OPEN PRIZE MONEY OF £5,250,000 AT MUIRFIELD NEXT MONTH

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE R and A

PRIZE MONEY FOR THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

The total prize money for The 2013 Open Championship will be £5,250,000, an increase of £250,000 on 2012.

The prize money for The Open Champion will increase by £45,000 to £945,000.

Prize money

Place	£						Place	£
1	945,000						37	26,000
2	545,000						38	25,000
3	350,000						39	24,000
4	272,500						40	23,000
5	220,000						41	22,000
6	190,000						42	21,000
7	162,500						43	20,000
8	137,500						44	19,000
9	120,000						45	18,000
10	110,000						46	17,250
11	99,000						47	16,500
12	88,000						48	15,750
13	82,000						49	15,250
14	77,000						50	14,750
15	72,000						51	14,500
16	66,000						52	14,250
17	63,000						53	14,000
18	60,000						54	13,800
19	57,500						55	13,600
20	55,000						56	13,500
21	52,000						57	13,400
22	49,500						58	13,300
23	47,000						59	13,200
24	45,000						60	13,100
25	43,000						61	13,000
26	41,000						62	12,900
27	39,500						63	12,800
28	38,000						64	12,700
29	36,500						65	12,600
30	35,000						66	12,500
31	33,500						67	12,400
32	31,500						68	12,300
33	30,500						69	12,200
34	29,500						70	12,100
35	28,500
36	27,500

 
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 £100 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimum of £9,000.

Non-qualifiers after two rounds:  Leading 10 professional golfers and ties £3,700; next 20 professional golfers and ties £3,000; remaining professional golfers £2,500.