Open Championship payout distribution 2023: Prize money, purse for Royal Liverpool

Breaking down The Open Championship payout distribution at Royal Liverpool in 2023 from the purse with prize money for the winner and every finishing position.

Given that the last two winners of The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club were Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, golf fans were ecstatic to see The Open head back to Hoylake this year for the final major championship on the 2023 calendar.

After Tommy Fleetwood, amateur Christo Lamprecht and Emiliano Grillo ran out to tie for the lead in the first round, Brian Harman went wild on Friday in the second round with a 6-under round of 65 while other players were struggling to break par, putting himself well in front of the field at The Open Championship at -10.

Obviously, Harman and other contenders are vying for a place in golf history and on the transcription plate of the Claret Jug. But they are also trying to get their share of the British Open payout with major prize money on the line. The R&A, who runs The Open, has increased the purse $2.5 million from 2022, putting it at a $16.5 million total purse.

Here’s how that breaks down with the Open Championship payout distribution, starting with the winner’s share.

Open Championship payout distribution 2023: Winner’s prize money

As the winner of the 2023 Open Championship, Brian Harman will receiver a record-breaking $3 million. That number is up a full $500,000 from the prize money that Cameron Smith received a year ago when he won at St. Andrews to be named Champion Golfer of the Year. The R&A has followed suit with the PGA Tour and other majors in meaningfully increasing their purses and it’s highly reflected in the winner’s prize money. Put simply, winning The Open is quite a profitable endeavor.

British Open payout distribution 2023: Prize money by finish position

Here’s a look at how the prize money breaks down throughout the field with the Open Championship payout distribution:

1. Brian Harman – $3 million
T2. Jason Day – $1,084,625
T2. Sepp Straka – $1,084,625
T2. Tom Kim – $1,084,625
T2. Jon Rahm – $1,084,625
T6. Rory McIlroy – $551,250
T6. Emiliano Grillo – $551,250
T8. Shubhankar Sharma – $403,350
T8. Cameron Young – $403,350
T10. Max Homa – $377,000
T10. Tommy Fleetwood – $377,000
T10. Matthew Jordan – $377,000
T13. Henrik Stenson – $232,875
T13. Hideki Matsuyama – $232,875
T13. Thomas Detry – $232,875
T13. Viktor Hovland – $232,875
T17. Laurie Canter – $187,900
T17. Alex Fitzpatrick – $187,900
T17. Xander Schauffele – $187,900
T20. Antoine Rozner – $163,067
T20. Sungjae Im – $163,067
T20. Tyrrell Hatton – $163,067
T23. Adrian Meronk – $121,500
T23. Scottie Scheffler – $121,500
T23. Matthew Southgate – $121,500
T23. Louis Oosthuizen – $121,500
T23. Alex Noren – $121,500
T23. Stewart Cink – $121,500
T23. Byeong Hun An – $121,500
T23. Rickie Fowler – $121,500
T23. Jordan Spieth – $121,500
T23. Nicolai Hojgaard – $121,500
T33. Oliver Wilson – $84,112
T33. Wyndham Clark – $84,112
T33. Patrick Reed – $84,112
T33. Richard Bland – $84,112
T33. Cam Smith – $84,112
T33. Patrick Cantlay – $84,112
T33. Romain Langasque – $84,112
T41. Marcel Siem – $58,725
T41. Hurly Long – $58,725
T41. Victor Perez – $58,725
T41. JT Poston – $58,725
T41. Jordan Smith – $58,725
T41. Alexander Bjork – $58,725
T41. Min Woo Lee – $58,725
T41. Matt Fitzpatrick – $58,725
T49. Christiaan Bezuidenhout – $45,933
T49. Abraham Ancer – $45,933
T49. Brendon Todd – $45,933
T52. Ryan Fox – $43,433
T52. Michael Stewart – $43,433
T52. Corey Conners – $43,433
T55. Andrew Putnam – $41,375
T55. Gary Woodland – $41,375
T55. Adrian Otaegui – $41,375
T55. Zach Johnson – $41,375
59. Brandon Thompson Robinson – $40,500
T60. Scott Stallings – $40,200
T60. Bryson DeChambeau – $40,200
T60. Kurt Kitayama – $40,200
T60. Rikuya Hoshino – $40,200
T64. Padraig Harrington – $39,025
T64. Brooks Koepka – $39,025
T64. Richie Ramsay – $39,025
T64. Guido Migliozzi – $39,025
T68. Danny Willett – $38,033
T68. David Lingmerth – $38,033
T68. Sami Valimaki – $38,033
T71. Robert Macintyre – $37,600
T71. Thomas Pieters – $37,600
T71. Joost Luisten – $37,600
T74. Thriston Lawrence – $37,100
T74. Christo Lampretch – $0 (Amateur)
76. Zack Fisher – $36,500

Players who fail to make the cut will receive roughly $10,000, give or take depending on performance.

Though The Open being a major championship has always meant that we’re looking at a substantial payout across the board, it’s impressive that just making the cut at Royal Liverpool means that players will be receiving more than $35,000 for the week of work at Hoylake.

Harman, Fleetwood and a group of chasers with plenty of big names among them like Spieth, McIlroy, Koepka, Homa and more has made for great drama. Even better, though, has been the course itself, which only needed a round to prove that it’s one of the best major championship golf courses in the world, and one we already can’t wait for the Open Championship to return to.

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