2025 U.S. Open: Complete Record-Matching $21.5M Prize Purse by Place

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While speaking on the eve of the 125th U.S. Open, United States Golf Association (USGA) CEO Mike Whan officially revealed that the event's purse will be $21.5 million, with $4.3 million going to the winner.
This is the same amount allocated for the 2024 edition, tying the record for the largest purse distributed at any major championship in history.
"Our purse is $21.5 million. Winner's check is $4.3 [million]. We didn't raise our purse this year," Whan said.
"When I started at the USGA just four years ago, our purse was $12.5 [million], so I feel comfortable that we've been a leader in moving fast and bigger."
The U.S. Open Trophy seen at Oakmont Country Club on May 4, 2016 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Open Trophy seen at Oakmont Country Club on May 4, 2016 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
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As for the winner's paycheck, it ranks as the second-highest for an individual professional golf event, behind only the $4.5 million awarded to the winner of the PGA Tour's PLAYERS Championship.
It's certainly come a long way since the $150 Horace Rawlins received for winning the event's foundational edition in 1895.
The US Open winner's paycheck reached $1,000 for the first time in 1929, but the winner was the legendary Bobby Jones, who didn't collect the prize money because he played as an amateur. The $10,000 barrier was broken in 1959, when Billy Casper received $12,000 for his victory.
Just 26 years later, the $100,000 barrier was surpassed, as Andy North received $103,000 when he won in 1985. It couldn't be anyone but Tiger Woods who was the first to receive $1 million for winning the US Open, which he did with his epic victory in 2000.
US Open prize money payout
This is how the 2025 US Open purse will be distributed. The amounts may vary depending on ties:
1 $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
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