British Open 2022 Prize Money

The Open Championship 2022 is back at the home of golf, the Old Course in St. Andrew’s Links, for the 150th anniversary. Here we will check out the total purse for the British Open 2022. Don’t forget to check out the breakdown of the prize money payouts for all the 70 positions making the cut.

Also known as the British Open, this truly open competition to become the champion will start from 14th July to 17th July. The Field Size will be 136 players with 70 players making the cut after Round 2. These players include the top 50 golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings. The golfers will play for the Claret Jug as well as the highest payday in history for the Open Championship 2022.

British Open 2022 Total Purse:

The 150th British Open total purse is announced to be the highest in its glorious history. The total purse is a whopping $14m which is 22 percent more than the previous edition. It will be 60 percent more than in 2016. The winner will take away a lucrative $2.5m.

Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the R&A, said, “There have been significant changes in prize money over the last year. We have made this substantial investment while balancing our wider commitments to developing golf at all levels around the world and to continuing to elevate the AIG Women’s Open.”

The rise of the purses for the major golf events is noticeable throughout the year. It may be influenced by the LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed league which is juicing huge paydays.

The purse of the U.S. Open this year was $17.5m, which is $5m more than the previous edition. The winner, Matthew Fitzpatrick, pocketed a record $3.15m.

Justin Thomas won a record $2.7m at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. The total purse was $15m, up $3m from the previous edition.

Breakdown of the Prize Money Payouts:

The Winner of the 150th Open Championship will pocket a whopping $2.5m. The second position golfer will earn around $1.5m and the player finishing third will almost earn a million dollars.

The top six will earn more than half a million at least. The last player to make the cut will make $32,200. Here is a complete list of prize money payouts for the British Open 2022.

  1. $2,500,000
  2. $1,455,000
  3. $933,000
  4. $725,000
  5. $583,000
  6. $505,000
  7. $434,000
  8. $366,000
  9. $321,000
  10. $290,000
  11. $264,000
  12. $234,000
  13. $220,000
  14. $206,000
  15. $191,500
  16. $176,000
  17. $167,500
  18. $159,750
  19. $153,000
  20. $145,750
  21. $139,000
  22. $132,000
  23. $125,000
  24. $118,000
  25. $114,000
  26. $109,000
  27. $105,000
  28. $101,500
  29. $97,000
  30. $92,000
  31. $89,000
  32. $84,500
  33. $81,500
  34. $79,250
  35. $76,500
  36. $73,500
  37. $70,000
  38. $66,500
  39. $64,000
  40. $62,000
  41. $59,500
  42. $56,500
  43. $54,000
  44. $51,000
  45. $48,000
  46. $45,500
  47. $43,700
  48. $42,000
  49. $40,000
  50. $39,100
  51. $38,200
  52. $37,600
  53. $37,000
  54. $36,500
  55. $35,900
  56. $35,400
  57. $35,000
  58. $34,750
  59. $34,500
  60. $34,250
  61. $34,000
  62. $33,900
  63. $33,750
  64. $33,600
  65. $33,400
  66. $33,100
  67. $32,900
  68. $32,600
  69. $32,400
  70. $32,200

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