01치열했던 경기 결과와 선수별 상금·포인트 정산
뱅크 오브 유타 챔피언십이 막을 내리면서 대회에 출전한 선수들의 최종 상금 수령액과 랭킹 포인트 분배 내역이 공개됐다.
대회 상위권에 이름을 올린 선수들은 거액의 상금과 함께 향후 투어 경쟁 및 순위 유지에 결정적인 영향을 미칠 포인트를 챙겼다.
컷 통과에 성공한 출전 선수들 역시 최종 순위에 맞추어 차등 지급된 상금과 포인트를 획득하며 대회를 성공적으로 마무리했다.
02Original (English) — PGA TOUR
It’s called the FedExCup Fall because of its alignment with the season of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, but in the context of competition, it’s very much about the rise in the ranks as the clock is ticking on the 2026 PGA Tour season. It’s a reality that Austin Smotherman has experienced before in his PGA Tour career, but nothing like what he achieved on Sunday.
In what was his 100th career start on the PGA Tour, Smotherman broke through for his first victory on the circuit at the Bank of Utah Championship. He closed with a 3-under 68 and posted 26-under 258, two strokes fewer than runner-up Doug Ghim. The duo played together in the final pairing in the finale.
With 500 FedExCup points banked for winning, Smotherman climbs into 51st in the FedExCup. That’s also the first position in the first phase of the Aon Next 10 for the 2027 season. And he collects $1,080,000 of the $6 million purse. More details on his coronation, additional perks and other nuggets are laid out beneath the breakdown of the 70 who cashed at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah.
Like a handful of PGA Tour members who have pegged it in the first two stops of the FedExCup Fall, placement in the FedExCup hasn’t been a concern for most of the season. Either they qualified for the Playoffs, or they were just on the outside looking in and with a trajectory that suggested safety inside the top 100 when the season comes to a close in late November. Smotherman was in the latter cohort.
The 32-year-old sat as high as 22nd following a co-runner-up finish at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, but he drifted to 80th when the field of 70 was determined for the Playoffs. He then opened the FedExCup Fall with a T17 at the Biltmore Championship Asheville to take the next predictable step on his trajectory. Now with the giant leap forward, he’s fully exempt as a PGA Tour member through 2028, when he’ll play in the Championship Series. He’s also exempt into the 2027 editions of The Players Championship and the PGA Championship.
Smotherman is the ninth first-time winner on the PGA Tour this season. He also follows Matt McCarty and Michael Brennan as breakthrough winners of the Bank of Utah in its three-year existence. McCarty finished T53 this year, while Brennan placed T13 in his title defense.
Because Black Desert is a resort course, it’s extremely forgiving off the tee and on approach in cooperative conditions, so those who want to contend are required to take advantage. Smotherman did. He missed only six (of 56) fairways and eight (of 72) greens in regulation for the tournament. That allowed solid putting relative to the field to define the difference, but he paced the field with 32 par breakers (all birdies) to pay off the scoring opportunities.
While the champ vaulted 28 spots to 51st in the FedExCup, he’s not the only new face inside the bubble for the Aon Next 10. Both Ghim (58th) and Ben James (59th) wriggled upward from slots outside. James’ T5 is his third consecutive top-five finish and fourth in his last six starts. And because the Bank of Utah was his 10th start as a PGA Tour member, he’s now officially a rookie. Ricky Castillo (51st), Sam Stevens (62nd) and Corey Conners (63rd) comprise the trio displaced. None competed at Black Desert.
In the bigger picture, after getting bumped outside the top 100 of the FedExCup at the Biltmore Championship, Billy Horschel elbowed his way back in with a T13. He’s now 94th. After missing the cut in his home state, Tony Finau is the newest odd man out after tumbling four spots to 104th.
Golfers who finished inside the top 10 at Black Desert are exempt into the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Oct. 22-25. This is particularly valuable for Kevin Streelman (T5) after he was demoted following failure to meet terms of his medical extension at the Biltmore Championship. Amateur Kihei Akina (ninth), also can accept the spot at Port Royal Golf Course in three weeks. The sophomore at BYU is 3-for-3 on the PGA Tour this year.