The R&A announce increase in Prize Money for 150th Anniversary Open

06 July 2010 13:59 GMT

The R&A has announced the prize fund for this year’s Open Championship. The 2010 prize fund will be £4.8 million of which the Champion will receive £850,000. This represents a substantial increase in the total prize fund which had remained at £4.2 million for the last three Championships, with the Champion receiving £750,000 in each of those years.

“The Open Championship sits at the forefront of world golf and it is appropriate that our prize fund reflects that position in the game,” said The R&A’s Chief Executive, Peter Dawson.

“Over the last eighteen months we have had to take account of the Pound’s weakened position against the US Dollar and the Euro, and we have increased our prize money accordingly.”

The breakdown of Prize Money for the 150^th Anniversary Open Championship is as follows:

Place	£	Place	£	Place	£
1	850,000	53	12,800	105	2,500
2	500,000	54	12,600	106	2,500
3	320,000	55	12,500	107	2,500
4	250,000	56	12,400	108	2,500
5	200,000	57	12,300	109	2,500
6	175,000	58	12,200	110	2,500
7	150,000	59	12,100	111	2,500
8	125,000	60	12,000	112	2,500
9	110,000	61	11,900	113	2,500
10	100,000	62	11,800	114	2,500
11	90,000	63	11,700	115	2,500
12	80,000	64	11,600	116	2,500
13	75,000	65	11,500	117	2,500
14	70,000	66	11,400	118	2,500
15	65,000	67	11,300	119	2,500
16	60,000	68	11,200	120	2,500
17	57,500	69	11,100	121	2,250
18	55,000	70	11,000	122	2,250
19	52,500	71	3,400	123	2,250
20	50,000	72	3,400	124	2,250
21	47,500	73	3,400	125	2,250
22	45,000	74	3,400	126	2,250
23	43,000	75	3,400	127	2,250
24	41,000	76	3,400	128	2,250
25	39,000	77	3,400	129	2,250
26	37,500	78	3,400	130	2,250
27	36,000	79	3,400	131	2,250
28	34,500	80	3,400	132	2,250
29	33,000	81	2,750	133	2,250
30	31,500	82	2,750	134	2,250
31	30,000	83	2,750	135	2,250
32	29,000	84	2,750	136	2,250
33	28,000	85	2,750	137	2,250
34	27,000	86	2,750	138	2,250
35	26,000	87	2,750	139	2,250
36	25,000	88	2,750	140	2,250
37	24,000	89	2,750	141	2,250
38	23,000	90	2,750	142	2,250
39	22,000	91	2,750	143	2,250
40	21,000	92	2,750	144	2,250
41	20,000	93	2,750	145	2,250
42	19,000	94	2,750	146	2,250
43	18,250	95	2,750	147	2,250
44	17,500	96	2,750	148	2,250
45	16,750	97	2,750	149	2,250
46	16,000	98	2,750	150	2,250
47	15,250	99	2,750	151	2,250
48	14,500	100	2,750	152	2,250
49	14,000	101	2,500	153	2,250
50	13,500	102	2,500	154	2,250
51	13,250	103	2,500	155	2,250
52	13,000	104	2,500	156	2,250