US Open prize money, purse 2023: Payout by finishing position

Breaking down the US Open payout by finishing position from the record-setting purse and prize money for the 2023 event at Los Angeles Country Club. 

The 2023 US Open at historic Los Angeles Country Club, a first-time host for a major championship, got off to a fittingly historic start. Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele finished their first rounds some half-hour apart from one another by making history with twin rounds of 62, the lowest 18-hole score in US Open history. And the USGA made history of their own with their announcement of the record-setting US Open prize money and purse.

For the first time in major championship history, the 2023 US Open purse is set for a massive $20 million. This is a $2.5 million increase from the purse at the tournament in 2022 and up $7.5 million from just two years ago. It’s a massive amount of prize money that’s on the line at LACC this week.

But how much is each player going to take of that $20 million purse this week? We know that every player who didn’t even make the cut will make $10,000 just for qualifying for the tournament, but what about the guys contending or, at the very least, playing the weekend?

Let’s take look at the 2023 US Open payout by finishing position in Los Angeles this week.

US Open prize money: Winner’s payout for 2023

The increased US Open purse to the record-breaking $20 million is going to be great for the winner, who will be taking home a cool $3.6 million. This is a $450,000 increase from the prize money that Matt Fitzpatrick took home ($3.15 million) in 2022 for his victory at The Country Club in Brookline, MA. They really do make it bigger in Los Angeles, apparently.

US Open payout by finishing position: 2023 purse and prize money

We know how much the winner will take home in addition to the players who don’t make the cut, but let’s take a look at the 2023 US Open payout for every finishing position of players who ended up making the cut and playing the weekend.

1. Wyndham Clark – $3.6 million
2. Rory McIlroy – $2.16 million
3. Scottie Scheffler – $1,413,430
4. Cameron Smith – $990,867
T5. Tommy Fleetwood – $738,934
T5. Min Woo Lee – $738,934
T5. Rickie Fowler – $738,934
T8. Tom Kim – $562,808
T8. Harris English – $562,808
T10. Austin Eckroat – $435,018
T10. Jon Rahm – $435,018
T10. Dustin Johnson – $435,018
T10. Xander Schauffele – $435,018
T14. Russell Henley – $332,343
T14. Collin Morikawa – $332,343
T14. Patrick Cantlay – $332,343
T17. Brooks Koepka – $284,167
T17. Matt Fitzpatrick – $284,167
19. Viktor Hovland – $258,662
T20. Jordan Smith – $200,152
T20. Nick Hardy – $200,152
T20. Denny McCarthy – $200,152
T20. Keith Mitchell – $200,152
T20. Shane Lowry – $200,152
T20. Bryson DeChambeau – $200,152
T20. Ryutaro Nagano – $200,152
T27. Sahith Theegala – $143,295
T27. Sergio Garcia – $143,295
T27. Justin Suh – $143,295
T27. Tyrrell Hatton – $143,295
T27. Padraig Harrington – $143,295
T32. Patrick Rodgers – $108,001
T32. Dylan Wu – $108,001
T32. Cameron Young – $108,001
T32. Sam Burns – $108,001
T32. Joaquin Niemann – $108,001
T32. Tony Finau – $108,001
T32. Hideki Matsuyama – $108,001
T39. David Puig – $85,441
T39. Si Woo Kim – $85,441
T39. Eric Cole – $85,441
T39. Gordon Sargent (A) – $0
T43. Sam Bennett – $66,532
T43. Sam Stevens – $66,532
T43. Andrew Putnam – $66,532
T43. Ryan Fox – $66,532
T43. Billy Horschel – $66,532
T43. Brian Harman – $66,532
T48. Mackenzie Hughes – $49,224
T48. Sebastian Muñoz – $49,224
T48. Charley Hoffman – $49,224
T48. Kevin Streelman – $49,224
T48. Gary Woodland – $49,224
T54. Romain Langasque – $45,270
T54. Abraham Ancer – $45,270
T56. Patrick Reed – $44,420
T56. Ryan Gerard – $44,420
58. Yuko Katsuragawa – $43,783
59. Adam Hadwin – $43,385
T60. Jacob Solomon – $42,720
T60. Adam Svensson – $42,720
62. Ben Carr (A) – $0
63. Ryo Ishikawa – $42,083
64. Aldrich Potgieter (A) – $0
65. Maxwell Moldovan (A) – $0

Every player of the 65 who made the cut at LACC will be taking home at least $42,000 this week, except the amateurs of course, which is what we’ve seen in most of the designated events on the PGA Tour this year. In non-designated events, though, that prize money is more than double what we normally see from the purses on the regular tour.

With the money being ramped up in the golf world since the inception of LIV Golf, it’s very clear that the USGA got the memo and has done the same with the US Open.

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