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World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play prize money

Every World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play champion on record here, what the win paid and the year it was won. Sam Burns took $3,500,000 in 2023, which is the most winning it has paid in 22 editions here.

The same tournament has run as World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play, World Golf Championships-Dell Match Play. Those years are counted here, under the name it carries now.

EDITIONS 22
2023 WINNER Sam Burns
WHAT IT PAID $3.5m
MOST WINS Tiger Woods three wins

Every World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play winner

Newest first. The year opens that edition's full payout ladder.

937 payouts held
Every World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play edition held here, with the champion, the country played for, what the win paid and how many players were paid that year.
YEAR WINNER COUNTRY WHAT IT PAID PLAYERS PAID
2023 Sam Burns USA $3,500,000$3.5m 64
2022 Scottie Scheffler USA $2,100,000$2.1m 64
2021 Billy Horschel USA $1,820,000$1.8m 64
2019 Kevin Kisner USA $1,745,000$1.7m 55
2018 Bubba Watson USA $1,700,000$1.7m 53
2017 Dustin Johnson USA $1,660,000$1.7m 47
2016 Jason Day AUS $1,620,000$1.6m 46
2015 Rory McIlroy NIR $1,570,000$1.6m 48
2014 Jason Day AUS $1,530,000$1.5m 46
2013 Matt Kuchar USA $1,500,000$1.5m 40
2012 Hunter Mahan USA $1,400,000$1.4m 45
2011 Luke Donald ENG $1,400,000$1.4m 42
2010 Ian Poulter ENG $1,400,000$1.4m 35
2009 Geoff Ogilvy AUS $1,400,000$1.4m 35
2008 Tiger Woods USA $1,350,000$1.4m 41
2007 Henrik Stenson SWE $1,350,000$1.4m 39
2006 Geoff Ogilvy AUS $1,300,000 38
2005 David Toms USA $1,300,000 36
2004 Tiger Woods USA $1,200,000 30
2003 Tiger Woods USA $1,050,000 26
2002 no first place held - 23
2000 no first place held - 20

We hold no first place for two of these 22 years, and those rows show a dash rather than a name. Every other figure in the row is held in full. Two names in a row is a pairs event, and both halves were paid the same cheque.

Won it more than once

Three players have taken the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at least twice

The players with more than one World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play win, the years they won and what those wins paid between them.
PLAYER WINS YEARS PAID FOR THOSE WINS
Tiger Woods 3 2008, 2004, 2003 $3,600,000$3.6m
Jason Day 2 2016, 2014 $3,150,000$3.1m
Geoff Ogilvy 2 2009, 2006 $2,700,000$2.7m

The last column is the sum of the cheques we hold for exactly the years beside it, and nothing else. It is not a career total: what these players earned across the rest of their seasons is on their own pages.

What winning it has paid

The champion's cheque, 2003 to 2023

Every edition here we hold a winner's cheque for, back to 2003.

The 2023 top ten

26 March 2023

64 players paid
The ten best-paid finishers at the 2023 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, with the score and the cheque.
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY TO PAR PRIZE MONEY
1 Sam Burns USA 0 $3,500,000$3.5m
2 Cameron Young USA 0 $2,200,000$2.2m
3 Rory McIlroy NIR 0 $1,420,000$1.4m
4 Scottie Scheffler USA 0 $1,145,000
T5 Jason Day AUS 0 $645,000
T5 Kurt Kitayama USA 0 $645,000
T5 Mackenzie Hughes CAN 0 $645,000
T5 Xander Schauffele USA 0 $645,000
T9 Andrew Putnam USA 0 $365,000
T9 Billy Horschel USA 0 $365,000

Frequently asked questions

Who won the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play in 2023?

Sam Burns, on 26 March 2023. The win was worth $3,500,000.

How much does the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play winner get?

The 2023 champion took $3,500,000. The biggest winner's cheque across the 22 editions on this page is $3,500,000, which Sam Burns collected in 2023.

Who has won the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play most often?

Tiger Woods, three times: 2003, 2004, 2008. Those wins paid $3,600,000 between them.

How far back does World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play prize money go here?

To 2000. This page carries 22 editions and 937 individual payouts across them, and we hold no first place for two of those years.

Where to next

The rest of the golf money

Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players themselves by what they have won across their careers. For the tournaments closest to this one, see FedEx St. Jude Championship, RBC Heritage, The Sentry, Travelers Championship, Truist Championship, WM Phoenix Open, The Open Championship, Baycurrent Classic, THE CJ CUP, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession and Rocket Classic. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.