The winner of the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship subsequent week will obtain a report first prize of two.5million US {dollars} (£2.09million), match organisers have introduced.
he whole prize fund at St Andrews has additionally elevated by 22 per cent to 14million US {dollars} (£11.7m).
In an obvious reference to the huge sums of cash on supply within the Saudi-backed LIV Golf collection and will increase in prize funds on the different majors, R&A chief govt Martin Slumbers mentioned: “There have been important adjustments in prize cash during the last 12 months.
“We’ve got due to this fact elevated the prize fund by 22 per cent which implies that the prize cash has elevated by greater than 60 per cent since 2016.
“We’ve got made this substantial funding whereas balancing our wider commitments to growing golf in any respect ranges all over the world and to persevering with to raise the AIG Girls’s Open.”
