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2026 Open Championship prize money

Ryan Fox won the 2026 Open Championship on 19 July 2026 and took $3,200,000. Below is every one of the 72 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $39,700 Jesper Svensson collected for finishing 78.

WINNER Ryan Fox
WHAT IT PAID $3.2m
PLAYERS PAID 72
SMALLEST CHEQUE $39,700

Every cheque at the 2026 Open Championship

19 July 2026

72 paid of 126 held
Every player paid at the 2026 Open Championship, in finishing order, with the country played for, the score and the cheque.
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY TO PAR TOTAL PRIZE MONEY
1 Ryan Fox NZL -10 270 $3,200,000$3.2m
2 Cameron Young USA -9 271 $1,842,000$1.8m
3 Sam Burns USA -8 272 $1,181,000
T4 Scottie Scheffler USA -7 273 $827,500
T4 Tommy Fleetwood ENG -7 273 $827,500
T6 Casey Jarvis -6 274 $550,883
T6 Lucas Herbert AUS -6 274 $550,883
T6 Si Woo Kim KOR -6 274 $550,883
T9 Adam Scott AUS -5 275 $336,380
T9 Ludvig Aberg SWE -5 275 $336,380
T9 Rasmus Neergaard‑Petersen DK -5 275 $336,380
T9 Russell Henley USA -5 275 $336,380
T9 Ryan Gerard USA -5 275 $336,380
T14 Corey Conners CAN -4 276 $336,380
T14 Bryson DeChambeau USA -4 276 $234,325
T14 Hideki Matsuyama JPN -4 276 $234,325
T14 Sungjae Im KOR -4 276 $234,325
T18 Alex Noren SWE -3 277 $164,575
T18 Bud Cauley USA -3 277 $164,575
T18 Chris Gotterup USA -3 277 $164,575
T18 Collin Morikawa USA -3 277 $164,575
T18 Daniel Brown CAN -3 277 $164,575
T18 Jordan Smith ENG -3 277 $164,575
T18 Kristoffer Reitan NOR -3 277 $164,575
T18 Marco Penge ENG -3 277 $164,575
T18 Rickie Fowler USA -3 277 $164,575
T18 Xander Schauffele USA -3 277 $164,575
T28 Brooks Koepka USA -2 278 $102,817
T28 Jackson Suber USA -2 278 $102,817
T28 Jacob Bridgeman USA -2 278 $102,817
T28 John Parry ENG -2 278 $102,817
T28 Max Homa USA -2 278 $102,817
T28 Patrick Cantlay USA -2 278 $102,817
T28 Pierceson Coody USA -2 278 $102,817
T28 Robert MacIntyre SCO -2 278 $102,817
T28 Shane Lowry IRL -2 278 $102,817
T28 Victor Perez FRA -2 278 $102,817
T40 J.J. Spaun USA -1 279 $69,750
T40 Kurt Kitayama USA -1 279 $69,750
T40 Matt Wallace ENG -1 279 $69,750
T40 Michael Thorbjornsen USA -1 279 $69,750
T40 Rory McIlroy NIR -1 279 $69,750
T40 Thomas Detry BEL -1 279 $69,750
T46 Eugenio Chacarra ESP 0 280 $51,707
T46 Francesco Molinari ITA 0 280 $51,707
T46 Hennie Du Plessis US 0 280 $51,707
T46 Jon Rahm ESP 0 280 $51,707
T46 Patrick Reed USA 0 280 $51,707
T53 Alex Smalley USA 1 281 $45,183
T53 Eric Cole USA 1 281 $45,183
T53 Michael Brennan AUS 1 281 $45,183
T53 Ryo Hisatsune JPN 1 281 $45,183
T53 Sahith Theegala USA 1 281 $45,183
T53 Shaun Norris RSA 1 281 $45,183
T59 Aldrich Potgieter RSA 2 282 $43,025
T59 Ben Griffin USA 2 282 $43,025
T59 John Keefer 2 282 $43,025
T59 Min Woo Lee AUS 2 282 $43,025
T59 Naoyuki Kataoka JPN 2 282 $43,025
T59 Nick Taylor CAN 2 282 $43,025
T65 Justin Thomas USA 3 283 $41,988
T65 Peter Uihlein USA 3 283 $41,988
T67 Nicolas Echavarria COL 4 284 $41,350
T67 Sepp Straka AUT 4 284 $41,350
T69 Andy Sullivan ENG 5 285 $40,800
T69 Tyrrell Hatton ENG 5 285 $40,800
T71 Alex Fitzpatrick ENG 6 286 $40,450
T71 Laurie Canter ENG 6 286 $40,450
T71 MJ Daffue RSA 6 286 $40,450
T74 Kazuki Higa JPN 7 287 $40,075
T74 Keegan Bradley USA 7 287 $40,075
78 Jesper Svensson SE 9 289 $39,700

The top of the ladder

The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $11,783,254 between them, against $4,838,329 shared by the other 57 players paid.

The 72 cheques above come to $16,621,583 between them. We hold 126 players for the week in all, so 54 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 2025 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Scottie Scheffler. The Open Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.

The rest of the 2026 golf year

31 other tournaments we hold a 2026 prize list for, in the order they were played.

The biggest cheque of 2026 was the $4,500,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Cameron Young.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2026 Open Championship?

Ryan Fox, on 19 July 2026. The win paid $3,200,000.

How much did the 2026 Open Championship pay out?

The 72 cheques on this page come to $16,621,583 between them, from $3,200,000 at the top down to $39,700.

What was the smallest cheque at the 2026 Open Championship?

$39,700, which Jesper Svensson collected for finishing 78.

How many players were paid at the 2026 Open Championship?

72. We hold 126 players for that week in all, so 54 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.