The winner of the 2014 Open Championship will win £975,000.
The R&A has published the prize money for this year's tournament, revealing there will be a total of £5,400,000 on offer to those taking part at the 143rd Open Championship, which will be played at Royal Liverpool between July 17-20, an increase of £130,000 for the prize fund.
With an increase of £30,000 compared to last year's champion Phil Mickelson, the winner will take home a near-seven-figure sum as well as the famous Claret Jug.
| Prize money | ||||
| Place | £ | Place | £ | |
| 1 | £975,000 | 36 | £28,500 | |
| 2 | £560,000 | 37 | £27,000 | |
| 3 | £360,000 | 38 | £25,750 | |
| 4 | £280,000 | 39 | £24,750 | |
| 5 | £225,500 | 40 | £23,750 | |
| 6 | £195,500 | 41 | £22,750 | |
| 7 | £167,000 | 42 | £21,750 | |
| 8 | £141,500 | 43 | £20,750 | |
| 9 | £123,500 | 44 | £19,750 | |
| 10 | £113,000 | 45 | £18,500 | |
| 11 | £101,500 | 46 | £17,750 | |
| 12 | £90,500 | 47 | £17,000 | |
| 13 | £84,500 | 48 | £16,250 | |
| 14 | £79,000 | 49 | £15,650 | |
| 15 | £74,000 | 50 | £15,150 | |
| 16 | £67,500 | 51 | £14,900 | |
| 17 | £64,500 | 52 | £14,650 | |
| 18 | £61,500 | 53 | £14,400 | |
| 19 | £59,000 | 54 | £14,200 | |
| 20 | £56,500 | 55 | £14,000 | |
| 21 | £53,500 | 56 | £13,800 | |
| 22 | £51,000 | 57 | £13,700 | |
| 23 | £48,500 | 58 | £13,600 | |
| 24 | £46,000 | 59 | £13,500 | |
| 25 | £44,000 | 60 | £13,400 | |
| 26 | £42,000 | 61 | £13,300 | |
| 27 | £40,500 | 62 | £13,200 | |
| 28 | £39,000 | 63 | £13,100 | |
| 29 | £37,500 | 64 | £13,000 | |
| 30 | £36,000 | 65 | £12,900 | |
| 31 | £34,500 | 66 | £12,800 | |
| 32 | £32,500 | 67 | £12,700 | |
| 33 | £31,500 | 68 | £12,600 | |
| 34 | £30,500 | 69 | £12,500 | |
| 35 | £29,500 | 70 | £12,400 | |
| Prize money shall be allocated only to professional golfers. | ||||
| If more than 70 professional golfers qualify for the final two rounds, additional prize money will be added. Prize money will decrease by £100 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimum of £9,000. | ||||
| Non-qualifiers after two rounds: Leading 10 professional golfers and ties £3,800; next 20 professional golfers and ties £3,100; remaining professional golfers £2,600. | ||||
