Here's the total purse, payout breakdown and winner's share for the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The post 2025 Open Championship purse: Payout breakdown, winner’s share appeared first on Golf.

The R&A announced The Open will carry the same prize pool as 2024's record-setting purse with the winner taking home a $3.1 million check like Xander Schauffele did last year. That is a handsome payday but not one all that uncommon at this time in professional golf.

The winner of The Open Championship golf tournament in 2025 will earn $3.1 million as part of a $17 million purse, according to the R&A.

Full British Open payouts and prize money for every finishing position, including players who missed the cut at Royal Portrush, from the $17 milliion purse, the winner's share and a historical look at the growing purse sizes.

Open champion Scottie Scheffler's winner's check will match what Xander Schauffele received in 2024: a payday of $3.1 million.

The Open Championship prize purse for 2025 will be the same as the 2024's, a total of $17 million. The winner will claim a significant portion of the total, $3.1 million, while the runner-up will claim $ 1.7 million and the third place finisher will take home $1.1 million.

Here's the breakdown of how much money each player earned at the Open Championship, where there was a purse of $17 million.

SportsLine golf expert Eric Cohen locked in a $10 eight-leg PGA Tour parlay that would return nearly $1.1 million for the British Open 2025