Jon Rahm hits his tee shot on Sunday on the 14th hole at Riviera.
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Adam Scott has been around a while now, but even he notices. Ahead of this week’s Genesis Invitational, he was asked about the event’s newly granted designated status and whether things felt “different,” and he said they hadn’t.
But $20 mill? That jumps off the page.
“I think this particular tournament had some elevated status already — the three invitationals were held in high regard by the players, but also by the bigger exemptions and things like that,” Scott said. “So this tournament, the last several years, has certainly had that elevated feel about it.
“Now it’s obviously designated and has a bigger purse as well, so I mean, it’s good to be here this week, yes.”
He then smiled. That was understandable.
As the third designated event of the PGA Tour’s season — following the season-opening Tournament of Champions and last week’s WM Phoenix Open — the purse is elevated. The 68 players who made the cut in Los Angeles will split a $20 million pot, with the winner bringing home $3.6 million.
Last year? The purse was $12 million, with the champion, Joaquin Niemann, earning $2.16 million.
You can find a complete list of the 2023 Genesis Invitational payouts for each player below.
How much every player made at the 2023 Genesis Invitational
T9. Jason Day $545,000 Gary Woodland $545,000 Adam Svensson $545,000
T12. Harris English $445,000 Scottie Scheffler $445,000
T14. Shane Lowry $355,000 Seamus Power $355,000 Denny McCarthy $355,000 Tom Hoge $355,000
T18. Danny Willett $295,000 Lee Hodges $295,000
T20. Sam Ryder $197,666 Justin Thomas $197,666 Viktor Hovland $197,666 Tony Finau $197,666 Cameron Young $197,666 Tommy Fleetwood $197,666 Nate Lashley $197,666 Peter Malnati $197,666 Rickie Fowler $197,666
T29. Kramer Hickok $134,000 Rory McIlroy $134,000 Aaron Rai $134,000 Luke List $134,000
T33. Tyler Duncan $104,428 Thomas Detry $104,428 Wyndham Clark $104,428 S.H. Kim $104,428 Nick Taylor $104,428 J.J. Spaun $104,428 Xander Schauffele $104,428
T40. Tyrrell Hatton $79,000 Luke Donald $79,000 Kevin Tway $79,000 Stephan Jaeger $79,000 Justin Suh $79,000
T45. Sepp Straka $59,560 Adrian Meronk $59,560 Tiger Woods $59,560 Tom Kim $59,560 Michael Thompson $59,560
T50. Adam Schenk $48,866 Kevin Streelman $48,866 Adam Long $48,866 Scott Piercy $48,866 Mackenzie Hughes $48,866 Matthias Schwab $48,866
T56. Jhonattan Vegas $46,400 Sungjae Im $46,400
T58. Lucas Herbert $45,400 Ben Taylor $45,400 Christiaan Bezuidenhout $45,400
61. Corey Conners $44,600
T62. Doug Ghim $43,800 Trey Mullinax $43,800 David Lipsky $43,800
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