The British Open Championship has a standard formula for payout percentages and distribution of its purse and prize money for the British Open Championship. There is a 36-hole cut to the top 70 and ties at the 36-hole mark.
The winner of the British Open Championship gets 18 percent of the purse, similar to PGA Tour events. Typically, the second place player gets 10.41 percent of the total purse. Then it goes on like that, all the way down to 70th place, which gets 0.23 percent of the total purse.
The British Open Championship pays all pro players who miss the cut. Pros who miss the cut are also paid. The top 10 and ties among pros to miss the cut get $7,375 each, with the next 20 professional golfers and ties getting $5,900 each. The remainder of professional golfers to finish 36 holes earn $4,950 each.
If more than 70 professionals make the cut, the R&A adds money to the purse, with each successive place past 70th place paying $125 less, down to a minimum of $13,500.
The British Open Championship purse payout percentages and distribution
Sample purses shown
| PLACE | PERCENT | $10.5 million |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18.000% | $1,890,000 |
| 2 | 10.410% | $1,093,000 |
| 3 | 6.676% | $701,000 |
| 4 | 5.190% | $545,000 |
| 5 | 4.171% | $438,000 |
| 6 | 3.619% | $380,000 |
| 7 | 3.105% | $326,000 |
| 8 | 2.619% | $275,000 |
| 9 | 2.295% | $241,000 |
| 10 | 2.076% | $218,000 |
| 11 | 1.886% | $198,000 |
| 12 | 1.676% | $176,000 |
| 13 | 1.571% | $165,000 |
| 14 | 1.476% | $155,000 |
| 15 | 1.371% | $144,000 |
| 16 | 1.262% | $132,500 |
| 17 | 1.200% | $126,000 |
| 18 | 1.143% | $120,000 |
| 19 | 1.095% | $115,000 |
| 20 | 1.043% | $109,500 |
| 21 | 0.995% | $104,500 |
| 22 | 0.943% | $99,000 |
| 23 | 0.895% | $94,000 |
| 24 | 0.848% | $89,000 |
| 25 | 0.819% | $86,000 |
| 26 | 0.781% | $82,000 |
| 27 | 0.752% | $79,000 |
| 28 | 0.724% | $76,000 |
| 29 | 0.695% | $73,000 |
| 30 | 0.662% | $69,500 |
| 31 | 0.638% | $67,000 |
| 32 | 0.605% | $63,500 |
| 33 | 0.586% | $61,500 |
| 34 | 0.567% | $59,500 |
| 35 | 0.548% | $57,500 |
| 36 | 0.524% | $55,000 |
| 37 | 0.500% | $52,500 |
| 38 | 0.476% | $50,000 |
| 39 | 0.457% | $48,000 |
| 40 | 0.443% | $46,500 |
| 41 | 0.424% | $44,500 |
| 42 | 0.405% | $42,500 |
| 43 | 0.386% | $40,500 |
| 44 | 0.367% | $38,500 |
| 45 | 0.345% | $36,250 |
| 46 | 0.326% | $34,250 |
| 47 | 0.312% | $32,750 |
| 48 | 0.300% | $31,500 |
| 49 | 0.288% | $30,250 |
| 50 | 0.281% | $29,500 |
| 51 | 0.275% | $28,900 |
| 52 | 0.270% | $28,300 |
| 53 | 0.266% | $27,900 |
| 54 | 0.261% | $27,450 |
| 55 | 0.257% | $27,000 |
| 56 | 0.253% | $26,600 |
| 57 | 0.250% | $26,200 |
| 58 | 0.249% | $26,100 |
| 59 | 0.248% | $26,000 |
| 60 | 0.246% | $25,800 |
| 61 | 0.244% | $25,600 |
| 62 | 0.243% | $25,500 |
| 63 | 0.242% | $25,400 |
| 64 | 0.241% | $25,300 |
| 65 | 0.239% | $25,100 |
| 66 | 0.238% | $25,000 |
| 67 | 0.236% | $24,800 |
| 68 | 0.234% | $24,600 |
| 69 | 0.232% | $24,400 |
| 70 | 0.230% | $24,175 |
