British Open 2021 purse, payouts: How much prize money does the winner make?

By | July 15, 2021

Major tournament, major bucks.

Players entering the 2021 British Open can expect a pretty nice payday. With the amount of prize money being upped a million U.S. dollars since the last time the British Open was played, players can take home a nice check (or cheque) once the tourney wraps.

The Open Championship matches up to the 2021 Masters when it comes to total prize money, but still lags behind the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open just a bit.

Still, there’s more than enough green to go around. Here’s what players will take home this weekend:

MORE: Full betting guide to the 2021 British Open

British Open purse 2021

The 2021 British Open purse is the largest in the tournament’s history. At $11.5 million expected in prize money, that number is up from the $10.5 million paid out in 2019.

How much money does the winner get?

The winner will take home $2.07 million, marking the first time The Open will give a prize larger than $2 million. The 2019 winner, Shane Lowry, made $1.935 million.

British Open prize money

The payout for the top 70 players to make the cut for the Open Championship are as follows:

Place Payout
1 $2,070,000
2 $1,198,000
3 $768,000
4 $597,000
5 $480,000
6 $416,000
7 $357,000
8 $301,500
9 $264,000
10 $238,500
11 $217,000
12 $192,500
13 $180,750
14 $170,000
15 $157,750
16 $145,000
17 $138,000
18 $131,500
19 $126,000
20 $120,000
21 $114,500
22 $108,500
23 $103,000
24 $97,000
25 $94,000
26 $90,000
27 $86,500
28 $83,500
29 $80,000
30 $76,000
31 $73,250
32 $69,500
33 $67,250
34 $65,250
35 $63,000
36 $60,500
37 $57,500
38 $54,750
39 $52,750
40 $51,000
41 $49,000
42 $46,500
43 $44,500
44 $42,000
45 $39,500
46 $37,500
47 $36,000
48 $34,500
49 $33,000
50 $32,250
51 $31,500
52 $31,000
53 $30,500
54 $30,000
55 $29,500
56 $29,100
57 $28,800
58 $28,600
59 $28,400
60 $28,200
61 $28,000
62 $27,900
63 $27,800
64 $27,700
65 $27,500
66 $27,300
67 $27,100
68 $26,900
69 $26,700
70 $26,500

What are the payouts for golf’s other majors?

U.S. Open payouts

(Payouts reflect the 2020 U.S. Open; “—” denotes same winnings as previous entry)

Golfer Place Payout
Bryson DeChambeau 1 $2,250,000
Matthew Wolff 2 $1,350,000
Louis Oosthuizen 3 $861,457
Harris English 4 $603,903
Xander Schauffele 5 $502,993
Dustin Johnson T6 $424,040
Will Zalatoris T6
Tony Finau T8 $302,236
Justin Thomas T8
Webb Simpson T8
Zach Johnson T8
Rory McIlroy T8
Lee Westwood T13 $210,757
Adam Long T13
Patrick Reed T13
Viktor Hovland T13
Jason Kokrak T17 $157,931
Paul Casey T17
Lucas Glover T17
Alex Noren T17
Hideki Matsuyama T17
Sungjae Im 22 $129,407
Erik van Rooyen T23 $101,797
Taylor Pendrith T23
Jon Rahm T23
Brendon Todd T23
Thomas Pieters T23
Joaquin Niemann T23
Rafa Cabrera Bello T23
Charles Howell III 30 $83,422
Lucas Herbert T31 $75,649
Renato Paratore T31
Bubba Watson T31
Tyler Duncan T34 $64,024
Stephan Jaeger T34
Romain Langasque T34
Daniel Berger T34
Cameron Smith T38 $52,074
Jason Day T38
Brian Harman T38
Adam Scott T38
Billy Horschel T38
Shane Lowry T43 $39,275
Patrick Cantlay T43
Bernd Wiesberger T43
Matt Wallace T43
Lanto Griffin T43
Michael Thompson 48 $32,254
Rickie Fowler T49 $30,312
Thomas Detry T49
John Pak (a) T51 $0
Chesson Hadley T51 $28,563
Ryo Ishikawa T51
Adam Hadwin 54 $27,720
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 55 $27,461
Abraham Ancer T56 $27,073
Robert MacIntyre T56
Troy Merritt 58 $26,684
Rory Sabbatini T59 $26,296
Sebastian Munoz T59
Shugo Imahira 61 $25,907

2021 Masters

Golfer Place Payout
Hideki Matsuyama 1 $2,070,000
Will Zalatoris 2 $1,242,000
Jordan Spieth T3 $667,000
Xander Schauffele T3
Jon Rahm T5 $437,000
Marc Leishman T5
Justin Rose 7 $385,250
Patrick Reed T8 $345,000
Corey Conners T8
Cameron Smith T10 $299,000
Tony Finau T10
Webb Simpson T12 $218,500
Stewart Cink T12
Kevin Na T12
Si Woo Kim T12
Robert MacIntyre T12
Brian Harman T12
Tyrrell Hatton T18 $161,000
Collin Morikawa T18
Scottie Scheffler T18
Harris English T21 $119,600
Shane Lowry T21
Phil Mickelson T21
Justin Thomas T21
Viktor Hovland T21
Paul Casey T26 $79,920
Abraham Ancer T26
Ian Poulter T26
Louis Oosthuzien T26
Cameron Champ T26
Matt Jones T26
Bubba Watson T26
Charl Schwartzel T26
Michael Thompson T34 $60,662.50
Matthew Fitzpatrick T34
Matt Wallace T34
Ryan Palmer T34
Martin Laird T38 $52,900
Henrik Stenson T38
Christiaan Bezuidenhout T40 $43,700
Gary Woodland T40
Sebastian Munoz T40
Mackenzie Hughes T40
Joaquin Niemann T40
Bernd Wiesberger T40
Brendon Todd T46 $33,503.33
Bryson DeChambeau T46
Tommy Fleetwood T46
Jason Kokrak 49 $29,900
Jose Maria Olazabal T50 $28,635
Billy Horschel T50

