​The Open Championship purse this year is a record $17.75 million, with the winner collecting $3.2 million.When winner Scottie Scheffler earned $3.1 million last year, he solidified his hold on the PGA Tour money title, which he went on to win for the fourth year in a row.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementScheffler can do the same thing this week at the Open, which begins July 16 at Royal Birkdale. With $15,124,574, he has a lead of more than $1.375 million over No. 2 Matt Fitzpatrick. However, if Scheffler misses the cut, Fitzpatrick can jump him for first place with either a victory or solo second ($1,830,000).WHO’S WINNING IT? Open Championship picks, predictions, oddsThird-place Cameron Young can’t catch Scheffler with a victory but he can make it interesting. And the lucrative major championship purse can really shake up the spots from No. 4 Wyndham Clark throughout the top 10. Clark has earned $9,876,186 and the winner’s check puts all players through No. 10 Si Woo Kim within range of moving into the top five with a victory.The top three places in the Open, pay out $1 million or more. A solo fourth is $917,000, fifth is $738,000 and sixth is $639,000.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe top 34 players this year will all earn $100,000 or more.Through Scottish Open, ISCO Championship 1. Scottie Scheffler $15,124,5742. Matt Fitzpatrick $13,749,4953. Cameron Young $12,103,4524. Wyndham Clark $9,876,1865. Rory McIlroy $8,395,2566. Collin Morikawa $8,389,9367. Chris Gotterup $7,590,6438. Akshay Bhatia $7,473,9989. Jacob Bridgeman $7,374,04710. Si Woo Kim $6,862,56011. Sam Burns $6,402,53912. Viktor Hovland $6,128,92613. Kristoffer Reitan $6,018,76414. Ludvig Åberg $5,916,89115. Min Woo Lee $5,604,62716. J.T. Poston $5,590,02917. Tommy Fleetwood$ 5,575,10418. Russell Henley $5,446,95419. Xander Schauffele $5,438,65020. Ryan Gerard $5,237,01821. Aaron Rai $5,001,15422. Justin Rose $4,853,35523. Nicolai Højgaard $4,697,66824. J.J. Spaun $4,682,09825. Alex Smalley $4,662,24926. Kurt Kitayama $4,538,75027. Alex Fitzpatrick $4,488,23328. Rickie Fowler $4,350,46129. Robert MacIntyre $4,250,57030. Sepp Straka $4,163,136This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Open Championship purse should reshape the PGA Tour money list