{"id":736254,"date":"2026-06-14T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/736254\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:41:13","slug":"dow-championship-prize-money-payout-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/736254\/","title":{"rendered":"Dow Championship Prize Money Payout 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The seventh edition of the unique team event, the Dow Championship, has been taking place at Midland Country Club in Michigan.<\/p>\n

The tournament began with 72 teams of two competing in a round of foursomes before fourball took precedence on Friday.<\/p>\n

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At the halfway stage, there was a cut, with only the top 33 teams and ties making it to the weekend, which began with another round of foursomes on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The tournament concludes with another round of fourball, with the team with the lowest score at the end declared the winner.<\/p>\n

If that all sounds familiar, it\u2019s because the PGA Tour\u2019s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, which was held in April and won by Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick<\/a>, follows a very similar format.<\/p>\n

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On that occasion, $9.5m was available. The purse for the Dow Championship doesn\u2019t get close to that figure, but there is still an eye-catching payout available, with $3.3m on the table \u2013 the same as a year ago.<\/p>\n

On that occasion, Jin Hee Im and Somi Lee<\/a> claimed the title, defeating Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang in a playoff.<\/p>\n

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\"Lexi\n<\/p>\n

Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang were beaten in a playoff in 2025<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

For that achievement, the winning team earned $805,381, which was divided equally between them to hand Im and Lee $402,691 each.<\/p>\n

After three rounds in 2026, the team of Hye-Jin Choi and Hyo Joo Kim<\/a> was in line for an identical payout as they led the way by one. The defending champions are still in touch, too, in a tie for seventh on five under, five back of the leaders.<\/p>\n

Any team finishing as a solo runner-up will also be well paid for their performance, with prize money of $399,338 ($199,669) heading their way.<\/p>\n

The overall purse is also significantly higher than the inaugural edition in 2019, when Cydney Clanton and Thidapa Suwannapura $482,538 or the $2m prize pool.<\/p>\n

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The event has been held at Midland Country Club since its inception<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just prize money at stake at Midland Country Club, with Race to the CME Globe points also on offer, as well as LPGA Tour exemptions to the winners.<\/p>\n

Below is the full prize money breakdown for the Dow Championship based on the top 33 making the cut and before ties are taken into account.<\/p>\n

Dow Championship Full Prize Money BreakdownSwipe to scroll horizontally<\/p>\n

Position<\/p>\n

Team Prize<\/p>\n

Individual Prize<\/p>\n

1st<\/p>\n

$805,381 <\/p>\n

$402,691 <\/p>\n

2nd<\/p>\n

$399,338 <\/p>\n

$199,669 <\/p>\n

3rd<\/p>\n

$254,898<\/p>\n

$127,449<\/p>\n

4th<\/p>\n

$180,129 <\/p>\n

$90,064 <\/p>\n

5th<\/p>\n

$144,443 <\/p>\n

$72,221 <\/p>\n

6th<\/p>\n

$123,197 <\/p>\n

$61,599 <\/p>\n

7th<\/p>\n

$108,075 <\/p>\n

$54,037 <\/p>\n

8th<\/p>\n

$95,839 <\/p>\n

$47,920<\/p>\n

9th<\/p>\n

$86,326 <\/p>\n

$43,163 <\/p>\n

10th<\/p>\n

$79,528<\/p>\n

$39,764 <\/p>\n

11th<\/p>\n

$74,091<\/p>\n

$37,045<\/p>\n

12th<\/p>\n

$68,654<\/p>\n

$34,327 <\/p>\n

13th<\/p>\n

$63,726 <\/p>\n

$31,863 <\/p>\n

14th<\/p>\n

$58,965 <\/p>\n

$29,482 <\/p>\n

15th<\/p>\n

$54,378 <\/p>\n

$27,189 <\/p>\n

16th<\/p>\n

$50,299<\/p>\n

$25,149<\/p>\n

17th<\/p>\n

$46,219 <\/p>\n

$23,110 <\/p>\n

18th<\/p>\n

$42,653<\/p>\n

$21,327<\/p>\n

19th<\/p>\n

$39,256<\/p>\n

$19,628 <\/p>\n

20th<\/p>\n

$36,024 <\/p>\n

$18,012 <\/p>\n

21st<\/p>\n

$33,309 <\/p>\n

$16,654 <\/p>\n

22nd<\/p>\n

$30,587 <\/p>\n

$15,293 <\/p>\n

23rd<\/p>\n

$28,378 <\/p>\n

$14,189 <\/p>\n

24th<\/p>\n

$26,338 <\/p>\n

$13,169<\/p>\n

25th<\/p>\n

$24,298 <\/p>\n

$12,149<\/p>\n

26th<\/p>\n

$22,772 <\/p>\n

$11,386 <\/p>\n

27th<\/p>\n

$21,411<\/p>\n

$10,705 <\/p>\n

28th<\/p>\n

$20,050 <\/p>\n

$10,025 <\/p>\n

29th<\/p>\n

$18,692 <\/p>\n

$9,346<\/p>\n

30th<\/p>\n

$17,335 <\/p>\n

$8,667 <\/p>\n

31st<\/p>\n

$16,484 <\/p>\n

$8,242 <\/p>\n

32nd<\/p>\n

$15,805 <\/p>\n

$7,902<\/p>\n

33rd<\/p>\n

$15,123 <\/p>\n

$7,561 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The seventh edition of the unique team event, the Dow Championship, has been taking place at Midland Country…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-736254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}