Henrik Stenson finished -20 and took 17% of the purse. It was his 5th PGA Tour win, and 46% of the $3,397,373 he earned that season.
How the 2016 Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 62% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2016 Open 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 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | -20 | $1,794,690 | $1,549,590 -14% |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -17 | $837,262 | $890,190 +6% |
| 3 | J.B. Holmes | USA | -6 | $571,040 | |
| 4 | Steve Stricker | USA | -5 | $460,377 | $444,436 -3% |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | -4 | $310,798 | |
| T5 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | -4 | $310,798 | |
| T5 | Tyrrell Hatton | England | -4 | $310,798 | |
| 8 | Andrew Johnston | England | -3 | $224,196 | |
| T9 | Bill Haas | USA | -2 | $178,477 | |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -2 | $178,477 | |
| T9 | Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | -2 | $178,477 | |
| T12 | Andy Sullivan | England | -1 | $162,107 | $122,154 |
| T12 | Emiliano Grillo | Argentina | -1 | $162,107 | $122,154 |
| T12 | Gary Woodland | USA | -1 | $162,107 | $122,154 |
| T12 | Matthew Southgate | England | -1 | $162,107 | $122,154 |
| T12 | Patrick Reed | USA | -1 | $162,107 | $122,154 |
| T12 | Zach Johnson | USA | -1 | $162,107 | $122,154 |
| T18 | Charl Schwartzel | South Africa | E | $129,140 | $91,492 |
| T18 | Keegan Bradley | USA | E | $129,140 | $91,492 |
| T18 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | Spain | E | $129,140 | $91,492 |
| T18 | Tony Finau | USA | E | $129,140 | $91,492 |
| T22 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T22 | David Howell | England | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T22 | Jason Day | Australia | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T22 | Jason Dufner | USA | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T22 | Justin Rose | England | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T22 | Kevin Na | USA | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T22 | Lee Westwood | England | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T22 | Thongchai Jaidee | Thailand | +1 | $69,113 | |
| T30 | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | +2 | $63,075 | $51,489 |
| T30 | Haydn Porteous | South Africa | +2 | $63,075 | $51,489 |
| T30 | Jordan Spieth | USA | +2 | $63,075 | $51,489 |
| T30 | Russell Knox | Scotland | +2 | $63,075 | $51,489 |
| T30 | Ryan Palmer | USA | +2 | $63,075 | $51,489 |
| T30 | Thomas Pieters | Belgium | +2 | $63,075 | $51,489 |
| T36 | Francesco Molinari | Italy | +3 | $42,861 | |
| T36 | Martin Kaymer | Germany | +3 | $42,861 | |
| T36 | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +3 | $42,861 | |
| T39 | Bubba Watson | USA | +4 | $37,091 | |
| T39 | Matt Jones | Australia | +4 | $37,091 | |
| T39 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | Spain | +4 | $37,091 | |
| T39 | Webb Simpson | USA | +4 | $37,091 | |
| T43 | Adam Scott | Australia | +5 | $31,322 | |
| T43 | Jim Herman | USA | +5 | $31,322 | |
| T43 | Luke Donald | England | +5 | $31,322 | |
| T46 | Alex Noren | Sweden | +6 | $25,227 | |
| T46 | Harris English | USA | +6 | $25,227 | |
| T46 | Matt Kuchar | USA | +6 | $25,227 | |
| T46 | Nicolas Colsaerts | Belgium | +6 | $25,227 | |
| T46 | Richard Sterne | South Africa | +6 | $25,227 | |
| T46 | Rickie Fowler | USA | +6 | $25,227 | |
| T46 | Ryan Moore | USA | +6 | $25,227 | |
| T53 | Danny Willett | England | +7 | $22,103 | |
| T53 | Justin Thomas | USA | +7 | $22,103 | |
| T53 | Kevin Chappell | USA | +7 | $22,103 | |
| T53 | Kyung-tae Kim | South Korea | +7 | $22,103 | |
| T53 | Marc Leishman | Australia | +7 | $22,103 | |
| 58 | Ryan Evans | England | +8 | $24,824 | $21,365 -14% |
| T59 | Byeong Hun An | South Korea | +9 | $21,035 | |
| T59 | Daniel Summerhays | USA | +9 | $21,035 | |
| T59 | Jim Furyk | USA | +9 | $21,035 | |
| T59 | Jon Rahm | Spain | +9 | $21,035 | |
| T63 | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | +10 | $20,573 | |
| T63 | Mark O'Meara | USA | +10 | $20,573 | |
| T63 | Paul Lawrie | Scotland | +10 | $20,573 | |
| T66 | Harold Varner III | USA | +11 | $20,244 | |
| T66 | Zander Lombard | South Africa | +11 | $20,244 | |
| T68 | Anirban Lahiri | India | +12 | $23,331 | $19,848 |
| T68 | James Hahn | USA | +12 | $23,331 | $19,848 |
| T68 | Marco Dawson | USA | +12 | $23,331 | $19,848 |
| T68 | Patton Kizzire | USA | +12 | $23,331 | $19,848 |
| T72 | Branden Grace | South Africa | +13 | $19,320 | |
| T72 | Jamie Donaldson | Wales | +13 | $19,320 | |
| T72 | Scott Hend | Australia | +13 | $19,320 | |
| T72 | Yuta Ikeda | Japan | +13 | $19,320 | |
| 76 | Kevin Kisner | USA | +14 | $18,991 | |
| 77 | Charley Hoffman | USA | +15 | $18,859 | |
| 78 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | +17 | $22,082 | $18,727 -15% |
| T79 | Kodai Ichihara | Japan | +18 | $18,529 | |
| T79 | Soomin Lee | South Korea | +18 | $18,529 | |
| 81 | Greg Chalmers | Australia | +21 | $18,331 | |
