ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The 2023 PGA Championship purse at Oak Hill Country Club is projected to be $15 million, with the winner taking home $2.7 million and the Wanamaker Trophy. Each of the top three finishers will earn more than a million dollars.
All players who finish all four rounds of the tournament receive money.
The PGA Championship is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the tour. It’s not among the highest-paying, though. Nearly a dozen PGA Tour events have a purse of more than $20 million.
The 2023 Masters had a total purse of $18 million.
2023 PGA Championship purse
The purse for the 2023 PGA Championship is expected to be $15 million, identical to last year’s purse.
How much does the PGA Championship winner make
The winner at Oak Hill will make $2.7 million, which is 18 percent of the total prize winnings.
PGA Championship payouts
1st: $2.7 million
2nd: $1.62 million
3rd: $1.02 million
4th: $720,000
5th: $600,000
6th: $516,250
7th: $475,000
8th: $436,600
9th: $400,000
10th: $371,250
11th: $343,750
12th: $316,250
13th: $291,250
14th: $278,750
15th: $266,250
16th: $253,750
17th: $251,250
18th: $228,750
19th: $216,250
20th: $203,750
21st: $191,250
22nd: $178,750
23rd: $166,250
24th: $153,750
25th: $141,250
26th: $128,750
27th: $116,250
28th: $104,375
29th: $97,750
30th: $91,250
31st: $86,250
32nd: $81,250
33rd: $76,250
34th: $71,250
35th: $66,250
36th: $63,750
37th: $61,250
38th: $58,750
39th: $56,250
40th: $53,750
41st: $51,250
42nd: $48,750
43rd: $46,250
44th: $43,750
45th: $41,250
46th: $38,750
47th: $36,875
48th: $35,000
49th: $33,750
50th: $32,500
51st: $31,250
52nd: $30,500
53rd: $29,875
54th: $29,250
55th: $28,750
56th: $28,250
57th: $27,875
58th: $27,500
59th: $27,250
60th: $27,000
61st: $26,750
62nd: $26,500
63th: $26,250
64th: $26,000
65th: $25,750
66th: $25,500
67th: $25,250
68th: $25,000
69th: $24,750
70th: $24,500
What if players are tied?
If golfers are tied, money they would earn for those positions is added up and then split evenly among the number of players tied.