Open Champion set for $2m pay day

The winner of The 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s will take pleasure in a bumper pay day on July 18 after the R&A introduced that the Champion Golfer of the Yr will pocket greater than $2 million for the primary time within the championship’s historical past.

The winner will obtain $2.07m (£1.5m) from a complete prize fund of $11.5m (£8.3m). That represents a rise of $750,000 on the prize fund that was on provide at Royal Portrush in 2019, the place the champion, Shane Lowry, received $1.935m (£1.4m).

Phil Mickelson, the winner of this yr’s PGA Championship, collected $2.16m (£1.56m) for his triumph at Kiawah Island, whereas Hideki Matsuyama received $2.07m (£1.5m) following his victory on the Masters in April, whereas the US Open at the moment provides the most important pay day of the 4 majors, with final month’s champion, Jon Rahm, profitable $2.25m (£1.63m).

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