How $20m Genesis Invitational Prize Money Compares To Other Golf Payouts

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published 18 February 2024

The Genesis Invitational winner takes home a huge check of $4m, which is up $400,000 on last year's winning money and up there with any prize you can win in the sport.

The reason it's so high is due to it being one of the eight PGA Tour Signature Events, which are eight big money tournaments that feature smaller fields made up of only the PGA Tour's very best.

They all come with $20m purses, and the first-place check is up from 18% of the total per usual PGA Tour rules to 20%. All eight of the Signature tournaments feature the same $20m prize pools and $4m to the winner - so the Genesis Invitational payout is on par with the other seven.

Another series of events that offer the same winning cash are the LIV Golf League tournaments. Each of those also feature small fields and huge prize money, which is the same $20m total, $4m winner's check format as the PGA Tour's Signature events.

LIV Golf has a team element, too, with $5m going to the top three teams.

The $4m check that the Genesis Invitational winner takes home is bigger than all four of the other men's Majors in 2023 - although, as with everything in golf at the moment, they're sure to get a rise once again this year.

There are big bonuses to be had on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, with $18m going to the FedEx Cup and LIV Golf League champions, but in terms of standalone tournaments, there's only one in the world that offers up more cash than those mentioned above.

That's the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. It's the PGA Tour's flagship event, hosted at its HQ in Ponte Vedra Beach where the circuit runs the most lucrative tournament in golf.

Last year, the total prize pool was a whopping $25m and the winner, Scottie Scheffler, picked up $4.5m.

Scottie Scheffler holds up the Players Championship trophy after his most recent win on the PGA Tour — Scheffler won $4.5m at the 2023 Players Championship

How Genesis Invitational money compares to other golf events

$4.5m winner's check - 2023 Players Championship
$4m - PGA Tour signature events (including Genesis Invitational)
$4m - LIV Golf League tournament winners
$3.6m - 2023 US Open
$3.24m - 2023 Masters
$3.15m - 2023 PGA Championship
$3m - 2023 Open Championship

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

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How Genesis Invitational money compares to other golf events