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The PRCA Playoff Series? What’s that?
How the PRCA Playoff Series and the 2023 Governor's Cup in Sioux Falls may have major implications on the 2023 world standings race.
- August 9, 2023
- ⎯Team Roping Journal
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With the new addition of the 2023 PRCA Playoff Series Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which will pay $1 million across eight events, people began asking questions. Luckily, we have answers.
What is the PRCA Playoff Series?
You might remember the ProRodeo Tour in 2021. Today, it’s officially called the PRCA Playoff Series. Standings are kept throughout the season and there is a championship event at the end of the year. Contestants competed at rodeos such as Rapid City, San Antonio and Salinas, just to name a few, to earn points, and these are the remaining rodeos in the 2023 Playoff tour.
Hermiston, OR
Sikeston, MO
Logan, UT
Caldwell, ID
Canby, OR
Gooding, ID
Kennewick, WA
Tremonton, UT
Bremerton, WA
Filer, ID
Ellensburg, WA
Walla Walla, WA
Abilene, TX
Pendleton, OR
How do Athletes Accumulate Points?
PRCA Playoff Series standingsare points based. There are three levels of points based upon the total purse money of a given rodeo.
- Top Tier —more than $650,000 total purse
- Middle Tier — between $649,999 and $325,000
- Bottom Tier — less than $324,999
Points are distributed to contestants who place in the top 20 at each of the Playoff Series Rodeos, based on the fastest time or highest score. For rodeos with multiple rounds, the points are calculated based on the average. Tournament rodeos are more complicated, but points are assigned based on how far each competitor advanced through the tournament.
READ: $1M NFR Playoff Primer
What is Different in 2023 with the Playoff Series?
The 2022 Playoff Finale took place in Puyallup, Washington.In 2023, the PRCA announced that the top 24 athletes from the 2023 PRCA Playoff Series will compete in Puyallup at the Washington State Fair on the weekend of September 7-10. But that isn’t the close of the Playoff Series this year, like it was in 2022.
READ: $13K Puyallup Payday Puts Proctor and Medlin in Top 5 Position
Welcome to Sioux Falls
After Puyallup, the teams who finish in thetop four in Puyallupwill meet up with thetop eight in the 2023 PRCA Playoff Series standings(on the year) and head to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the 2023 Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup.
What is the Governor’s Cup, and Why does it Matter?
The Governor’s Cup takes place September 28-30, 2023, and offers a payout across eight events of $1 million.
The close of the PRCA regular season is September 30. That means that the following massive payouts will hit during the final days of the season and it will have an impact on who makes the National Finals Rodeo in December as the buzzer sounds.
Governor’s Cup Format
The Governor’s Cup will allow the12 qualifying contestants to compete in rounds one and twoof competition.
Those rounds will have the followingpayout:
- $10,000
- $7,500
- $5,000
- $2,500
After the first two full rounds, the top eight teams on two head will advance to Saturday’s round. In Saturday’s clean-slate round, fifth-eighth place will pay $2,555 each, and the top four fastest times will advance to a four-man short round. The four-man shootout round will pay the following amounts as thecurrent and unofficial projected payout from the PRCA.
- $25,000
- $19,000
- $12,000
- $6,000
2023 PRCA Playoff Series Standings
As of August 9, 2023
Headers
1 | Tanner Tomlinson | 833.23 |
2 | Derrick Begay | 738.56 |
3 | Kaleb Driggers | 707.33 |
4 | Nelson Wyatt | 702.13 |
5 | Marcus Theriot | 605.96 |
6 | Clay Smith | 596.26 |
7 | Brenten Hall | 571.7 |
8 | Tyler Wade | 552.58 |
9 | Dustin Egusquiza | 537 |
10 | Andrew Ward | 525.88 |
11 | Coy Rahlmann | 513.75 |
12 | Jr. Dees | 480.55 |
13 | J.C. Yeahquo | 480.37 |
14 | Cody Snow | 480.05 |
15 | Rhen Richard | 474.37 |
16 | Jake Smith | 452.38 |
17 | Cash Duty | 440.69 |
18 | Jake Clay | 432.88 |
19 | Keven Daniel | 421.13 |
20 | Coleman Proctor | 407.05 |
21 | Luke Brown | 402.63 |
22 | Ty Arnold | 392.33 |
23 | Lightning Aguilera | 389.05 |
24 | Tanner James | 387.5 |
25 | Cory Kidd | 370.15 |
26 | Clint Summers | 365 |
27 | Kellan Johnson | 357.96 |
28 | Riley Minor | 352 |
29 | Chad Masters | 336.93 |
30 | Jeff Flenniken | 335.25 |
Heelers
1 | Patrick Smith | 833.23 |
2 | Colter Todd | 738.56 |
3 | Junior Nunes Nogueira | 707.33 |
4 | Wesley Thorp | 635.75 |
5 | Cole Curry | 605.96 |
6 | Paden Bray | 571.7 |
7 | Levi Lord | 537 |
8 | Buddy Hawkins | 525.88 |
9 | Coleby Payne | 521.83 |
10 | Jonathan Torres | 513.75 |
11 | Jeremy Buhler | 494.37 |
12 | Travis Graves | 486.46 |
13 | Jake Long | 482.44 |
14 | Ross Ashford | 480.55 |
15 | L.J. Yeahquo | 480.37 |
16 | Douglas Rich | 474.13 |
17 | Sid Sporer | 440.69 |
18 | Chase Tryan | 430.63 |
19 | Billie Jack Saebens | 423.5 |
20 | Corey Hendrick | 417.83 |
21 | Logan Medlin | 407.05 |
22 | Hunter Koch | 402.63 |
23 | Rance Doyal | 396.7 |
24 | Kaden Profili | 392.33 |
25 | Lane Mitchell | 370.15 |
26 | Carson Johnson | 357.96 |
27 | Jade Corkill | 352.64 |
28 | Brady Minor | 352 |
29 | Caleb Hendrix | 345.5 |
30 | Jared Fillmore | 338.3 |
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