british open prize money 2022

 It pays to play well in profesional golf turnamens, especially at major championships. Just ask this week's winner, Cameron Smith.

The 28-year-old Aussie shot an 8-under 64 at the Old Course at St. Andrews in the final round of the 150th playing of the Open Championship to overcome a four-shot deficit and earn a one-shot win over Cameron Young to claim his first major judul. Smith finised at 20 under to earn the hebat prize of $2.5 million, with Young taking home $1.46 million. Not a bad consolation prize.

Cek out how much money each profesional player made this week at the Open at St. Andrews (remember, no kontan for the amateurs).

The final golf major of the season concluded Sunday with Cameron Smith etching his name into the history books at St. Andrews. While the eyes of the field were fixated on joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Seve Ballesteros as prior Champion Golfers of the Year on the Old Course, there was more than history on the line at the 150th Open Championship.

The 2022 Open marked a milestone in the championship's storied history, but it will also gave way to its largest purse and winner's sharing. $14 million will be distributed amongst the field with Smith, the 2022 Champion Golfer of the Year, earning $2.5 million along with the Claret Jug for his stellar play.

Smith (-20) not only won The Open but did so by tying a major championship record for lowest skor to par. His back-nine 30 on Sunday was also the lowest skor across the second half of a final round in major history. Smith at one poin birdied five straight holes on the back nine, wrestling the lead away from Rory McIlroy and holding it through the final hole.

"There have been significant changes in prize money over the last year," said Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the R&A. "We have therefore increased the prize fund by 22%, which means that the prize money has increased by more than 60% since 2016."

Despite the increase in the purse, The Open checks in as the fifth-highest payday of the season as it falls behind the three other majors (PGA Championship, Masters and U.S. Open) as well as the Players Championship. The $14 million purse will be shelled out to the hebat 70 professionals (plus ties) who make the cut. The amateurs who make their way through to the akhir pekan cannot accept monetary prizes.

Let's take a look at how the payouts for the 150th Open will be divided among those who competed this akhir pekan at St. Andrews.

Here is the complete prize-money breakdown for each player at the 2022 British Open at St. Andrews:

Win: $2,500,000 -Cam Smith

2: $1,455,000 - Cameron Young

3: $933,000 - Rory McIlroy

T4: $645,500- Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood

T6: $465,900 - Brian Harman, Dustin Johnson

T8: $325,667 - Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay

T11: $231,000 - Sadom Kaewkanjana, Abe Ancer, Dean Burnmeister, Tyrrell Hatton

T15: $165,583 - Lucas Herbert, Anthony Quayle, Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Francesco Molinari, Sang Woo Kim

T21: $120,286 - Billy Horschel, Min Woo Lee, Trey Mullinax, Shane Lowry, Kevin Kisner, Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler

T28: $90,917 - Tony Finau, Corey Conners, Harold Varner, Will Zalatoris,Dylan Frittelli

T34: $68,906 - Thomas Detry, Robert MacIntyre, Talor Gooch, Lee Westwood, Sahith Theegala, Jon Rahm, Victor Perez, Aaron Wise

T42: $51,000 - Sam Burns, Jason Kokrak, Thirston Lawrence, Adrian Meronk, Chris Kirk

T47: $40,600 - Garrick Higgo, Patrick Reed, Jordan L. Smith, Yuto Katsuragawa, Joohyung Kim, Fillipo Celli

T53: $35,256 - Jaoquin Niemann, Danny Willett, Robert Dinwiddie, Lars Van Meijel, Justin Thomas, Paul Casey, Brad Kennedy, Nicolai Hojgaard, Jason Scrivener,

T62: $33,442 - Cameron Tringale, Sebastian Munoz, John Parry, David Carey, Ian Poulter, Russell Henley

T68: $32,600 - Hideki Matsuyama, Sergio Garcia, Christiaan Bezhuidenhout, Richard Mansell

T72: $31,950 - David Law, Kurt Kitayama

T74: $31,700 -Marcus Armitage, Justin De Los Santos

T76: $31,450 - Wyndham Clark, Adri Arnaus, Aaron Jarvis (a)

T79: $31,075 - Laurie Canter Barclay Brown (a)

T81: $31,100 - Sungjae Im, Sam Bairstow

83: $31,000 - Jamie Rutherford

British Open Prize Money - St Andrews (2022)

NOTE: All $$$ = USD

1. Cameron Smith [Winner]: $2,500,000 (-20)

2. Cameron Young: $1,455,000 (19)

3. Rory McIlroy: $933,000 (-18)

T-4. Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland: Ordinarily $725,000 | $654,000 each (-14)

T6. Brian Harman, Dustin Johnson: Ordinarily $505,000 | $469,500 each (-13)

T-8. Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Spieth: Ordinarily $366,000 | $325,666 each (-12)

T-11. Sadom Kaewanijana, Abraham Ancer, Tyrrell Hatton, Dean Burmester: Ordinarily $264,000 | $231,000 each (-11)

T-15. Lucas Herbert, Xander Schauffele, Anthony Quayle, Francesco Molinari, Adam Scott, Sang Woo Kim: Ordinarily $191,500 | $165,583 each (-10)

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