Players starting British Open 2021 with an expectation of a nice payout. With more than a million purses, players can take a nice check after day 4 is done.
However, the open championship is not the highest paid golf tournament, but it is just a bit behind the US open and PGA Championship. Overall, the players surely take a significant amount of money.
Let’s see the British Open 2021 purse, payout and prize money.
British Open 2021 Purse
This year the British Open will pay a total of $11.5 million and it matches the money offered in Masters. However, it is a slight raise in purse money from the 2019 Open.
How Much the Open Winner will Earn?
The winner will make $2.07 million and this is the first time that the tournament offers a payout of more than $2 million. Shane Lowry, the winner of 2019 British Open got $1.935 million.
Who Won the British Open 2021?
The open championship will wrap up on Sunday after completing the final 18 holes at Royal St. George’s. The Sunday morning started with Louis Oosthuizen on the top, who had an aim to win his second major of his career also trying to claim his second Claret Jug.
However, Collin Morikawa is currently leading the tournament with -15 points while Jordan Spieth is in second position. Apparently the day is over, Collin Morikawa is the 2021 British Open Golf tournament winner. So, Americans are winning the tournament.
British Open 2021 prize money
The The payout for the top 70 players to make the cut for the Open Championship 2021 are as follows:
| Pos | Player | Total Par | Total | Payout |
| 1 | Collin Morikawa | -15 | 265 | $2,070,000 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | -13 | 267 | $1,198,000 |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | -11 | 269 | $682,500 |
| T3 | Louis Oosthuizen | -11 | 269 | $682,500 |
| 5 | Dylan Frittelli | -9 | 271 | $480,000 |
| T6 | Brooks Koepka | -8 | 272 | $386,500 |
| T6 | Mackenzie Hughes | -8 | 272 | $386,500 |
| T8 | Dustin Johnson | -7 | 273 | $255,250 |
| T8 | Robert MacIntyre | -7 | 273 | $255,250 |
| T8 | Daniel Berger | -7 | 273 | $255,250 |
| T8 | Scottie Scheffler | -7 | 273 | $255,250 |
| T12 | Viktor Hovland | -6 | 274 | $181,083 |
| T12 | Emiliano Grillo | -6 | 274 | $181,083 |
| T12 | Shane Lowry | -6 | 274 | $181,083 |
| T15 | Tony Finau | -5 | 275 | $143,062 |
| T15 | Paul Casey | -5 | 275 | $143,062 |
| T15 | Marcel Siem | -5 | 275 | $143,062 |
| T15 | Corey Conners | -5 | 275 | $143,062 |
| T19 | Sergio Garcia | -4 | 276 | $109,000 |
| T19 | Brandt Snedeker | -4 | 276 | $109,000 |
| T19 | Brian Harman | -4 | 276 | $109,000 |
| T19 | Aaron Rai | -4 | 276 | $109,000 |
| T19 | Webb Simpson | -4 | 276 | $109,000 |
| T19 | Kevin Streelman | -4 | 276 | $109,000 |
| T19 | Justin Harding | -4 | 276 | $109,000 |
| T26 | Xander Schauffele | -3 | 277 | $79,821 |
| T26 | Byeong Hun An | -3 | 277 | $79,821 |
| T26 | Ian Poulter | -3 | 277 | $79,821 |
| T26 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -3 | 277 | $79,821 |
| T26 | Cameron Tringale | -3 | 277 | $79,821 |
| T26 | Jason Kokrak | -3 | 277 | $79,821 |
| T26 | Andy Sullivan | -3 | 277 | $79,821 |
| T33 | Bryson DeChambeau | -2 | 278 | $60,143 |
| T33 | Benjamin Hebert | -2 | 278 | $60,143 |
| T33 | Tommy Fleetwood | -2 | 278 | $60,143 |
| T33 | Talor Gooch | -2 | 278 | $60,143 |
| T33 | Lanto Griffin | -2 | 278 | $60,143 |
| T33 | Danny Willett | -2 | 278 | $60,143 |
| T33 | Cameron Smith | -2 | 278 | $60,143 |
| T40 | JC Ritchie | -1 | 279 | $45,417 |
| T40 | Justin Thomas | -1 | 279 | $45,417 |
| T40 | Max Homa | -1 | 279 | $45,417 |
| T40 | Daniel van Tonder | -1 | 279 | $45,417 |
| T40 | Dean Burmester | -1 | 279 | $45,417 |
| T40 | Matt Wallace | -1 | 279 | $45,417 |
| T46 | Jazz Janewattananond | E | 280 | $33,679 |
| T46 | Adam Scott | E | 280 | $33,679 |
| T46 | Harris English | E | 280 | $33,679 |
| T46 | Johannes Veerman | E | 280 | $33,679 |
| T46 | Rory McIlroy | E | 280 | $33,679 |
| T46 | Justin Rose | E | 280 | $33,679 |
| T46 | Joel Dahmen | E | 280 | $33,679 |
| T53 | Rickie Fowler | 1 | 281 | $29,417 |
| T53 | Chan Kim | 1 | 281 | $29,417 |
| T53 | Billy Horschel | 1 | 281 | $29,417 |
| T53 | Jonathan Thomson | 1 | 281 | $29,417 |
| T53 | Marcus Armitage | 1 | 281 | $29,417 |
| T53 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1 | 281 | $29,417 |
| T59 | Ryosuke Kinoshita | 2 | 282 | $27,929 |
| T59 | Chez Reavie | 2 | 282 | $27,929 |
| T59 | Joaquin Niemann | 2 | 282 | $27,929 |
| T59 | Abraham Ancer | 2 | 282 | $27,929 |
| T59 | Bernd Wiesberger | 2 | 282 | $27,929 |
| T59 | Lee Westwood | 2 | 282 | $27,929 |
| T59 | Matthias Schmid (a) | 2 | 282 | $27,929 |
| T67 | Brendan Steele | 3 | 283 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Richard Bland | 3 | 283 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Jack Senior | 3 | 283 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Sam Horsfield | 3 | 283 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Ryan Fox | 3 | 283 | $26,900 |
| 72 | Padraig Harrington | 4 | 284 | $26,375 |
| 73 | Kevin Kisner | 5 | 285 | $26,250 |
| T74 | Richard Mansell | 6 | 286 | $26,125 |
| T76 | Poom Saksansin | 8 | 288 | $25,938 |
| T76 | Sam Burns | 8 | 288 | $25,938 |
| T59 | Antoine Rozner | 2 | 282 | $0 |
| T74 | Yuxin Lin (a) | 6 | 286 | $0 |
