Irish Open 2021: Complete Breakdown of the Prize Money From Winner to Last-Place

Jul 3, 2021 | 6:30 AM EDT

Irish Open 2021: Complete Breakdown of the Prize Money From Winner to Last-Place

Jul 3, 2021 | 6:30 AM EDT

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 2021 is currently underway. Mount Juliet Estate Thomastown Ireland is hosting this European tour event. Many golf players around the world are competing for the trophy, including World No.10 Rory McIlroy. So here’s everything that you need to know about the total purse, and winner’s prize money for the tournament.

The Irish Open is one of those events which is looked at as a preparation for the original major, The Open Championship. But in saying so, it is also one of the most important tournaments on the European Tour. Last year John Catlin became the first American to win the Irish Open in the previous two decades.

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The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open is the 18th event for the season while first in Ireland. This year the tournament has special attention since players like Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, and Shane Lowry are in the field. McIlroy has returned to his home country after a long time. He is back on the European Tour for the first time since 2019.

The total prize money for the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open is €3,000,000. And it is the standard 16.67 percent payout according to the European Tour’s prize money distribution chart. The entire field is competing to get the highest share from the total purse of 3 Million Euros.

Winner’s payout for the Irish Open 2021

Just like every event, the winner will get the highest share of the total purse. So here’s how the distribution will work. The winner will get €500,000 from the total purse of 3 million euros. Apart from monetary benefits, the winner will also get 28 OWGR points, including a two-season exemption for the European Tour and 710 Race To Dubai Points.

This is a tremendous deal, especially for players who still aren’t part of the PGA Tour. And these extra benefits apart from the prize money will motivate players to be at their best.

Complete breakdown of the €3 million prize purse

1. €500,000
2. €333,330
3. €187,800
4. €150,000
5. €127,200
6. €105,000
7. €90,000
8. €75,000
9. €67,200
10. €60,000
11. €55,200
12. €51,600
13. €48,300
14. €45,900
15. €44,100
16. €42,300
17. €40,500
18. €38,700
19. €37,200
20. €36,000
21. €34,800
22. €33,900
23. €33,000
24. €32,100
25. €31,200
26. €30,300
27. €29,400
28. €28,500
29. €27,600
30. €26,700
31. €25,800
32. €24,900
33. €24,000
34. €23,100
35. €22,500
36. €21,900
37. €21,300
38. €20,700
39. €20,100
40. €19,500
41. €18,900
42. €18,300
43. €17,700
44. €17,100
45. €16,500
46. €15,900
47. €15,300
48. €14,700
49. €14,100
50. €13,500
51. €12,900
52. €12,300
53. €11,700
54. €11,100
55. €10,500
56. €9,900
57. €9,300
58. €9,000
59. €8,700
60. €8,400
61. €8,100
62. €7,800
63. €7,500
64. €7,200
65. €6,900

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Amey Kulkarni

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Amey Kulkarni is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. Before joining EssentiallySports he used to write articles on Golf and Cricket on his personal blog cricgolf.

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