Open Championship Prize Money 2019

By Elliott Heath

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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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Place	USD	Place	USD
1	$1,935,000	36	$56,500
2	$1,120,000	37	$53,750
3	$718,000	38	$51,250
4	$558,000	39	$49,250
5	$449,000	40	$47,750
6	$389,000	41	$45,750
7	$334,000	42	$43,500
8	$282,000	43	$41,500
9	$247,000	44	$39,500
10	$223,000	45	$37,000
11	$203,000	46	$35,000
12	$180,000	47	$33,500
13	$169,000	48	$32,250
14	$159,000	49	$31,000
15	$147,500	50	$30,250
16	$135,500	51	$29,500
17	$129,000	52	$29,000
18	$123,000	53	$28,500
19	$117,750	54	$28,100
20	$112,000	55	$27,600
21	$107,000	56	$27,200
22	$101,500	57	$26,800
23	$96,250	58	$26,700
24	$91,000	59	$26,600
25	$88,000	60	$26,400
26	$84,000	61	$26,200
27	$81,000	62	$26,100
28	$78,000	63	$26,000
29	$74,750	64	$25,900
30	$71,250	65	$25,700
31	$68,500	66	$25,600
32	$65,000	67	$25,400
33	$63,000	68	$25,200
34	$61,000	69	$25,000
35	$59,000	70	$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 is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews.