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2010 Open Championship payout Major

Louis Oosthuizen won $1,305,593 from a $7,000,000 purse. 76 players were paid, and the smallest check was $16,051.

St Andrews Links (Old Course)

$7.0MPurse
$1.3MWinner's share
$16KSmallest check
76Players paid
61%To the top 10
79Missed the cut

Louis Oosthuizen finished -16 and took 19% of the purse. It was his first PGA Tour win, and 91% of the $1,431,427 he earned that season.

How the 2010 Open Championship purse was split

Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 61% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.

$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M1$1.3M6T11T14T14T27T27T37T37T44T48T55T60T6072T76Smallest check $16K

2010 Open Championship prize money for every player

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

PosPlayerCountryTo parLast yearPrize money
1Louis Oosthuizen South Africa-16$1,221,005$1,305,593 +7%
2Lee Westwood England-9$732,603$767,996 +5%
T3Henrik Stenson Sweden-8$415,142$394,238
T3Paul Casey England-8$415,142$394,238
T3Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland-8$415,142$394,238
6Retief Goosen South Africa-7$268,799
T7Martin Kaymer Germany-6$186,239
T7Nick Watney USA-6$186,239
T7Robert Rock England-6$186,239
T7Sean O'Hair USA-6$186,239
T11Alvaro Quiros Spain-5$125,439
T11Jeff Overton USA-5$125,439
T11Luke Donald England-5$125,439
T14Charl Schwartzel South Africa-4$87,840
T14Dustin Johnson USA-4$87,840
T14Ignacio Garrido Spain-4$87,840
T14J.B. Holmes USA-4$87,840
T14Jin Jeong South Korea-4—
T14Rickie Fowler USA-4$87,840
T14Robert Karlsson Sweden-4$87,840
T14Sergio Garcia Spain-4$87,840
T14Tom Lehman USA-4$87,840
T23Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland-3$64,512
T23Stephen Gallacher Scotland-3$64,512
T23Tiger Woods USA-3$64,512
T23Trevor Immelman South Africa-3$64,512
T27Adam Scott Australia-2$47,794$48,000
T27Alejandro Cañizares Spain-2$47,794$48,000
T27Bradley Dredge Wales-2$47,794$48,000
T27Edoardo Molinari Italy-2$47,794$48,000
T27Kevin Na USA-2$47,794$48,000
T27Marcel Siem Germany-2$47,794$48,000
T27Matt Kuchar USA-2$47,794$48,000
T27Miguel Angel Jiménez Spain-2$47,794$48,000
T27Robert Allenby Australia-2$47,794$48,000
T27Ryo Ishikawa Japan-2$47,794$48,000
T37Colm Moriarty Ireland-1$33,792
T37Hunter Mahan USA-1$33,792
T37Peter Hanson Sweden-1$33,792
T37Ross Fisher England-1$33,792
T37Shane Lowry Ireland-1$33,792
T37Søren Kjeldsen Denmark-1$33,792
T37Vijay Singh Fiji-1$33,792
T44Bo Van Pelt USAE$26,304
T44Camilo Villegas ColombiaE$26,304
T44Darren Clarke Northern IrelandE$26,304
T44Ricky Barnes USAE$26,304
T48John Daly USA+1$21,131
T48John Senden Australia+1$21,131
T48Kyung Kim USA+1$21,131
T48Lucas Glover USA+1$21,131
T48Phil Mickelson USA+1$21,131
T48Simon Dyson England+1$21,131
T48Stewart Cink USA+1$21,131
T55Danny Chia Malaysia+2$19,046
T55Simon Khan England+2$19,046
T55Steve Marino USA+2$19,046
T55Steve Stricker USA+2$19,046
T55Zane Scotland England+2$19,046
T60Heath Slocum USA+3$17,013$18,048
T60Ian Poulter England+3$17,013$18,048
T60Jason Day Australia+3$17,013$18,048
T60Marc Leishman Australia+3$17,013$18,048
T60Peter Senior Australia+3$17,013$18,048
T60Tom Pernice Jr. USA+3$17,013$18,048
