THE winner of The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool will receive $3m in prize money it has been confirmed.

The Champion Golfer of the Year will receive the highest amount in The Open’s history as it returns to the renowned Hoylake links for the 13th time.

The R&A announced that the total prize fund for The Open, played from 16-23 July 2023, will be $16.5m, an 18% increase on 2022.

Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, said, “Our aim is to ensure The Open remains at the pinnacle of world golf and we have almost doubled the prize fund since 2016.

"While we are seeing substantial increases in prize money across the men’s professional game, we are fulfilling our wider obligation to the sport by elevating the AIG Women’s Open, strengthening pathways in the elite amateur game and encouraging more people around the world to play golf.

"We believe that getting this balance right is vital to the long-term future of the sport.”

Prize money will be allocated as follows: 

1 $3,000,000  36 $86,200

2 $1,708,000  37 $82,200

3 $1,095,000  38 $78,000

4 $851,000     39 $75,200

5 $684,500     40 $72,800

6 $593,000     41 $69,800

7 $509,500     42 $66,400

8 $429,700     43 $63,400

9 $377,000     44 $59,800

10 $340,500   45 $56,400

11 $310,000   46 $53,400

12 $274,700   47 $51,300

13 $258,300   48 $49,300

14 $241,800   49 $47,000

15 $224,800   50 $45,900

16 $206,600   51 $44,900

17 $196,600   52 $44,100

18 $187,500   53 $43,400

19 $179,600   54 $42,800

20 $171,100   55 $42,100

21 $163,100   56 $41,500

22 $155,000   57 $41,100

23 $146,700   58 $40,800

24 $138,500  59  $40,500

25 $133,800  60  $40,200

26 $128,000  61  $40,000

27 $123,300  62  $39,800

28 $119,100  63  $39,600

29 $113,900  64 $39,400

30 $108,000  65 $39,200

31 $104,500  66 $38,900

32 $99,200    67 $38,600

33 $95,700    68 $38,300

34 $93,000    69 $38,000

35 $89,800    70 $37,800

 
Prize Money shall be allocated only to professional golfers.

If more than 70 professional golfers qualify for the final two rounds, additional prize money will be added. Prize money will decrease by USD125 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimum of USD36,550.

Non-qualifiers after two rounds: Leading 10 professional golfers and ties USD12,000; next 20 professional golfers and ties USD10,000; remainder of professional golfers and ties USD8,500.