The third-round lead at the Vidanta World Mexico Open was great.
The opportunity for a first solo win on the PGA Tour was great.
The potential for a million-dollar payday was great.
But something else was occupying Andrew Novak’s mind on Saturday night at Vidanta Vallarta golf course.
The University of Miami football team was playing the University of North Carolina, and he’s a UM guy.
“Yeah, we’ve got Canes-Tar Heels,” Novak said after his third round. “I’ll be chirping Ben, for sure. [Ben Griffin, who played college golf at UNC.] Spread’s like 13 and a half, I think — that’s a little scary. Halloween, night game. I don’t know. ACC always scares me, weird stuff happens. I don’t trust ACC refs — they’re terrible at their job. Hopefully we roll them, but we’ll see.
“It’s going to keep me nervous for the next three hours probably.”
It was close. North Carolina led in the fourth quarter, before Miami won 38-35.
With that, here are the money payouts for the Vidanta World Mexico Open. The total purse is $6 million.
Vidanta World Mexico Open purse, winner’s share
1. $1.080 million
2. $654,000
3. $414,000
4. $294,000
5. $246,000
6. $217,500
7. $202,500
8. $187,500
9. $175,500
10. $163,500
11. $151,500
12. $139,500
13. $127,500
14. $115,500
15. $109,500
16. $103,500
17. $97,500
18. $91,500
19. $85,500
20. $79,500
21. $73,500
22. $67,500
23. $62,700
24. $57,900
25. $53,100
26. $48,300
27. $46,500
28. $44,700
29. $42,900
30. $41,100
31. $39,300
32. $37,500
33. $35,700
34. $34,200
35. $32,700
36. $31,200
37. $29,700
38. $28,500
39. $27,300
40. $26,100
41. $24,900
42. $23,700
43. $22,500
44. $21,300
45. $20,100
46. $18,900
47. $17,700
48. $16,740
49. $15,900
50. $15,420
51. $15,060
52. $14,700
53. $14,460
54. $14,220
55. $14,100
56. $13,980
57. $13,860
58. $13,740
59. $13,620
60. $13,500
61. $13,380
62. $13,260
63. $13,140
64. $13,020
65. $12,900
66. $12,780
67. $12,660
68. $12,540
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