2025 Open Championship: Full prize money breakdown as Scheffler wins $3.1m, nears $100m career mark

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler claimed his fourth major championship title on Sunday, July 20, by winning The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush. With a dominant final round performance, the American golfer finished at 17 under par to earn the prestigious Claret Jug and the title of Champion Golfer of the Year.

Scheffler’s victory also came with a top prize of $3.1 million from a record-tying $17 million purse, matching last year’s total. His win now puts him just one major away, the US Open, from completing a career grand slam.

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Despite a double bogey on the eighth hole, Scheffler’s birdie-heavy round secured a four-shot win. His earnings from the Open bring him close to the $100 million mark in career winnings.

Top prize winners

The prize pool was distributed among those who made the cut. Here’s a look at what the top finishers earned:

• 1st: Scottie Scheffler – $3,100,000
  
  
• 2nd: Harris English – $1,759,000
  
  
• 3rd: Chris Gotterup – $1,128,000
  
  
• T4: Matt Fitzpatrick, Haotong Li, Wyndham Clark – $730,667 each
  
  
• 5th: $705,000
  
  
• 6th: $611,000
  
  
• T7: Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Xander Schauffele – $451,833 each
  
  
• 8th: $442,500
  
  
• 9th: $388,000
  
  
• T10: Russell Henley, Brian Harman, Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau – $304,650 each
  
  

Prize money beyond the top 10

Players finishing outside the top 10 still took home substantial payouts. Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Hojgaard, tied for 14th, earned $240,000 each. Jesper Svensson and Justin Rose, tied for 16th, received $185,257.

Even players who finished 70th, like Sebastian Soderberg, earned $38,900. Professionals who missed the cut also received compensation: the top 10 non-qualifiers earned $12,350 each, while the rest got $8,750.

If more than 70 professionals made the cut, prize money beyond 70th place would decrease by $125 per position, with a guaranteed minimum of $37,650.

Scheffler’s performance cements his status as one of golf’s modern greats, with just one major title (US Open) now standing between him and a place among the elite few to achieve the career grand slam.