There’s something extra special about winning this week’s AIG Women’s Open. This is only the third time the women’s major has been played on the historic Old Course at St. Andrews, and to boast that you claimed the title at the Home of Golf is a reward that doesn’t come with a specific price tag. Just ask Lorena Ochoa (2007 champ) and Stacy Lewis (2013).
That said, the champion on Sunday will also walk off with a monetary prize that’s memorable as well. The R&A announced on Wednesday that it was offering a record $9.5 million prize money payout this year, up $500,000 from 2023 and 3½ times as much as was awarded the last time the Open came to St. Andrews in 2013. That year Lewis claimed a first-place payday of $402,583. This year’s winner takes home $1.425 million.
Here's the prize money payouts for each golfer who makes the cut this week at St. Andrews. We’ll update this post shortly after play ends on Sunday with individual names and paydays.
Win: $1,425,000
2: $936,855
3: $678,540
4: $524,011
5: $421,003
6: $343,738
7: $287,080
8: $251,027
9: $225,273
10: $204,667
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12: $176,333
13: $165,001
14: $154,703
15: $145,429
16: $137,189
17: $129,982
18: $123,799
19: $118,651
20: $114,525
21: $110,410
22: $106,285
23: $102,170
24: $98,045
25: $94,442
26: $90,838
27: $87,225
28: $83,622
29: $80,018
30: $76,927
31: $73,836
32: $70,744
33: $67,653
34: $64,562
35: $61,992
36: $59,413
39: $51,684
40: $49,627
41: $47,569
42: $45,512
43: $43,444
44: $41,386
45: $39,841
46: $38,295
47: $36,749
48: $35,204
49: $33,658
50: $32,112
51: $31,089
52: $30,055
53: $29,021
54: $27,997
55: $26,963
56: $25,929
57: $24,906
58: $23,872
59: $22,848
60: $21,814
61: $21,303
62: $20,781
63: $20,269
64: $19,757
65: $19,235
66: $18,723
67: $18,211
68: $17,689
69: $17,177
70: $16,665
71: $12,438
72: $12,150
73: $11,862
74: $11,575
75: $11,287
76: $11,000
All pros who qualified for the event but missed the cut earn $4,500 in unofficial money.