Pace yourself. If you’re doing it right, the WGC-Dell Match Play Championship is a long, but rewarding, week of golf—whether you’re a competitor or a fan watching at home. The eventual winner of the Walter Hagen Cup will have battled through seven individual matches over five days, including back-to-back double sessions of single-elimination play on Saturday and Sunday at Austin Country Club.
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For that effort, however, the last player(s) standing will be substantially rewarded. The last edition of this event at Austin C.C. is among also one of the PGA Tour’s designated events for 2023, which means the overall prize money payout is jumping from its previously impressive $12 million to $20 million. The last man standing earns $3.5 million, up from the $2.1 million Scottie Scheffler earned for his win a year ago. Everyone who advances to Sunday’s semifinals makes at least $1.145 million. Make it to Sunday’s semifinals and it will be worth more than a half-million dollars.
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Below is the prize money payout for each golfer at this week’s Match Play. While things are listed as paydays for individual places, those who do not advance out of group play are actually paid based on how many points they earned in the first three days of round-robin golf. The breakdown depends on how many earn various point totals (2 points, 1.5, 1, .5, and 0). We’ll update these totals with specific individual player names and money earn as the tournament moves on.
Win: $US3,500,000 ($A5.1 million)
2: $2,200,000
3: $1,420,000
4: $1,145,000
Quarterfinals: $770,000
Round of 16: $365,000
17: $275,000
18: $258,000
19: $246,000
20: $236,000
21: $226,000
22: $216,000
23: $208,000
24: $200,000
25: $192,000
26: $184,000
27: $178,000
28: $172,000
29: $166,000
30: $160,000
31: $155,000
32: $150,000
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33: $145,000
34: $140,000
35: $136,000
36: $132,000
37: $128,000
38: $124,000
39: $120,000
40: $116,000
41: $112,000
42: $108,000
43: $104,000
44: $100,000
45: $96,000
46: $93,000
47: $90,000
48: $88,000
49: $86,000
50: $84,000
51: $82,000
52: $80,000
53: $78,000
54: $76,000
55: $74,000
56: $73,000
57: $72,000
58: $71,000
59: $70,000
60: $69,000
61: $68,000
62: $67,000
63: $66,000
64: $US65,000 ($A100,000)
