You’ll pardon if there’s been a “hold your breath” kind of feel at this week’s RBC Canadian Open. After all, the past two years the event has been played in the shadow of off-course drama that has threatened to leave the historic national event somewhat forgotten—if not for impressive victories from Rory McIlroy and Nick Taylor.
In 2022, LIV Golf’s inaugural event was being played concurrently outside London, but McIlroy’s closing 62 at St. George’s Golf & Country Club allowed him to defend his title from 2019 (COVID had cancelled tournaments in 2020 and 2021), grab his then 21st PGA Tour title and provide an answer to the rival circuit’s opening salvo.
Then last year, the shocking framework between between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (LIV’s financial catalyst) was announced on June 6, Tuesday of Canadian Open week, and threw the entire golf world for a loop. Once again, though, the golf stole back the headlines come Sunday when Taylor rolled in a 72-foot eagle putt in a playoff against Tommy Fleetwood to become the first Canadian to win his national Open in 69 years.
So far, however, the return to Hamilton Golf & Country Club outside Toronto, which last held the event in 2019, won by McIlroy, has been uneventful. Of course, many are hoping there will be more final-round theatric this time around. Whoever comes out victorious will earn a first-place prize money payout of $1.693 million from an overall purse of $9.4 million.
Here are the prize money payouts for the entire field. Come back shorten after the tournament ends and we’ll update things with individual names and prize money payouts.
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1: $1,692,000
2: $1,024,600
3: $648,600
4: $460,600
5: $385,400
6: $340,750
7: $317,250
8: $293,750
9: $274,950
10: $256,150
11: $237,350
12: $218,550
13: $199,750
14: $180,950
15: $171,550
16: $162,150
17: $152,750
18: $143,350
19: $133,950
20: $124,550
21: $115,150
22: $105,750
23: $98,230
24: $90,710
25: $83,190
26: $75,670
27: $72,850
28: $70,030
29: $67,210
30: $64,390
31: $61,570
32: $58,750
33: $55,930
34: $53,580
35: $51,230
36: $48,880
37: $46,530
38: $44,650
39: $42,770
40: $40,890
41: $39,010
42: $37,130
43: $35,250
44: $33,370
45: $31,490
46: $29,610
47: $27,730
48: $26,226
49: $24,910
50: $24,158
51: $23,594
52: $23,030
53: $22,654
54: $22,278
55: $22,090
56: $21,902
57: $21,714
58: $21,526
59: $21,338
60: $21,150
61: $20,962
62: $20,774
63: $20,586
64: $20,398
65: $20,210
66: $20,022
67: $19,834
68: $19,646
69: $19,458
70: $19,270
71: $19,082
72: $18,894
73: $18,706
74: $18,518
75: $18,330
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