Collin Morikawa finished -15 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 4th PGA Tour win, and 29% of the $7,059,908 he earned that season.
How the 2021 Open Championship purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 63% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2021 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 | Collin Morikawa | USA | -15 | $1,935,000 | $2,070,000 +7% |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | USA | -13 | $1,120,000 | $1,198,000 +7% |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | Spain | -11 | $718,000 | $682,500 |
| T3 | Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | -11 | $718,000 | $682,500 |
| 5 | Dylan Frittelli | South Africa | -9 | $480,000 | |
| T6 | Brooks Koepka | USA | -8 | $313,000 | $386,500 |
| T6 | Mackenzie Hughes | Canada | -8 | $313,000 | $386,500 |
| T8 | Daniel Berger | USA | -7 | $255,250 | |
| T8 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -7 | $255,250 | |
| T8 | Robert MacIntyre | Scotland | -7 | $255,250 | |
| T8 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -7 | $225,250 | |
| T12 | Emiliano Grillo | Argentina | -6 | $181,083 | |
| T12 | Shane Lowry | Ireland | -6 | $181,083 | |
| T12 | Viktor Hovland | Norway | -6 | $181,083 | |
| T15 | Corey Conners | Canada | -5 | $143,063 | |
| T15 | Marcel Siem | Germany | -5 | $143,063 | |
| T15 | Paul Casey | England | -5 | $143,063 | |
| T15 | Tony Finau | USA | -5 | $143,063 | |
| T19 | Aaron Rai | England | -4 | $109,000 | |
| T19 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -4 | $109,000 | |
| T19 | Brian Harman | USA | -4 | $109,000 | |
| T19 | Justin Harding | South Africa | -4 | $109,000 | |
| T19 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -4 | $109,000 | |
| T19 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | -4 | $109,000 | |
| T19 | Webb Simpson | USA | -4 | $109,000 | |
| T26 | Andy Sullivan | England | -3 | $79,821 | |
| T26 | Byeong Hun An | South Korea | -3 | $79,821 | |
| T26 | Cameron Tringale | USA | -3 | $79,821 | |
| T26 | Ian Poulter | England | -3 | $79,821 | |
| T26 | Jason Kokrak | USA | -3 | $79,821 | |
| T26 | Matt Fitzpatrick | England | -3 | $79,821 | |
| T26 | Xander Schauffele | USA | -3 | $79,821 | |
| T33 | Benjamin Hebert | France | -2 | $60,143 | |
| T33 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | -2 | $60,143 | |
| T33 | Cameron Smith | Australia | -2 | $60,143 | |
| T33 | Danny Willett | England | -2 | $60,143 | |
| T33 | Lanto Griffin | USA | -2 | $60,143 | |
| T33 | Talor Gooch | USA | -2 | $60,143 | |
| T33 | Tommy Fleetwood | England | -2 | $60,143 | |
| T40 | Daniel van Tonder | South Africa | -1 | $45,417 | |
| T40 | Dean Burmester | South Africa | -1 | $45,417 | |
| T40 | JC Ritchie | South Africa | -1 | $45,417 | |
| T40 | Justin Thomas | USA | -1 | $45,417 | |
| T40 | Matt Wallace | England | -1 | $45,417 | |
| T40 | Max Homa | USA | -1 | $45,417 | |
| T46 | Adam Scott | Australia | E | $33,679 | |
| T46 | Harris English | USA | E | $33,679 | |
| T46 | Jazz Janewattananond | Thailand | E | $33,679 | |
| T46 | Joel Dahmen | USA | E | $33,679 | |
| T46 | Johannes Veerman | USA | E | $33,679 | |
| T46 | Justin Rose | England | E | $33,679 | |
| T46 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | E | $33,679 | |
| T53 | Billy Horschel | USA | +1 | $29,417 | |
| T53 | Chan Kim | USA | +1 | $29,417 | |
| T53 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | South Africa | +1 | $29,417 | |
| T53 | Jonathan Thomson | England | +1 | $29,417 | |
| T53 | Marcus Armitage | England | +1 | $29,417 | |
| T53 | Rickie Fowler | USA | +1 | $29,417 | |
| T59 | Abraham Ancer | Mexico | +2 | $27,929 | |
| T59 | Antoine Rozner | France | +2 | $27,929 | |
| T59 | Bernd Wiesberger | Austria | +2 | $27,929 | |
| T59 | Chez Reavie | USA | +2 | $27,929 | |
| T59 | Joaquín Niemann | Chile | +2 | $27,929 | |
| T59 | Lee Westwood | England | +2 | $27,929 | |
| T59 | Matti Schmid | Germany | +2 | — | |
| T59 | Ryosuke Kinoshita | Japan | +2 | $27,929 | |
| T67 | Brendan Steele | USA | +3 | $25,088 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Jack Senior | England | +3 | $25,088 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Richard Bland | England | +3 | $25,088 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Ryan Fox | New Zealand | +3 | $25,088 | $26,900 |
| T67 | Sam Horsfield | England | +3 | $25,088 | $26,900 |
| 72 | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +4 | $24,438 | $26,375 +8% |
| 73 | Kevin Kisner | USA | +5 | $26,250 | |
| T74 | Richard Mansell | England | +6 | $26,125 | |
| T74 | Yuxin Lin | China | +6 | — | |
| T76 | Poom Saksansin | Thailand | +8 | $25,938 | |
| T76 | Sam Burns | USA | +8 | $25,938 | |
