Yahoo News Irish Open prizemoney full breakdown as Rory McIlroy and DP World stars battle for lucrative title
The DP World Tour comes to Northern Ireland for the Amgen Irish Open this week and the prizemoney on offer is the most lucrative for any non-Rolex Series events on the European Tour.
Rory McIlroy headlines the field this week at Royal County Down with other Irish household names like Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power and Tom McKibbin lining up.
Holywood's finest McIlroy, now world No.3 behind Americans Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, is bidding to win his home open for the second time in his career. His record in the Irish Open is patchy however, registering just one win and two top 10s in his 14 starts. He has missed the cut five times.
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The Irish Open is one of the oldest events on the Tour. It was a pre-European Tour event from 1927-1953 and officially became a regular Euro Tour event in 1975. It became part of the prestigious Rolex Series in 2017 but that ended in 2019.
Despite that face, there is a huge amount of prize money to play for with the Amgen Irish Open offering a $6m total purse - some £4.6 million. The winner will walk away with $1,020,000 - £780,000. That's the biggest prize for any non-Rolex Series event this season.
McIlroy will join McKibbin and Swedish amateur Vincent Norman for the opening two rounds after the tee times were confirmed on Tuesday. They will get their opening round under way at 1pm on Thursday, starting from the first hole.
Lowry will also start from the first hole. His round begins at 12.40pm alongside Robert MacIntyre and Ryan Fox.
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Sweden's Norrman is the defending champion but has some of the biggest stars in golf vying to take his crown.
Here is the breakdown of the 2024 Irish Open purse (prize in dollars)
1st $1,020,000 (£780k)
2nd $660,000 (£506k)
3rd $378,000
4th $300,000
5th $254,400
6th $210,000
7th $180,000
8th $150,000
9th $134,400
10th $120,000
11th $110,400
12th $103,200
13th $96,600
14th $91,800
15th $88,200
16th $84,600
17th $81,000
18th $77,400
19th $74,400
20th $72,000
21st $69,600
22nd $67,800
23rd $66,000
24th $64,200
25th $62,400
26th $60,600
27th $58,800
28th $57,000
29th $55,200
30th $53,400
31st $51,600
32nd $49,800
33rd $48,000
34th $46,200
35th $44,000
36th $42,600
37th $41,400
38th $40,200
39th $39,000
40th $37,800
41st $36,600
42nd $35,400
43rd $34,200
44th $33,000
45th $31,800
46th $30,600
47th $29,400
48th $28,200
49th $27,000
50th $25,800
51st $24,600
52nd $23,400
53rd $22,200
54th $21,000
55th $20,400
56th $19,800
57th $19,200
58th $18,600
59th $18,000
60th $17,400
61st $16,800
62nd $16,200
63rd $15,600
64th $15,000
65th $14,400
66th $13,800
67th $13,200
68th $12,600
69th $12,000
70th $11,400
The four-day tournament starts on Thursday, September 12, and finishes on Sunday, September 15.
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