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, $3.2 million
2nd: Cameron Young, $1.842 million
3rd: Sam Burns, $1.181 million
4th: $917,000
5th: $738,000
6th: $639,700
7th: $549,700
8th: $463,250
9th: $406,200
10th: $367,000
11th: $334,200
12th: $296,000
13th: $278,500
14th: $260,700
15th: $241,900
16th: $222,700
17th: $212,000
18th: $202,000
19th: $193,600
20th: $184,500
21st: $175,900
22nd: $167,100
23rd: $158,100
24th: $149,300
25th: $144,250
26th: $138,000
27th: $133,000
28th: $128,400
29th: $122,800
30th: $116,500
31st: $112,700
32nd: $106,900
33rd: $103,100
34th: $100,200
35th: $96,700
36th: $92,900
37th: $88,500
38th: $84,100
39th: $81,000
40th: $78,400
41st: $75,200
42nd: $71,500
43rd: $68,300
44th: $64,400
45th: $60,700
46th: $57,600
47th: $55,300
48th: $53,100
49th: $50,700
50th: $49,400
51st: $48,350
52nd: $47,500
53rd: $46,800
54th: $46,100
55th: $45,300
56th: $44,700
57th: $44,250
58th: $43,950
59th: $43,625
60th: $43,325
61st: $43,100
62nd: $42,900
63rd: $42,700
64th: $42,500
65th: $42,150
66th: $41,825
67th: $41,500
68th: $41,200
69th: $40,900
70th: $40,700
71st: $40,575
72nd: $40,450
73rd: $40,325
74th: $40,200
75th: $40,075
76th: $39,950
77th: $39,825
78th: $39,700
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