Someone will claim the Wanamaker Trophy — and a huge paycheck — come Sunday at Oak Hill Country Club.
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This year’s PGA Championship winner will receive the biggest winner’s check in the tournament’s history, but let’s be honest, someone’s going to deserve it after coming out on top this week.
Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., has been a fair but brutal test. Chilly early morning temperatures have left golfers shivering and rain and wind wreaked havoc on the field on Saturday. Sunday is supposed to be the nicest day of the week, so getting to this point has all been worth it. (The money will be, too.)
The PGA of America increased its overall purse to $17.5 million for this year’s PGA Championship, with the winner taking home $3.15 million. The total purse is a $2.5 million increase from last year, and the winner’s check gets a bump from the $2.7 million Justin Thomas won in 2022.
The PGA Championship, the second major of 2023, boasts its big purse increase one month after we saw the same happen to the Masters, which paid out $18 million in prize money last month.
LIV Golf, the PGA Tour’s rival, offers $4 million to its tournament’s individual winners, and the PGA Tour’s designated events awards $3.6 million to winners.
Check out the complete payout breakdown for the 2023 PGA Championship below. Brooks Koepka enters the final day leading Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland by one.
PGA Championship 2023 purse, payout breakdown, winner’s share
1st: $3,150,000
2nd: $1,890,000
3rd: $1,190,000
4th: $840,000
5th: $700,000
6th: $620,000
7th: $575,000
8th: $535,000
9th: $500,000
10th: $465,000
11th: $430,000
12th: $395,000
13th: $365,000
14th: $335,000
15th: $309,000
16th: $288,000
17th: $268,000
18th: $248,000
19th: $228,000
20th: $213,000
21st: $198,000
22nd: $185,000
23rd: $175,000
24th: $165,000
25th: $155,000
26th: $145,000
27th: $135,000
28th: $125,000
29th: $116,500
30th: $110,000
31st: $105,000
32nd: $100,000
33rd: $95,000
34th: $90,000
35th: $85,000
36th: $80,000
37th: $75,000
38th: $70,000
39th: $65,000
40th: $60,000
41st: $55,000
42nd: $50,000
43rd: $48,000
44th: $46,000
45th: $44,000
46th: $43,000
47th: $42,000
48th: $41,000
49th: $40,000
50th: $39,000
51st: $38,000
52nd: $37,000
53rd: $36,500
54th: $36,000
55th: $35,500
56th: $35,000
57th: $34,500
58th: $34,000
59th: $33,500
60th: $33,000
61st: $32,500
62nd: $32,000
63rd: $31,500
64th: $31,000
65th: $30,500
66th: $30,000
67th: $29,500
68th: $29,000
69th: $28,500
70th: $28,000
71st: $27,500
72nd: $27,000
73rd: $26,500
74th: $26,000
75th: $25,500
76th: $25,000
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