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

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The 2017 Senior British Open Championship purse is set for £1.5 million, with the winner's share coming in at £235,750 -- slightly higher than the standard 15 percent payout according to the PGA Tour Champions' prize money distribution chart.

Players who miss the cut are also paid for competing. Players missing the cut but 90th place or better after 36 holes earn£1,500 ($1,965), those 91st through 110th get £1,190 ($1,559), those 111th through 130th get £910 ($1,192) and those finishing 131st through 144th get £750 ($983).

The Senior British Open Championship field is headed by Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Billy Andrade and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

The event is played this year at Royal Porthcawl in Wales, which hosted in 2014.

2017 Senior 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 Bernhard Langer -4 69 74 65 72 280 €266,923
2 Corey Pavin -1 73 74 65 71 283 €177,975
T3 Billy Andrade E 71 76 69 68 284 €82,694
T3 Fred Couples E 75 75 66 68 284 €82,694
T3 Peter Lonard E 71 75 67 71 284 €82,694
T6 Magnus Atlevi 1 77 73 65 70 285 €48,025
T6 Miguel Angel Martin 1 72 76 68 69 285 €48,025
T6 Phillip Price 1 74 73 68 70 285 €48,025
T9 Billy Mayfair 2 71 72 71 72 286 €33,927
T9 David McKenzie 2 73 73 71 69 286 €33,927
T11 Steve Flesch 3 72 71 71 73 287 €28,447
T11 Miguel Angel Jimenez 3 76 73 65 73 287 €28,447
13 David Frost 4 81 74 65 68 288 €25,645
14 Brad Faxon 5 78 71 67 73 289 €24,592
T15 Woody Austin 6 75 77 70 68 290 €20,591
T15 Paul Broadhurst 6 75 75 67 73 290 €20,591
T15 Scott Dunlap 6 76 73 66 75 290 €20,591
T15 Peter Fowler 6 71 76 73 70 290 €20,591
T15 Mike Goodes 6 74 72 72 72 290 €20,591
T15 Santiago Luna 6 77 70 68 75 290 €20,591
T15 Tom Pernice, Jr. 6 71 76 70 73 290 €20,591
T15 Jeff Sluman 6 74 76 69 71 290 €20,591
T23 Joe Daley 7 78 73 68 72 291 €16,171
T23 Tom Lehman 7 71 72 73 75 291 €16,171
T23 Scott McCarron 7 75 74 72 70 291 €16,171
T23 Colin Montgomerie 7 71 76 70 74 291 €16,171
T23 Gene Sauers 7 75 75 70 71 291 €16,171
T23 Greg Turner 7 73 78 69 71 291 €16,171
T23 Tom Watson 7 72 77 67 75 291 €16,171
30 Mark McNulty 8 75 80 67 70 292 €14,096
T31 Andre Bossert 9 77 76 69 71 293 €12,423
T31 Russ Cochran 9 77 73 69 74 293 €12,423
T31 Clark Dennis 9 72 72 72 77 293 €12,423
T31 Jeff Maggert 9 78 76 68 71 293 €12,423
T31 Mark Mouland 9 73 76 70 74 293 €12,423
T31 Duffy Waldorf 9 73 77 71 72 293 €12,423
T31 Willie Wood 9 75 77 70 71 293 €12,423
T38 John Daly 10 72 80 68 74 294 €10,416
T38 David Gilford 10 73 77 72 72 294 €10,416
T38 Prayad Marksaeng 10 73 76 72 73 294 €10,416
T38 Larry Mize 10 76 77 69 72 294 €10,416
T38 Mauricio Molina 10 70 73 77 74 294 €10,416
T43 Roger Chapman 11 75 72 72 76 295 €9,346
T43 Carlos Franco 11 74 78 68 75 295 €9,346
T45 Olin Browne 12 78 75 67 76 296 €7,829
T45 Marco Dawson 12 79 76 70 71 296 €7,829
T45 Jerry Kelly 12 76 73 70 77 296 €7,829
T45 Sandy Lyle 12 74 76 70 76 296 €7,829
T45 Steen Tinning 12 77 77 69 73 296 €7,829
T45 Esteban Toledo 12 76 78 69 73 296 €7,829
T45 Paul Wesselingh 12 74 77 71 74 296 €7,829
T45 Ian Woosnam 12 74 75 75 72 296 €7,829
T53 Skip Kendall 13 75 77 71 74 297 €6,009
T53 Jose Maria Olazabal 13 78 76 70 73 297 €6,009
T53 Andrew Oldcorn 13 76 79 69 73 297 €6,009
T53 Paul Streeter 13 77 76 65 79 297 €6,009
T57 Glen Day 14 80 75 71 72 298 €4,962
T57 Mike Harwood 14 72 79 73 74 298 €4,962
T57 Tim Thelen 14 76 77 70 75 298 €4,962
T57 Thaworn Wiratchant 14 78 76 73 71 298 €4,962
T61 Stephen Dodd 15 75 80 73 71 299 €4,064
T61 Nick Faldo 15 79 76 69 75 299 €4,064
T61 Todd Hamilton 15 72 82 72 73 299 €4,064
T61 Barry Lane 15 77 78 70 74 299 €4,064
T61 Jean-Francois Remesy 15 71 77 72 79 299 €4,064
T66 Cesar Monasterio 16 73 81 72 74 300 €3,470
T66 Gary Orr 16 75 79 73 73 300 €3,470
T68 Chip Lutz 17 77 74 71 79 301 €0
T68 Christopher Williams 17 71 79 74 77 301 €3,249
T70 Carl Mason 19 70 85 73 75 303 €2,989
T70 Jarmo Sandelin 19 77 77 72 77 303 €2,989
T70 Lianwei Zhang 19 77 78 77 71 303 €2,989
T73 Paul Goydos 20 79 75 74 76 304 €2,576
T73 John King 20 77 78 77 72 304 €2,576
T73 Pedro Linhart 20 76 74 75 79 304 €2,576
T73 Des Smyth 20 76 79 73 76 304 €2,576
T73 Gary Wolstenholme 20 77 78 74 75 304 €2,576
78 Randy Haag 21 73 82 76 74 305 €0
79 James Kingston 22 76 77 79 74 306 €2,332
80 Stephen McAllister 24 78 77 78 75 308 €2,264
81 Terry Price 25 75 78 79 77 309 €2,196
82 Shaun Ball 28 78 76 76 82 312 €2,128

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