Aussie trio alive in $70m pursuit

They shared in more than $1m in prize money despite not winning but progressing to the next stage of the lucrative PGA Tour playoffs is about more than money for the three Australians who are now still alive in the season-ending showdown.

Adam Scott, the only man to play in every iteration of the playoffs since their inception in 2007, was the leading Aussie at the St Jude Championship, finishing in a tie for 18th, 10 shots behind the winner, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who lost the lead midway through the final round but recovered to snare the $5.4m prize.

Olympic teammates Min Woo Lee and Jason Day were next best, just a shot further back, while Cameron Davis ensured a nervous wait for himself after making a double-bogey on his final hole to finish in a tie for 40th that left him on the cut-off bubble on the points list to qualify for the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.