The 150th Open Championship is set to get underway at St Andrews on Thursday and will feature a record prize fund.
The total amount available will stand at £11.6m, a rise of 22% whilst the player who lifts the Claret Jug at the end of the tournament will claim £2.1m of that pot. That's a £500,000 increase on the £1.6m won by last year's winner Collin Morikawa.
Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said: “There have been significant changes in prize money over the last year. We have therefore increased the prize fund by 22% which means that the prize money has increased by more than 60% since 2016.
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“We have made this substantial investment while balancing our wider commitments to developing golf at all levels around the world and to continuing to elevate the AIG Women’s Open.”
The full breakdown is as follows:
1st - £2.1 million
2nd - £1.2 million
3rd - £773,000
4th - £602,000
5th - £482,000
6th - £419,800
7th - £360,700
8th - £304,200
9th - £266,800
10th - £241,000
Outside the top 10, the prize money will continue to decrease incrementally until it reaches the cut mark, with the lowest player into the weekend set to claim £26,750. Players who miss the cut will still be in line to receive a cheque depending on their performance on Thursday and Friday.
