Open Championship purse should reshape the PGA Tour money list
Open Championship purse should reshape the PGA Tour money list
Garry Smits, Jacksonville Florida Times-UnionThu, July 16, 2026 at 9:06 AM UTC
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The Open Championship purse this year is a record $17.75 million, with the winner collecting $3.2 million.
When winner Scottie Scheffler earned $3.1 million last year, he solidified his hold on the PGA Tour money title, which he went on to win for the fourth year in a row.
Scheffler can do the same thing this week at the Open, which begins July 16 at Royal Birkdale. With $15,124,574, he has a lead of more than $1.375 million over No. 2 Matt Fitzpatrick. However, if Scheffler misses the cut, Fitzpatrick can jump him for first place with either a victory or solo second ($1,830,000).
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Third-place Cameron Young can't catch Scheffler with a victory but he can make it interesting. And the lucrative major championship purse can really shake up the spots from No. 4 Wyndham Clark throughout the top 10. Clark has earned $9,876,186 and the winner's check puts all players through No. 10 Si Woo Kim within range of moving into the top five with a victory.
The top three places in the Open, pay out $1 million or more. A solo fourth is $917,000, fifth is $738,000 and sixth is $639,000.
The top 34 players this year will all earn $100,000 or more.
PGA Tour money leaders
Through Scottish Open, ISCO Championship
1. Scottie Scheffler $15,124,574
2. Matt Fitzpatrick $13,749,495
3. Cameron Young $12,103,452
4. Wyndham Clark $9,876,186
5. Rory McIlroy $8,395,256
6. Collin Morikawa $8,389,936
7. Chris Gotterup $7,590,643
8. Akshay Bhatia $7,473,998
9. Jacob Bridgeman $7,374,047
10. Si Woo Kim $6,862,560
11. Sam Burns $6,402,539
12. Viktor Hovland $6,128,926
13. Kristoffer Reitan $6,018,764
14. Ludvig Åberg $5,916,891
15. Min Woo Lee $5,604,627
16. J.T. Poston $5,590,029
17. Tommy Fleetwood$ 5,575,104
18. Russell Henley $5,446,954
19. Xander Schauffele $5,438,650
20. Ryan Gerard $5,237,018
21. Aaron Rai $5,001,154
22. Justin Rose $4,853,355
23. Nicolai Højgaard $4,697,668
24. J.J. Spaun $4,682,098
25. Alex Smalley $4,662,249
26. Kurt Kitayama $4,538,750
27. Alex Fitzpatrick $4,488,233
28. Rickie Fowler $4,350,461
29. Robert MacIntyre $4,250,570
30. Sepp Straka $4,163,136
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: British Open purse is likely to reshape the PGA Tour money list
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