{"id":809323,"date":"2026-07-19T02:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/809323\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:02:21","slug":"british-open-2026-prize-money-full-payout-from-17-5-million-purse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/809323\/","title":{"rendered":"British Open 2026 prize money: Full payout from $17.5 million purse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the 154th Open Championship will receive more than golf\u2019s oldest prize.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the claret jug, the Champion Golfer of the Year <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/randa\/news\/british-open-2026-purse-increase-royal-birkdale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">will earn $3.2 million from the $17,750,00 purse.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the prize-money payout for Sunday at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England (will be updated with individual payouts at the conclusion of play):<\/p>\n<p>2026 Open Championship prize money<\/p>\n<p>Win: $3,200,0002: $1,842,0003: $1,181,0004: $917,0005: $738,0006: $639,7007: $549,7008: $463,2509: $406,20010: $367,00011: $334,20012: $296,00013: $278,50014: $260,70015: $241,90016: $222,70017: $212,00018: $202,00019: $193,60020: $184,50021: $175,90022: $167,10023: $158,10024: $149,30025: $144,25026: $138,00027: $133,00028: $128,40029: $122,80030: $116,50031: $112,70032: $106,90033: $103,10034: $100,20035: $96,70036: $92,90037: $88,50038: $84,10039: $81,00040: $78,40041: $75,20042: $71,50043: $68,30044: $64,40045: $60,70046: $57,60047: $55,30048: $53,10049: $50,70050: $49,40051: $48,35052: $47,50053: $46,80054: $46,10055: $45,30056: $44,70057: $44,25058: $43,95059: $43,62560: $43,32561: $43,10062: $42,90063: $42,70064: $42,50065: $42,15066: $41,82567: $41,50068: $41,20069: $40,90070: $40,70071. $40,57572. $40,45073. $40,32574. $40,20075. $40,07576. $39,95077. $39,82578. $39,700<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"The Open 101: History, qualifications, course rota, most titles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/news\/the-open-101-history-qualifications-course-rota-most-titles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"open_flag_1920_open23.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784426541_203_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got Open questions, we\u2019ve got Open answers. Take a look at some answers to frequently asked questions about The Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winner of the 154th Open Championship will receive more than golf\u2019s oldest prize. In addition to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-809323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}