Advertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\nThe 105th New Zealand Open presented by Millbrook Resort has officially confirmed that a $2 million total prize purse will be on offer when the world\u2011class golf championship tees off near Queenstown on February 26.<\/p>\n
\n As one of Asia-Pacific\u2019s premier golf events, the New Zealand Open continues to attract top
\n international and local talent. The substantial purse underscores the tournament\u2019s stature on the PGA Tour of Australasia, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour, and reinforces its commitment to elevating elite competition in the Southern Hemisphere.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted to be able to maintain the $2 million prize purse despite the current difficult economic climate. This reflects the strong support of our sponsors and partners, and it allows us to continue delivering a world-class experience for players and fans alike,\u201d New Zealand Open chairman John Hart said.<\/p>\n
The New Zealand Open will also continue its professional player support programme by ensuring that every professional golfer who enters the field will receive a minimum payout \u2013 even if they do not make the 36\u2011hole cut. This initiative supports players in managing travel and participation costs, particularly for those journeying from overseas.<\/p>\n
\u201cSupporting the professional players is central to our tournament,\u201d tournament director Michael Glading said. \u201cWe are proud to offer them not only world\u2011class golf against the stunning backdrop of Queenstown but some additional financial support as they ply their trade.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Herald 20 Jan, 2026 12:12 AM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[142400,116466,95,18239,2223,13242,6750,2082,18126,142401,1132,29484,3180,117,111,139,69,13692,59966,5493,19334,15225,10512,142399,142398,20930,531,213,142402,1361,3940,1316,1533,28643,80],"class_list":["post-242537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-105th","tag-2m","tag-and","tag-championship","tag-confirmed","tag-confirms","tag-february","tag-for","tag-golf","tag-millbrook","tag-million","tag-minimum","tag-near","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-offer","tag-officially","tag-open","tag-payout","tag-presented","tag-prize","tag-pros","tag-purse","tag-queenstown","tag-resort","tag-sports","tag-tees","tag-that","tag-total","tag-when","tag-will","tag-worldclass","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}