| MC | Anthony Wall | England | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Curtis | USA | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Bernd Wiesberger | Austria | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Horschel | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Brandon Stone | South Africa | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Brendan Steele | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Gay | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Callum Shinkwin | England | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Kirk | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Wood | England | E | $0 | |
| MC | Clément Sordet | France | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Colt Knost | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Lee | New Zealand | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Coupland | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | David Duval | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | David Lingmerth | Sweden | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ernie Els | South Africa | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Fabián Gómez | Argentina | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | George Coetzee | South Africa | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Hideki Matsuyama | Japan | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Hideto Tanihara | Japan | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Senior | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | James Heath | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | James Morrison | England | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Jamie Lovemark | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeunghun Wang | South Korea | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Jimmy Walker | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | John Daly | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Joost Luiten | Netherlands | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jordan Niebrugge | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Leonard | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | Thailand | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Kristoffer Broberg | Sweden | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Lasse Jensen | Norway | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Marc Warren | Scotland | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Marcus Fraser | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Fitzpatrick | England | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Matteo Manassero | Italy | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Nathan Holman | Australia | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Cullen | Australia | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Oskar Arvidsson | Sweden | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Casey | England | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Dunne | Ireland | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Howard | England | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Phachara Khongwatmai | Thailand | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Richie Ramsay | Scotland | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Rikard Karlberg | Sweden | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Rock | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Streb | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Pampling | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Ross Fisher | England | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Russell Henley | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | +21 | $0 | |
| MC | Sanghee Lee | South Korea | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Satoshi Kodaira | Japan | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Fernandez | Spain | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Gregory | England | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Piercy | USA | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Shane Lowry | Ireland | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Shugo Imahira | Japan | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Smylie Kaufman | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Stefano Mazzoli | Italy | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Steven Alker | New Zealand | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Steven Bowditch | Australia | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | S.Y. Noh | South Korea | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Thorbjørn Olesen | Denmark | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Todd Hamilton | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Fleetwood | England | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Victor Dubuisson | France | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Vijay Singh | Fiji | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | William McGirt | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Yosuke Tsukada | Japan | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Yusaku Miyazato | Japan | +8 | $0 |
The Open winner's share over time
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2016 Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2016 Open get?
Henrik Stenson won $1,549,590 from a $9,300,000 purse.
What was the 2016 Open purse?
$9,300,000.
How much did last place get at the 2016 Open?
The smallest check was $18,331, to Greg Chalmers (81).
How many players made the cut at the 2016 Open?
81 players made the cut and finished, and 75 players missed it.