The golfer who wins The Open Championship on Sunday at Royal Birkdale will get the Claret Jug. He’ll also take home $1.845 million in prize money out of a total purse of $10.25 million. That payout will come in American dollars for the first time ever.

“We are operating in an increasingly global marketplace and have made the decision to award the prize fund in US dollars in recognition of the fact that it is the most widely adopted currency for prize money in golf," R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said. He didn’t mention that the British pound is down considerably from last summer.

The $10.25 million total purse makes The Open the second-most lucrative event in golf behind the U.S. Open, which this year leapt to a $12 million total. For The Open, it’s a considerable jump from last year’s purse of $8.5 million at Royal Troon.

Golf’s biggest tournaments have engaged in an arms race for the last few years, with virtually all of them raising their purses in an effort to stay prestigious. The Open doesn’t need to pay a ton to be a huge deal, because it’s historic and the most international tournament the sport has. But some extra cash doesn’t hurt, and neither does paying it out to the players in American dollars.

The differences in prize money, as in most tournaments, are sharpest at the top of the leaderboard. The gap between the winner and the runner-up is $778,000, and it gets progressively tighter from there. The difference between Nos. 69 and 70 on the leaderboard is a just slightly more mild $200.

When players are tied in a given spot on the leaderboard, the payouts for their respective places are averaged and evenly distributed among them. Amateurs, of course, are excluded from the payroll. Here’s how the prize money breaks down for the top 70 professional finishers at the at Royal Birkdale:

1. $1,845,000

2. $1,067,000

3. $684,000

4. $532,000

5. $428,000

6. $371,000

7. $318,000

8. $268,000

9. $235,000

10. $213,000

11. $193,000

12. $172,000

13. $161,000

14. $151,000

15. $141,000

16. $129,500

17. $123,000

18. $117,000

19. $112,000

20. $107,000

21. $102,000

22. $97,000

23. $92,000

24. $87,000

25. $84,000

26. $80,000

27. $77,000

28. $74,000

29. $71,000

30. $68,000

31. $65,500

32. $62,000

33. $60,000

34. $58,000

35. $56,000

36. $53,500

37. $51,000

38. $49,000

39. $47,000

40. $45,500

41. $43,500

42. $41,500

43. $39,500

44. $37,500

45. $35,500

46. $33,500

47. $32,000

48. $30,800

49. $29,500

50. $28,900

51. $28,200

52. $27,600

53. $27,200

54. $26,800

55. $26,400

56. $26,000

57. $25,600

58. $25,500

59. $25,400

60. $25,200

61. $25,000

62. $24,900

63. $24,800

64. $24,700

65. $24,500

66. $24,400

67. $24,200

68. $24,000

69. $23,800

70. $23,600