Greenbrier Classic 2017 purse: Winner’s payout is $1.3 million in prize money

The Greenbrier Classic boasts a strong $7.1 million purse this year.

The Greenbrier Classic is back in 2017 and it comes with a hefty $7.1 million purse. It’s an impressive feat for the Greenbrier just to be hosting an event on the top golf tour in the world just a year after devastating floods wrecked the course. There were, of course, much more important and consequential damages from the historic floods that hit West Virginia just over a year ago. The entire state was affected by the disaster, and the Greenbrier served a key role in the relief efforts and then as a rallying impetus for the recovery.

Jim Justice, the absurdly wealthy coal magnate and governor of West Virginia, is the driving force behind the re-emergence of this resort and for bringing the PGA Tour to the hills of West Virginia. The Greenbrier has drawn some big names in its short time back on the schedule, some of which are “ambassadors” of the facility with homes on the property, such as Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson. It was a resort that was once in a bit of trouble and waning, but is now pretty mint with a completely renovated and pure Old White TPC course.

Those renovations, of course, were forced by the flooding, which “rolled up” entire greens and shredded the course last summer. This is the first big reveal of the updated track and it has looked beautiful and held up all week. This may not have the best spot on the PGA Tour schedule, and its field can be a little meh outside some of those ambassadors, but its purse can compete with just about any on the PGA Tour. Anything in the $7 million-plus club is on the richer side for PGA Tour purses, which continue to grow each year. This year’s winner will take home almost $1.3 million in prize money, while second place can bank more than $750k.

Here’s the full payout table — these totals will obviously be affected by ties and we’ll update when results go final: