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Prize pot same for Turnberry

  • Turnberry: £4.2million purse

    Turnberry: £4.2million purse

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Prize money in the Open Championship at Turnberry is being kept at the same level as last year, with the winner receiving £750,000 out of a total purse of £4.2million.

Padraig Harrington will be trying for a third successive victory, something last achieved by Australian Peter Thomson in 1956.

The runner-up will again be paid £450,000 and the third-placed player £290,000, while everyone qualifying for the event will earn at least £2,100.