After ten long months, the DP World Tour is nearing the end of the 2024 swing. The last event of the swing phase is the Danish Golf Championship, held at Lubker Golf Resort for the first time. Last year the event was known as Made In Himmerland and saw Rasmus Hojgaard claim victory on his home soil in dramatic fashion. With the grand trophy at stake once again, what are the financial rewards awaiting the winner and others who make the cut?

The tournament began with 156 players and a cut was made after two rounds. Every very professional player who competes and finishes the event is paid. The payout for each player is based on their finish.

Last year, Hojgaard took a check of $552,500 from the $3.25 million total prize purse. It was expected that the purse this year could increase, offering greater financial rewards. But something quite the opposite happened and the DP World Tour reduced the prize purse for the Danish Golf Championship 2024 by $750,000.

So now, the prize money is set at $2.5 million for the 2024 tournament. From this, the winner will amass $425,000, while the runner-up will get $275,000. The Danish Golf Championship is offering the lowest prize purse compared to the BMW Championship, which will give the winner $3.6 million, and the AIG Women’s Open, where the victor will receive $1.425 million.

The top 70 players will receive the prize money share. Still, this isn’t the only incentive the players can win at Lubker Golf Resort over the weekend.

The field at the Danish Golf Championship will include defending champion Rasmus Hojgaard, eyeing his fifth DP World Tour win. He will be joined by eight-time DP World Tour winner Thorbjorn Olesen, and Soren Kjeldsen, who is only the fourth player in DP World Tour history to reach 700 starts. Names such as Romain Langasque, Lucas Bjerregaard, David Ravetto, and last year’s runner-up Nacho Elvira will also be competing. Moreover, we will also see Rasmus’s brother Nicolai H0jgaard take the field.

The 2023 edition saw Hojgaard beat Elvira in a thrilling six-hole playoff to take the trophy and the prize home. Although the winner’s payout is relatively low this year, the Danish Golf Championship has other extra benefits for the winner.

What else is at stake at the 2024 Danish Golf Championship?

According to the format of the DP World Tour’s 2024 schedule, after every swing’s conclusion, a winner will be announced, who will add an extra $200,000 to his 2024 season money if he wins the event and has been performing exceptionally in other tournaments of the swing. The same thing will happen at the end of the Closing Swing, the Danish Golf Championship.

Additionally, he will also qualify for the first Rolex event of the DP World Tour, the BMW PGA Championship, and all the lucrative events in the Back 9, starting with the Betfred British Masters, which has a purse of $3.25 million. On top of this, the winner will also bag 3,000 Race to Dubai points and 16.66558 Official World Golf Ranking points. The winner will also bag 500 DP World Tour points.

Who will take the glory home from the Aarhus greens? Will it be one of the Hojgaard brothers or any other European who takes over the crown? Stay tuned to find out!