavon | 9 | $45,238 |
| T50 | Richard Mansell | 9 | $45,238 |
| T50 | Robert MacIntyre | 9 | $45,238 |
| T50 | Harris English | 9 | $45,238 |
| T50 | Adrian Meronk | 9 | $45,238 |
| T50 | Gary Woodland | 9 | $45,238 |
| T50 | Sean Crocker | 9 | $45,238 |
| T58 | Abraham Ancer | 10 | $42,150 |
| T58 | Joaquín Niemann | 10 | $42,150 |
| T60 | Tommy Morrison (a) | 11 | $0 |
| T60 | Jeunghun Wang | 11 | $32,100 |
| T60 | Rasmus Hojgaard | 11 | $32,100 |
| T60 | Jacob Skov Olesen (a) | 11 | $0 |
| T60 | Phil Mickelson | 11 | $32,100 |
| T60 | Brian Harman | 11 | $32,100 |
| T66 | Hideki Matsuyama | 12 | $40,280 |
| T66 | Tom McKibbin | 12 | $40,280 |
| T66 | Nicolai Hojgaard | 12 | $40,280 |
| T66 | Davis Thompson | 12 | $40,280 |
| T66 | Austin Eckroat | 12 | $40,280 |
| 71 | Rickie Fowler | 13 | $39,400 |
| T72 | Young-han Song | 14 | $38,925 |
| T72 | Marcel Siem | 14 | $38,925 |
| T72 | Tom Hoge | 14 | $38,925 |
| T75 | Darren Clarke | 15 | $38,525 |
| T75 | Aaron Rai | 15 | $38,525 |
| T75 | Alex Cejka | 15 | $38,525 |
| 78 | Luis Masaveu (a) | 18 | $0 |
| 79 | Andy Ogletree | 19 | $38,275 |
| 80 | Darren Fichardt | 22 | $38,150 |
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