The fourth event of the “FedEx Cup Fall” goes to Sin City, home of the Tour’s first million-dollar purse.
In 1984 in Las Vegas, PGA Tour players battled for a million-dollar purse for the first time, with Denis Watson winning the Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational and $162,000 from a purse of more than $1.2 million.
Forty years later, the Tour is back in Las Vegas and a purse of $7 million is one of the lowest all season. Still, the winner will take home $1,260,000 and at this time of year there’s plenty more on the line besides money. In the fourth tournament of the eight-event “FedEx Cup Fall,” most players in the field are chasing status for 2025.
Tom Kim isn’t one of those players, as the two-time defending champion is set for next year. He’ll go off as the betting favorite chasing a third straight title in the desert. There also isn’t a buzzworthy name like Lexi Thompson; the LPGA star played a year ago on a sponsor’s exemption and missed the cut by three shots. Just a lot of guys playing for jobs.
They’ll play the 7,255-yard par-71 TPC Summerlin, where birdies come in bunches. The last six winners have all finished at least 20 under par.John Schwarb is a senior editor for Sports Illustrated covering golf. Prior to joining SI in March 2022, he worked for ESPN.com, PGATour.com, Tampa Bay Times and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He is the author of The Little 500: The Story of the World's Greatest College Weekend.
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