The DP World Tour continues its double header Down Under with the Crown Australian Open at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
After a 20-year absence, this week sees golf’s global Tour return to the renowned Royal Melbourne Golf Club for the fifth time. It previously staged the Heineken Classic for four consecutive years between 2002-2005.
This is the 17th time the men’s Crown Australian Open – co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR of Australasia since 2022 – has been held at the venue and the first since 1991. This week, players will compete over the Composite Course. Royal Melbourne was most recently under the international golf microscope when it hosted the Presidents Cup in 2019.
Career Grand Slam winner Rory McIlroy may be the headline name, but there are plenty of other draw cards for the home crowds. Among those are Major champions Adam Scott, Cam Smith and Geoff Ogilvy. Min Woo Lee draws strong support too, while fellow Antipodeans Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier and Kazuma Kobori will be out to impress. There is a strong international presence, with South Korea’s Si Woo Kim, Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune among those to receive an invite. Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer are both past champions and teeing it up. American Charley Hoffman makes his first start of the season, having taken up the option of membership for players who finished 101-200 in the final 2025 FedExCup Rankings. Twelve of last season’s HotelPlanner Tour graduates take their place in the field, while 17 of this year’s Qualifying School graduates tee it up. Scotland’s Cameron Adam continues his rookie season as the 2025 GAP Rankings winner.
Following a new exemption criteria announced earlier this year by Augusta National, in an attempt to align with The R&A, the Australian Open is one of six national opens where the winner will be awarded a spot at the Masters in 2026. The tournament is also part of The Open Qualifying Series (OQS), with the top three finishers not already exempt securing a spot in the championship at Royal Birkdale next summer.
The winner will bank AUD $340,000 (approx. €207,400) from the AUD $2 million prize purse. See below the prize money breakdown, and check back on Sunday for the full result.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2025 Crown Australian Open
1st – AUD $340,000 / €207,400
2nd – AUD $220,000 / €134,200
3rd – AUD $125,200 / €76,370
4th – AUD $100,000 / €61,000
5th – AUD $84,800 / €51,730
6th – AUD $70,000 / €42,700
7th – AUD $60,000 / €36,600
8th – AUD $50,000 / €30,500
9th – AUD $44,800 / €27,330
10th – AUD $40,000 / €24,400
11th – AUD $36,800 / €22,450
12th – AUD $34,400 / €20,980
13th – AUD $32,200 / €19,640
14th – AUD $30,600 / €18,670
15th – AUD $29,400 / €17,930
16th – AUD $28,200 / €17,200
17th – AUD $27,000 / €16,470
18th – AUD $25,800 / €15,740
19th – AUD $24,800 / €15,130
20th – AUD $24,000 / €14,640
21st – AUD $23,200 / €14,150
22nd – AUD $22,600 / €13,790
23rd – AUD $22,000 / €13,420
24th – AUD $21,400 / €13,050
25th – AUD $20,800 / €12,690
26th – AUD $20,200 / €12,320
27th – AUD $19,600 / €11,960
28th – AUD $19,000 / €11,590
29th – AUD $18,400 / €11,220
30th – AUD $17,800 / €10,860
31st – AUD $17,200 / €10,490
32nd – AUD $16,600 / €10,130
33rd – AUD $16,000 / €9,760
34th – AUD $15,400 / €9,390
35th – AUD $14,800 / €9,030
36th – AUD $14,200 / €8,660
37th – AUD $13,800 / €8,420
38th – AUD $13,400 / €8,170
39th – AUD $13,000 / €7,930
40th – AUD $12,600 / €7,690
41st – AUD $12,200 / €7,440
42nd – AUD $11,800 / €7,200
43rd – AUD $11,400 / €6,950
44th – AUD $11,000 / €6,710
45th – AUD $10,600 / €6,470
46th – AUD $10,200 / €6,220
47th – AUD $9,800 / €5,980
48th – AUD $9,400 / €5,740
49th – AUD $9,000 / €5,490
50th – AUD $8,600 / €5,250
51st – AUD $8,200 / €5,000
52nd – AUD $7,800 / €4,760
53rd – AUD $7,400 / €4,510
54th – AUD $7,000 / €4,270
55th – AUD $6,800 / €4,150
56th – AUD $6,600 / €4,020
57th – AUD $6,400 / €3,900
58th – AUD $6,200 / €3,780
59th – AUD $6,000 / €3,660
60th – AUD $5,800 / €3,540
61st – AUD $5,600 / €3,420
62nd – AUD $5,400 / €3,290
63rd – AUD $5,200 / €3,170
64th – AUD $5,000 / €3,050
65th – AUD $4,800 / €2,930
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