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After two fantastic weeks highlighted by loaded fields and massive purses, the PGA Tour heads to the Sunshine State this week for the much less lucrative Honda Classic at PGA National Resort and Spa. The beginning of the Florida swing is always a welcome stop on the PGA Tour schedule due to its ties to the great Jack Nicklaus, but there simply isn’t much juice to this year’s Honda Classic because it was shut out of the Tour’s 17 elevated events in 2022-23.

Still, there’s a decent sum of cash up for grabs at PGA National this week. So, what is the 2023 Honda Classic purse, and how much money will the winner take home?

The winner of the 2023 Honda Classic will take home $1.5 million

The Bear Trap at PGA National is one of the toughest three-hole stretches on the PGA Tour.
A sign displays the Bear Trap during the first round of the Honda Classic at PGA National Resort and Spa | Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

The addition of elevated events to the 2022-23 PGA Tour schedule has been a smash hit thus far. In the first three elevated events of the season — the Sentry Tournament of Champions, the WM Phoenix Open, and the Genesis Invitational — we’ve seen loaded fields with the best golfers in the world, life-changing purses and payouts, and enthralling Sunday finishes.

The only downside to the PGA Tour elevating 17 events (including majors) this season is that the tournaments that didn’t make the cut suffer because of it. The Honda Classic, which sits right in between four elevated events on the schedule, is feeling the effects this year.

Because the top-ranked players are required to play in the elevated events, they’re more likely to skip the tournaments with smaller purses. In the case of the Honda Classic, it features a disappointing field because those top players aren’t interested in playing five weeks in a row. Only three of the top 20 players in the Official World Golf Ranking made the trip to PGA National this week.

It’s hard to blame them after the PGA Tour supplied purses of $20 million in back-to-back weeks, while the 2023 Honda Classic features a purse of just $8.4 million. Still, the winner will go home with a cool $1.5 million, which is nothing to scoff about.

2023 Honda Classic purse and payouts

2023 Honda Classic purse: $8.4 million

Finishing PositionPayout
Winner$1,512,000
2$915,600
3$579,600
4$411,600
5$344,400
6$304,500
7$283,500
8$262,500
9$245,700
10$228,900
11$212,100
12$195,300
13$178,500
14$161,700
15$153,300
16$144,900
17$136,500
18$128,100
19$119,700
20$111,300
21$102,900
22$94,500
23$87,780
24$81,060
25$74,340
26$67,620
27$65,100
28$62,580
29$60,060
30$57,540
31$55,020
32$52,500
33$49,980
34$47,880
35$45,780
36$43,680
37$41,580
38$39,900
39$38,220
40$36,540
41$34,860
42$33,180
43$31,500
44$29,820
45$28,140
46$26,460
47$24,780
48$23,436
49$22,260
50$21,588
51$21,084
52$20,580
53$20,244
54$19,908
55$19,740
56$19,572
57$19,404
58$19,236
59$19,068
60$18,900
61$18,732
62$18,564
63$18,396
64$18,228
65$18,060
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