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Money talks – as always in the world of golf – and the USGA had plenty to talk about this week as CEO Mike Whan announced a significant increase in the 2022 US Open purse on Wednesday. The US Open, growing by $5 million year on year, will pay out $17.5 million to those who made the cut over the weekend. This is officially the largest purse in major championship history.
Matt Fitzpatrick capitalized on those rising funds to win the US Open by a shot over Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler. In doing so, Fitzpatrick claimed a $3.15 million winner’s share, almost $500,000 more than the Masters and PGA championships awarded to respective champions Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas ($2.7 million) as part of theirs $15 million exchanges have paid out.
2021 US Open champion Jon Rahm took home $2.25 million for a USGA year-over-year increase of $900,000. Still, the first-place prize wasn’t the biggest prize paid out this year, as Cameron Smith already took home a record $3.6 million for his win at The Players Championship in March.
Not only was the US Open’s increased prize money welcome news for those who have been battling for the national championship, but even those who made it into the top 20 will receive a sizeable sum. All top 20 finishers will receive more than $200,000 for their troubles finishing at the Brookline, Massachusetts Country Club.
Let’s take a look at how the US Open 2022 payouts will be split among the top 60 players.
2022 US Open purse, prize money
1st (Winner): $3,150,000 – Matt Fitzpatrick
2nd place: $1,890,000 – Will Zalatoris, Scottie Scheffler ($1.56 million each)
3rd place: $1,225,374
4th place: $859,032 – Hideki Matsuyama
5th place: $715,491 – Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy ($674,953 each)
6th place: $634,415
7th place: $571,950 – Denny McCarthy, Adam Hadwin, Keegan Bradley ($515,934 each)
8th place: $512,249
9th: $463,604
10th: $425,830 – Gary Woodland, Joel Dahmen ($407,220 each)
11th: $388,609
12th: $359,311 – Seamus Power, Jon Rahm ($347,058 each)
13th: $334,805
14th Place: $309,008 – Guido Migliozzi, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Tringale, Sebastian Munoz, Hayden Buckley, Nick Hardy ($241,302 each)
15th: $286,896
16th: $268,470
17th: $253,729
18th: $238,988
19th: $224,247
20th: $209,506
21st: $196,792
22nd: $184,078
23rd: $171,732 – Joohyung Kim
24th Place: $160,308 – Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Schenk, Dustin Johnson ($150,849 each)
25th: $150,358
26th: $141,882
27th: $135,432 – Thomas Pieters, Min Woo Lee, Aaron Wise, Sam Burns ($127,002 each)
28th: $129,720
29th: $124,192
30th: $118,665
31st: $113,137 – MJ Daffue, Callum Tarren, Todd Sinnott, Andrew Putnam, Patrick Rodgers, Davis Riley ($100,331 each)
32nd: $107,609
33rd: $102,081
34th: $97,106
35th: $93,052
36th: $88,998
37th Place: $85,129 – KH Lee, Justin Rose, Joseph Bramlett, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Matthew NeSmith ($75,916 each)
38th: $81,444
39th: $77,758
40th: $74,073
41st: $70,388
42nd: $66,703
43rd: $63,017 – Chris Gotterup, Travis Vick (a), Richard Bland, Brian Harman ($57,582 each)
44th: $59,332
45th: $55,647
46th: $52,330
47th Place: $49,013 – Joaquin Niemann, Max Homa ($47,447 each)
48th: $45,881
49th place: $44,038 – Sam Bennett (a), Patrick Reed, Sam Stevens, David Lingmerth ($41,873 each)
50th: $42,196
51st: $41,090
52nd: $40,169
53rd place: $39,432 – Sebastian Soderberg, Beau Hossler ($39,248 each)
54th: $39,063
55th: $38,695 – Brooks Koepka
56th place: $38,326 – Will Bessling, Chris Naegel, Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau ($35,774 each)
57th: $37,958
58th: $37,589
59th: $37,221
60′: $36,852 – Brandon Matthews
When golfers are tied for a position, their share of the purse is an average of what those competitors would pay if they were placed in the correct position. Harris English and Austin Greaser (T61), Grayson Murray (63rd) and Stewart Hagestad-a (64th) will all earn totals under $36,852.
