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.
Prize money: Open Championship previous payouts
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)
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