T60Toru Taniguchi Japan+3$17,013$18,048
T60Y.E. Yang South Korea+3$17,013$18,048
T68Colin Montgomerie Scotland+4$17,126
T68Fredrik Andersson Hed Sweden+4$17,126
T68Hirofumi Miyase Japan+4$17,126
T68Steven Tiley England+4$17,126
72Andrew Coltart Scotland+5$15,303$16,742 +9%
73Mark Calcavecchia USA+6$15,140$16,589 +10%
T74Richard S. Johnson Sweden+7$16,358
T74Thomas Aiken South Africa+7$16,358
T76Scott Verplank USA+8$16,051
T76Zach Johnson USA+8$16,051
MCAlex Noren Sweden+9$0
MCAnders Hansen Denmark+7$0
MCÁngel Cabrera Argentina+5$0
MCBen Crane USA+4$0
MCBen Curtis USA+5$0
MCBill Haas USA+6$0
MCBrian Gay USA+11$0
MCBubba Watson USA+3$0
MCByeong Hun An South Korea+7$0
MCCameron Percy Australia+11$0
MCChris Wood England+5$0
MCD.A. Points USA+5$0
MCDarren Fichardt South Africa+8$0
MCDavid Duval USA+11$0
MCDavis Love III USA+5$0
MCEric Chun South Korea+3$0
MCErnie Els South Africa+4$0
MCEwan Porter Australia+15$0
MCFrancesco Molinari Italy+7$0
MCGareth Maybin Northern Ireland+4$0
MCGary Clark England+12$0
MCGeoff Ogilvy Australia+6$0
MCGeorge McNeill USA+11$0
MCGlen Day USA+13$0
MCGonzalo Fernandez-Castaño Spain+4$0
MCGrégory Havret France+3$0
MCHiroyuki Fujita Japan+6$0
MCJae-Bum Park South Korea+11$0
MCJamie Abbott England+8$0
MCJason Bohn USA+5$0
MCJason Dufner USA+11$0
MCJean Hugo South Africa+7$0
MCJerry Kelly USA+10$0
MCJim Furyk USA+6$0
MCJose Manuel Lara Spain+11$0
MCJosh Cunliffe South Africa+8$0
MCJustin Leonard USA+6$0
MCJustin Rose England+3$0
MCKatsumasa Miyamoto Japan+9$0
MCKenny Perry USA+6$0
MCK.J. Choi South Korea+6$0
MCKoumei Oda Japan+6$0
MCKurt Barnes Australia+8$0
MCLaurie Canter England+16$0
MCLoren Roberts USA+7$0
MCMark Haastrup Denmark+10$0
MCMark O'Meara USA+3$0
MCMartin Laird Scotland+13$0
MCMathew Goggin Australia+9$0
MCMichael Sim Australia+5$0
MCMike Weir Canada+4$0
MCNick Faldo England+9$0
MCOliver Wilson England+3$0
MCPadraig Harrington Ireland+6$0
MCPaul Goydos USA+6$0
MCPaul Lawrie Scotland+7$0
MCPaul Streeter England+8$0
MCPhillip Archer England+7$0
MCRhys Davies Wales+4$0
MCRoss McGowan England+4$0
MCRyan Moore USA+10$0
MCRyuichi Oda Japan+4$0
MCSandy Lyle Scotland+7$0
MCShunsuke Sonoda Japan+8$0
MCSimon Edwards Wales+21$0
MCSoren Hansen Denmark+7$0
MCS.Y. Noh South Korea+4$0
MCTano Goya Argentina+4$0
MCThomas Bjørn Denmark+3$0
MCThomas Levet France+10$0
MCThongchai Jaidee Thailand+8$0
MCTim Clark South Africa+7$0
MCTim Petrovic USA+7$0
MCTodd Hamilton USA+5$0
MCTom Watson USA+4$0
MCTom Whitehouse England+3$0
MCTyrrell Hatton England+11$0
MCVictor Dubuisson France+9$0
MCYuta Ikeda Japan+6$0

The Open winner's share over time

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$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M$4.0M343746495255586164677073767981828587899193959801040710$1.3M1316192326

2010 Open Championship payout FAQ

How much did the winner of the 2010 Open Championship get?

Louis Oosthuizen won $1,305,593 from a $7,000,000 purse.

What was the 2010 Open Championship purse?

$7,000,000.

How much did last place get at the 2010 Open Championship?

The smallest check was $16,051, to Zach Johnson (T76).

How many players made the cut at the 2010 Open Championship?

77 players made the cut and finished, and 79 players missed it.

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