Travelers Championship 2016: Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts

Jim Furyk turned in a historic day. Jerry Kelly made things interesting.

None of it was enough to stop Russell Knox from tossing his hat and winning the 2016 Travelers Championship on Sunday.

Knox made a 12-foot par putt on No. 18 to finish at 14 under overall, one stroke ahead of the hard-charging Kelly. Knock shot a two-under 68 on the day, overcoming a bogey on No. 16 and a field full of guys determined to go low and knock him off.

The PGA Tour captured Knox's winning moment:

"Once it started kind of creeping left, I knew it was going in, and what an unbelievable feeling. It's truly amazing," Knox told reporters.

The win was Knox's third of his career and second in 2016. Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott are the only other multitime champions on the PGA Tour this year. Overall, the 31-year-old has won three times since November and is in the midst of the finest season of his career.

Knox said after the round he believes his win should be enough to seal up a Ryder Cup spot:

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I knew by winning this tournament, it's put Darren Clarke in a very difficult position not to pick me. I think—but I mean, it's his decision. If I don't make the team, I can't think I'm worthy of a pick. It's his decision. He can pick whoever he wants, and that's the luxury of it. If I make the top nine, then I deserve to be on the team. If I'm No. 10, he can quite happily pass on me, and that's just the way it is.

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Position	Player	Purse
1	Russell Knox	$1,188,000.00
2	Jerry Kelly	$712,800.00
T3	Justin Thomas	$382,800.00
T3	Patrick Rodgers	$382,800.00
T5	Jim Furyk	$231,825.00
T5	Robert Garrigus	$231,825.00
T5	Tyrone van Aswegen	$231,825.00
T5	Daniel Berger	$231,825.00
T9	Marc Leishman	$184,800.00
T9	Brooks Koepka	$184,800.00

Making it all the more impressive is the type of performances he beat Sunday.

Furyk, who entered the day tied for 70th place, fired off the first 58 in PGA Tour history. He carded 10 birdies and an eagle, shooting an astounding 27 on the front nine. The round was good enough to shoot him all the way up into a tie for fifth place.

"I'm still a little stunned and a little flabbergasted," Furyk said, per William S. Paxton of USA Today. "It's kind of a reminder no matter how bad you feel with your swing you're never that far away, or no matter how good you feel you're not that far away from playing poorly as well."

Kyle Porter of CBS Sports put the round into context:

The previous record was a 59, which Furyk matched at the 2013 BMW Championship. He's the only golfer in history to shoot under 60 in a PGA Tour event twice.

That excitement paved the way for the likes of Justin Thomas and Kelly, who also ascended up the leaderboard with excellent rounds. Thomas began the day outside the top 30 but wound up in a tie for third after shooting a 62. He made five straight birdies to close his front nine and added four more on the back (along with a bogey) for his first top-10 finish since The Players Championship in May.

He spoke to reporters after the round:

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Yes, it was a great day. Any time you can finish off a tournament like that is obviously a big positive, and not necessarily a sigh of relief but just kind of a happy moment I guess you can say because I felt like I played well this whole week and just haven't gotten anything out of it. None of the putts were going in and nothing was really going my way, so today was a little bit of a cap-off for me.

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Kelly, meanwhile, parred his final three holes—a critical stretch that prevented him from forcing a playoff. He put himself in position by shooting 32-32 for a six-under day, which included holing out on the par-four 12th. The 49-year-old will soon be eligible for the Champions Tour, making his stellar run all the more impressive.

But it wasn't enough to catch Knox, which was a good thing; otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten the best celebration of the 2016 PGA Tour season.