“We are operating in an increasingly global marketplace and have made the decision to award the prize fund in US dollars in recognition of the fact that it is the most widely adopted currency for prize money in golf,” stated Martin Slumbers.
The oldest essential has determined to head global and, as study in SB Nation, "the flow to bucks can also be a reaction to the hit the handbag took, relative to the opposite majors, after Brexit's impact on currency closing summer time."
And, what a huge purse it is! The winner will take home $1,845,000 USD with total prize-money totaling a whopping $10,250,000. Not to mention the winner of The Open also takes home the Claret Jug.
The Open prize money is still shy of the 2017 U.S. Open purse which was at $12 million with Brooks Koepka earning just under $2.2 million.
What do you suspect? Are purses getting out of hand?
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