The R&A announced Friday it has increased the purse for next week's 2022 Open Championship by 22 percent from last year, bringing the total prize money to $14 million.
Ryan Herrington of Golf Digest noted the winner at the Old Course at St Andrews will receive a tournament-record $2.5 million along with the famed Claret Jug.
"We have made this substantial investment while balancing our wider commitments to developing golf at all levels around the world and to continuing to elevate the AIG Women's Open," R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said.
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