US Open prize money, purse 2023: Payout by finishing position
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2023-06-18 06:21
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 Fow...

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. $3.6 million
  2. $2.16 million
  3. $1,413,430
  4. $990,867
  5. $825,297
  6. $731,779
  7. $659,727
  8. $590,864
  9. $534,753
  10. $491,182
  11. $448,249
  12. $414,455
  13. $386,187
  14. $356,431
  15. $330,926
  16. $309,672
  17. $292,669
  18. $275,665
  19. $258,662
  20. $241,659
  21. $226,993
  22. $212,328
  23. $198,088
  24. $184,910
  25. $173,433
  26. $163,656
  27. $156,217
  28. $149,628
  29. $143,252
  30. $136,876
  31. $130,500
  32. $124,124
  33. $117,747
  34. $112,009
  35. $107,333
  36. $102,657
  37. $98,194
  38. $93,943
  39. $89,692
  40. $85,441
  41. $81,190
  42. $76,939
  43. $72,689
  44. $68,438
  45. $64,187
  46. $60,361
  47. $56,535
  48. $52,922
  49. $50,797
  50. $48,671
  51. $47,396
  52. $46,333
  53. $45,483
  54. $45,058
  55. $44,633
  56. $44,208
  57. $43,783
  58. $43,358
  59. $42,933
  60. $42,508
  61. $42,083

Every player of the 61 who made the cut at LACC will be taking home at least $42,000 this week, 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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