2023 Irish Open prize purse breakdown: How much will golfers win at the $6,000,000 event?

Modified Sep 08, 2023 11:43 GMT

DP World Tour 2023 Irish Open prize purse breakdown (Image via Getty)

The Horizon Irish Open 2023 is underway at the moment at The K Club – Ryder Course, Ireland. The DP World Tour teed off on September 7, Thursday and will go on till Sunday. The event has a $6,000,000 prize purse with the champion golfer bagging $850,000.

The Irish Open, being played since 1927, is one of the oldest events on the European Tour schedule. Owing to the event’s popularity and the lack of PGA Tour action this weekend, the Irish outing features some of the biggest names in the sport.

Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel and Pádraig Harrington are all on the field. Defending champion and Ryder Cup reject Adrian Meronk is also a top competitor.

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Irish Open 2023 prize money

As mentioned above, the Irish Open’s 156-player field competes for a $6,000,000 prize purse. Owing to the DP World Tour event’s 36-hole cut, the top 70 players get assured prize money. While the winning golfer gets $850,000, the runner-up will receive a $550,000 paycheck.

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The third-place golfer will win $315,000, while the golfer finishing fourth will bag $250,000. All golfers in the top 10 make over $100,000 in prizes. The golfer finishing last on the event’s 70-man leaderboard will return home with $9,500.

Here is the complete prize money breakdown for the Irish Open:

WIN - $850,000
2 - $550,000
3 - $315,000
4 - $250,000
5 - $212,000
6 - $175,000
7 - $150,000
8 - $125,000
9 - $112,000
10 - $100,000
11 - $92,000
12 - $86,000
13 - $80,500
14 - $76,500
15 - $73,500
16 - $70,500
17 - $67,500
18 - $64,500
19 - $62,000
20 - $60,000
21 - $58,000
22 - $56,500
23 - $55,000
24 - $53,500
25 - $52,000
26 - $50,500
27 - $49,000
28 - $47,500
29 - $45,000
30 - $44,500
31 - $43,000
32 - $41,500
33 - $40,000
34 - $38,500
35 - $37,000
36 - $35,500
37 - $34,500
38 - $33,500
39 - $32,500
40 - $31,500
41 - $30,500
42 - $29,500
43 - $28,500
44 - $27,500
45 - $26,500
46 - $25,500
47 - $24,500
48 - $23,500
49 - $22,500
50 - $21,500
51 - $20,500
52 - $19,500
53 - $18,500
54 - $17,500
55 - $17,000
56 - $16,500
57 - $16,000
58 - $15,500
59 - $15,000
60 - $14,500
61 - $14,000
62 - $13,500
63 - $13,000
64 - $12,500
65 - $12,500
66 - $12,000
67 - $11,500
68 - $11,000
69 - $10,500
70 - $9,500

The final leaderboard and prize money payouts of the Irish Open will be announced on Sunday.

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