The winner of The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale will receive $3.2 million - an increase of $100,000 from last year - as part of a record prize fund.
The total share for the championship has increased by $750,000 to $17.75 million, which is allocated only to professional golfers.
The leading ten professionals and ties who missed the cut will receive $12,900 each.
The next 20 professional golfers and ties receive $10,750, with the remainder of professional golfers and ties claiming $9,100 each.
Here is the full breakdown of prize money for the fourth and final men's Major Championship of 2026 for the 78 players who made the cut:
Full prize money breakdown for the 2026 Open Championship
Winner - $3,200,000
Runner-up - $1,842,000
Third place - $1,181,000
Fourth - $917,000
Fifth - $738,000
Sixth - $639,700
Seventh - $549,700
Eighth - $463,250
Ninth - $406,200
Tenth - $367,000
11th – $334,200
12th - $296,000
13th - $278,500
14th - $260,700
15th - $241,900
16th - $222,700
17th - $212,000
18th - $202,000
19th - $193,600
20th - $184,500
21th - $175,900
22th - $167,100
23th - $158,100
24th - $149,300
25th - $144,250
26th - $138,000
27th - $133,000
28th - $128,400
29th - $122,800
30th - $116,500
31th - $112,700
32th - $106,900
33th - $103,100
34th - $100,200
35th - $96,700
36th - $92,900
37th - $88,500
38th - $84,100
39th - $81,000
40th - $78,400
41th - $75,200
42th - $71,500
43th - $68,300
44th - $64,400
45th - $60,700
46th - $57,600
47th - $55,300
48th - $53,100
49th - $50,700
50th - $49,400
51th - $48,350
52th - $47,500
53th - $46,800
54th - $46,100
55th - $45,300
56th - $44,700
57th - $44,700
58th - $43,950
59th - $43,625
60th - $43,325
61th - $43,100
62th - $42,900
63th - $42,700
64th - $42,500
65th - $42,150
66th - $41,825
67th - $41,500
68th - $41,200
69th - $40,900
70th - $40,700
71st - $40,575
72nd - $40,450
73rd - $40,325
74th - $40,200
75th - $40,075
76th - $39,950
77th - $39,825
78th - $39,700
