The US Open trophy and a whole lot of money will be awarded Sunday at Pinehurst No. 2 as the USGA announced a record purse for the 2024 U.S. Open. Upping the prize pool by $1.5 million for this year’s championship, the USGA will shell out a total of $21.5 million to players who made the weekend with the winner of the 124th U.S. Open earning a major championship-record $4.3 million first-place prize.
It seems the battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf has forced the hand of governing bodies that run the men’s big four events to ratchet up paydays. It’s a huge increase that has seen the U.S. Open purse increased 72% in just the last three years and it’s now more than double what it was in 2016.
Here’s a breakdown of the prize money payouts for the entire field.
Winner: $4,300,000
2: $2,322,000
3: $1,445,062
4: $1,013,040
5: $843,765
6: $748,154
7: $674,491
8: $604,086
9: $546,720
10: $502,174
11: $458,280
12: $423,729
13: $394,829
14: $364,407
15: $338,332
16: $316,602
17: $299,218
18: $281,834
19: $264,450
20: $247,067
21: $232,073
22: $217,080
23: $202,521
24: $189,048
25: $177,314
26: $167,319
27: $159,713
28: $152,977
29: $146,458
30: $139,939
31: $133,420
32: $126,901
33: $120,382
34: $114,515
35: $109,735
36: $104,954
37: $100,391
38: $96,045
39: $91,699
40: $87,353
41: $83,007
42: $78,661
43: $74,315
44: $69,969
45: $65,623
46: $61,712
47: $57,801
48: $54,107
49: $51,934
50: $49,761
51: $48,457
52: $47,370
53: $46,501
54: $46,067
55: $45,632
56: $45,197
57: $44,763
58: $44,328
59: $43,894
60: $43,459
61: $43,024
62: $42,590
63: $42,155
64: $41,721
65: $41,286
66: $40,851
67: $40,417
68: $39,982
69: $39,548
70: $39,113
71: $38,678
All professionals who missed the cut will each receive $10,000