2021 PGA Championship

Golfer Finish Money
Phil Mickelson 1 $2,160,000
Louis Oosthuizen T2 $1,056,000
Brooks Koepka T2
Padraig Harrington T4 $462,250
Shane Lowry T4
Harry Higgs T4
Paul Casey T4
Abraham Ancer T8 $263,000
Justin Rose T8
Collin Morikawa T8
Jon Rahm T8
Will Zalatoris T8
Scottie Scheffler T8
Tony Finau T8
Rickie Fowler T8
Kevin Streelman T8
Aaron Wise T17 $168,000
Patrick Reed T17
Charley Hoffman T17
Keegan Bradley T17
Corey Conners T17
Sungjae Im T17
Chan Kim T23 $103,814
Jason Scrivener T23
Martin Laird T23
Hideki Matsuyama T23
Billy Horschel T23
Matt Fitzpatrick T23
Patrick Cantlay T23
Matt Jones T30 $59,750
Stewart Cink T30
Viktor Hovland T30
Webb Simpson T30
Ian Poulter T30
Jordan Spieth T30
Joaquin Niemann T30
Christiaan Bezuidenhout T30
Emiliano Grillo T38 $42,000
Tyrrell Hatton T38
Richy Werenski T38
Gary Woodland T38
Bryson DeChambeau T38
Branden Grace T38
Jason Day T44 $31,300
Daniel van Tonder T44
Talor Gooch T44
Ben Cook T44
Steve Stricker T44
Byeong-Hun An T49 $24,950
Sam Horsfield T49
Rory McIlroy T49
Robert MacIntyre T49
Harold Varner III T49
Jason Kokrak T49
Matt Wallace T55 $22,475
Alex Noren T55
Carlos Ortiz T55
Joel Dahmen T55
Robert Streb T59 $21,400
Cameron Davis T59
Dean Burmester T59
Denny McCarthy T59
Cameron Smith T59
Garrick Higgo T64 $20,200
Henrik Stenson T64
Adam Hadwin T64
Harris English T64
Tom Hoge T64
Jimmy Walker T64
Danny Willett T64
Lucas Herbert T71 $19,350
Russell Henley T71
Tom Lewis T71
Lee Westwood T71
Daniel Berger T75 $19,050
Wyndham Clark T75
Brendan Steele 77 $18,900
Brad Marek 78 $18,800
Rasmus Hojgaard 79 $18,700
Bubba Watson 80 $18,600
Brian Gay 81 $18,500

British Open 2019

Golfer Place Payout
Shane Lowry 1 $1.935 million
Tommy Fleetwood 2 $1.12 million
Tony Finau 3 $718,000
Lee Westwood T-4 $503,500
Brooks Koepka T-4
Robert MacIntyre T-6 $313,000
Tyyrell Hatton T-6
Danny Willett T-6
Rickie Fowler T-6
Patrick Reed 10 $223,000
Francesco Molinari T-11 $171,700
Tom Lewis T-11
Justin Thomas T-11
Alexander Noren T-11
Jon Rahm T-11
Ryan Fox T-16 $126,313
Lucas Bjerregaard T-16
Rory Sabbatini T-16
Sang-hyun Park T-16
Louis Oosthuizen T-20 $91,350
Stewart Cink T-20
Doc Redman T-20
Lucas Glover T-20
Erik Van Rooyen T-20
Matthew Fitzpatrick T-20
Cameron Smith T-20
Henrik Stenson T-20
Jordan Spieth T-20
Justin Rose T-20
Kevin Kisner T-30 $69,875
Webb Simpson T-30
Kiradech Aphibarnrat T-32 $56,278
Jason Kokrak T-32
Bernd Wiesberger T-32
Andrew Wilson T-32
Joost Luiten T-32
Ernie Els T-32
Byeong-Hun An T-32
Andrew Putnam T-32
Dylan Frittelli T-32
Callum Shinkwin T-41 $36,925
Kyle Stanley T-41
Benjamin Hebert T-41
Inn-choon Hwang T-41
Aaron Wise T-41
Patrick Cantlay T-41
Justin Harding T-41
Russell Knox T-41
Xander Schauffele T-41
Matt Kuchar T-41
Shubhankar Sharma T-51 $28,317
Branden Grace T-51
Bubba Watson T-51
Matt Wallace T-51
Charley Hoffman T-51
Dustin Johnson T-51
Ashton Turner T-57 $26,467
Thorbjorn Olesen T-57
Kevin Streelman T-57
Paul Casey T-57
Adam Hadwin T-57
Graeme McDowell T-57
Paul Waring T-63 $25,800
Jim Furyk T-63
Mikko Korhonen T-63
Romain Langasque T-63
Thomas Pieters T-67 $25,088
Yosuke Asaji T-67
Sergio Garcia T-67
J.B. Holmes T-67

SN’s Jacob Camenker contributed to this piece.

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