No golf fan would ever look at the 2025 Mexico Open and think that this is one of the best tournaments of the PGA Tour season. You can surmise that much simply by looking at the strength of the field. However, this year's trip to Vidanta Vallarta not only offers some prize money for some lesser-known golfers to compete for but also an opportunity for rising stars to make a name for themselves and earn future chances to stay on the ascent. And several took advantage.
Young South African Aldrich Potgieter took a commanding 36-hole lead with a blistering Friday 61 in search of his first PGA Tour win at the Mexico Open. However, he wasn't as white-hot on Saturday and, while he held onto the 54-hole lead going into Sunday's final round, Brian Campbell and Stephan Jaegar made things interesting by putting themselves well within striking distance.
It set up a fun finish to the tournament on Sunday, especially with Vidanta Vallarta always offering the opportunity to go extremely low. Moreover, the 2025 Mexico Open payout and purse offered some pressure that these players were playing for. How much prize money is on the line, though? Let's dive into the full details to see the paychecks these players were eyeing.
Mexico Open purse 2025: Winner's prize money, total purse
The winner of the 2025 Mexico Open will take home a seven-figure payday to the tune of $1.26 million in prize money. Now, if you're a golf fan thinking that looks like a low total for the winner's share of the payout, you aren't necessarily wrong. The Mexico Open boasts only a modest $7 million total purse for this week's trip to VidantaWorld, one of the lowest we'll see in the entirety of the PGA Tour season. However, there is still plenty on the line and the money, given the strength of the field, could be life and career-changing for some of the players in the mix.
Mexico Open payout distribution by finishing position in 2025
Here's the full look at the Mexico Open payouts for the week at Vidanta Vallarta with the prize money awarded to each finishing position among the 77 players who ultimately made the cut this weekend south of the border and before the PGA Tour returns to Florida.
Finishing Position | Mexico Open Prize Money |
|---|---|
Winner | $1.26 million |
2nd | $763,000 |
3rd | $483,000 |
4th | $343,000 |
5th | $287,000 |
6th | $253,750 |
7th | $236,250 |
8th | $218,750 |
9th | $204,750 |
10th | $190,750 |
11th | $176,750 |
12th | $162,750 |
13th | $148,750 |
14th | $134,750 |
15th | $127,750 |
16th | $120,750 |
17th | $113,750 |
18th | $106,750 |
19th | $99,750 |
20th | $92,750 |
21st | $85,750 |
22nd | $78,750 |
23rd | $73,150 |
24th | $67,550 |
25th | $61,950 |
26th | $56,350 |
27th | $54,250 |
28th | $52,150 |
29th | $50,050 |
30th | $47,950 |
31st | $45,850 |
32nd | $43,750 |
33rd | $41,650 |
34th | $39,900 |
35th | $38,150 |
36th | $36,400 |
37th | $34,650 |
38th | $33,250 |
39th | $31,850 |
40th | $30,450 |
41st | $29,050 |
42nd | $27,650 |
43rd | $26,250 |
44th | $24,850 |
45th | $23,450 |
46th | $22,050 |
47th | $20,650 |
48th | $19,530 |
49th | $18,550 |
50th | $17,990 |
51st | $17,570 |
52nd | $17,150 |
53rd | $16,870 |
54th | $16,590 |
55th | $16,450 |
56th | $16,310 |
57th | $16,170 |
58th | $16,030 |
59th | $15,890 |
60th | $15,750 |
61st | $15,610 |
62nd | $15,470 |
63rd | $15,330 |
64th | $15,190 |
65th | $15,050 |
66th | $14,910 |
67th | $14,770 |
68th | $14,630 |
69th | $14,490 |
70th | $14,350 |
71st | $14,210 |
72nd | $14,070 |
73rd | $13,930 |
74th | $13,790 |
75th | $13,650 |
76th | $13,510 |
77th | $13,370 |
As you already saw with the total purse earlier, the Mexico Open isn't the most lucrative venture in the world when it comes to prize money as only the winner will clear a seven-figure payday and with only the Top 18 on the final leaderboard even bringing home six figures from this tournament. Yet, when you look at guys like Potgieter, Campbell, Jaeger and so on, this tournament is about more than the payout, though those still aren't bad numbers for weekend of work when you think about it beyond the context of the golf world and the PGA Tour.
The FedExCup points and the upcoming signature events like THE PLAYERS Championship present big opportunities for these rising stars to establish themselves and set up bigger future opportunities — in the near future too. This is a big tournament for things of that nature, even if the money on the line pales in comparison to even other non-signature events, even the ones we'll see soon in the Florida swing.