How a lot cash does the Open 2023 winner get? Pockets and fee

Like nearly each different event in skilled golf, The Open Championship noticed a fairly large purse hike this 12 months, making this 12 months’s winner’s verify the biggest in event historical past.

Whereas not as huge as prize cash from designated PGA Tour occasions or the LIV Golf Invitationals, the winner of the 151st Open at Royal Liverpool will take house a powerful $3 million. To not point out proudly owning the Claret Jug for the 12 months.

Going into Sunday’s closing spherical, Brian Harman is in prime place to assert each of these awards, holding a five-stroke lead over Cameron Younger. This $3 million winner’s verify is almost $1 million greater than Harman’s first two PGA Tour wins mixed. His career-best earnings on an occasion truly date again to a month in the past, when he took house $1.78 million for ending T2 on the Vacationers Championship.

The primary-place prize can also be $500,000 greater than Cameron Smith gained final 12 months at St. Andrews after the event obtained an general purse improve of 18% to $16.5 million. Two years in the past, Collin Morikawa took house $2.07 million for his victory at Royal St. George’s, marking an nearly 50% improve within the winner’s share since then.

The Open has the smallest purse and winner’s share of 4 main tournaments in 2023, three of which had decrease prize cash than designated Tour occasions. Most of those occasions have prize cash of $20 million, together with $3.6 million for the winner, which the US Open has matched. LIV Golf occasions have $25 million in prize cash (together with $5 million for the crew competitors) and $4 million goes to the winners. The Gamers Championship this season had the biggest purse and particular person winner’s share in skilled golf historical past at $25 million and $4.5 million, respectively.

Harman begins within the closing group at 9:15 a.m. ET, and you’ll see a full breakdown of the purse beneath.

Open Championship Scholarship 2023

1 – $3,000,000
2 – $1,708,000
3 – $1,095,000
4 – $851,000
5 – $684,500
6 – $593,000
7 – $509,500
8 – $429,700
9 – $377,000
10 – $340,500
11 – $310,000
12 – $274,700
13 – $258,300
14 – $241,800
15 – $224,800
16 – $206,600
17 – $196,600
18 – $187,500
19 – $179,600
20 – $171,100
21 – $163,100
22 – $155,000
23 – $146,700
24 – $138,500
25 – $133,800
26 – $128,000
27 – $123,300
28 – $119,100
29 – $113,900
30 – $108,000
31 – $104,500
32 – $99,200
33 – $95,700
34 – $93,000
35 – $89,800
36 – $86,200
37 – $82,200
38 – $78,000
39 – $75,200
40 – $72,800
41 – $69,800
42 – $66,400
43 – $63,400
44 – $59,800
$45 – $56,400
46 – $53,400
47 – $51,300
48 – 49 $300
49 – $47,000
$50 – $45,900
51 – $44,900
52 – 44 $100
53 – $43,400
54 – $42,800
55 – 42 $100
56 – $41,500
57 – 41 $100
58 – $40,800
59 – $40,500
60 – 40 $200
61 – $40,000
62 – $39,800
63 – $39,600
64 – $39,400
65 – $39,200
66 – $38,900
67 – $38,600
68 – $38,300
69 – $38,000
$70 – $37,800
71 – $37,675
72 – $37,550
73 – $37,425
74 – $37,300
75 – 37 $175
76 – $37,050

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Jack Hirsh is Affiliate Editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack graduated in 2020 from Penn State College and earned levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf crew and nonetheless tries to remain aggressive amongst native amateurs. Previous to becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a media journalist/reporter, but in addition producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate forecast. He may be contacted at jack.hirsh@golf.com.