Wyndham Clark won the 2026 U.S. Open on Sunday, and with his second major title, he also received a record U.S. Open winner’s payout of $4.5 million.
The U.S. Open had a record total purse this year, doling out $22.5 million in winnings — up $1 million from last year.
Runner-up Sam Burns walked away with $2.43 million. Tom Kim, who finished solo third, won $1,532,530.
Players missing the cut at Shinnecock Hills or not finishing the tournament received $10,000 each. The amateurs in the field do not receive any compensation.
Here is a breakdown of the full purse.
2026 U.S. Open purse breakdown
1. Wyndham Clark – $4.5 million
2. Sam Burns – $2.43 million
3. Tom Kim – $1,532,530
T-4. J.T. Poston, Keith Mitchell, Scottie Scheffler – $920,882
T-7. Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton, Gary Woodland, Sam Stevens – $617,090
T-11. Justin Rose, Aaron Rai, John Parry, Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele, Sahith Theegala – $405,862
T-17. Ludvig Åberg, Justin Thomas, Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia, Collin Morikawa – $280,966
22. Matt Fitzpatrick – $230,220
T-23. Ben James, Ryan Fox, Jackson Koivun (a), Ben Kohles, Pierceson Coody, Ryder Cowan (a), Alex Fitzpatrick, Corey Conners, Emiliano Grillo – $181,101
T-32. Max McGreevy, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Maverick McNealy, Brian Harman, Zac Blair, Keegan Bradley – $128,756
T-39. Jacob Bridgeman, Johnny Keefer, Miles Russell (a), Robert MacIntyre – $101,859
T-43. Max Greyserman, Chris Gotterup, Harry Higgs, Michael Brennan, Cameron Young, Laurie Canter, Niklas Nørgaard, Ryo Hisatsune, Sungjae Im, Michael Kim – $72,592
T-53. Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Kurt Kitayama, Angel Hidalgo – $51,467
T-56. Peter Uihlein, Nico Echavarria, Marek Fleming (a), Jordan Spieth, Bud Cauley – $48,625
T-61. Jackson Van Paris, Spencer Tibbits – $47,242
T-63. Eric Lee (a), Caleb Surratt – $46,551
T-65. James Nicholas, Russell Henley, Neal Shipley, Hideki Matsuyama, Andrew Putnam, William Mouw – $44,938
71. Patrick Rodgers – $43,324
72. Dylan Wu – $42,863
