2022 British Open purse, prize money: Payout for each golfer from record $14 million championship pool
The final golf major of the season is wrapping up Sunday, and with it comes players' last chance to etch their names into the history books at St. Andrews.
$14 million will be distributed amongst the field with the 2022 Champion Golfer of the Year earning $2.5 million along with the Claret Jug.
Let's take a look at how the payouts for the 150th Open will be divided among those who compete this weekend at St. Andrews.
2022 Open Championship purse, prize money Total purse: $14 million 1st (Winner): $2,500,000 2nd: $1,455,000
3rd: $933K, 4th: $725K, 5th: $583K, 6th: $505K, 7th: $434K, 8th: $366K, 9th: $321K, 10th: $290K, 11th: $264K, 12th: $234K, 13th: $220K, 14th: $206K, 15th: $191.5K,
16th: $176K, 17th: $167.5K, 18th: $159.75K, 19th: $153K, 20th: $145.75K, 21st: $139K, 22nd: $132K, 23rd: $125K, 24th: $118K, 25th: $114K, 26th: $109K, 27th: $105K, 28th: $101.5K,
43rd: $54K, 44th: $51K, 45th: $48K, 46th: $45.5K, 47th: $43.7K, 48th: $42K, 49th: $40K, 50th: $39.1K, 51st: $38.2K, 52nd: $37.6K, 53rd: $37K, 54th: $36.5K, 55th: $35.9K,
60th: $34.25K, 61st: $34K, 62nd: $33.9K, 63rd: $33.75K, 64th: $33.6K, 65th: $33.4K, 66th: $33.1K, 67th: $32.9K, 68th: $32.6K, 69th: $32.4K, 70th: $32.2K,
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 $30,950.