Lexi Thompson was among those vying for a million-dollar check at the Olympic Club at the U.S. Women's Open.
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The stakes are high at this week’s U.S. Women’s Open. But how high, exactly?
Seven figure-high, for starters. Contestants at the Olympic Club in San Francisco this week are playing for a $1,000,000 first prize. That makes the USWO the biggest first-place check of any of the five women’s majors.
In total, the U.S. Women’s Open is offering a $5.5 million purse. Sixty-six players made the cut, including four amateurs.
Below you can find the prize money payout for each pro who made the weekend. The money that each amateur would have won has been redistributed across the rest of the field.
Each pro who made the field but missed the cut received $4,000 in unofficial prize money.
Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. The Williamstown, Mass. native joined GOLF in 2017 after two years scuffling on the mini-tours. Dethier is a graduate of Williams College, where he majored in English, and he’s the author of 18 in America, which details the year he spent as an 18-year-old living from his car and playing a round of golf in every state.