HOYLAKE, England — In addition to custody of the Claret Jug and the title of Champion Golfer of the Year, Brian Harman became a $30-million man on Sunday.
Harman, 36, banked $3 million, the largest winner’s check in the history of the British Open, and crossed $30 million in career earnings after winning his first major championship. Harman entered the week ranked No. 46 on the career PGA Tour money list with $28,967,672.
The R&A announced that the total prize fund for the 2023 Open was $16.5 million, an 18 percent increase from a year ago and nearly double the purse from 2016.
The top 31 finishers all made six figures for their four days of work. Even golfers who failed to make the cut didn’t go home empty-handed. The leading 10 professionals and ties made $12,000; the next 20 professional golfers and ties $10,000; and the remainder of professional golfers and ties $8,500.
2023 British Open prize money
| Pos | Golfer | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Brian Harman | -13 | $3,000,000 |
| T2 | Tom Kim | -7 | $1,084,625 |
| T2 | Sepp Straka | -7 | $1,084,625 |
| T2 | Jason Day | -7 | $1,084,625 |
| T2 | Jon Rahm | -7 | $1,084,625 |
| T6 | Rory McIlroy | -6 | $551,250 |
| T6 | Emiliano Grillo | -6 | $551,250 |
| T8 | Shubhankar Sharma | -5 | $403,350 |
| T8 | Cameron Young | -5 | $403,350 |
| T10 | Max Homa | -4 | $308,400 |
| T10 | Matthew Jordan | -4 | $308,400 |
| T10 | Tommy Fleetwood | -4 | $308,400 |
| T13 | Henrik Stenson | -3 | $232,875 |
| T13 | Hideki Matsuyama | -3 | $232,875 |
| T13 | Thomas Detry | -3 | $232,875 |
| T13 | Viktor Hovland | -3 | $232,875 |
| T17 | Laurie Canter | -2 | $187,900 |
| T17 | Xander Schauffele | -2 | $187,900 |
| T17 | Alex Fitzpatrick | -2 | $187,900 |
| T20 | Tyrrell Hatton | -1 | $163,067 |
| T20 | Sungae Im | -1 | $163,067 |
| T20 | Antoine Rozner | -1 | $163,067 |
| T23 | Adrian Meronk | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Scottie Scheffler | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Matthew Southgate | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Louis Oosthuizen | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Alex Noren | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Stewart Cink | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Byeong Hun An | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Rickie Fowler | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Jordan Spieth | E | $121,500 |
| T23 | Nicolai Hojgaard | E | $121,500 |
| T33 | Adam Scott | +1 | $84,112 |
| T33 | Oliver Wilson | +1 | $84,112 |
| T33 | Wyndham Clark | +1 | $84,112 |
| T33 | Richard Bland | +1 | $84,112 |
| T33 | Patrick Reed | +1 | $84,112 |
| T33 | Cameron Smith | +1 | $84,112 |
| T33 | Patrick Cantlay | +1 | $84,112 |
| T33 | Romain Langasque | +1 | $84,112 |
| T41 | Marcel Siem | +2 | $58,725 |
| T41 | Victor Perez | +2 | $58,725 |
| T41 | Hurly Long | +2 | $58,725 |
| T41 | Jordan Smith | +2 | $58,725 |
| T41 | J.T. Poston | +2 | $58,725 |
| T41 | Alexander Bjork | +2 | $58,725 |
| T41 | Min Woo Lee | +2 | $58,725 |
| T41 | Matt Fitzpatrick | +2 | $58,725 |
| T49 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +3 | $45,933 |
| T49 | Abraham Ancer | +3 | $45,933 |
| T49 | Brendon Todd | +3 | $45,933 |
| T52 | Ryan Fox | +4 | $43,433 |
| T52 | Michael Stewart | +4 | $43,433 |
| T52 | Corey Conners | +4 | $43,433 |
| T55 | Andrew Putnam | +5 | $41,375 |
| T55 | Adrian Otaegui | +5 | $41,375 |
| T55 | Gary Woodland | +5 | $41,375 |
| T55 | Zach Johnson | +5 | $41,375 |
| 59 | Brandon Robinson Thompson | +6 | $40,500 |
| T60 | Scott Stallings | +7 | $39,900 |
| T60 | Bryson DeChambeau | +7 | $39,900 |
| T60 | Kurt Kitayama | +7 | $39,900 |
| T60 | Rikuya Hoshino | +7 | $39,900 |
| T64 | Padraig Harrington | +8 | $39,025 |
| T64 | Brooks Koepka | +8 | $39,025 |
| T64 | Richie Ramsay | +8 | $39,025 |
| T64 | Guido Migliozzi | +8 | $39,025 |
| T68 | Danny Willett | $9 | $38,033 |
| T68 | David Lingmerth | +9 | $38,033 |
| T68 | Sami Valimaki | +9 | $38,033 |
| T71 | Robert MacIntyre | +10 | $37,550 |
| T71 | Joost Luiten | +10 | $37,550 |
| T71 | Thomas Pieters | +10 | $37,550 |
| T74 | Christo Lamprecht (a) | +11 | $0 |
| T74 | Thriston Lawrence | +11 | $37,300 |
| 76 | Zack Fischer | +13 | $37,175 |
