How much will the PIF Saudi International champion win? Prize money explored

The Asian Tour kicked off its 2023 season with the PIF Saudi International this weekend. The event began on February 2 and will conclude on Sunday, February 5.

The event, broadcast by the Golf Channel, has gained a lot of interest despite its dates clashing with the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the DP World Tour’s Ras al Khaimah Championship.

The PIF Saudi International features a 126-player field. The event started off with a packed field, which included several LIV Golf players as well. However, viewers were in for a shock as the top names began crashing out of the tournament one by one.

While favorite Dustin Johnson opted out with an injury, big names like Phil Mickelson, Cam Smith and Bryson Dechambeau failed to make the cut.

On Saturday, Abraham Ancer was leading the 2023 Saudi International leaderboard. He was closely followed by Cameron Young, trailing by two shots. Lucas Herbert, Matthew Wolff and Thai golfer Sadom Kaewkanjana are the others in contention for the top prize.

2023 PIF Saudi International prize money

The 2023 Saudi International purse has a total prize purse of $5 million. According to the Asian Tour's prize money distribution chart, the winner of the event will bag $1,000,000, which is above the standard 18 per cent payout.

Currently, the top 65 players and ties remaining in the competition will all earn money on Sunday.

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While the winner gets $1,000,000, the runner-up will settle for a paycheck of $525,000. The third-placed golfer will bag $315,000, while the fourth-place finisher will go home with $250,000. Meanwhile, the player finishing 65th in the table will earn $13,500 for his efforts.

Apart from the paychecks, the event’s winner will also get 25 Official World Golf Ranking points along with a two-plus season exemption on the Asian Tour.

Here is the complete prize money breakdown for the 2023 Saudi International:

1 - $1,000,000
2 - $525,000
3 - $315,000
4 - $250,000
5 - $205,000
6 - $166,500
7 - $142,500
8 - $122,500
9 - $107,000
10 - $95,500
11 - $87,250
12 - $81,250
13 - $75,750
14 - $72,250
15 - $69,250
16 - $66,250
17 - $63,250
18 - $60,250
19 - $57,750
20 - $55,750
21 - $54,500
22 - $53,000
23 - $51,500
24 - $50,000
25 - $48,500
26 - $47,000
27 - $45,500
28 - $44,000
29 - $42,500
30 - $41,000
31 - $40,500
32 - $39,000
33 - $38,000
34 - $37,000
35 - $36,000
36 - $35,000
37 - $34,000
38 - $33,000
39 - $32,000
40 - $31,000
41 - $30,250
42 - $29,250
43 - $28,250
44 - $27,250
45 - $26,750
46 - $26,500
47 - $25,500
48 - $24,500
49 - $23,500
50 - $22,500
51 - $21,500
52 - $20,500
53 - $19,500
54 - $19,000
55 - $18,500
56 - $18,000
57 - $17,500
58 - $17,000
59 - $16,500
60 - $16,000
61 - $15,500
62 - $15,000
63 - $14,500
64 - $14,000
65 - $13,500