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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Michael Weston

UNBELIEVABLE: The biggest checks purses and first prizes in golf - The Untold Story

Scottie Scheffler Players

Whoever conquers Royal Liverpool this week to lift the famous Claret Jug will also be rewarded financially, handsomely so, with the winner receiving a $3m payout.

The check for finishing first is the biggest it has ever been in golf’s oldest Major Championship, but The Open is not the most lucrative tournament in professional golf – far from it.

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