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.
One other LPGA event, the CME Group Tour Championship, also offers a million-dollar payday.
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.
2021 U.S. Women’s Open purse
Winner: $1,000,000
2: $594,000
3: $381,974
4: $267,765
5: $223,022
6: $197,751
7: $178,280
8: $159,671
9: $144,508
10: $132,733
11: $121,131
12: $111,999
13: $104,360
14: $96,319
15: $89,427
16: $83,683
17: $79,088
18: $74,494
19: $69,899
20: $65,304
21: $61,341
22: $57,378
23: $53,530
24: $49,969
25: $46,867
26: $44,225
27: $42,215
28: $40,434
29: $38,711
30: $36,988
31: $35,265
32: $33,542
33: $31,819
34: $30,268
35: $29,005
36: $27,741
37: $26,535
38: $25,386
39: $24,237
40: $23,089
41: $21,940
42: $20,791
43: $19,642
44: $18,494
45: $17,345
46: $16,311
47: $15,277
48: $14,301
49: $13,727
50: $13,152
51: $12,808
52: $12,520
53: $12,291
54: $12,176
55: $12,061
56: $11,946
57: $11,831
58: $11,716
59: $11,602
60: $11,487
61: $11,372
62: $11,257