The Open 2019: The money list

The final major of the year and arguably the one everyone wants to win the most takes place in just a few weeks time, the Open Championship. The Claret Jug returns to Royal Portrush this year, where Francesco Molinari hopes to defend his title after taking home the prize at Carnoustie last year.

The Open Championship is arguably the biggest major of the four, but it remains in last place in terms of prize money. That won't bother the players in the slightest, as the prize money has been increased this year, with a record payout going to the winner.

The R&A recently announced that the purse for the Open Championship has been increased to $10.75 million, with the winner taking home $1.935 million.

Last year at the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie, the total purse was $10.5 million and Francesco Molinari took home $1.89 million, along with the Claret Jug.

In June, Gary Woodland won the U.S Open at Pebble Beach and won $2.25 million from a $12.5 million purse. Brooks Koepka won $1.98 million from a total prize fund of $11 million at the PGA Championship and 15-time major winner Tiger Woods earned himself $2.07 million from a $11.5 million purse at the Masters.

Rory McIlory took home $2.25 million when he won The Players Championship earlier this year, the PGA Tour's flagship tournament. All four majors and The Players reached record highs for prize money this year.

Let's take a look at the payouts for the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, which takes place July 18-21:

Total prize purse: $10.75 million

1st: $1.935 million

2nd: $1,120,000

3rd: $718,000

4th: $558,000

5th: $449,000

6th: $389,000

7th: $334,000

8th: $282,000

9th: $247,000

10th: $223,000

11th: $203,000

12th: $180,000

13th: $169,000

14th: $159,000

15th: $147,500

16th: $135,500

17th: $129,000

18th: $123,000

19th: $117,750

20th: $112,000

21st: $107,000

22nd: $101,500

23rd: $96,250

24th: $91,000

25th: $88,000

26th: $84,000

27th: $81,000

28th: $78,000

29th: $74,750

30th: $71,250

31st: $68,500

32nd: $65,000

33rd: $63,000

34th: $61,000

35th: $59,000

36th: $56,500

37th: $53,750

38th: $51,250

39th: $49,250

40th: $47,750

41st: $45,750

42nd: $43,500

43rd: $41,500

44th: $39,500

45th: $37,000

46th: $35,000

47th: $33,500

48th: $32,250

49th: $31,000

50th: $30,250

51st: $29,500

52nd: $29,000

53rd: $28,500

54th: $28,100

55th: $27,600

56th: $27,200

57th: $26,800

58th: $26,700

59th: $26,600

60th: $26,400

61st: $26,200

62nd: $26,100

63rd: $26,000

64th: $25,900

65th: $25,700

66th: $25,600

67th: $25,400

68th: $25,200

69th: $25,000

70th: $24,750