2026 Open Championship Purse: $17.75 Million Total, $3.2 Million Winner’s Share at Royal Birkdale

The 2026 Open Championship enters its final day at Royal Birkdale with all attention focused on Sam Burns.

Burns holds a two-stroke advantage as he pursues his maiden major title. The 29-year-old also aims to dispel the “best player without a major” label—a distinction he shares with contenders Cameron Young and Tommy Fleetwood, both within striking distance on Sunday.

Through 54 holes, Burns sits at 10-under-par, leading Ryan Fox and Si Woo Kim by two shots. Major champions Ludvig Åberg, Scottie Scheffler, and Bryson DeChambeau remain in contention. (View the full leaderboard here.)

This marks Burns’s sixth career 54-hole lead or co-lead on the PGA Tour, though he has converted only one into victory. It is also his second such lead in a major; he led the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont before finishing tied for seventh, and he placed second at last month’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

As the final men’s major of the year, the Open Championship offers a $17.75 million purse, with the champion claiming $3.2 million. By comparison, the Masters and U.S. Open each awarded $4.5 million to their winners this year, while Aaron Rai earned $3.69 million at the PGA Championship.

The complete payout breakdown for the 2026 Open Championship is listed below.

2026 Open Championship total purse, payout

1st: $3.2 million
2nd: $1.842 million
3rd: $1.181 million
4th: $917,000
5th: $738,000
6th: $639,700
7th: $549,700
8th: $463,250
9th: $406,200
10th: $367,000
11th: $334,200
12th: $296,000
13th: $278,500
14th: $260,700
15th: $241,900
16th: $222,700
17th: $212,000
18th: $202,000
19th: $193,600
20th: $184,500
21st: $175,900
22nd: $167,100
23rd: $158,100
24th: $149,300
25th: $144,250
26th: $138,000
27th: $133,000
28th: $128,400
29th: $122,800
30th: $116,500
31st: $112,700
32nd: $106,900
33rd: $103,100
34th: $100,200
35th: $96,700
36th: $92,900
37th: $88,500
38th: $84,100
39th: $81,000
40th: $78,400
41st: $75,200
42nd: $71,500
43rd: $68,300
44th: $64,400
45th: $60,700
46th: $57,600
47th: $55,300
48th: $53,100
49th: $50,700
50th: $49,400
51st: $48,350
52nd: $47,500
53rd: $46,800
54th: $46,100
55th: $45,300
56th: $44,700
57th: $44,250
58th: $43,950
59th: $43,625
60th: $43,325
61st: $43,100
62nd: $42,900
63rd: $42,700
64th: $42,500
65th: $42,150
66th: $41,825
67th: $41,500
68th: $41,200
69th: $40,900
70th: $40,700
71st: $40,575
72nd: $40,450
73rd: $40,325
74th: $40,200
75th: $40,075
76th: $39,950
77th: $39,825
78th: $39,700

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