Prize money for The Open: R&A announces record winner’s share in history
Here is what each player wins at The 2023 Open Championship at Hoylake
The R&A has announced the winner’s prize for the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club this month.
The winner of 2023 Open Championship and the new owner of the Claret Jug will receive $3 million – the highest amount in the history of the Open Championship.
The total purse for the showpiece event at Hoylake is $16.5 million which has increased the prize fund by 18% from the 150th Open at St Andrews in 2022.
“Our aim is to ensure The Open remains at the pinnacle of world golf and we have almost doubled the prize fund since 2016,” R&A CEO Martin Slumbers said.
“While we are seeing substantial increases in prize money across the men’s professional game, we are fulfilling our wider obligation to the sport by elevating the AIG Women’s Open, strengthening pathways in the elite amateur game and encouraging more people around the world to play golf. We believe that getting this balance right is vital to the long-term future of the sport.”
If more than 70 professionals make the weekend on Merseyside, The Open’s 13th visit to Royal Liverpool, more prize money will be added.
The runner-up will receive $1,708,000, while the last player to make the cut is guaranteed to earn $36,550, depending on how many players make it through to the weekend. Non-qualifiers’ earnings are determined by where they finish, but every professional is guaranteed to walk away with at least $8,500.
The likes of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have hoisted golf’s most famous trophy at Hoylake in previous years and over the years, prize money has increased at The Open – as it has for golf at all levels around the world.
The Open prize money:
2022
Purse: $14,000,000
Winner: $2,500,000 (Cameron Smith)
2021
Purse: $11,500,000
Winner: $2,070,000 (Collin Morikawa)
2019
Purse: $10,750,000
Winner: $1,935,000 (Shane Lowry)
2018
Purse: $10,500,000
Winner: $1,890,000 (Francesco Molinari)
2017
Purse: $10,250,000
Winner: $1,845,000 (Jordan Spieth)
The Open prize payout
Winner: $3,000,000
2: $1,708,000
3: $1,095,000
4: $851,000
5: $684,500
6: $593,000
7: $509,500
8: $429,700
9: $377,000
10: $340,500
11: $310,000
12: $274,700
13: $258,300
14: $241,800
15: $224,800
16: $206,600
17: $196,600
18: $187,500
19: $179,600
20: $171,100
21: $163,100
22: $155,000
23: $146,700
24: $138,500
25: $133,800
26: $128,000
27: $123,300
28: $119,100
29: $113,900
30: $108,000
31: $104,500
32: $99,200
33: $95,700
34: $93,000
35: $89,800
36: $86,200
37: $82,200
38: $78,000
39: $75,200
40: $72,800
41: $69,800
42: $66,400
43: $63,400
44: $59,800
45: $56,400
46: $53,400
47: $51,300
48: $49,300
49: $47,000
50: $45,900
51: $44,900
52: $44,100
53: $43,400
54: $42,800
55: $42,100
56: $41,500
57: $41,100
58: $40,800
59: $40,500
60: $40,200
61: $40,000
62: $39,800
63: $39,600
64: $39,400
65: $39,200
66: $38,900
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