Scottie Scheffler absolutely ran away with things in Northern Ireland this weekend.
The top-ranked golfer in the world cruised to a four-shot win at the British Open at Royal Portrush to claim his first ever Claret Jug and a fourth career major championship. As a result, that sent him back to the United States with a $3.1 million check.
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The British Open offered a $17 million purse this season at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, which matches the record-setting purse offered last year. While that’s the highest in the event’s history, it’s the lowest among the four major championships.
The U.S. Open, by comparison, offered a $21.5 million purse last month to lead the majors. The Masters had a $21 million purse, too, and the PGA Tour’s signature events typically carry purses of at least $20 million. The PGA Championship wasn’t far behind with its $19 million purse.
Scottie Scheffler won his first ever British Open on Sunday. (Pedro Salado/Getty Images)
(Pedro Salado via Getty Images)
Scheffler started the final round with a four-shot lead, and he quickly pushed it to seven strokes after making three birdies in his first five holes of the day. By then, that lead was far too big for anyone to overcome. He rolled through the rest of his round without any issue to earn what is now his 17th career win.
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Harris English finished alone in second at 13-under, one shot ahead of Chris Gotterup — who played his way into the event with his win last week at the Scottish Open. Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick and Haotong Li then finished in a tie for fourth.
Here’s a look at how much Scheffler and others earned this week at Royal Portrush.
2025 British Open payouts
1. Scottie Scheffler — $3.1 million
2. Harris English — $1.759 million
3. Chris Gotterup — $1.128 million
T4. Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Haotong Li — $730,667
T7. Robert MacIntyre, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy — $451,833
T10. Bryson DeChambeau, Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Russell Henley — $304,650
T14. Rickie Fowler, Nicolai Hojgaard — $240,000
T16. Jesper Svensson, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, John Parry, Justin Rose, Rasmus Hojgaard, Tyrrell Hatton — $185,257
T23. Maverick McNealy, JJ Spaun, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson, Ludvig Aberg — $138,040
T28. Harry Hall, Oliver Lindell — $119,950
T30. Daniel Berger, Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Kristoffer Reitan — $104,850
T34. Sergio Garcia, Aaron Rai, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Lee Westwood — $86,517
T40. Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth, Jason Kokrak, Takumi Kanaya, Nathan Kimsey — $68,340
T45. Matthe Jordan, Thomas Detry, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Smith, Sam Burns, Thriston Lawrence, Matt Wallace — $51,186
T52. Adrien Saddier, Sepp Straka, Marc Leishman, Sungjae Im — $44,350
T56. Phil Mickelson, Jhonattan Vegas, Tony Finau — $42,186
T59. Antoine Rozner, Justin Leonard — $41,550
T61. Dean Burmester, Romain Langasque — $41,100
T63. Riki Kawamoto, Andrew Novak, Viktor Hovland, Ryggs Johnston, Francesco Molinari — $40,280
68. Jacob Skov Olesen — $39,400
69. Matti Schmid — $39,100
70. Sebastian Soderbert — $38,900
