Open de Espana Prize Money Payout 2024

Following the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, there are now only five of regular tournaments to play before the two season-ending playoffs.

The first of those is the Open de Espana, which comes from Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

Last week’s event was the third of five Rolex Series tournaments this year, and as such there was a $9m purse available. This week’s event doesn’t get close to that figure, but there is still a healthy $3.25m prize money payout up for grabs – the same amount that was offered at the 2023 edition.

Back then, Matthieu Pavon collected his maiden DP World Tour title to claim $552,500 in a victory that helped him earn a PGA Tour card at the end of the season. This week’s winner will take home the same amount.

With events beginning to run out, Race to Dubai ranking points are another big factor for players this week. Like most of the other events in the Back 9 phase of the DP World Tour season, there are 5,000 available in Spain as players continue the fight to finish in the top 110 in the standings to guarantee a DP World Tour card for next season.

Towards the summit, stars are eyeing the chance to follow in Pavon’s footsteps by finishing in the top 10 of the standings to claim a PGA Tour card.

We are now also a month into the Ryder Cup qualifying period for European players, which adds to the importance of what was already a prestigious stop on the DP World Tour schedule.

Below is the prize money payout for the Open de Espana.

Open de Espana Prize Money Payout

Who Are The Star Names In The Open de Espana?

The Ryder Cup angle is a big reason for the appearance of two prominent LIV golfers in the field. Legion XIII stars Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton play partly because they need to complete a minimum of four DP World Tour events this year to retain their memberships and eligibility to the match at Bethpage Black.

Rahm, who has previously described playing in his homeland as “my duty,” withdrew from LIV Golf’s Team Championship with “severe flu symptoms” and will be hoping to have fully recovered as he pursues his fourth title in the event. Elsewhere, another big-name LIV golfer competing is 4 Aces GC star Patrick Reed.

Defending champion Matthieu Pavon also plays, while other big names from the PGA Tour in the field include Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry. Another PGA Tour regular, Matt Wallace, also plays three weeks after he won the Omega European Masters.

Aside from Rahm, other local players in the field include fellow LIV golfers David Puig and Eugenio Chacarra, Pablo Larrazabal, Adrian Otaegui and 2021 winner Rafa Cabrera-Bello. 

There is also a place for Italian star Matteo Manassero, who is back in the world’s top 100 for the first time for almost eight years following his finishes of third at the Irish Open and T4 at the BMW PGA Championship.

Another player who is rebuilding his status after extended spells away from the DP World Tour is 2016 Open de Espana winner Andrew “Beef” Johnston, who plays following a T40 at Wentworth a week ago.