but when Alex Smalley holed his 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th at Aronimink, it came with an awful lot of meaning. Let's start by the fact it moved him into a tie for second with Jon Rahm, and increased his payday rose from $981,400 (for a four-way tie for third) to $1.8 million, essentially doubling his prize money payout. The runner-up finish also secured him a spot in next year's Masters and PGA Championship through qualifying criteria for each major. Oh, and the T-2 boosted him from 78th to 42nd in the World Ranking, which just got him into next month's U.S. Open. On Monday, anybody in the top 70 in the OWGR earns an exemption to Shinnecock Hills.