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Prize money at the Open Championship has jumped 22 percent in 2022 as McIlroy, Hovland and co chase £2.11m paycheque.

“Professional golfers are entitled to choose where they want to play and to accept the prize money that’s offered to them. “We believe it undermines the merit-based culture and the spirit of open competition that makes golf so special. “There have been significant changes in prize money over the last year,” R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said. “The existing golf ecosystem has successfully provided stable pathways for golfers to enter the sport and develop and realise their full potential,” Slumbers said. The champion this year will earn around £420,000 more in prize money than what was available to Collin Morikawa in 2021. Rightly or wrongly the LIV players say they deserve a greater share of the revenue pie from a sport that generates £1.27bn ($1.5bn) in revenues every year.

The final round of the 150th British Open is set for Sunday at the Old Course at St. Andrews. The winner receives the Claret Jug and $2.5 million from a ...

9:40 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Cameron Young 9 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth 6 a.m.: David Carey, Lee Westwood 5 a.m.: Thomas Detry, Thriston Lawrence 4:40 a.m.: Paul Casey, Jason Scrivener 4:15 a.m.: Kurt Kitayama, Jason Kokrak 3:55 a.m.: Sebastian Munoz, Robert Dinwiddie 3:25 a.m.: Cameron Tringale, Joaquin Niemann 3:10 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Laurie Canter 2:50 a.m.: Sam Burns, Sungjae Im 2:20 a.m.: Sam Bairstow (a) 2:40 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, David Law

The record overall purse in Scotland is $14 million, a 22 percent jump from 2021, with the winner earning $2.5 million.

We've got a list here since World War II, along with the first time it hosted the major in 1873 for fun. And last month, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said that the tour would be bumping up purses at eight events next season by a combined $45 million. (The R&A began paying out its prize money in U.S. dollars in 2016.) Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace, winners of the first two no-cut 54-hole tournaments, each earned $4 million paydays. Masters: $15 million (overall)/$2.7 million (winner) The three other groups that run the men’s majors have all pumped up their payouts significantly in 2022.