Memorial Tournament 2023 Purse and Prize Money Breakdown

The Memorial is one of the most important PGA Tour tournaments, despite not being a Major. It’s a highly anticipated championship among golfers due to the prize money awarded and the history surrounding the event. Moreover, it’s an invitation-only competition, so not just anyone can play.

A total of 20 million dollars will be divided among the competitors, making it one of the highest payouts on the tour, with the winner taking home 3.6 million dollars. Winning this tournament can make your annual earnings skyrocket. However, it won’t be an easy feat, since the world’s best golfers will be in Ohio for this illustrious competition that Jack Nicklaus imagined and created.

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Some people say that The Memorial is like the little brother of The Masters, as the original idea behind this tournament was to create an event similar to Augusta, where only the best golfers could compete. The course where it’s played, the Muirfield Village Golf Club, was also designed by Jack Nicklaus, who won this tournament twice.

Only 120 golfers will be competing in the field, and the eligibility criteria are quite high, so we can expect a great week in Dublin, Ohio, where the best golfers will compete for one of the highest prizes on the tour. At JefeBet, we’ll explain everything you need to know about the prize money for this eagerly awaited competition.

Updated Purse and Prize Money Breakdown for the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament 2023 Running from June 1-4 2023

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Additional Facts and Curiosities of The Memorial 2023

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The tournament’s top winner is Tiger Woods, who has won it five times. The last one was in 2012, when the prize he took home was 1,600,000.

The first winner was curiously not Jack Nicklaus but Roger Maltbie, who in 1976 won the tournament in a playoff against Hale Irwin and took home $40,000.

Each year a historic golfer is honored as part of the championship festivities. The first to be honored was the legendary Bobby Jones and in 2000 it was the Golden Bear, the tournament’s creator, who took the honors. Tiger Woods has not yet been honored, although it is expected that soon his tribute plaque which is placed in the Muirfield Clubhouse will be hung.