Pro scores and MONEY

I have always wondered about this.

On the PGA, when multiple people score the same score, and they place the same (i.e. 5 guys tied for second at -5), the next player is placed at the next available spot minus the number of players tied. So in this scenario, a -4 score would place the next player at 7th place.

Now I imagine that the tour adds the sum of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th places prize money and divides it up between the players who place second.

But, is there ever a time, when there are so many players tied, that a person with a lower placement (higher score) actually makes more money than his superior competitors? So the 7th place player makes more than each of the 2nd place players?

And is there a possibility that a player would shave a point in order to make more cash if this was true?

Hi jspivey,

This could never happen as the number of players tied on a certain number is used to divide an equal amount of prize spots.

ie. if there are 10 players in a field and eight of them are tied on second then the prize money from spots 2-8 are totalled and then divided between the eight players, which will never be smaller than the tenth spot because the prize money from tenth place to first gradually increases.

Hope that helps... wonder no longer