R&A Moves To Dollars, Increases The Open's Purse
/Read between the lines all you want, but the standout for me is the increase in purse that keeps The Open in line with the Masters and PGA/Players but behind the recently-increased U.S. Open ($12 million).
For Immediate Release...
PRIZE FUND ANNOUNCED FOR THE 146TH OPEN AT ROYAL BIRKDALE
5 July 2017, St Andrews, Scotland: The Champion Golfer of the Year will win USD1,845,000 at The 146th Open at Royal Birkdale.
The R&A announced that the total prize fund will be USD10,250,000.
Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said, “We are operating in an increasingly global marketplace and have made the decision to award the prize fund in US dollars in recognition of the fact that it is the most widely adopted currency for prize money in golf.”
Prize money
Place USD Place USD
1 1,845,000 36 53,500
2 1,067,000 37 51,000
3 684,000 38 49,000
4 532,000 39 47,000
5 428,000 40 45,500
6 371,000 41 43,500
7 318,000 42 41,500
8 268,000 43 39,500
9 235,000 44 37,500
10 213,000 45 35,500
11 193,000 46 33,500
12 172,000 47 32,000
13 161,000 48 30,800
14 151,000 49 29,500
15 141,000 50 28,900
16 129,500 51 28,200
17 123,000 52 27,600
18 117,000 53 27,200
19 112,000 54 26,800
20 107,000 55 26,400
21 102,000 56 26,000
22 97,000 57 25,600
23 92,000 58 25,500
24 87,000 59 25,400
25 84,000 60 25,200
26 80,000 61 25,000
27 77,000 62 24,900
28 74,000 63 24,800
29 71,000 64 24,700
30 68,000 65 24,500
31 65,500 66 24,400
32 62,000 67 24,200
33 60,000 68 24,000
34 58,000 69 23,800
35 56,000 70 23,600
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 USD 125 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimum of USD 13,500.
Non-qualifiers after two rounds: Leading 10 professional golfers and ties USD 7,200; next 20 professional golfers and ties USD 5,750; remainder of professional golfers and ties USD 4,850.
