Padraig Harrington finished +3 and took 17% of the purse. It was his 4th PGA Tour win, and 35% of the $4,313,551 he earned that season.
How the 2008 British Open Championship purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 68% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2008 British Open Championship prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | Country | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +3 | $1,542,450 | $1,498,875 -3% |
| 2 | Ian Poulter | England | +7 | $925,470 | $899,325 -3% |
| T3 | Greg Norman | Australia | +9 | $596,414 | $509,618 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | +9 | $596,414 | $509,618 |
| T5 | Chris Wood | England | +10 | — | |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | USA | +10 | $359,730 | |
| T7 | Anthony Kim | USA | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | Ben Curtis | USA | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | David Howell | England | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | Ernie Els | South Africa | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | Paul Casey | England | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | Robert Allenby | Australia | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | Robert Karlsson | Sweden | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | Stephen Ames | Canada | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T7 | Steve Stricker | USA | +12 | $193,743 | |
| T16 | Adam Scott | Australia | +13 | $106,254 | |
| T16 | Justin Leonard | USA | +13 | $106,254 | |
| T16 | K.J. Choi | South Korea | +13 | $106,254 | |
| T19 | Alex Noren | Sweden | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Anders Hansen | Denmark | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Davis Love III | USA | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Grégory Havret | France | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Jean Van de Velde | France | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Paul Waring | England | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Phil Mickelson | USA | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Rocco Mediate | USA | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Simon Wakefield | England | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T19 | Thomas Sherreard | England | +14 | $94,604 | — |
| T19 | Trevor Immelman | South Africa | +14 | $94,604 | $75,485 |
| T32 | Andres Romero | Argentina | +15 | $50,034 | |
| T32 | Heath Slocum | USA | +15 | $50,034 | |
| T32 | Nick O'Hern | Australia | +15 | $50,034 | |
| T32 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | +15 | $50,034 | |
| T32 | Richard Green | Australia | +15 | $50,034 | |
| T32 | Todd Hamilton | USA | +15 | $50,034 | |
| T32 | Tom Lehman | USA | +15 | $50,034 | |
| T39 | Ariel Cañete | Argentina | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Bart Bryant | USA | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Camilo Villegas | Colombia | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | David Duval | USA | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Graeme Storm | England | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Gregory Bourdy | France | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Jay Williamson | USA | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Mike Weir | Canada | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Ross Fisher | England | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Simon Khan | England | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Thomas Aiken | South Africa | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T39 | Woody Austin | USA | +16 | $33,267 | |
| T51 | Anthony Wall | England | +17 | $24,936 | $23,554 |
| T51 | David Frost | South Africa | +17 | $24,936 | $23,554 |
| T51 | Doug LaBelle II | USA | +17 | $24,936 | $23,554 |
| T51 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | +17 | $24,936 | $23,554 |
| T51 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | +17 | $24,936 | $23,554 |
| T51 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | +17 | $24,936 | $23,554 |
| T51 | Zach Johnson | USA | +17 | $24,936 | $23,554 |
| T58 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | +18 | $21,284 | |
| T58 | Kevin Stadler | USA | +18 | $21,284 | |
| T58 | Peter Hanson | Sweden | +18 | $21,284 | |
| T58 | Richard Finch | England | +18 | $21,284 | |
| T58 | Scott Verplank | USA | +18 | $21,284 | |
| T58 | Tom Gillis | USA | +18 | $21,284 | |
| T64 | Jonathan Lomas | England | +19 | $20,385 | |
| T64 | Liang Wen-Chong | China | +19 | $20,385 | |
| T64 | Soren Hansen | Denmark | +19 | $20,385 | |
| T67 | David Horsey | England | +20 | $20,258 | $19,785 |
| T67 | Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | France | +20 | $20,258 | $19,785 |
| T67 | Lee Westwood | England | +20 | $20,258 | $19,785 |
| T70 | Brendan Jones | Australia | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T70 | Craig Parry | Australia | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T70 | Jeff Overton | USA | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T70 | John Rollins | USA | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T70 | Jose-Filipe Lima | Portugal | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T70 | Justin Rose | England | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T70 | Martin Wiegele | Austria | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T70 | Pablo Larrazábal | Spain | +21 | $18,686 | |
| T78 | Lucas Glover | USA | +22 | $17,687 | |
| T78 | Nick Dougherty | England | +22 | $17,687 | |
| 80 | Martin Kaymer | Germany | +23 | $17,387 | |
| 81 | Phillip Archer | England | +24 | $17,187 | |
| 82 | Sean O'Hair | USA | +26 | $16,987 | |
| 83 | Chih-Bing Lam | Singapore | +31 | $16,787 | |
| MC | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Blyth | England | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Alex Cejka | Germany | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Tampion | Australia | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Angelo Que | Philippines | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Azuma Yano | Japan | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Barry Hume | Scotland | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Benjamin Hebert | France | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Boo Weekley | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Lamb | Australia | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Brandt Snedeker | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Howell III | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Barlow | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Damien McGrane | Ireland | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Chia | Malaysia | +23 | $0 | |
| MC | Darren Fichardt | South Africa | +20 | $0 | |
| MC | David Smail | New Zealand | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug McGuigan | Scotland | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Ewan Porter | Australia | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Boyd | England | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Hennie Otto | South Africa | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Hideto Tanihara | Japan | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Hiroshi Iwata | Japan | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Hunter Mahan | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | James Kingston | South Africa | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Jamie Elson | England | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Jamie Howarth | England | +29 | $0 | |
| MC | J.B. Holmes | USA | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Quinney | USA | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Kelly | USA | +20 | $0 | |
| MC | Johan Edfors | Sweden | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | John Daly | USA | +29 | $0 | |
| MC | Jon Bevan | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Josh Cunliffe | South Africa | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark O'Meara | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Kuchar | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Letzig | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Michio Matsumura | Japan | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Miguel Angel Jiménez | Spain | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Niclas Fasth | Sweden | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Oliver Wilson | England | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Pat Perez | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Goydos | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Lawrie | Scotland | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Pelle Edberg | Sweden | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Appleyard | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Baker | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Fowler | Australia | +24 | $0 | |
| MC | Philip Walton | Ireland | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Prayad Marksaeng | Thailand | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Reinier Saxton | Netherlands | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Rich Beem | USA | -70 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard Sterne | South Africa | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Pampling | Australia | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Rohan Blizard Amateur | Australia | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryuji Imada | Japan | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | -70 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott McCarron | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Strange | Australia | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Shintaro Kai | Japan | +21 | $0 | |
| MC | Simon Dyson | England | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Webster | England | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Stewart Cink | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Clark | South Africa | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Petrovic | USA | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Watson | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Vijay Singh | Fiji | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Yoshinobu Tsukada | Japan | +10 | $0 |
The Open winner's share over time
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2008 British Open Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2008 British Open Championship get?
Padraig Harrington won $1,498,875 from a $8,600,000 purse.
What was the 2008 British Open Championship purse?
$8,600,000.
How much did last place get at the 2008 British Open Championship?
The smallest check was $16,787, to Chih-Bing Lam (83).
How many players made the cut at the 2008 British Open Championship?
83 players made the cut and finished, and 73 players missed it.