2022 U.S. Open money: Total purse, winner’s share receives record-breaking increase

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There's big money on the line this week at The Country Club.

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How’s this for a purse increase for golf’s national championship: a whopping $5 million.

The USGA on Saturday announced its total purse and payout breakdown for the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., and the winner will bring home a record-breaking payday from a record-breaking purse.

This year’s purse is $17.5 million, up from last year’s $12.5 million pool. The winner will also see a big increase. This year’s champ gets $3.15 million, almost a million more than what Jon Rahm received ($2.25 million) for winning last year’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

The 2022 Masters and 2022 PGA Championship both offered $15 million purses and paid out $2.7 million to the winners.

The top-three finishers at the U.S. Open all earn over a million, and the top 33 all grab six figures. All 81 pros who missed the cut earned $10,000 each.

You can check out the entire purse and payout breakdown below.

U.S. Open purse, payout breakdown, winner’s share

1. $3.15 million
2. $1.89 million
3. $1,225,374
4. $859,032
5. $715,491
6. $634,415
7. $571,950
8. $512,249
9. $463,604
10. $425,830
11. $388,609
12. $359,311
13. $334,805
14. $309,008
15. $286,896
16. $268,470
17. $253,739
18. $238,988
19. $224,247
20. $209,506
21. $196,792
22. $184,078
23. $171,732
24. $160,308
25. $150,358
26. $141,882
27. $135,432
28. $129,720
29. $124,192
30. $118,665
31. $113,137
32. $107,609
33. $102,081
34. $97,106
35. $93,052
36. $88,998
37. $85,129
38. $81,444
39. $77,758
40. $74,076
41. $70,388
42. $66,703
43. $63,017
44. $59,332
45. $55,647
46. $52,330
47. $49,013
48. $45,881
49. $44,038
50. $42,196
51. $41,090
52. $40,169
53. $39,432
54. $39,063
55. $38,695
56. $38,326
57. $37,958
58. $37,589
59. $37,221
60. $36,852

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