What's the purse, payout breakdown for the U.S. Open? Top four spots make over $1M

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What's the purse, payout breakdown for the U.S. Open? Top four spots make over $1M
On Wednesday, the U.S. Golf Association announced that the purse for the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club would remain $21.5 million with the winner taking home $4.3 million. It's the largest prize in professional golf outside of the PGA Tour's Players Championship and Tour Championship, though the latter is considered bonus money and not official earnings.
On Saturday morning, the USGA announced the purse breakdown for professionals returning 72-hole scores. All ties shall be rounded to the nearest dollar, with any remainders increasing or decreasing the final paid position.
If there are no ties, four players will make over $1 million while the top 37 spots will receive over $100K.
Here's the 2025 U.S. Open purse breakdown:
1. $4,300,000
2 $2,322,000
3 $1,459,284
4 $1,023,014
5 $852,073
6 $755,520
7 $681,131
8 $610,034
9 $552,103
10 $507,118
11 $462,792
12 $427,901
13 $398,716
14 $367,995
15 $341,663
16 $319,719
17 $302,164
18 $284,609
19 $267,054
20 $249,499
21 $234,358
22 $219,217
23 $204,515
24 $190,910
25 $179,060
26 $168,966
27 $161,286
28 $154,483
29 $147,900
30 $141,317
31 $134,734
32 $128,151
33 $121,567
34 $115,643
35 $110,815
36 $105,987
37 $101,379
38 $96,991
39 $92,602
40 $88,213
41 $83,824
42 $79,436
43 $75,047
44 $70,658
45 $66,269
46 $62,320
47 $58,370
48 $54,639
49 $52,445
50 $50,251
51 $48,934
52 $47,837
53 $46,959
54 $46,520
55 $46,081
56 $45,642
57 $45,203
58 $44,765
59 $44,326
60 $43,887
61 $43,448
62 $43,009
63 $42,570
64 $42,131
65 $41,692
66 $41,254
The winner of the first U.S. Open in 1895 took home $150.
In addition, every player in the field will make at least $10,000, for that's the amount given to competitors who miss the cut.
The purse at the 2025 Masters was $21 million, the largest in the tournament's history, with Rory McIlroy pocketing $4.2 million. At the 2025 PGA Championship, the purse was $19 million, with Scottie Scheffler taking home $3.42 million. The 2025 Open Championship purse has yet to be announced, but it was $17 million in 2024, with Xander Schauffele taking home $3.1 million.
Here's a look at how much the winner has been paid out every year since 2020: