US Open prize money: How much will the winner earn?
The US Open is one of the biggest events in golf, and with it comes a handsome prize fund for the competitors and a large chunk for the winner.
On the day before the action got underway at the 2023 US Open at Los Angeles Country Club, USGA CEO Mike Whan detailed the prize money breakdown and announced the largest purse in men’s major history.
The players compete for a payout of $20 million and a winner’s share of $3.6 million at the 123rd US Open – the same as each designated event that features on the PGA Tour.
This has increased from $17.5 million in 2022 and the $3.15 million that Matt Fitzpatrick won at Brookline for his first major title.
“I want to say it was November of last year that we budgeted 20,” Whan said on Wednesday. “We thought 20 was what was probably going to be right for us to feel like a purse as part of everything else is big, and I think we’re glad that we did. We made choices to get it to 20.”
“We have a business just like you have a business, and if you’re going to spend more on a purse you’re going to spend less on other things, and we made that choice.
“A year ago or maybe two years ago we announced essentially doubling the purse on the U.S. Women’s Open, and we knew that was a choice and we had to come up with some solutions.
“I think we feel great about the purse. We feel great about the size of this event.
“We understand that purses can be relative, and in order to be big we have to understand what else is going on in the world, and we do.”
Prize money at the US Open
Win: $3,600,000
2: $2,160,000
3: $1,413,430
4: $990,867
5: $825,297
6: $731,779
7: $659,727
8: $590,864
9: $534,753
10: $491,182
11: $448,249
12: $414,455
13: $386,187
14: $356,431
15: $330,926
16: $309,672
17: $292,669
18: $275,665
19: $258,662
20: $241,659
21: $226,993
22: $212,328
23: $198,088
24: $184,910
25: $173,433
26: $163,656
27: $156,217
28: $149,628
29: $143,252
30: $136,876
31: $130,500
32: $124,124
33: $117,747
34: $112,009
35: $107,333
36: $102,657
37: $98,194
38: $93,943
39: $89,692
40: $85,441
41: $81,190
42: $76,939
43: $72,689
44: $68,438
45: $64,187
46: $60,361
47: $56,535
48: $52,922
49: $50,797
50: $48,671
51: $47,396
52: $46,333
53: $45,483
54: $45,058
55: $44,633
56: $44,208
57: $43,783
58: $43,358
59: $42,933
60: $42,508
61: $42,083
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