The Open 2024 prize money: Final round payout with huge sum on offer at Royal Troon

The Open is set for a thrilling final round on championship Sunday at Royal Troon, with the world's top golfers vying for the coveted Claret Jug .

In addition to the prestigious trophy, a record-breaking prize pot is also up for grabs .

Competitors have the chance to win a staggering $17 million, a $500,000 increase from last year's event at Royal Liverpool. The champion will pocket a whopping $3.1 million, the largest payout ever awarded to the Champion Golfer of The Year.

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Billy Horschel is currently in pole position to claim that prize. He leads the Open by a single shot after scoring two-under-par 69 in Saturday's third round, bringing his total to four-under for the tournament.

However, he faces stiff competition, with six players tied for second place at three-under. Thriston Lawrence, Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose and Dan Brown are all hot on his heels.

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler is also in contention , trailing Horschel by two shots at two-under.

Scheffler has been a formidable force in 2024, securing six victories on the PGA Tour this season, including the Masters in April. He has already amassed an impressive $27.6 million in prize money and will undoubtedly be eager to add another $3.1 million to his earnings come Sunday evening.

Despite the Open having the smallest purse of the three Majors, and being less than 12 PGA Tour tournaments and all 14 LIV Golf events, departing RandA chief Martin Slumbers admitted this week that he 'doesn't care' about the inferior prize pot. "A, I didn't know that, and B, I don't care," he stated this week.

"There has been a massive increase in prize money. You can look at every sort of number of other sports and things, and you see this going in waves. Do I think it will continue? No, I don't."

The 2024 Open Championship prize pot.

1st: $3,100,000 2nd: $1,759,000 3rd: $1,128,000 4th: $876,000 5th: $705,000 6th: $611,000 7th: $525,000 8th: $442,500 9th: $388,000 10th: $350,600 11th: $319,200 12th: $282,800 13th: $266,000 14th: $249,000 15th: $231,000 16th: $212,700 17th: $202,400 18th: $193,000 19th: $184,900 20th: $176,200 21st: $168,000 22nd: $159,600 23rd: $151,000 24th: $142,600 25th: $137,600 26th: $131,800 27th: $127,000 28th: $122,600 29th: $117,300 30th: $111,200 31st: $107,600 32nd: $102,100 33rd: $98,500 34th: $95,700 35th: $92,400 36th: $88,700 37th: $84,600 38th: $80,300 39th: $77,400 40th: $74,900 41st: $71,800 42nd: $68,300 43rd: $65,200 44th: $61,500 45th: $58,000 46th: $55,000 47th: $52,800 48th: $50,700 49th: $48,400 50th: $47,200 51st: $46,200 52nd: $45,400 53rd: $44,700 54th: $44,000 55th: $43,300 56th: $42,700 57th: $42,300 58th: $42,000 59th: $41,700 60th: $41,400 61st: $41,200 62nd: $41,000 63rd: $40,800 64th: $40,600 65th: $40,300 66th: $40,000 67th: $39,700 68th: $39,400 69th: $39,100 70th: $38,900.

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