Padraig Harrington in hunt for big prize money at US Senior Open
Padraig Harrington is chasing one of his biggest paydays in recent years as he aims for a second US Senior Open.
The three-time major winner won the event back in 2022 and now goes in hunt for a second Seniors Major.
The Irishman will tee it up alongside Australia's Mark Hensby and 2009 Open champion Stewart Cink, with the three players tied at the top on eight-under-par, while Ryder Cup-winning captain Thomas Bjorn sits one shot behind.
Harrington may well be one of the richest Irish sportspeople of all time, amassing millions in career earnings and will add a decent chunk to his net worth today if he can get over the line.
The prize for top spot is a cool $800,000 (€682,500) while the runner up will still net a nice $432,000 (€368,000).
In fact, Harrington could be nearly home and hosed, other than a poor back nine yesterday. The Dubliner carded a stunning four-under-par opening nine before making double on the par-three 12th and bogeying the 15th but a birdie on the 18th meant he'd have a share of the lead going into the final day.
Here is a full breakdown of the earnings.
1st - $800,000 (€680,000)2nd - $432,000 (€367,000)3rd - $255,061 (€216,800)4th - $178,788 (€152,000)5th - $148,913 (€126,600)6th - $132,039 (€112,200)7th - $119,039 (€101,100)8th - $106,613 (€90,600)9th - $96,489 (€82,000)10th - $88,627 (€75,300)11th - $80,880 (€68,700)12th - $74,782 (€63,600)13th - $69,682 (€59,200)14th - $64,313 (€54,700)15th - $59,711 (€50,800)16th - $55,876 (€47,500)17th - $52,808 (€44,900)18th - $49,740 (€42,300)19th - $46,672 (€39,700)20th - $43,604 (€37,100)21st - $40,958 (€34,800)22nd - $38,311 (€32,600)23rd - $35,742 (€30,400)24th - $33,364 (€28,400)25th - $31,293 (€26,600)26th - $29,529 (€25,100)27th - $28,187 (€24,000)28th - $26,998 (€23,000)29th - $25,848 (€22,000)30th - $24,697 (€21,000)31st - $23,547 (€20,000)32nd - $22,396 (€19,000)33rd - $21,246 (€18,100)34th - $20,210 (€17,200)35th - $19,366 (€16,500)36th - $18,523 (€15,700)37th - $17,717 (€15,100)38th - $16,950 (€14,400)39th - $16,183 (€13,800)40th - $15,416 (€13,100)41st - $14,649 (€12,500)42nd - $13,882 (€11,800)43rd - $13,115 (€11,100)44th - $12,348 (€10,500)45th - $11,581 (€9,800)46th - $10,891 (€9,300)47th - $10,201 (€8,700)48th - $9,549 (€8,100)49th - $9,165 (€7,800)50th - $9,782 (€8,300)51st - $8,552 (€7,300)52nd - $8,360 (€7,100)53rd - $8,206 (€7,000)54th - $8,130 (€6,900)55th - $8,053 (€6,800)56th - $7,976 (€6,800)57th - $7,900 (€6,700)58th - $7,823 (€6,600)59th - $7,746 (€6,600)60th - $7,670 (€6,500)
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