2017 British Open Championship purse, winner's share, prize money payout
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2017 British Open Championship purse, winner’s share, prize money payout

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The 2017 British Open Championship purse is set for $10.25 million, with the winner's share coming in at $1,845,000 -- the standard 18 percent payout according to the PGA Tour's prize money distribution chart.

A total of 77 players made the cut, with just one amateur getting to the weekend, meaning the R&A will add to the prize pool to pay out 76 professionals.

Pros who miss the cut get paid, like in all majors. The first 10 pros to miss the cut get $7,200, the next 20 profs and ties get $5,750 and the rest of the pros earn $4,850.

The British Open purse is the fourth-largest among the major championship, with the U.S. Open at $12 million, the Masters at $11 million and the PGA Championship at $10.5 million. The Players Championship on the PGA Tour also has a $10.5 million purse.

The year marks the first time the R&A, which runs The Open Championship, has issued its purse in United States dollars and will pay in that currency instead of British pounds.

The British Open Championship field is headed by the entirety of the top of the Official World Golf Ranking, including defending champion Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy.

The event is played this year for the first time since 2008 at Royal Birkdale in England.

2017 British Open Championship purse, winner's share, prize money payout

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POS PLAYER TO PAR R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL MONEY
1 Jordan Spieth -12 65 69 65 69 268 $1,845,000
2 Matt Kuchar -9 65 71 66 69 271 $1,067,000
3 Haotong Li -6 69 73 69 63 274 $684,000
T4 Rafa Cabrera Bello -5 67 73 67 68 275 $480,000
T4 Rory McIlroy -5 71 68 69 67 275 $480,000
T6 Branden Grace -4 70 74 62 70 276 $281,000
T6 Brooks Koepka -4 65 72 68 71 276 $281,000
T6 Marc Leishman -4 69 76 66 65 276 $281,000
T6 Alex Noren -4 68 72 69 67 276 $281,000
T6 Matthew Southgate -4 72 72 67 65 276 $281,000
T11 Paul Casey -3 66 77 67 67 277 $175,333
T11 Chan Kim -3 72 68 67 70 277 $175,333
T11 Henrik Stenson -3 69 73 65 70 277 $175,333
T14 Austin Connelly -2 67 72 66 73 278 $128,917
T14 Jason Dufner -2 73 71 66 68 278 $128,917
T14 Zach Johnson -2 75 66 71 66 278 $128,917
T14 Hideki Matsuyama -2 68 72 66 72 278 $128,917
T14 Ian Poulter -2 67 70 71 70 278 $128,917
T14 Chris Wood -2 71 72 68 67 278 $128,917
T20 Charley Hoffman -1 67 73 72 67 279 $105,500
T20 Xander Schauffele -1 69 75 70 65 279 $105,500
T22 Richard Bland E 67 72 70 71 280 $88,000
T22 Rickie Fowler E 71 71 67 71 280 $88,000
T22 Jamie Lovemark E 71 69 70 70 280 $88,000
T22 Richie Ramsay E 68 70 70 72 280 $88,000
T22 Adam Scott E 69 74 70 67 280 $88,000
T27 Aaron Baddeley 1 69 76 72 64 281 $64,500
T27 Daniel Berger 1 68 76 70 67 281 $64,500
T27 Jason Day 1 69 76 65 71 281 $64,500
T27 David Drysdale 1 72 73 66 70 281 $64,500
T27 Tony Finau 1 70 73 67 71 281 $64,500
T27 Tommy Fleetwood 1 76 69 66 70 281 $64,500
T27 Thongchai Jaidee 1 70 73 68 70 281 $64,500
T27 Andrew Johnston 1 69 74 67 71 281 $64,500
T27 Bubba Watson 1 68 72 71 70 281 $64,500
T27 Lee Westwood 1 71 74 69 67 281 $64,500
T37 Laurie Canter 2 70 72 72 68 282 $45,286
T37 Sergio Garcia 2 73 69 68 72 282 $45,286
T37 Russell Henley 2 70 70 75 67 282 $45,286
T37 Martin Kaymer 2 72 72 70 68 282 $45,286
T37 Soren Kjeldsen 2 71 71 72 68 282 $45,286
T37 Webb Simpson 2 71 74 70 67 282 $45,286
T37 Steve Stricker 2 70 72 69 71 282 $45,286
T44 Yi Keun Chang 3 71 71 71 70 283 $31,070
T44 Andrew Dodt 3 69 75 69 70 283 $31,070
T44 Ross Fisher 3 70 72 66 75 283 $31,070
T44 Matthew Fitzpatrick 3 69 73 68 73 283 $31,070
T44 Sung Kang 3 68 73 76 66 283 $31,070
T44 Joost Luiten 3 68 72 70 73 283 $31,070
T44 Kevin Na 3 68 75 68 72 283 $31,070
T44 Thomas Pieters 3 69 75 68 71 283 $31,070
T44 Jon Rahm 3 69 74 70 70 283 $31,070
T44 Peter Uihlein 3 72 72 69 70 283 $31,070
T54 Scott Hend 4 71 74 65 74 284 $25,738
T54 J.B. Holmes 4 71 72 71 70 284 $25,738
T54 Dustin Johnson 4 71 72 64 77 284 $25,738
T54 Kevin Kisner 4 70 71 74 69 284 $25,738
T54 Justin Rose 4 71 74 69 70 284 $25,738
T54 Toby Tree 4 70 75 69 70 284 $25,738
T54 Jimmy Walker 4 72 72 70 70 284 $25,738
61 Ernie Els 5 68 73 70 74 285 $25,738
T62 K.T. Kim 6 73 71 69 73 286 $24,500
T62 Mike Lorenzo-Vera 6 75 70 70 71 286 $24,500
T62 Shaun Norris 6 71 74 65 76 286 $24,500
T62 Sean O'Hair 6 72 73 71 70 286 $24,500
T62 Thorbjorn Olesen 6 70 72 74 70 286 $24,500
T62 Alfie Plant 6 71 73 69 73 286 0
T62 Charl Schwartzel 6 66 78 71 71 286 $24,500
T62 Young-Han Song 6 71 74 69 72 286 $24,500
T70 Joe Dean 7 72 72 70 73 287 $23,556
T70 Brandon Stone 7 73 72 68 74 287 $23,556
T70 Andy Sullivan 7 70 75 69 73 287 $23,556
T70 Gary Woodland 7 70 69 74 74 287 $23,556
T74 James Hahn 8 68 76 70 74 288 $23,163
T74 Bernd Wiesberger 8 69 75 71 73 288 $23,163
76 Danny Willett 9 71 74 73 71 289 $22,975
77 Kent Bulle 10 68 72 74 76 290 $22,850

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