$10,250,000 PRIZE FUND ANNOUNCED FOR THE 146^TH


OPEN AT ROYAL BIRKDALE

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE R and A

The Champion Golfer of the Year will win US $1,845,000 (£1,429,291) at The 146^th Open at Royal Birkdale.

The RandA announced that the total prize fund will be US $10,250,000 (£7,940,505).

Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The RandA, said, “We are operating in an increasingly global marketplace and have made the decision to award the prize fund in US dollars in recognition of the fact that it is the most widely adopted currency for prize money in golf.”

Prize money

Place	US$		Place	US$
1	1,845,000		36	53,500
2	1,067,000		37	51,000
3	684,000		38	49,000
4	532,000		39	47,000
5	428,000		40	45,500
6	371,000		41	43,500
7	318,000		42	41,500
8	268,000		43	39,500
9	235,000		44	37,500
10	213,000		45	35,500
11	193,000		46	33,500
12	172,000		47	32,000
13	161,000		48	30,800
14	151,000		49	29,500
15	141,000		50	28,900
16	129,500		51	28,200
17	123,000		52	27,600
18	117,000		53	27,200
19	112,000		54	26,800
20	107,000		55	26,400
21	102,000		56	26,000
22	97,000		57	25,600
23	92,000		58	25,500
24	87,000		59	25,400
25	84,000		60	25,200
26	80,000		61	25,000
27	77,000		62	24,900
28	74,000		63	24,800
29	71,000		64	24,700
30	68,000		65	24,500
31	65,500		66	24,400
32	62,000		67	24,200
33	60,000		68	24,000
34	58,000		69	23,800
35	56,000		70	23,600

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 USD13,500.

Non-qualifiers after two rounds: Leading 10 professional golfers and ties USD7,200; next 20 professional golfers and ties USD5,750; remainder of professional golfers and ties USD4,850.