Open Championship Prize Money 2019

The purse has increased $250,000 on last year

Open Championship prize money

The total purse has increased $250,000 on last year

Open Championship Prize Money 2019

Here we take a look at the prize money on offer at the Open Championship.

This year's tournament will offer a purse of $10.75m, up $250,000 on last year.

The winner's cheque has also had an increase on last year.

Francesco Molinari won $1.89m at Carnoustie and this year's champion will pocket just a bit more than that with the winner at Portrush taking home $1,935,000.

The winner's prize has steadily risen to just short of $2million over the past 5 years.

Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said, “The Open is a global sporting event and our priority is to ensure that this is reflected in the prize fund.

We have a long-term strategy to ensure The Open remains at the forefront of golf and maintains its unique allure in sporting terms.  We are also committed to investing in our other major championships, especially the AIG Women’s British Open.”

Open Championship Prize Money 2019

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PlaceUSDPlaceUSD
1$1,935,00036$56,500
2$1,120,00037$53,750
3$718,00038$51,250
4$558,00039$49,250
5$449,00040$47,750
6$389,00041$45,750
7$334,00042$43,500
8$282,00043$41,500
9$247,00044$39,500
10$223,00045$37,000
11$203,00046$35,000
12$180,00047$33,500
13$169,00048$32,250
14$159,00049$31,000
15$147,50050$30,250
16$135,50051$29,500
17$129,00052$29,000
18$123,00053$28,500
19$117,75054$28,100
20$112,00055$27,600
21$107,00056$27,200
22$101,50057$26,800
23$96,25058$26,700
24$91,00059$26,600
25$88,00060$26,400
26$84,00061$26,200
27$81,00062$26,100
28$78,00063$26,000
29$74,75064$25,900
30$71,25065$25,700
31$68,50066$25,600
32$65,00067$25,400
33$63,00068$25,200
34$61,00069$25,000
35$59,00070$24,750

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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 $125 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimum of $13,500.

Non-qualifiers after two rounds: Leading 10 professional golfers and ties $7,500; next 20 professional golfers and ties $6,000; remainder of professional golfers and ties $5,000.

This only applies to the professionals, so any amateurs in the field are purely playing for pride, exposure and enjoyment - and of course the famous Silver Medal.

The Open takes place at Royal Portrush this year for the first time since 1951 when Max Faulkner won his only Major Championship.

There is bound to be plenty of drama on show as the Open finally returns to the Emerald Isle.

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Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV