2022 Open Championship prize money
Cameron Smith won the 2022 Open Championship on 17 July 2022 and took $2,500,000. Below is every one of the 71 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $31,200 Sungjae Im collected for finishing T81.
Every cheque at the 2022 Open Championship
17 July 2022
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Smith | AUS | -20 | 268 | $2,500,000$2.5m |
| 2 | Cameron Young | USA | -19 | 269 | $1,455,000$1.5m |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -18 | 270 | $933,000 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | ENG | -14 | 274 | $654,000 |
| T4 | Viktor Hovland | NOR | -14 | 274 | $654,000 |
| T6 | Brian Harman | USA | -13 | 275 | $469,500 |
| T6 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -13 | 275 | $469,500 |
| T8 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | -12 | 276 | $325,667 |
| T8 | Jordan Spieth | USA | -12 | 276 | $325,667 |
| T8 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | -12 | 276 | $325,667 |
| T11 | Abraham Ancer | MEX | -11 | 277 | $231,000 |
| T11 | Dean Burmester | RSA | -11 | 277 | $231,000 |
| T11 | Tyrrell Hatton | ENG | -11 | 277 | $231,000 |
| T15 | Adam Scott | AUS | -10 | 278 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Francesco Molinari | ITA | -10 | 278 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Lucas Herbert | AUS | -10 | 278 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Si Woo Kim | KOR | -10 | 278 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Xander Schauffele | USA | -10 | 278 | $165,583 |
| T21 | Billy Horschel | USA | -9 | 279 | $120,286 |
| T21 | Kevin Kisner | USA | -9 | 279 | $120,286 |
| T21 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG | -9 | 279 | $120,286 |
| T21 | Min Woo Lee | AUS | -9 | 279 | $120,286 |
| T21 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -9 | 279 | $120,286 |
| T21 | Shane Lowry | IRL | -9 | 279 | $120,286 |
| T21 | Trey Mullinax | USA | -9 | 279 | $120,286 |
| T28 | Corey Conners | CAN | -8 | 280 | $90,917 |
| T28 | Dylan Frittelli | RSA | -8 | 280 | $90,917 |
| T28 | Harold Varner III | USA | -8 | 280 | $90,917 |
| T28 | Thomas Pieters | BEL | -8 | 280 | $90,917 |
| T28 | Tony Finau | USA | -8 | 280 | $90,917 |
| T28 | Will Zalatoris | USA | -8 | 280 | $90,917 |
| T34 | Aaron Wise | USA | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T34 | Jon Rahm | ESP | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T34 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T34 | Robert MacIntyre | SCO | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T34 | Sahith Theegala | USA | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T34 | Talor Gooch | USA | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T34 | Thomas Detry | BEL | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T34 | Victor Perez | FRA | -7 | 281 | $68,906 |
| T42 | Adrian Meronk | POL | -6 | 282 | $51,000 |
| T42 | Chris Kirk | USA | -6 | 282 | $51,000 |
| T42 | Jason Kokrak | USA | -6 | 282 | $51,000 |
| T42 | Sam Burns | USA | -6 | 282 | $51,000 |
| T42 | Thriston Lawrence | RSA | -6 | 282 | $51,000 |
| T47 | Garrick Higgo | RSA | -5 | 283 | $40,600 |
| T47 | Jerry Smith | USA | -5 | 283 | $40,600 |
| T47 | Joohyung Kim | KOR | -5 | 283 | $40,600 |
| T47 | Patrick Reed | USA | -5 | 283 | $40,600 |
| T47 | Yuto Katsuragawa | JPN | -5 | 283 | $40,600 |
| T53 | Danny Willett | ENG | -4 | 284 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Jason Scrivener | AUS | -4 | 284 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Joaquin Niemann | CHI | -4 | 284 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Justin Thomas | USA | -4 | 284 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Nicolai Hojgaard | DEN | -4 | 284 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Paul Casey | ENG | -4 | 284 | $35,656 |
| T62 | Cameron Tringale | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,625 |
| T62 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -3 | 285 | $33,625 |
| T62 | John Parry | ENG | -3 | 285 | $33,625 |
| T62 | Russell Henley | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,625 |
| T62 | Sebastián Muñoz | COL | -3 | 285 | $33,625 |
| T68 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA | -2 | 286 | $32,525 |
| T68 | Hideki Matsuyama | JPN | -2 | 286 | $32,525 |
| T68 | Richard Mansell | ENG | -2 | 286 | $32,525 |
| T68 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -2 | 286 | $32,525 |
| T72 | David Law | SCO | -1 | 287 | $32,013 |
| T72 | Kurt Kitayama | USA | -1 | 287 | $32,013 |
| T74 | Marcus Armitage | ENG | 0 | 288 | $31,763 |
| T76 | Adri Arnaus | ESP | 1 | 289 | $31,513 |
| T76 | Wyndham Clark | USA | 1 | 289 | $31,513 |
| T79 | Laurie Canter | ENG | 2 | 290 | $31,325 |
| T81 | Sungjae Im | KOR | 4 | 292 | $31,200 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $9,136,167 between them, against $3,627,002 shared by the other 56 players paid.
The 71 cheques above come to $12,763,169 between them. We hold 128 players for the week in all, so 57 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Open Championship years
30 editions, 1996 to 2026
The 2021 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Collin Morikawa. The 2023 ladder is the one after, won by Brian Harman. The Open Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2022 golf year
44 other tournaments we hold a 2022 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2022 was the $18,000,000 paid at the TOUR Championship, won by Rory McIlroy.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2022 Open Championship?
Cameron Smith, on 17 July 2022. The win paid $2,500,000.
How much did the 2022 Open Championship pay out?
The 71 cheques on this page come to $12,763,169 between them, from $2,500,000 at the top down to $31,200.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2022 Open Championship?
$31,200, which Sungjae Im collected for finishing T81.
How many players were paid at the 2022 Open Championship?
71. We hold 128 players for that week in all, so 57 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.