Scottie Scheffler is the Open Championship frontrunner and 18 holes away from hoisting his first Claret Jug. With it would come yet another massive paycheck.
Scheffler, at 14 under par, leads the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush through 54 holes, which gives him a four-shot lead over Haotong Li (10 under) and five-shot edge over Matt Fitzpatrick (nine under). Four others, including Rory McIlroy, are six back at eight under par.
While Scheffler, the World No. 1, is the favorite on Sunday, whoever wins receives a $3.1 million winner’s check from the $17 million purse. Both numbers are what the R&A awarded at last year’s Open.
The Open Championship usually has the lowest purse of the four majors. Earlier this year, the Masters offered $21 million ($4.2 million winner), the PGA Championship $19 million ($3.42 million winner) and the U.S. Open $21.5 million ($4.3 million winner).
The top-10 pros (plus ties) who didn’t make the Open Championship cut receive $12,350 each, with the next 10 and ties getting $10,300 each. The remaining pros receive $8,750 each.
You can watch the final round of The Open on Sunday beginning at 4 a.m. ET on USA and 7 a.m. ET on NBC. Below is the complete Open Championship payout breakdown.
Open Championship purse breakdown
1st: $3.1 million
2nd: $1.759 million
3rd: $1.128 million
4th: $876,000
5th: $705,000
6th: $611,000
7th: $525,000
8th: $442,500
9th: $388,000
10th: $350,600
11th: $319,200
12th: $282,800
13th: $266,000
14th: $249,000
15th: $231,000
16th: $212,700
17th: $202,400
18th: $193,000
19th: $184,900
20th: $176,200
21st: $168,000
22nd: $159,600
23rd: $151,000
24th: $142,600
25th: $137,800
26th: $131,800
27th: $127,000
28th: $122,600
29th: $117,300
30th: $111,200
31st: $107,600
32nd: $102,100
33rd: $98,500
34th: $95,700
35th: $92,400
36th: $88,700
37th: $84,600
38th: $80,300
39th: $77,400
40th: $74,900
41st: $71,800
42nd: $68,300
43rd: $65,200
44th: $61,500
45th: $58,000
46th: $55,000
47th: $52,800
48th: $50,700
49th: $48,400
50th: $47,200
51st: $46,200
52nd: $45,400
53rd: $44,700
54th: $44,000
55th: $43,300
56th: $42,700
57th: $42,300
58th: $42,000
59th: $41,700
60th: $41,400
61st: $41,200
62nd: $41,000
63rd: $40,800
64th: $40,600
65th: $40,300
66th: $40,000
67th: $39,700
68th: $39,400
69th: $39,100
70th: $38,900
