Royal Birkdale Golf Course, Southport, England

Whoever ends up lifting the iconic Claret Jug come Sunday evening, will receive $1,845,000 - with the runner up getting just over $1million.
The Open Championship is the second-richest golf tournament in the world at the moment, behind only the U.S. Open, which had a $12 million purse this year.


Round One
Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka, and Matt Kuchar—share the lead at -5
-Koepka is the defending U.S. Open champion
-Spieth is trying to regain the magic in his Royal Birkdale debut.
-Kuchar remains the Nicest Player Never To Win A Major.

It’s been three years since Rory McIlroy hoisted one of the big trophies. From the jump, he appeared lost, bogeying five of the first six holes. But he settled down and birdied four of the final seven holes to finish the day at one over.

Round Two
-Jordan Spieth -6
-Matt Kuchar -4
-Brooks Koepka -3

Rory is on the leader board in 6th place