Editing The Open Championship (section)

===Other prizes and benefits, based upon finishing position===

There are several benefits from being placed highly in the Open. These are:

* The runners up each receive a silver salver.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/jul/20/the-open-day-five-live|title=The Open 2015: fourth round – as it happened|date=13 July 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 January 2019|archive-date=30 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630135827/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/jul/20/the-open-day-five-live|url-status=live}}</ref>
*If the player is a professional, then a share of the purse. There is a distribution curve for those who make the cut, with 1st place getting 18%, 2nd 10.4%, 3rd 6.7%, 4th 5.2%, and 5th 4.2%. The percentage continues to fall by placing with 21st getting 1% and 37th 0.5%. Professionals who miss the cut received between US$7,375 and US$4,950.<ref name="Prize Distribution" />
* The top 10 players, including ties, get entry to the next edition of The Open Championship.<ref name=":0" />
* The top 4 players, including ties, get entry to the next edition of the [[Masters Tournament]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.augusta.com/masters/qualifications|title=Qualifications for Masters Invitation|date=3 January 2018|work=Augusta Chronicle|access-date=14 January 2019|archive-date=15 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115221743/http://www.augusta.com/masters/qualifications|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[FedEx Cup]], [[Race to dubai|Race to Dubai]], [[Ryder Cup]]/[[Presidents Cup]], and [[Official World Golf Ranking]] points.<ref name="Open Goodies" />