How much will golfers win at the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play? Prize purse explored

The 2023 edition of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play is set to be played from March 23 to March 26. The event, held at the prestigious Austin Country Club in Texas, will see 64 players go up against each other for the top prize.

The WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play will feature eight out of nine top players in the Official World Golf Rankings, among others. The event, headlined by the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, and Scottie Scheffler, has a prize purse of $20 million. According to the PGA Tour’s prize money distribution chart, the winner of the event will bag $3,500,000, less than the standard 18 percent of the total purse.

While the champion will take a big chunk, the runner-up will settle for a paycheck of $2,200,000. The player finishing third will win $1,420,000, while the fourth-placed golfer will return home with $1,141,667. The rest of the field will settle for prizes of under a million. The golfer finishing last on the PGA Tour event's leaderboard will bag $66,667 for his efforts.

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2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play prize purse

Here is the complete prize money purse breakdown for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play:

• 1 - $3,500,000
• 2 - $2,200,000
• 3 - $1,420,000
• 4 - $1,141,667
• 5 - $643,333
• 6 - $643,333
• 7 - $643,333
• 8 - $643,333
• 9 - $366,667
• 10 - $366,667
• 11 - $366,667
• 12 - $366,667
• 13 - $366,667
• 14 - $366,667
• 15 - $366,667
• 16 - $366,667
• 17 - $273,333
• 18 - $256,667
• 19 - $246,667
• 20 - $236,667
• 21 - $226,667
• 22 - $216,667
• 23 - $208,333
• 24 - $200,000
• 25 - $193,333
• 26 - $186,667
• 27 - $180,000
• 28 - $173,333
• 29 - $166,667
• 30 - $160,000
• 31 - $155,000
• 32 - $150,000
• 33 - $145,000
• 34 - $140,000
• 35 - $135,000
• 36 - $130,000
• 37 - $125,000
• 38 - $120,000
• 39 - $116,667
• 40 - $113,333
• 41 - $110,000
• 42 - $106,667
• 43 - $103,333
• 44 - $100,000
• 45 - $96,667
• 46 - $93,333
• 47 - $90,000
• 48 - $86,667
• 49 - $85,000
• 50 - $83,333
• 51 - $81,667
• 52 - $80,000
• 53 - $78,333
• 54 - $76,667
• 55 - $75,000
• 56 - $73,333
• 57 - $72,500
• 58 - $71,667
• 59 - $70,833
• 60 - $70,000
• 61 - $69,167
• 62 - $68,333
• 63 - $67,500
• 64 - $66,667

Apart from the prize money, the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play champion will also win some important perks, including points. The golfer finishing top of the field will get 67 Official World Golf Ranking points along with 550 FedEx Cup points. The winner will also get a three-plus season exemption on the PGA Tour, berths into The Masters and the PGA Championship and a direct entry to next year's Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Other details on the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, including schedule and tee times, will be updated soon.