Designated. Then deflated.
The emotions at this WGC-Match Play are wide. On one hand, the PGA Tour has elevated the tournament this year among 11 others, and the purse is now a record $20 million (and you can see the complete payout below). And the money has helped attract the who’s-who to Austin Country Club. And the who’s-who put on a show in Saturday’s round of 16 and quarterfinals. And the who’s-who — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns, Cameron Young — moved on to Sunday’s semis.
But then it’s over. The Tour isn’t playing the Match Play next year. And there’s some bittersweetness here.
“I will. I will, for sure,” said Matt Kuchar, when asked if he’d miss the event. “I think these events are great. Seventy-two holes of stroke play every week sometimes runs together a bit. I miss the old International at Castle Pines; I miss the Stableford format. I think it was fun to mix it up.
“Match play, I certainly love, as you would guess with a good record — something unique, something different to do. Yeah, I’m bummed this is the final year for it.”
Still, the Match Play is going out with a bang.
Television coverage of the Match Play starts at 10 a.m. on Golf Channel, and it will switch to Golf Channel starting at 2 p.m. You can stream simulcasts of the Golf Channel and NBC TV coverage via Peacock.
You can check out the complete payout breakdown below.
2023 WGC-Match Play payout info, winner’s share
1. $3.5 million
2. $2.2 million
3. $1.42 million
4. $1.145 million
5. $770,000
6. $770,000
7. $770,000
8. $770,000
9. $365,000
10. $365,000
11. $365,000
12. $365,000
13. $365,000
14. $365,000
15. $365,000
16. $365,000
17. $275,000
18. $258,000
19. $246,000
20. $236,000
21. $226,000
22. $216,000
23. $208,000
24. $200,000
25. $192,000
26. $184,000
27. $178,000
28. $172,000
29. $166,000
30. $160,000
31. $155,000
32. $150,000
33. $145,000
34. $140,000
35. $136,000
36. $132,000
37. $128,000
38. $124,000
39. $120,000
40. $116,000
41. $112,000
42. $108,000
43. $104,000
44. $100,000
45. $96,000
46. $93,000
47. $90,000
48. $88,000
49. $86,000
50. $84,000
51. $82,000
52. $80,000
53. $78,000
54. $76,000
55. $74,000
56. $73,000
57. $72,000
58. $71,000
59. $70,000
60. $69,000
61. $68,000
62. $67,000
63. $66,000
64. $65,000
