Golf Channel · Jul 8, 2022
The Open purse increases by 22% for 150th edition at St. Andrews
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland – The purse for next week’s Open Championship will increase to $14 million, a 22-percent bump over the 2021 championship.
The increase keeps pace with purse hikes at the other major championships. The Masters and PGA Championship purses were $15 million while the U.S. Open jumped its payout to $17.5 million.
“There have been significant changes in prize money over the last year,” said R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers. “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.”