Opponents at this week’s Open Championship at Royal Troon will play for a complete prize fund of $17 million with the champion receiving $3.1 million of the purse.
These are will increase of $500,000 and $100,000, respectively, as The Open stays behind the sport’s different three majors, which all at the least cleared $18.5 million and $3.33 million, respectively, this 12 months:
U.S. Open – $21.5 million ($4.3 million)
Masters – $20 million ($3.6 million)
PGA Championship – $18.5 million ($3.33 million)
Outgoing R&A CEO Martin Slumbers known as the modest development crucial whereas sustaining his discontent with rising purses and their long-term monetary results on the sport.
“The R&A has a accountability to strike a steadiness between sustaining The Open’s place within the international recreation, offering the funds required for governance and growing novice and leisure golf in 146 international locations internationally,” Slumbers mentioned. “We’ve got to make decisions if we need to proceed to construct on the numerous development in participation that’s important for golf’s future. We stay involved concerning the impression substantial will increase in males’s skilled prize cash are having on the notion of the game and its long-term monetary sustainability. We’re decided to behave with the pursuits of the worldwide recreation in thoughts as we pursue our objective of guaranteeing golf continues to thrive in 50 years’ time.”
Right here is the breakdown of the prize cash for these gamers who make the lower:
| Place | USD | Place | USD |
| 1 | $3,100,000 | 36 | $88,700 |
| 2 | $1,759,000 | 37 | $84,600 |
| 3 | $1,128,000 | 38 | $80,300 |
| 4 | $876,000 | 39 | $77,400 |
| 5 | $705,000 | 40 | $74,900 |
| 6 | $611,000 | 41 | $71,800 |
| 7 | $525,000 | 42 | $68,300 |
| 8 | $442,500 | 43 | $65,200 |
| 9 | $388,000 | 44 | $61,500 |
| 10 | $350,600 | 45 | $58,000 |
| 11 | $319,200 | 46 | $55,000 |
| 12 | $282,800 | 47 | $52,800 |
| 13 | $266,000 | 48 | $50,700 |
| 14 | $249,000 | 49 | $48,400 |
| 15 | $231,000 | 50 | $47,200 |
| 16 | $212,700 | 51 | $46,200 |
| 17 | $202,400 | 52 | $45,400 |
| 18 | $193,000 | 53 | $44,700 |
| 19 | $184,900 | 54 | $44,000 |
| 20 | $176,200 | 55 | $43,300 |
| 21 | $168,000 | 56 | $42,700 |
| 22 | $159,600 | 57 | $42,300 |
| 23 | $151,000 | 58 | $42,000 |
| 24 | $142,600 | 59 | $41,700 |
| 25 | $137,800 | 60 | $41,400 |
| 26 | $131,800 | 61 | $41,200 |
| 27 | $127,000 | 62 | $41,000 |
| 28 | $122,600 | 63 | $40,800 |
| 29 | $117,300 | 64 | $40,600 |
| 30 | $111,200 | 65 | $40,300 |
| 31 | $107,600 | 66 | $40,000 |
| 32 | $102,100 | 67 | $39,700 |
| 33 | $98,500 | 68 | $39,400 |
| 34 | $95,700 | 69 | $39,100 |
| 35 | $92,400 | 70 | $38,900 |
If greater than 70 skilled golfers qualify for the ultimate two rounds, further prize cash will likely be added. Prize cash will lower by $125 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimal of $37,650.
Gamers who miss the lower will earn wherever from $8,750 to $12,350.
