The winner of next week’s 151st Open at Royal Liverpool will pick up a cool $3 million (£2.32m) in prize money, the highest amount in the championship’s history.
The R&A announced that the total prize fund for next week’s Open will be $16.5 million (£12.7m), representing an 18% increase on 2022 – comfortably ahead of the current rate of inflation in the UK.
The top 70 players and ties will make the cut, with the last placed player on Sunday who made the weekend’s play set to earn $36,000. Those who miss the cut will not leave Hoylake empty handed, with the leading 10 pros and ties pocketing $12,000; the next 20 taking home $10,000; and the remainder $8,500 each.
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, said: “Our aim is to ensure The Open remains at the pinnacle of world golf and we have almost doubled the prize fund since 2016. 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.”
Prize money
| Place | USD | Place | USD |
| 1 | $3,000,000 | 36 | $86,200 |
| 2 | $1,708,000 | 37 | $82,200 |
| 3 | $1,095,000 | 38 | $78,000 |
| 4 | $851,000 | 39 | $75,200 |
| 5 | $684,500 | 40 | $72,800 |
| 6 | $593,000 | 41 | $69,800 |
| 7 | $509,500 | 42 | $66,400 |
| 8 | $429,700 | 43 | $63,400 |
| 9 | $377,000 | 44 | $59,800 |
| 10 | $340,500 | 45 | $56,400 |
| 11 | $310,000 | 46 | $53,400 |
| 12 | $274,700 | 47 | $51,300 |
| 13 | $258,300 | 48 | $49,300 |
| 14 | $241,800 | 49 | $47,000 |
| 15 | $224,800 | 50 | $45,900 |
| 16 | $206,600 | 51 | $44,900 |
| 17 | $196,600 | 52 | $44,100 |
| 18 | $187,500 | 53 | $43,400 |
| 19 | $179,600 | 54 | $42,800 |
| 20 | $171,100 | 55 | $42,100 |
| 21 | $163,100 | 56 | $41,500 |
| 22 | $155,000 | 57 | $41,100 |
| 23 | $146,700 | 58 | $40,800 |
| 24 | $138,500 | 59 | $40,500 |
| 25 | $133,800 | 60 | $40,200 |
| 26 | $128,000 | 61 | $40,000 |
| 27 | $123,300 | 62 | $39,800 |
| 28 | $119,100 | 63 | $39,600 |
| 29 | $113,900 | 64 | $39,400 |
| 30 | $108,000 | 65 | $39,200 |
| 31 | $104,500 | 66 | $38,900 |
| 32 | $99,200 | 67 | $38,600 |
| 33 | $95,700 | 68 | $38,300 |
| 34 | $93,000 | 69 | $38,000 |
| 35 | $89,800 | 70 | $37,800 |