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The winner of the 152nd Open at Royal Troon will obtain USD 3.1 million in prize cash. The Champion Golfer of the Yr will pocket the best quantity in The Open’s historical past because it returns to the famend Ayrshire hyperlinks for the tenth time. The R&A introduced a rise of half 1,000,000 {dollars} within the prize purse for the 2024 Open to be performed from July 18 to 21. The prize purse will now be USD 17 million, a USD 500,000 enhance from 2023.
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, mentioned, “The R&A has a accountability to strike a stability between sustaining The Open’s place within the international sport, offering the funds required for governance and growing novice and leisure golf in 146 nations internationally.
“We have now to make decisions if we need to proceed to construct on the numerous development in participation that’s important for golf’s future. We stay involved in regards to the influence substantial will increase in males’s skilled prize cash are having on the notion of the game and its long-term monetary sustainability.
“We’re decided to behave with the pursuits of the worldwide sport in thoughts as we pursue our purpose of guaranteeing golf continues to thrive in 50 years’ time.” Further prize cash might be added if greater than 70 skilled golfers qualify for the ultimate two rounds.
Prize cash will lower by USD 125 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimal of USD 37,650.
Non-qualifiers — those that do not make the reduce after two rounds — may also get cash.
The main 10 and tied skilled golfers amongst these not making the reduce will obtain USD 12,350 every, and the next 20 skilled golfers and ties obtain USD 10,300. The rest and ties get USD 8,750.
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