2023-08-22 18:17:46
The Viennese qualified for the tour finale of the top 30 golfers on the US tour – playing for 75 million dollars until Sunday.
It’s been a great year that the Viennese Sepp Straka has played on the US tour so far – and now the highlight is imminent: Straka qualified in the very last push for the final of the FedEx Cup, which starts tomorrow on Thursday at the East Lake course near Atlanta (Georgia) is played. It wasn’t until the final round of the BMW Championships that he turned things up a notch with a lap of 66 and thus made it to the targeted 30th place in the FedEx classification. Because the final series of the US PGA Tour is played in three tournaments: First, the top 70 qualify for the first tournament, of which the top 50 make it to the second event (the BMW Championships) and the top 30 qualify for the big one Final from Thursday. “It’s incredibly difficult to get to Atlanta. You have to have a great year and then get through the playoffs when the going gets tough. I ended up needing a lot of help from others, but I’m happy to take it. “
What also makes the final weekend so special: It is the single sports event with the highest prize money. Starting Thursday, there’s an incredible $75 million in prize money at stake, with the winner alone pocketing $18 million (here called a bonus), second and third places are still $6.5 million and $5 million, respectively. Even in 30th and last place there is still $500,000. Last year Straka also qualified for the finals and received seventh place for $1.635 million. Another special feature: The players start with a credit of strokes according to their ranking: Straka starts 30th from zero, leader Scottie Scheffler (USA) with ten strokes under zero. In the end, the overall ranking counts after four rounds.
“By far my best year on the tour” (Straka) also ended with a high in the world rankings, when he passed former world number one Justin Thomas (USA) and is in 24th place – his career record. But the year is not over for Straka, he will almost certainly tee off at the Ryder Cup in Rome at the end of September for Team Europe. And the final qualification will still have an effect in 2024, bringing invitations to the US Masters, the US Open and the British Open.
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