Barclays Golf 2015: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize Money Payouts and More
For the second tournament in which he has played, Jason Day was head and shoulders better than the rest of the field. The 2015 PGA champion captured The Barclays title Sunday at the Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey.
At 19 under, he finished six shots better than Henrik Stenson. Bubba Watson owned sole possession of third place at 11 under:
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Day collected a little under $1.5 million for his efforts this weekend. Stenson will take $891,000 home, while Watson earned $561,000. You can view the payouts for the top 10 finishers below courtesy of ESPN.com:
| 1 | Jason Day | -19 | $1,485,000 |
| 2 | Henrik Stenson | -13 | $891,000 |
| 3 | Bubba Watson | -11 | $561,000 |
| T4 | Zac Blair | -10 | $363,000 |
| T4 | Zach Johnson | -10 | $363,000 |
| T6 | Daniel Summerhays | -9 | $276,375 |
| T6 | Ryan Palmer | -9 | $276,375 |
| T6 | Sangmoon Bae | -9 | $276,375 |
| T9 | Jason Bohn | -8 | $231,000 |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | -8 | $231,000 |
This is Day's fourth title of the season, which puts him in pretty good company, at least dating back to 2010, per Golf on CBS:
In a year previously dominated by Jordan Spieth, Day is certainly enjoying a fantastic conclusion to 2015. The two are setting a new standard for excellence in the sport, which is causing bit of a headache for Fox Sports' Shane Bacon:
Day entered the round with a share of the 54-hole lead at 11 under with Sangmoon Bae. Both golfers moved up the leaderboard Saturday with identical seven-under 63s in the third round.
On Sunday, their fortunes could hardly be more different.
Bae made the turn to the back nine at three over for the round, which all but eliminated him from contention. He wound up at nine under for the tournament, which was good enough to tie him for sixth place.
Day, meanwhile, was at a solid three under through the first nine holes and padded his tally with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 10 and 11.
Despite owning a fairly healthy lead as he wrapped up his final round, Day remained determined to save as many strokes as possible. Even a 35-foot birdie putt on No. 15 wasn't enough to stop the 27-year-old, per the PGA Tour:
According to PGATour.com, he earned nearly four strokes on his putting alone Sunday.
"I feel like Jordan Spieth the way I'm putting," Day said after his win, per Brian Wacker of PGATour.com.
Earlier in the year, it was almost universally accepted Spieth was the best golfer in the world. Day is making that more of a discussion now. His Barclays win moves him up to first in the FedEx Cup standings, where he owns a 290-point edge on Spieth.
Day also has three wins in the span of roughly a month going back to the Canadian Open in July. GolfChannel.com's Ryan Lavner highlighted how the Australian star is truly hitting his stride on the course:
Perhaps this run is a bit of an aberration for Day. Sooner or later, he'll regress to the golfer he was a few years ago—very good but not this good.
Then again, it felt like Day was on the precipice of becoming something special back in 2013, when he finished in the top 10 of the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and PGA Championship. All he needed was that breakthrough, which came at this year's PGA Championship.
Now, Day has the confidence and experience to match his talent.
While the major season may be over, Day and Spieth have plenty more opportunities to go head-to-head in the Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and Tour Championship to close out the PGA Tour calendar.
Golf fans should make sure their weekends are free for the next month and change because the two are bound to put on a show.
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