After a strong field at last week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth finished with Irishman Shane Lowry claiming the title ahead of Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, the DP World Tour heads to mainland Europe for the Italian Open, where more big names are competing.World No.2 McIlroy once again tees it up on the Tour as he looks to gain some valuable experience of Rome’s Marco Simone Golf Club, which is also hosting next year’s Ryder Cup. He’s joined by World No.10 Viktor Hovland, US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, and World No.28 Tyrell Hatton.
Nicolai Hojgaard won last year’s event, edging out Tommy Fleetwood and Adrian Meronk by one shot for his first win on the Tour and emulating his brother Rasmus’ success the week earlier at the Omega European Masters. That made them the first brothers to win back-to-back events in the Tour’s history. Nicolai, Rasmus and Meronk are competing this week, but there’s no Fleetwood. Meanwhile, there’s also some friendly sibling rivalry for Fitzpatrick with the inclusion of his brother, Alex.
Elsewhere, Spaniard Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, who has been in the news largely because of his absence from the the BMW PGA Championship, is in this week’s field. Another Spaniard, Adrian Otaegui, who is the only player dropped from the field for this week’s LIV Golf Series tournament in Chicago, instead tees it up in Italy along with two other players who’ve previously competed in the Saudi-backed Series, Oliver Bekker and Pablo Larrazabal.
The players will be battling for a €3m purse – an identical sum to last year’s prize fund. Of that, the winner will earn €500,000.
Italian Open Prize Money 2022
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1st | €500,000 |
| 2nd | €333,320 |
| 3rd | €187,800 |
| 4th | €150,000 |
| 5th | €127,200 |
| 6th | €105,000 |
| 7th | €90,000 |
| 8th | €75,000 |
| 9th | €67,200 |
| 10th | €60,000 |
| 11th | €55,200 |
| 12th | €51,600 |
| 13th | €48,300 |
| 14th | €45,900 |
| 15th | €44,100 |
| 16th | €42,300 |
| 17th | €40,500 |
| 18th | €38,700 |
| 19th | €37,200 |
| 20th | €36,000 |
| 21st | €34,800 |
| 22nd | €33,900 |
| 23rd | €33,000 |
| 24th | €32,100 |
| 25th | €31,200 |
| 26th | €30,300 |
| 27th | €29,400 |
| 28th | €28,500 |
| 29th | €27,600 |
| 30th | €26,700 |
| 31st | €25,800 |
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