| MC | Aaron Pike | Australia | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Abel Gallegos | Argentina | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Hadwin | Canada | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Long | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Alex Noren | Sweden | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Hutchinson | England | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Kennedy | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Branden Grace | South Africa | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Brendon Todd | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Carlos Ortiz | Mexico | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Charley Hoffman | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Kirk | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Christoffer Bring | Denmark | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Cole Hammer | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Connor Worsdall | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | C.T. Pan | Chinese Taipei | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Croft | England | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Hillier | New Zealand | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Deyen Lawson | Australia | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Erik van Rooyen | South Africa | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ernie Els | South Africa | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Francesco Molinari | Italy | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Garrick Higgo | South Africa | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Woodland | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | Spain | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Guido Migliozzi | Italy | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Haotong Li | China | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Harold Varner III | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jaco Ahlers | South Africa | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Day | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Scrivener | Australia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jimmy Walker | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Long | England | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Catlin | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Joost Luiten | Netherlands | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jorge Campillo | Spain | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Keegan Bradley | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Keith Mitchell | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Kurt Kitayama | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Laird Shepherd | England | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Lucas Glover | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Lucas Herbert | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Marc Leishman | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Marcel Schneider | Germany | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Marcus Kinhult | Sweden | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Martin Kaymer | Germany | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Jones | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Kuchar | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Matthias Schwab | Austria | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | France | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Min Woo Lee | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Nicholas Poppleton | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Patrick Cantlay | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Patrick Reed | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Waring | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Phil Mickelson | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Rafa Cabrera Bello | Spain | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ricardo Celia | Colombia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard T. Lee | Canada | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Rikard Karlberg | Sweden | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Rikuya Hoshino | Japan | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Romain Langasque | France | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Russell Henley | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Palmer | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryutaro Nagano | Japan | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Sam Bairstow | England | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Sam Forgan | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Sebastián Muñoz | Colombia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Shaun Norris | South Africa | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Stewart Cink | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Takumi Kanaya | Japan | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Detry | Belgium | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Troy Merritt | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Tyrrell Hatton | England | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Victor Perez | France | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Will Zalatoris | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Yuki Inamori | Japan | +16 | $0 |
The Open winner's share over time
This year is labeled. Full tournament history →
2021 Open Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2021 Open Championship get?
Collin Morikawa won $2,070,000 from a $11,500,000 purse.
What was the 2021 Open Championship purse?
$11,500,000.
How much did last place get at the 2021 Open Championship?
The smallest check was $25,938, to Sam Burns (T76).
How many players made the cut at the 2021 Open Championship?
77 players made the cut and finished, and 79 players missed it.