The U.S. Women’s Open is the oldest and most prestigious of the five women’s majors and it has the purse to boot.
Earlier this year, the USGA, along with the tournament’s new presenting sponsor this year, Ally, announced a $1 million increase in the U.S. Women’s Open purse to $12 million, making it the largest in all of women’s golf.
The $12 million prize fund represents a 200 percent increase over the 2014 championship. It’s also more than double the $5.5 million purse for the tournament just three years ago.
For this year, the USGA is also tweaking the payout structure, upping the winner’s share from 18 to 20 percent, which will apply to all of its professional championships, including the U.S. Open in two weeks at Pinehurst.
That makes this week’s winner’s prize of $2.4 million the largest first-place check in women’s golf, outside of the first-place prize for this year’s LPGA CME Group Tour Championship.
“We saw that in some elevated events on the PGA Tour and kind of looked at that ourselves from a standpoint of how that looked, and we liked it,” USGA CEO Mike Wahn said on the change to 20 percent. “When you start talking about the kind of money we’re talking about in 12 million and more, it has very little effect kind of all the way down the line, but even makes the win even more significant.”
The larger prize fund won’t just affect the players making the cut either. Every professional who earned her way to Lancaster this week will get $10,000 this week even if she missed the cut.
“We really view making it into this championship making the cut,” Wahn said. “If 2000 were trying to get into 156 slots, they’ve made it as far as we’re concerned.”
Keep reading below for the full breakdown of the $12 million U.S. Women’s Open purse at Lancaster Country Club.
2024 U.S. Women’s Open payout information, winner’s share
1. $2,400,000
2. $1,296,000
3. $781,623
4. $547,932
5. $456,375
6. $404,661
7. $364,818
8. $326,738
9. $295,709
10. $271,615
11. $247,874
12. $229,186
13. $213,555
14. $197,100
15. $182,996
16. $171,243
17. $161,841
18. $152,438
19. $143,036
20. $133,633
21. $125,523
22. $117,414
23. $109,539
24. $102,252
25. $95,905
26. $90,499
27. $86,385
28. $82,742
29. $79,216
30. $75,690
31. $72,164
32. $68,638
33. $65,112
34. $61,939
35. $59,353
36. $56,767
37. $54,299
38. $51,949
39. $49,598
40. $47,247
41. $44,897
42. $42,546
43. $40,195
44. $37,845
45. $35,494
46. $33,379
47. $31,263
48. $29,265
49. $28,090
50. $26,914
51. $26,209
52. $25,621
53. $25,151
54. $24,916
55. $24,681
56. $24,446
57. $24,211
58. $23,976
59. $23,741
60. $23,506
61. $23,271
62. $23,036
63. $22,801
64. $22,566
65. $22,331
66. $22,095
67. $21,860
68. $21,625
69. $21,390
70. $21,155
71. $20,920
*63 Professionals missing the cut, each receiving $10,000
