Phil Mickelson completed his 2024 Open Championship campaign at Royal Troon, playing his final round with Robert MacIntyre, who, despite having a poor finish, had an excellent time playing with his idol.
During the post-round press conference, the Scottish Open champion said that even though he had a terrible 2024 Open, it was a cool experience to walk the fairways with fellow left-handed golfer Phil Mickelson.
"To get to play with an idol, someone that you've shaped your golf game around. If it wasn't watching my dad play golf, it was watching Phil Mickelson play golf, and it was cool to walk the fairways with him, as well, and get chatting to him. It was just cool,'' MacIntyre said.
Mickelson has been an idol for plenty of left-handed golfers and is always friendly and approachable to youngsters. So it is no surprise that the left-handed duo had a great time playing together at the final round of the 2024 Open Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club.
How did Phil Mickelson and Robert MacIntyre perform at the 2024 Open Championship?
Even though Robert MacIntyre and Phil Mickelson made the cut at the 2024 Open Championship, they never seemed to be in contention. They both remained in the middle half of the leaderboard and finished their rounds at T51 and T60, respectively.
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Interestingly, MacIntyre scored better than Mickelson for the day and the event. The Scot carded +3 for the day and remained +9 for the event, while Mickelson remained +11 for the event and carded +5 for the day.
The conditions at Royal Troon were challenging all week, especially for left-handers. Hence, Phil and Robert failed to card an under-par round at the 2024 Open Championship.
Prize money breakdown for the 2024 Open Championship
The prize money purse for this week at the 2024 Open Championship is $17 million. The winner will receive the maximum share of $3.1 million. So here's the complete breakdown of the prize money purse for this week.
1st: $3,100,000
2nd: $1,759,000
3rd: $1,128,000
4th: $876,000
5th: $705,000
6th: $611,000
7th: $525,000
8th: $442,500
9th: $388,000
10th: $350,600
11th: $319,200
12th: $282,800
13th: $266,000
14th: $249,000
15th: $231,000
16th: $212,700
17th: $202,400
18th: $193,000
19th: $184,900
20th: $176,200
21st: $168,000
22nd: $159,600
23rd: $151,000
24th: $142,600
25th: $137,600
26th: $131,800
27th: $127,000
28th: $122,600
29th: $117,300
30th: $111,200
31st: $107,600
32nd: $102,100
33rd: $98,500
34th: $95,700
35th: $92,400
36th: $88,700
37th: $84,600
38th: $80,300
39th: $77,400
40th: $74,900
41st: $71,800
42nd: $68,300
43rd: $65,200
44th: $61,500
45th: $58,000
46th: $55,000
47th: $52,800
48th: $50,700
49th: $48,400
50th: $47,200
51st: $46,200
52nd: $45,400
53rd: $44,700
54th: $44,000
55th: $43,300
56th: $42,700
57th: $42,300
58th: $42,000
59th: $41,700
60th: $41,400
61st: $41,200
62nd: $41,000
63rd: $40,800
64th: $40,600
65th: $40,300
66th: $40,000
67th: $39,700
68th: $39,400
69th: $39,100
70th: $38,900