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As Davis Thompson caught fire Saturday afternoon and took the lead at the John Deere Classic by two heading into the final round, one big responsibility came into view.
He needed to uphold the tournament’s “Champion’s House” for a third straight year.
“It’s been fun staying with those guys this week,” Tompson said. “Hopefully maybe it [will be] three years in a row. That would be pretty cool. Seems like everybody is going to want to be staying in that house next year.”
The second-year pro is one of six players in the field staying in the same house this week. The same house has been home to the John Deere Classic’s champion the last two years with Sepp Straka and J.T. Poston.
Straka has his family with him this week so Thompson is actually staying in the same room he did a year ago when he earned his second PGA Tour title.
He’s joined by Poston, Greyson Sigg, Patton Kizzire, Denny McCarthy and Ben Kohles, basically the same group that originally booked the house two years ago, with Thompson subbing for Brendon Todd.
Last year the group played baseball and frisbee while back at the house together and Thompson said the vibes are pretty much the same this year.
“It’s pretty laid back,” Thompson said. “Been going, eating dinner every night and hanging out, watching TV. Been really laid back and all the guys in the house are great.”
If staying at the “Champions House” keeps resulting in wins, more and more are going to try and book their stay their each year.
With that, below you can check out the complete payout breakdown for this week’s John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. The total purse is $8 million.
Winner: $1.44 million
2. $872,000
3. $552,000
4. $392,000
5. $328,000
6. $290,000
7. $270,000
8. $250,000
9. $234,000
10. $218,000
11. $202,000
12. $186,000
13. $170,000
14. $154,000
15. $146,000
16. $138,000
17. $130,000
18. $122,000
19. $114,000
20. $106,000
21. $98,000
22. $90,000
23. $83,600
24. $77,200
25. $70,800
26. $64,400
27. $62,000
28. $59,600
29. $57,200
30. $54,800
31. $52,400
32. $50,000
33. $47,600
34. $45,600
35. $43,600
36. $41,600
37. $39,600
38. $38,000
39. $36,400
40. $34,800
41. $33,200
42. $31,600
43. $30,000
44. $28,400
45. $26,800
46. $25,200
47. $23,600
48. $22,320
49. $21,200
50. $20,560
51. $20,080
52. $19,600
53. $19,280
54. $18,960
55. $18,800
56. $18,640
57. $18,480
58. $18,320
59. $18,160
60. $18,000
61. $17,840
62. $17,680
63. $17,520
64. $17,360
65. $17,200
66. $17,040
67. $16,880
68. $16,720
69. $16,560
70. $16,400
71. $16,240
72. $16,080
73. $15,920
74. $15,760
75. $15,600
76. $15,440
77. $15,280
78. $15,120
79. $14,960
80. $14,800
(a) = amateur, does not receive share