ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The 2023 PGA Championship purse at Oak Hill Country Club is $17.5 million, with the winner taking home $3.15 million and the Wanamaker Trophy. Each of the top three finishers will earn more than a million dollars.
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 will be $17.5 million, up from $15 million a year ago.
PGA Championship payouts
- 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
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.
