Winner of 150th Open at St Andrews to receive record prize fund

The winner of the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship will obtain a document 2.5 million US {dollars} in prize cash

The winner of the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship will obtain a document $2.5m (£2.1m) in prize cash, event organisers have introduced.

The R&A additionally introduced that the entire prize fund at St Andrews has additionally elevated by 22 per cent to $14m.

Martin Slumbers, chief govt of the R&A mentioned: “There have been vital adjustments in prize cash during the last yr.

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“We have now subsequently elevated the prize fund by 22 per cent which implies that the prize cash has elevated by greater than 60 per cent since 2016.

“We have now made this substantial funding whereas balancing our wider commitments to creating golf in any respect ranges world wide and to persevering with to raise the AIG Girls’s Open.”

When is The a hundred and fiftieth Open on Sky Sports activities?

The ready is nearly over for the ultimate males’s main of the yr, with round the clock protection from The a hundred and fiftieth Open solely reside on Sky Sports activities’ devoted channel.

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Watch each second from the a hundred and fiftieth Open, reside solely right here on Sky Sports activities.

Sky Sports activities The Open will present over 80 hours of reside protection from the long-lasting Outdated Course at St Andrews, greater than ever earlier than, with reside programming on all seven days of event week and a number of bonus additional options accessible to get pleasure from.

Stay protection from the opening two rounds will start at 6.30am – earlier than the opening tee shot – and run by means of till after play is completed, with wall-to-wall protection reside from 9am on Saturday and 8am for Sunday’s remaining spherical.

There can be plenty of additional motion all through all 4 days by way of the purple button on Sky Sports activities The Open, together with Sky Q and Sky Glass, with Featured Teams and Featured Holes accessible to get pleasure from because the world’s greatest gamers sort out the Residence of Golf.

Two marquee featured teams will characteristic in every half of the draw on all 4 days, whereas Featured Holes tackles the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth, with each feeds accessible for Sky Sports activities prospects on the Sky Sports activities web site and app.

Additional evaluation can be accessible in ‘The Open Verdict’ after every day’s play and a bumper highlights present can be on every night, whereas Sunday’s remaining spherical can be repeated – in full – the day after the event is accomplished.

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Jamie Weir visits all 14 programs to have hosted The Open and performs a gap at every with with some very particular visitors in ‘The Open Street Journey’, a brand new sequence this summer time on Sky Sports activities

Key TV occasions

All occasions on Sky Sports activities The Open until said; *denotes precise timings TBC

Monday July 11

0900-1300 – Stay From The Vary

1300-1500 – Stay At The Open Zone

1500-1830 – Stay Champions Problem

Tuesday July 12

0900-1200 – Stay From The Vary

1200-1400 – Stay At The Open Zone

1400-1800 – Stay From The Vary

Wednesday July 13

0900-1200 – Stay From The Vary

1200-1400 – Stay At The Open Zone

1400-1600 – The Open: Remaining Follow LIVE!

Thursday July 14

0630-2030 – The Open LIVE!

0730-1030 and 1200-1500 – Stay From The Vary – purple button

*0800-2000 – Featured Teams and Featured Holes – purple button

2030-2130 – The Open Verdict

Friday July 15

0630-2030 – The Open LIVE!

0730-1030 and 1200-1500 – Stay From The Vary – purple button

*0800-2000 – Featured Teams and Featured Holes – purple button

2030-2130 – The Open Verdict

Saturday July 16

0900-2000 – The Open LIVE!

0900-1200 – Saturday at The Open – reside on Sky Sports activities Combine, Sky Showcase and Sky Sports activities Golf YouTube channel

1100-1600 – Stay From The Vary – purple button

*1000-1900 – Featured Teams and Featured Holes – purple button

2000-2100 – The Open Verdict

Sunday July 17

0800-1930 – The Open LIVE!

0800-1100 – Sunday at The Open – reside on Sky Sports activities Combine, Sky Showcase and Sky Sports activities Golf YouTube channel

*0900-1900 – Featured Teams and Featured Holes – purple button

*1000-1500 – Stay From The Vary – purple button

1930-2000 – The Open Verdict

Watch The a hundred and fiftieth Open all through the week reside on Sky Sports activities’ devoted channel – Sky Sports activities The Open!