Last year, the Open Championship purse took a break from a steady annual uptick that began in 2017, opting to hold the line at $17 million. But this year, an increase is back. The 2026 Open Championship purse has gone up by $750,000 to $17.75 million.

Despite the record total, the Open Championship remains the least lucrative of the four major championships — and is even well below the PGA Tour’s Signature Event purses of $20 million. This year, the Masters and U.S. Open both offered $22.5 million to their fields, while the PGA Championship put up $20.5 million.

The Players Championship remains the richest purse in golf, with a total purse of $25 million.

This year’s Open Champion will receive $100,000 more than the payout received by the 2025 champion, Scottie Scheffler, with a $3.2 million payday. The runner-up will receive a cool $1.842 million, and third place will clear seven figures too, with a payout of $1.181 million.

Even the players who missed the cut end up generously compensated, with the top 10 players (and ties) on the wrong side of the cut receiving $12,900, the next 20, $10,750, and the remainder of the field receiving $9,100.

So how much did each of the players who made the weekend of play at Royal Birkdale come away with this year? You can find a complete list of the 2026 Open Championship payouts for each player below.

How much money every player made at the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale

Winner: Ryan Fox, $3,200,000
2. Cameron Young, $1,842,000
3. Sam Burns, $1,181,000
T4. Scottie Scheffler, $827,500
T4. Tommy Fleetwood, $827,500
T6. Casey Jarvis, $550,883
T6. Lucas Herbert, $550,883
T6. Si Woo Kim, $550,883
T9. Russell Henley, $336,380
T9. Adam Scott, $336,380
T9. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, $336,380
T9. Ludvig Åberg, $336,380
T9. Ryan Gerard, $336,380
T14. Corey Conners, $234,325
T14. Sungjae Im, $234,325
T14. Hideki Matsuyama, $234,325
T14. Bryson DeChambeau, $234,325
T18. Rickie Fowler, $164,975
T18. Chris Gotterup, $164,975
T18. Alex Noren, $164,975
T18. Marco Penge, $164,975
T18. Bud Cauley, $164,975
T18. Kristoffer Reitan, $164,975
T18. Collin Morikawa, $164,975
T18. Jordan Smith, $164,975
T18. Xander Schauffele, $164,975
T18. Daniel Brown, $164,975
T28. John Parry, $102,317
T28. Brooks Koepka, $102,317
T28. Patrick Cantlay, $102,317
T28. Victor Perez, $102,317
T28. Pierceson Coody, $102,317
T28. Max Homa, $102,317
T28. Jacob Bridgeman, $102,317
T28. Robert MacIntyre, $102,317
T28. Kazuma Kobori, $102,317
T28. Shane Lowry, $102,317
T28. Cameron John, $102,317
T28. Jackson Suber, $102,317
T40. Kurt Kitayama, $69,750
T40. J.J. Spaun, $69,750
T40. Thomas Detry, $69,750
T40. Michael Thorbjornsen, $69,750
T40. Rory McIlroy, $69,750
T40. Matt Wallace, $69,750
T46. Matthew Southgate, $51,707
T46. Eugenio Chacarra, $51,707
T46. Patrick Reed, $51,707
T46. Hennie Du Plessis, $51,707
T46. Francesco Molinari, $51,707
T46. Josele Ballester, $51,707
T46. Jon Rahm, $51,707
T53. Ryo Hisatsune, $45,183
T53. Michael Brennan, $45,183
T53. Shaun Norris, $45,183
T53. Sahith Theegala, $45,183
T53. Alex Smalley, $45,183
T53. Eric Cole, $45,183
T59. Ben Griffin, $43,025
T59. Aldrich Potgieter, $43,025
T59. Min Woo Lee, $43,025
T59. Naoyuki Kataoka, $43,025
T59. Nick Taylor, $43,025
T59. Johnny Keefer, $43,025
T65. Peter Uihlein, $41,988
T65. Justin Thomas, $41,988
T67. Sepp Straka, $41,350
T67. Nico Echavarria, $41,350
T69. Andy Sullivan, $40,800
T69. Tyrrell Hatton, $40,800
T71. Laurie Canter, $40,450
T71. MJ Daffue, $40,450
T71. Alex Fitzpatrick, $40,450
T74. Keegan Bradley, $40,075
T74. Kazuki Higa, $40,075
T74. Marcus Plunkett, $40,075
77. Jack McDonald, $38,825
78. Jesper Svensson, $38,700