The stage was set for a dramatic showdown on Sunday at Royal Troon, where, after 54 holes, you could make the case that a dozen players had a realistic chance of hoisting the claret jug on the 18th green.

Of course, along with the jug and golf immortality, the winner of the 2024 Open Championship is also awarded a sizable check — one that has grown significantly over the years.

Just three years ago, in 2021, the Open Championship purse was set at $11.5 million. One year later, it went up to $14 million. And last year, the R&A announced another big jump, and an overall purse increase of 18 percent to reach a total of $16.5 million. The increases over those past three years were record payouts for the Open at the time, and this year, the R&A has added yet another increase to the total purse.

In 2024, the Open Championship purse is set at a whopping total of $17 million — $500,000 more than last year’s amount. Despite the increases, the Open is still the least lucrative of the major championships. The U.S. Open tops the list at $21.5 million, followed by the Masters ($20 million) and the PGA Championship ($18 million). The Players Championship remains the richest purse in golf at a total of $25 million.

It’s an excellent time to be a pro golfer, to say the least.

This year’s Open champion will surpass the payout received by 2023 champion Brian Harman by $100,000, with a $3.1 million total payday. The runner-up will receive a cool $1.759 million, and third place will clear seven figures too, with a payout of $1.128 million.

Even the players who missed the cut receive a payout of at least $8,750, depending on their finish through 36 holes. So how much did the rest of the players in the field come away with this year? You can find a complete list of the 2024 Open Championship payouts for each player below.

How much money every player made at the 2024 Open Championship

(Player-by-player earnings will be updated as soon as the information is available.)

1. $3,100,000
2. $1,759,000
3. $1,128,000
4. $876,000
5. $705,000
6. $611,000
7. $525,000
8. $442,500
9. $388,000
10. $350,600
11. $319,200
12. $282,800
13. $266,000
14. $249,000
15. $231,000
16. $212,700
17. $202,400
18. $193,000
19. $184,900
20. $176,200
21. $168,000
22. $159,600
23. $151,000
24. $142,600
25. $137,600
26. $131,800
27. $127,000
28. $122,600
29. $117,300
30. $111,200
31. $107,600
32. $102,100
33. $98,500
34. $95,700
35. $92,400
36. $88,700
37. $84,600
38. $80,300
39. $77,400
40. $74,900
41. $71,800
42. $68,300
43. $65,200
44. $61,500
45. $58,000
46. $55,000
47. $52,800
48. $50,700
49. $48,400
50. $47,200
51. $46,200
52. $45,400
53. $44,700
54. $44,000
55. $43,300
56. $42,700
57. $42,300
58. $42,000
59. $41,700
60. $41,400
61. $41,200
62. $41,000
63. $40,800
64. $40,600
65. $40,300
66. $40,000
67. $39,700
68. $39,400
69. $39,100
70. $38,900

Golf.com Editor

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