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Jul 5th, 2016
Revealed: Cash rewards for players at this year's Open
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The Champion Golfer of the Year will win £1,175,000 at The 145TH Open at Royal Troon.
The R&A announced that the total prize money will be £6,500,000, an increase of £200,000 from last year’s Championship.
Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said, “The Open is one of the world’s great sporting events and it is important that this is reflected in the prize fund. We want to continue to attract the world’s best golfers to compete in the Championship each year and to enhance its global appeal.”
Prize money
Place £ Place £
1 £1,175,000 36 £34,000
2 £675,000 37 £32,500
3 £433,000 38 £31,000
4 £337,000 39 £30,000
5 £271,000 40 £28,750
6 £235,000 41 £27,500
7 £201,000 42 £26,250
8 £170,000 43 £25,000
9 £149,000 44 £23,750
10 £135,000 45 £22,500
11 £122,000 46 £21,500
12 £108,750 47 £20,500
13 £102,000 48 £19,500
14 £95,500 49 £18,700
15 £89,500 50 £18,300
16 £82,000 51 £17,900
17 £78,000 52 £17,500
18 £74,000 53 £17,250
19 £71,000 54 £17,000
20 £68,000 55 £16,750
21 £64,500 56 £16,500
22 £61,500 57 £16,300
23 £58,250 58 £16,200
24 £55,000 59 £16,100
25 £53,000 60 £16,000
26 £50,750 61 £15,900
27 £48,750 62 £15,800
28 £47,000 63 £15,700
29 £45,000 64 £15,600
30 £43,250 65 £15,500
31 £41,500 66 £15,400
32 £39,250 67 £15,300
33 £38,000 68 £15,200
34 £36,750 69 £15,100
35 £35,500 70 £15,000
Prize money shall be allocated only to professional golfers.
If more than 70 professional golfers qualify for the final two rounds, additional prize money will be added. Prize money will decrease by £100 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimum of £9,000.
Non-qualifiers after two rounds: Leading 10 professional golfers and ties £4,625; next 20 professional golfers and ties £3,700; remaining professional golfers £3,100.
