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Spieth 11th PGA Tour player to surpass $ 50 million
Jordan Spieth keeps stacking up incredible accomplishments one after another.
He earned his 13th PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage, doing it on Easter Sunday one year after he won his 12th, also on Easter Sunday, at the Valero Texas Open.
Spieth is the 82nd player to get to 13 wins and is now tied for 72nd on the PGA Tour’s all- time wins list.
According to golf stats guru Justin Ray, Spieth joins Rory McIlroy, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only players since 1940 with 13 PGA Tour wins and a major before the age of 29.
Spieth pocketed $ 1,440,000 for his work at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, and that pushed his career on- course earnings total to $ 50,578,855.
He has moved past Ernie Els and Jason Day into the 11th spot. He is about $ 3.7 million behind Sergio Garcia.
Woods tops the all- time money list at $ 120,895,206, while Phil Mickelson is second at $ 94,955,060. Dustin Johnson is third with $ 74,256,508.
Despite struggling with his putter all week, Spieth sank the putt when it mattered most Sunday.
His first time on the 18th hole in the fourth round, he nailed a 10- foot birdie putt to shoot 5- under 66 at Harbour Town. That let Spieth finish at 13- under 271 in regulation and return to 18 and make a par at the first playoff hole to defeat Patrick Cantlay.
Cantlay, the reigning FedExCup champion, tied Spieth with a 9- foot birdie at the 17th and had a 13- foot birdie putt at the last that missed to the right. He signed for a final- round 68.
On the first playoff hole, Cantlay was doomed by a plugged lie and exploded to 35 feet and missed the putt.