WGC-Dell Match Play prize money
It’s one of the PGA Tour‘s so-called “elevated purse events” – so what is the WGC-Dell Match Play prize money and how much does each player take home from Austin Country Club?
Here’s the full breakdown for the most recent tournament, and keep scrolling for historical winners’ cheques…
WGC-Dell Match Play purse and payouts
2023
Purse: $20,000,000
Last four:
Sam Burns: $3,500,000 (winner)
Cameron Young: $2,200,000
Rory McIlroy: $1,420,00
Scottie Scheffler: $1,145,000
Quarterfinalists: $645,000
Mackenzie Hughes, Jason Day, Xander Schauffele, and Jason Day
Round of 16: $365,000
Max Homa, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar, J.T. Poston, J.J. Spaun, Lucas Herbert, Andrew Putnam, and Billy Horschel
T-17: $219,909
Rickie Fowler, Brian Harman, Cam Davis, Ryan Fox, Si Woo Kim, Tony Finau, Adrian Meronk, Taylor Montgomery, Russell Henley, Corey Conners, and Sungjae Im
T-28: $166,000
Davis Riley, Keegan Bradley, and Collin Morikawa
T-31: 1 point (1-2-0), $113,761
Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, Scott Stallings, Nick Taylor, Hideki Matsuyama, Kevin Kisner, Justin Suh, Aaron Wise, Harris English, Viktor Hovland, Victor Perez, Matt Fitzpatrick, Min Wo Lee, Sahith Theegala, Jordan Spieth, Shane Lowry, Seamus Power, Adam Scott, Adam Hadwin, Ben Griffin, and Davis Thompson
T-52: $74,857
Alex Noren, Keith Mitchell, Denny McCarthy, Chris Kirk, Adam Svensson, Tommy Fleetwood, and Maverick McNealy
T-59: $67,500
K.H. Lee, Tom Hoge, Will Zalatoris, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tyrrell Hatton, and Sepp Straka
What about the WGC-Dell Match Play prize money from previous years? Here is the total purse and the winners’ share from historical tournaments…
2022 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $12,000,000
Winner: $2,100,000 (Scottie Scheffler)
2021 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $10,500,000
Winner: $1,820,000 (Billy Horschel)
2019 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $10,250,000
Winner: $1,745,000 (Kevin Kisner)
2018 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $10,000,000
Winner: $1,700,000 (Bubba Watson)
2017 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $9,750,000
Winner: $1,660,000 (Dustin Johnson)
2016 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $9,500,000
Winner: $1,620,000 (Jason Day)
2015 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $9,250,000
Winner: $1,570,000 (Rory McIlroy)
2014 WGC-Dell Match Play
Purse: $9,000,000
Winner: $1,530,000 (Jason Day)
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