Barracuda Championship 2015: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize Money Payouts, More

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Published: August 10, 2015

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Kyle Reifers turned in a record-setting day at the 2015 Barracuda Championships Sunday, but it still wasn't enough to outlast J.J. Henry in a dramatic two-hole playoff.

Henry finished the tournament with an incredible eagle on the second playoff hole that came on a putt from on the fairway and well off the green. Reifers had an eagle putt of his own to tie Henry, but he pulled it just left and finished his impressive day with a second-place finish.

The PGA Tour passed along a highlight of the clutch shot:



Henry earned some praise from fellow golfer Jordan Spieth in the aftermath of the putt:



While Henry took home the championship, it took an incredible barrage of eagles and a record-setting performance from Reifers just to get to the playoff, as Ben Ross of KOLO-TV noted:



Alas, Henry's clutch putt from off the green was the tournament's lasting image and enough to finish atop the leaderboard.

The complete leaderboard can be found on PGATour.com. Here is a look at the top finishers and the corresponding prize money (prize money figures are courtesy of ESPN.com):



The scoring certainly doesn't look like a normal PGA Tour leaderboard because the Barracuda Championship utilizes Modified Stableford scoring. With this scoring system, players are awarded eight points for a double eagle, five points for an eagle, two points for a birdie and nothing for a par. It also takes away a point for a bogey and three points for a double bogey or worse.

The fact that eagles are worth five points for players encourages aggressive play, and Reifers took full advantage, as the PGA Tour noted:



Reifers finished with three different eagles on the way to an astounding 22 points and came from 22nd place at the start of the round to a near victory. PGA Tour Media noted he joined some fairly impressive company with his showin...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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