For the first time, the historical Italian Open played on the DP World Tour since 1972, is being held at the Adriatic Golf Club in Cervia. The tournament is the penultimate event before the European Swing’s conclusion. Being one of the founding events on the European Circuit, the Italian Open has the largest prize money other than the Rolex Series and the majors.

This tournament started with 156 players, and a cut was made after two rounds. Every professional player in the field is paid for completing the event. The full-field payout is based on their finish.

The prize money payout is only true after the DP World Tour cut is made, with the DP World Tour adding money to the purse if more than 65 professionals make the cut to ensure all players are paid. With the DP World Tour cut rule down to the top 65 and ties, players are subject to the DP World Tour’s secondary cut if more than 78 players make the cut.

This year the Italian Open field will be headed by Marcel Siem, Antoine Rozner, Andrea Pavan, Matteo Manassero Guido Migliozzi among others.

In the 2024 season, the DP World Tour offers $3.25 million for its field, from which the winner will take home a check of $552,500. It is the identical purse that defending champion Adrian Meronk, who isn’t in the field, bagged in the 2023 season. On the other hand, the runner-up will suffice himself with $357,500 for his position.

Apart from this the top-placed player will also secure 3,000 Road to Dubai points for the season-ending list and 19 Official World Golf Ranking points. They will also take 500 DP World Tour points.

Although played in the same week, the Italian Open offers a significantly lower prize purse as compared to the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic. There, the winner will bag $1.69 million from a lucrative sum of $9.2 million.

Considerably, the prize purse of the DP World Tour has been lower than PGA Tour events, but at the Italian Open, the field has a chance to win something that the winner of the Rocket Mortgage Classic will not get.

What’s more at stake at the 2024 Italian Open? 

Last week at the KLM Open, the DP World Tour gave two players, the winner Guido Migliozzi and the runner-up Joe Dean, exemptions for the 152nd Open Championship, as the KLM Open was part of the Open Qualifying Series. Following it, the Italian Open is also a part of the Open Qualifying Series for the oldest major.

Thus, winning the Italian Open or even being second will make them eligible for the British Open. However, if the winner and runner-up are already exempt from the final major, then the next two highest-ranked golfers on the leaderboard will earn the exemption. There are huge benefits at stake for the 2024 Italian Open and the lucky winner will go home with a check in one hand and a trophy in another!