The Unmistakable is elevating its handbag to $16.5 million, with the winner at Royal Liverpool nearest future getting $3 million.
The entire prize investmrent used to be $14 million a time in the past. Cameron Smith, who gained at St. Andrews, earned $2.5 million.
The second one- and third-place finishers at this time’s Unmistakable will each obtain greater than $1 million as smartly, getting $1.708 million and $1.095 million, respectively.
Prize cash greater this time at the entire majors, with the U.S. Unmistakable going as much as $20 million, maximum a number of the 4 Magnificent Slam occasions. Wyndham Clark won $3.6 million for profitable his first main name.
The Masters greater its handbag to $18 million ($3.24 million to Jon Rahm) life the PGA Championship went as much as $17.5 million ($3.15 million to Brooks Koepka).
“Our aim is to ensure The Open remains at the pinnacle of world golf and we have almost doubled the prize fund since 2016,” R&A CEO Martin Slumbers stated in a commentary.
Slumbers famous the “substantial increases” in prize price range throughout golfing, with the PGA Excursion starting $20 million handbags for its increased occasions and $25 million for The Gamers Championship. Saudi-funded LIV Golfing presented $25 million handbags — $20 million for particular person pageant — endmost time.
Slumbers stated the R&A additionally has raised the prize cash for the Ladies’s British Unmistakable, in conjunction with striking extra sources into elite novice pageant and techniques to extend participation in golfing.
“We believe that getting this balance right is vital to the long-term future of the sport,” he stated.
The Unmistakable starts July 20.
The Related Press contributed to this file.
