The R&A has announced the prize fund for this year’s Open Championship. The 2010 prize fund will be £4.8 million of which the Champion will receive £850,000. This represents a substantial increase in the total prize fund which had remained at £4.2 million for the last three Championships, with the Champion receiving £750,000 in each of those years.
"The Open Championship sits at the forefront of world golf and it is appropriate that our prize fund reflects that position in the game,” said The R&A’s Chief Executive, Peter Dawson.
"Over the last eighteen months we have had to take account of the Pound's weakened position against the US Dollar and the Euro, and we have increased our prize money accordingly."
Place £
1 850,000
2 500,000
3 320,000
4 250,000
5 200,000
6 175,000
7 150,000
8 125,000
9 110,000
10 100,000
11 90,000
12 80,000
13 75,000
14 70,000
15 65,000
16 60,000
17 57,500
18 55,000
19 52,500
20 50,000
21 47,500
22 45,000
23 43,000
24 41,000
25 39,000
26 37,500
27 36,000
28 34,500
29 33,000
30 31,500
31 30,000
32 29,000
33 28,000
34 27,000
35 26,000
36 25,000
37 24,000
38 23,000
39 22,000
40 21,000
41 20,000
42 19,000
43 18,250
44 17,500
45 16,750
46 16,000
47 15,250
48 14,500
49 14,000
50 13,500
51 13,250
52 13,000
53 12,800
54 12,600
55 12,500
56 12,400
57 12,300
58 12,200
59 12,100
60 12,000
61 11,900
62 11,800
63 11,700
64 11,600
65 11,500
66 11,400
67 11,300
68 11,200
69 11,100
70 11,000
71 3,400
72 3,400
73 3,400
74 3,400
75 3,400
76 3,400
77 3,400
78 3,400
79 3,400
80 3,400
81 2,750
82 2,750
83 2,750
84 2,750
85 2,750
86 2,750
87 2,750
88 2,750
89 2,750
90 2,750
91 2,750
92 2,750
93 2,750
94 2,750
95 2,750
96 2,750
97 2,750
98 2,750
99 2,750
100 2,750
101 2,500
102 2,500
103 2,500
104 2,500
105 2,500
106 2,500
107 2,500
108 2,500
109 2,500
110 2,500
111 2,500
112 2,500
113 2,500
114 2,500
115 2,500
116 2,500
117 2,500
118 2,500
119 2,500
120 2,500
121 2,250
122 2,250
123 2,250
124 2,250
125 2,250
126 2,250
127 2,250
128 2,250
129 2,250
130 2,250
131 2,250
132 2,250
133 2,250
134 2,250
135 2,250
136 2,250
137 2,250
138 2,250
139 2,250
140 2,250
141 2,250
142 2,250
143 2,250
144 2,250
145 2,250
146 2,250
147 2,250
148 2,250
149 2,250
150 2,250
151 2,250
152 2,250
153 2,250
154 2,250
155 2,250
156 2,250
