British Open purse 2022: Payout by player, finishing position

Taking stock of the British Open payout to see how much prize money The Open Championship winner and every player takes home from the purse. 

There’s nothing quite like the British Open being played at St. Andrews and the Old Course has certainly delivered for the 150th Open Championship this week. It’s been a low-scoring ride overall but the golf has been challenging, the leaderboard has been stellar, and there have been numerous unforgettable moments throughout all of the action.

That all led us to Sunday with a phenomenal final pairing of Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland tied for the lead and four shots clear of the chase pack. They were both in line to take the winner’s share of the British Open payout, which is a record-breaking amount of money this year.

With The Open Championship purse set at $14 million for the first time ever, this was a huge amount of money that these guys are playing for this week. And that’s just a bonus on top of the legacy-building stuff of winning the 150th Open at St. Andrews.

But how much money will the winner receive and, for that matter, what does the British Open payout look like for every player in the field? Let’s see how the prize money breaks down at the Old Course.

British Open prize money: Winner’s payout

The money distribution chart for this tournament states that 18 percent of the purse goes to the winner at The Open Championship. That means that the British Open winner will get a whopping $2.5 million this week, which is surely going to look good in the bank account of whoever wins at St. Andrews.

But what about the rest of the Top 70 and ties who made the cut at The Open? What does that prize money look like? There’s still $11.5 million to hand out, so let’s see how that breaks down by finishing position.

British Open payout by finishing position

1. Cameron Smith – $2.5 million
2. Cameron Young – $1.455 million
3. Rory McIlroy – $933,000
T4. Tommy Fleetwood – $654,000
T4. Viktor Hovland – $654,000
T6. Brian Harman – $469,500
T6. Dustin Johnson – $469,500
T8. Bryson DeChambeau – $325,667
T8. Jordan Spieth – $325,667
T8. Patrick Cantlay – $325,667
T11. Sadom Kaewkanjana – $231,000
T11. Abraham Ancer – $231,000
T11. Dean Burmester – $231,000
T11. Tyrrell Hatton – $231,000
T15. Lucas Herbert – $165,583
T15. Xander Schauffele – $165,583
T15. Anthony Quayle – $165,583
T15. Francesco Molinari – $165,583
T15. Adam Scott – $165,583
T15. Si Woo Kim – $165,583
T21. Billy Horschel – $120,286
T21. Min Woo Lee – $120,286
T21. Trey Mullinax – $120,286
T21. Shane Lowry – $120,286
T21. Kevin Kisner – $120,286
T21. Matt Fitzpatrick – $120,286
T21. Scottie Scheffler – $120,286
T28. Tony Finau – $90,917
T28. Corey Conners – $90,917
T28. Harold Varner III – $90,917
T28. Will Zalatoris – $90,917
T28. Dylan Frittelli – $90,917
T28. Thomas Pieters – $90,917
T34. Thomas Detry – $68,906
T34. Robert MacIntyre – $68,906
T34. Talor Gooch – $68,906
T34. Lee Westwood – $68,906
T34. Sahith Theegala – $68,906
T34. Victor Perez – $68,906
T34. Jon Rahm – $68,906
T34. Aaron Wise – $68,906
T42. Sam Burns – $51,000
T42. Jason Kokrak – $51,000
T42. Thriston Lawrence – $51,000
T42. Adrian Meronk – $51,000
T42. Chris Kirk – $51,000
T47. Garrick Higgo – $40,600
T47. Patrick Reed – $40,600
T47. Jordan Smith – $40,600
T47. Yuto Katsuragawa – $40,600
T47. Joohyung Kim – $40,600
T47. Filippo Celli (a) – $0
T53. Joaquin Niemann – $35,656
T53. Danny Willett – $35,656
T53. Robert Dinwiddie – $35,656
T53. Lars Van Meijel – $35,656
T53. Justin Thomas – $35,656
T53. Paul Casey – $35,656
T53. Jason Scrivener – $35,656
T53. Brad Kennedy – $35,656
T53. Nicolai Hojgaard – $35,656
T62. Cameron Tringale – $33,625
T62. Sebastian Munoz – $33,625
T62. John Parry – $33,625
T62. David Carey – $33,625
T62. Ian Poulter – $33,625
T62. Russell Henley – $33,625
T68. Hideki Matsuyama – $32,525
T68. Sergio Garcia – $32,525
T68. Richard Mansell – $32,525
T68. Christiaan Bezuidenhout – $32,525
T72. David Law – $32,012
T72. Kurt Kitayama – $32,012
T74. Marcus Armitage – $31,762
T74. Justin De Los Santos – $31,762
T76. Wyndham Clark – $31,512
T76. Adri Arnaus – $31,512
T76. Aaron Jarvis (a) – $0
T79. Laurie Canter – $31,325
T79. Barclay Brown (a) – $0
T81. Sam Bairstow (a) – $0
T81. Sungjae Im – $31,200
83. Jamie Rutherford – $31,075

This has been a tournament for the ages at St. Andrews, though, and they have earned their money with a proper test of golf (even if the wind wasn’t blowing this week all that hard). Whoever emerges as the Champion Golfer of the Year will have earned their payday in a big, big way.

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