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- Brian Campbell won the John Deere Classic, moving from 71st to 37th on the PGA Tour money list.
- Lucas Glover and Jacob Bridgeman also improved their rankings after the John Deere Classic.
- The top 25 players on the money list remained unchanged, with Scottie Scheffler still leading.
With Ben Griffin the only top-10 player on the PGA Tour money list in the field for the John Deere Classic — and because he missed the cut — the order changed very little with final results at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.
Winner Brian Campbell, who had been in a slump since he won his first Tour event in February at the Mexico Open, moved from 71st to 37th with the $1,512,000 first-place check and joined the 41 players who have earned $3 million or more this season.
That’s a great example of how the PGA Tour purses have evolved so quickly. Until 1999, no Tour player had earned $3 million or more. Tiger Woods blew that out of the water that season with more than $6 million in earnings but that’s a figure that has been eclipsed by 14 players this season — and there are still six FedEx Cup events left, three FedEx Cup playoffs and six tournaments in FedEx Cup Fall.
No change through No. 25 in earnings
Only two players inside the top 30 on the money list moved up. Lucas Glover, who shot 64 in the final round at TPC Deere Run to move into a tie for fifth, earned $278,250 and improved from 29th to 26th and passed $4 million in earnings.
Jacob Bridgemen, who entered the week 36th, also shot 64 in the final round of the John Deere Classic to move to 30th in the money list with more than $3.4 million.
The money list will be more volatile in the next two weeks with the game’s top stars playing in the Scottish Open and the Open Championship.
PGA Tour money leaders
Through John Deere Classic
1. Scottie Scheffler $15,869,483
2. Rory McIlroy $14,916,410
3. J.J. Spaun $10,004,182
4. Sepp Straka $9,682,994
5. Justin Thomas $9,335,520
6. Russell Henley $9,323,406
7. Ben Griffin $8,134,502
8. Keegan Bradley $7,079,794
9. Collin Morikawa $6,996,393
10. Ludvig Åberg $6,337,032
11. Andrew Novak $6,309,769
12. Tommy Fleetwood $6,188,031
13. Shane Lowry $6,186,853
14. Maverick McNealy $6,093,909
15. Harris English $5,894,526
16. Hideki Matsuyama $5,452,136
17. Robert MacIntyre $5,244,606
18. Corey Conners $5,058,426
19. Nick Taylor $4,713,917
20. Sam Burns $4,410,873
21. Patrick Cantlay $4,405,606
22. Brian Harman $4,184,338
23. Justin Rose $4,182,018
24. Viktor Hovland $4,178,117
25. Sungjae Im $4,148,217
26. Lucas Glover $4,097,202
27. Tom Hoge $3,957,533
28. Daniel Berger $3,927,078
29. Ryan Fox $3,824,847
30. Jacob Bridgeman $3,445,182
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