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1998 Open Championship payout Major

Mark O'Meara won $493,500 from a $1,700,000 purse. 78 players were paid, and the smallest check was $8,554.

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

$1.7MPurse
$494KWinner's share
$9KSmallest check
78Players paid
57%To the top 10
72Missed the cut

Mark O'Meara finished E and took 29% of the purse. That $493,500 is worth about $1,005,849 in 2026 dollars.

How the 1998 Open Championship purse was split

Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 57% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K$500K1$494KT4T11T15T19T24T29T38T38T44T52T57T57T667481Smallest check $9K

1998 Open Championship prize money for every player

Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.

PosPlayerTo parLast yearPrize money
1Mark O'MearaE$418,875$493,500 +18%
2Brian WattsE$251,325$309,260 +23%
3Tiger Woods+1$222,075
T4Jim Furyk+2$150,795$126,117
T4Jesper Parnevik+2$150,795$126,117
T4Raymond Russell+2$150,795$126,117
T4Justin Rose+2$150,795Not known
8Davis Love III+5$81,428
T9Costantino Rocca+6$67,198
T9Thomas Bjørn+6$67,198
T11David Duval+7$54,833
T11Brad Faxon+7$54,833
T11John Huston+7$54,833
14Gordon Brand Jr.+8$47,705
T15Greg Turner+9$38,904
T15José María Olazábal+9$38,904
T15Peter Baker+9$38,904
T15Des Smyth+9$38,904
T19Robert Allenby+10$28,327
T19Vijay Singh+10$28,327
T19Mark James+10$28,327
T19Sandy Lyle+10$28,327
T19Curtis Strange+10$28,327
T24Sam Torrance+11$17,362$20,530
T24Peter O'Malley+11$17,362$20,530
T24Lee Janzen+11$17,362$20,530
T24Bob Estes+11$17,362$20,530
T24Stephen Ames+11$17,362$20,530
T29Scott Dunlap+12$16,499
T29Ernie Els+12$16,499
T29Shigeki Maruyama+12$16,499
T29Nick Price+12$16,499
T29Loren Roberts+12$16,499
T29Sergio Garcia+12Not known
T35Santiago Luna+13$14,640
T35Sven Struver+13$14,640
T35Mark Calcavecchia+13$14,640
T38Tom Kite+14$12,650$13,736
T38Steen Tinning+14$12,650$13,736
T38Joe Ozaki+14$12,650$13,736
T38Joakim Haeggman+14$12,650$13,736
T38Philip Walton+14$12,650$13,736
T38Patrik Sjöland+14$12,650$13,736
T44David Carter+15$11,812$12,471
T44David Howell+15$11,812$12,471
T44Andrew Coltart+15$11,812$12,471
T44Katsuyoshi Tomori+15$11,812$12,471
T44Payne Stewart+15$11,812$12,471
T44Nick Faldo+15$11,812$12,471
T44David Frost+15$11,812$12,471
T44Rodger Davis+15$11,812$12,471
T52Larry Mize+16$11,285
T52Billy Mayfair+16$11,285
T52Steve Stricker+16$11,285
T52Brandt Jobe+16$11,285
T52Frankie Minoza+16$11,285
T57Justin Leonard+17$10,305
T57Ian Woosnam+17$10,305
T57Steve Jones+17$10,305
T57Eduardo Romero+17$10,305
T57Trevor Dodds+17$10,305
T57Greg Chalmers+17$10,305
T57Ignacio Garrido+17$10,305
T64Lee Westwood+18$9,829
T64Carlos Franco+18$9,829
T66Fred Couples+19$9,131$9,541
T66Mark Brooks+19$9,131$9,541
T66Michael Campbell+19$9,131$9,541
T66Stewart Cink+19$9,131$9,541
T66Michael Long+19$9,131$9,541
T66Didier De Vooght+19$9,131Not known
72Andrew Clapp+20$9,294
73Gary Evans+21$9,212
74Bob May+23$9,130
75Andrew McLardy+24$9,048
76Freddie Jacobson+25$8,965
77Kazuhiko Hosokawa+26$8,883
78Robert Giles+27$8,801
79Phil Mickelson+28$8,718
80Andy Oldcorn+29$8,636
81Dudley Hart+30$8,554
MCJoe Durant+8$0
MCRichard Bland+9$0
MCJ.P. Hayes+9$0
MCPer-Ulrik Johansson+10$0
MCColin Montgomerie+7$0
MCFrank Nobilo+13$0
MCGlen Day+8$0
MCRoss Drummond+12$0
MCPeter Mitchell+8$0
MCRobert Karlsson+14$0
MCDaren Lee+14$0
MCRussell Claydon+13$0
MCPaul Lawrie+9$0
MCDarren Clarke+8$0
MCThomas Levet+7$0
MCGary Brown+9$0
MCDerrick Cooper+9$0
MCBarry Lane+7$0
MCPaul McGinley+7$0
MCYoshinori Mizumaki+8$0
MCCraig Parry+7$0
MCCorey Pavin+10$0
MCGary Player+11$0
MCSkip Kendall+11$0
MCMark McNulty+11$0
MCAndrew Magee+13$0
MCJeff Maggert+7$0
MCPeter Senior+8$0
MCBob Tway+7$0
MCTom Watson+9$0
MCHoward Clark+12$0
MCPaul Azinger+9$0
MCSeve Ballesteros+8$0
MCBen Crenshaw+14$0
MCJohn Daly+11$0
MCScott Hoch+10$0
MCBernhard Langer+9$0
MCTom Lehman+10$0
MCTony Johnstone+7$0
MCSteven Armstrong+14$0
MCSimon McCarthy+8$0
MCK.J. Choi+10$0
MCGreig Hutcheon+16$0
MCFredrik Henge+11$0
MCLee Jones+10$0
MCBradley Dredge+16$0
MCMatt Kuchar+10$0
MCScott Henderson+17$0
MCJeff Remesy+19$0
MCBrian Davis+7$0
MCMatthew McGuire+11$0
MCSteve Allan+12$0
MCDavid Shacklady+10$0
MCGraham Spring+14$0
MCSteven Young+12$0
MCGrant Dodd+9$0
MCToru Taniguchi+8$0
MCKeiichiro Fukabori+7$0
MCGary Orr+16$0
MCMark Litton+15$0
MCPadraig Harrington+9$0
MCSteven Alker+14$0
MCToru Suzuki+15$0
MCMats Hallberg+14$0
MCStephen Leaney+11$0
MCPeter Hedblom+18$0
MCCarl Suneson+7$0
MCJohn Lovett+10$0
MCStuart Appleby+16$0
MCRetief Goosen+10$0
MCJean Louis Guepy+10$0
MCPhillip Price+7$0
DQMiguel Angel Jiménez+3Not known
WDSteve Elkington+5Not known
WDFrancis Howley+8Not known

The Open winner's share over time

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$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M$4.0M3437464952555861646770737679818285878991939598$494K010407101316192326

1998 Open Championship payout FAQ

How much did the winner of the 1998 Open Championship get?

Mark O'Meara won $493,500 from a $1,700,000 purse.

What was the 1998 Open Championship purse?

$1,700,000.

How much did last place get at the 1998 Open Championship?

The smallest check was $8,554, to Dudley Hart (81).

How many players made the cut at the 1998 Open Championship?

81 players made the cut and finished, and 72 players missed it.

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