The winner of the 2024 Open Championship this week at Royal Troon will take house an tournament document $3.1 million as a part of an greater general payout of $17 million, the R&A introduced Monday.
Amongst skilled golfing’s 4 majors, The Open Championship carries the bottom general handbag and winner’s prize, a fact R&A CEO Martin Slumbers stated the group stays conscious of in a tough balancing act.
“We stay involved in regards to the have an effect on considerable will increase in males’s skilled prize cash are having at the belief of the game and its long-term monetary sustainability,” Slumbers stated. “We’re made up our minds to behave with the pursuits of the worldwide sport in thoughts as we pursue our purpose of making sure golfing continues to thrive in 50 years’ time.”
Royal Troon Golfing Membership is the website online of the 152nd Open Championship this week with Brian Harman, the 2023 winner, returning with the Claret Jug. Harman pocketed $3 million of a $16.5 million handbag closing July.
Vacation spot: Royal Troon Golfing Membership.
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Slumbers pointed to the legacy of the development as one of the vital belongings operating within the R&A’s choose. Contemporary winners of The Open appear to agree.
Harman stated on Monday that he is enamored with the historical past and pageantry of The Open Championship to the level he did a stroll thru of having out of his automobile with the Claret Jug, the well-known trophy passed to the winner of the event on the finish of 72 holes.
“I practiced getting out of the automobile one time. It’s the coolest trophy in all of sports activities and is deserving of the entire pageantry this is fascinated about it.”
The U.S. Open paid out $4.3 million to Bryson DeChambeau and had a complete handbag of $21.5 million. The PGA Championship prize pool was once $18.5 million, with $3.3 million going to winner Xander Schauffele. And Scottie Scheffler grabbed the $3.6 million and a inexperienced jacket on the Masters, the place the prize pool hit $20 million.
“The R&A has a duty to strike a stability between keeping up The Open’s place within the world sport, offering the price range required for governance and creating beginner and leisure golfing in 146 international locations the world over,” Slumbers stated in a remark Monday. “We need to make possible choices if we need to proceed to construct at the important expansion in participation that is very important for golfing’s long run.”
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