What happens to The Open Championship’s $3,100,000 winner's prize if an amateur wins it?

The Open Championship welcomes 12 amateurs to play at Royal Troon but the bad news is that they won't receive any prize money even if they win or make it through the cutline. The prize for the winner is $3.1 million but that won't be credited to an amateur if he manages to win.

While the amateur won't bag any hefty prize money, there'll be other incentives. Introduced in 1949, the low amateur receives a silver medal and the winner will get a gold medal. Added to these, a perfect performance will help in publicity and to get exemptions in future tournaments. Also, this may help in getting sponsors after the golfer turns pro.

In the 2023 Open Championship, Christo Lamprecht clinched the silver medal. He ended up at T74 on the leaderboard. Other amateurs who participated were Jose Luis Ballester, Harrison Crowe, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira, Tiger Christensen, and more. Now, the question remains how do these golfers qualify for the Open Championship?

Amateurs can play in the Open Championship if they hold titles like the Amateur, US Amateur, Asia Pacific Amateur, European Amateur, and more. This year the amateurs in the Open Championship are Dominic Clemons, Santiago de la Fuente, Matthew Dodd-Berry, Jaime Montojo Fernandez, Luis Masaveu, Liam Nolan, Jacob Skov Olesen, Gordon Sargent, Jasper Stubbs, Altin van der Merwe, Tommy Morrison, and Calum Scott.

What are the tee times of the second round of the Open Championship?

The second round of the Open Championship starts at 1:35 am ET with Ewen Ferguson and Marcel Siem. Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, and Patrick Cantlay are paired together at 4:25 am ET. Here are the tee times and pairings of the round two of the Open Championship (All times in ET):

1:35 a.m. -- Ewen Ferguson, Marcel Siem

1:46 a.m. -- CT Pan, Romain Langasque, Yuto Katsuragawa

1;57 a.m. -- Rikuya Hoshino, Angel Hidalgo, Richard Mansell

2:08 a.m. -- Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Jorge Campillo

2:19 a.m. -- Ernie Els, Gary Woodland, Altin van der Merwe (a)

2:30 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Rasmus Hojgaard, Jacob Skov Olesen (a)

2:41 a.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Billy Horschel, Victor Perez

2:52 a.m. -- Sepp Straka, Brendon Todd, Jordan Smith

3:03 a.m. -- Denny McCarthy, Taylor Moore, Adrian Meronk

3:14 a.m. -- Jason Day, Byeong Hun An, Rickie Fowler

3:25 a.m. -- Alex Cejka, Eric Cole, Kurt Kitayama

3:36 a.m. -- Darren Clarke, JT Poston, Dean Burmester

3:47 a.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Joost Luiten, Dustin Johnson

4:03 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, Davis Thompson, Matthew Jordan

4:14 a.m. -- Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka

4:25 a.m. -- Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay

4:36 a.m. -- Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim

4:47 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith, Matt Fitzpatrick

4:58 a.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young

5:09 a.m. -- Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge, Sami Valimaki

5:20 a.m. -- Emiliano Grillo, Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes

5:31 a.m. -- Yannik Paul, Joe Dean, Andy Ogletree

5:42 a.m. -- Ryan van Velzen, Charlie Lindh, Luis Masaveu (a)

5:53 a.m. -- Kazuma Kobori, Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a), Liam Nolan (a)

6:04 a.m. -- Daniel Brown, Denwit David Boriboonsub, Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)

6:15 a.m. -- Jeunghun Wang, Aguri Iwasaki, Sam Horsfield

6:26 a.m. -- Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton, Jack McDonald

6:47 a.m. -- Tom McKibbin, Alex Noren, Calum Scott (a)

6:58 a.m. -- Jesper Svensson, Vincent Norrman, Michael Hendry

7:09 a.m. -- Younghan Song, Daniel Hillier, Ryosuke Kinoshita

7:20 a.m. -- Min Woo Lee, Ryo Hisatsune, Abraham Ancer

7:31 a.m. -- Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Scott, Keita Nakajima

7:42 a.m. -- Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Jasper Stubbs (a)

7:53 a.m. -- Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im, Matthew Southgate

8:04 a.m. -- Nick Taylor, Matt Wallace, Laurie Canter

8:15 a.m. -- Matteo Manassero, Shubhankar Sharma

8:26 a.m. -- Zach Johnson, Austin Eckroat, Thorbjorn Olesen

8:37 a.m. -- John Daly, Santiago de la Fuente (a), Aaron Rai

8:48 a.m. -- Stewart Cink, Chris Kirk, Dominic Clemons (a)

9:04 a.m. -- Stephan Jaeger, Adam Schenk, Joaquin Niemann

9:15 a.m. -- Adam Hadwin, Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

9:26 a.m. -- Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Matthieu Pavon

9:37 a.m. -- Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre

9:48 a.m. -- Ludvig Åberg, Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim

9:59 a.m. -- Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Sahith Theegala

10:10 a.m. -- Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton

10:21 a.m. -- Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Gordon Sargent (a)

10:32 a.m. -- Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Alexander Bjork

10:43 a.m. -- Guido Migliozzi, Sean Crocker, Tommy Morrison (a)

10:54 a.m. -- David Puig, John Catlin, Guntaek Koh

11:05 a.m. -- Thriston Lawrence, Daniel Bradbury, Elvis Smylie

11:16 a.m. -- Nacho Elvira, Minkyu Kim, Darren Fichardt

11:27 a.m. – Mason Andersen, Masahiro Kawamura, Sam Hutsby