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.
- $3.6 million
- $2.16 million
- $1,413,430
- $990,867
- $825,297
- $731,779
- $659,727
- $590,864
- $534,753
- $491,182
- $448,249
- $414,455
- $386,187
- $356,431
- $330,926
- $309,672
- $292,669
- $275,665
- $258,662
- $241,659
- $226,993
- $212,328
- $198,088
- $184,910
- $173,433
- $163,656
- $156,217
- $149,628
- $143,252
- $136,876
- $130,500
- $124,124
- $117,747
- $112,009
- $107,333
- $102,657
- $98,194
- $93,943
- $89,692
- $85,441
- $81,190
- $76,939
- $72,689
- $68,438
- $64,187
- $60,361
- $56,535
- $52,922
- $50,797
- $48,671
- $47,396
- $46,333
- $45,483
- $45,058
- $44,633
- $44,208
- $43,783
- $43,358
- $42,933
- $42,508
- $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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