The Open offer record-breaking prize money but still falls short of LIV Golf
, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has announced.
In total, the prize money at the 151st Open will amount to £12.7m , an increase of 18 per cent from last year's competition. R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said: "Our aim is to ensure The Open remains at the pinnacle of world golf and we have almost doubled the prize fund since 2016. "While we are seeing substantial increases in prize money across the men's professional game, we are fulfilling our wider obligation to the sport by elevating the AIG Women's Open, strengthening pathways in the elite amateur game and encouraging more people around the world to play golf."We believe that getting this balance right is vital to the long-term future of the sport.
But despite the cash prize increase, The Open still cannot compete with the levels of money seen at LIV Golf.event at Centurion Club in Hertfordshire.Most read in Golf
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