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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Oisin Doherty

The Open prize money in full as Rory McIlroy fires himself into contention with 66 in round one

The winner of this years Open Championship will take home a cheque of €2.5 million.

The final major of the year, which kicked off today and concludes on Sunday, boasts the largest prize money purse in Open Championship history, with €14 million to be handed out to players over the next few days.

Rory McIlroy may well be the man to take home the €2.5 million winners fee and the Claret Jug come Sunday evening. The 2014 Open winner carded an impressive 6-under par round of 66 to sit second in the leaderboard, a couple of shots off clubhouse leader Cameron Young.

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