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After years of struggles, Allred gets first break
You could be excused for not knowing who Jason Allred was prior to the Northern Trust Open. After all, the Oregon native has failed to finish better than T14 in his 153-start PGA Tour career.
Most of the past 12 years of his career has seen him battling it out on the secondary tours trying to make a living and support his family. Juggling fatherhood and trying to becoming a full-time professional golfer is tough at the best of times, but when you’re not playing well it’s even tougher! Allred prefers not to look back at the difficult road it’s been in his career. He has had to battle his own demons on whether he could compete at this level after losing his PGA Tour card in 2008.
“But you know what … even when I go out to practice, whether it’s to prepare for a Gateway Tournament or this week, I still have that belief in me that I have it in me to win big golf tournaments,” Allred said. “At times, even I have had a hard time believing that over the years, but it sure is fun to be out here and be able to have a chance.”
Allread comes from a family of talented athletes with both brothers being national white water rafting champions. Although he dabbled into white water rafting like his brothers after college, golf was always his main love. The former 1997 U.S. Junior champion has qualified both for the British and U.S. opens, but has never been able to hold his place on the world’s toughest tour.
What surprised many was to see the world-ranked No. 900 mixing it with the likes of household names Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson in a $6.7 million Tour event. This coming after he only got into this event via a qualifying tournament last Monday, shooting a 66. Allred began the week slowly with a 2-over 73 and well off the pace, but charged home with rounds of 64, 67 and 68 to finish only 3 strokes off the lead.
Even though the financial gain of $388,600 was worth more than his last combined 103 Web.com Tour events, the experience is what Allred will treasure the most.
“The money’s certainly great, but don’t get me wrong, it means a lot and it will certainly help out,” Allred said. “At the same time, being out there today, I didn’t really think about it. I’m surprised I didn’t; like you said, it’s about as much as I’ve ever made in my whole career in one day, which is crazy.”
With the prize money earned and exemptions gained at least now Jason Allred has the opportunity to compete on the PGA Tour just that little bit longer.
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Aaron Rai upset the odds to win his first major championship on Sunday at Aronimink, firing a final round of 5-under par to see off his competitors and claim the winner’s check for $3,690,000.
Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley were the best of the chasing pack, with both men sharing runner-up spot which was good enough for each to receive a check for $1,804,000.
With a total prize purse of $20.5 million up for grabs, here’s a look at how much each player won at the 2026 PGA Championship.
Players who missed the PGA Championship cut each received $4,300 each.
1: Aaron Rai, $3,690,000
T2 : Jon Rahm, $1,804,000
T2 : Alex Smalley, $1,804,000
T4: Justin Thomas, $843,866
T4: Ludvig Aberg, $843,866
T4: Matti Schmid, $843,866
T7: Cameron Smith, $637,050
T7: Rory McIlroy, $637,050
T7: Xander Schauffele, $637,050
T10: Kurt Kitayama, $496,707
T10: Chris Gotterup, $496,707
T10: Justin Rose, $496,707
T10: Patrick Reed, $496,707
T14: Matt Fitzpatrick, $364,762
T14: Scottie Scheffler, $364,762
T14: Max Greyserman, $364,762
T14: Ben Griffin, $364,762
T18: Maverick McNealy, $229,128
T18: Jordan Spieth, $229,128
T18: Stephan Jaeger, $229,128
T18: Padraigh Harrington, $229,128
T18: David Puig, $229,128
T18: Harris English, $229,128
T18: Min Woo Lee, $229,128
T18: Joaquin Niemann, $229,128
T26: Nick Taylor, $125,523
T26: Alex Noren, $125,523
T26: Cameron Young, $125,523
T26: Andrew Novak, $125,523
T-26: Daniel Hiller, $125,523
T26: Tom Hoge, $125,523
T26: Sam Burns, $125,523
T26: Hideki Matsuyama, $125,523
T26: Bud Cauley, $125,523
T35: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, $78,805
T35: Patrick Cantlay, $78,805
T35: Ryo Hisatsune, $78,805
T35: Daniel Berger, $78,805
T35: Ryan Fox, $78,805
T35: Haotong Li, $78,805
T35: Aldrich Potgieter, $78,805
T35: Si Woo Kim, $78,805
T35: Martin Kaymer, $78,805
T44: Chris Kirk, $53,743
T44: Matt Wallace, $53,743
T44: Shane Lowry, $53,743
T44: Jhonattan Vegas, $53,743
T44: Denny McCarthy, $53,743
T44: Chandler Blachet, $53,743
T44: Taylor Pendrith, $53,743
T44: Dustin Johnson, $53,743
T44: Nicolai Hojgaard, $53,743
T44: Michael Kim, $53,743
T44: Kristoffer Reitan, $53,743
T55: Collin Morikawa, $34,186
T55: Corey Conners, $34,186
T55: Andrew Putnam, $34,186
T55: Brooks Koepka, $34,186
T55: Mikael Lindberg, $34,186
T60: Sami Valimaki, $29,218
T60: Sahith Theegala, $29,218
T60: Rico Hoey, $29,218
T60: Rickie Fowler, $29,218
T60: Brian Harman, $29,218
T65: Casey Jarvis, $26,900
T65: Jason Day, $26,900
T65: Rasmus Hojgaard, $26,900
T65: Keith Mitchell, $26,900
T65: Sam Stevens, $26,900
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kyle
Feb 20, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Don’t want to sound like a jerk, I’m glad the guy played well, but with 153 PGA Tour starts, this wasn’t his first “break”. He’s had plenty of breaks and opportunities to shine, he simply didn’t do it. There are thousands of mini-tour players out there waiting for their “break”, as in one PGA Tour start.
Troy Vayanos
Feb 19, 2014 at 3:45 pm
Thanks for your comment Andy, hopefully this is the springboard for many more great performances in 2014 for Jason.
Andy
Feb 18, 2014 at 5:29 pm
Great to see Jason making a comeback. Bettinardi putters JAM was actually named after Jason (Jason Allred Model). Good luck to Jason in 2014!
Troy Vayanos
Feb 18, 2014 at 1:56 pm
You’re right Gary, it is great to see these lesser known guys coming through and performing well.
Let’s hope he can continue on and use this as a stepping stone to more great tournament performances.
Gary McCormick
Feb 18, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Allred was a great story at the NTO – far better than Blubberin’ Bubba breaking his winless streak, in my opinion.
Watson has a lot going for him, no doubt — he plays a reckless, wide open game that is fun to watch (or would be, if not for his pouty, thin-skinned, rabbit-eared behavior) — but Allred played cool, collected golf on a big stage for a whole lot of marbles, and didn’t choke or get flustered at the prospect of his first big paycheck.
Kudos to Jason, and good luck to him in the future.