He nearly watched it slip away, but Bryson DeChambeau is now a two-time U.S. Open champion.
DeChambeau, after losing a three-shot lead he built up to start the day, fended off Rory McIlroy to win the U.S. Open on Sunday afternoon at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. The win marked his second career major title, and his first since he won the U.S. Open in 2020.
Up-and-down from 55 yards for the @USOpenGolf title.
Bryson DeChambeau is now a two-time major champion 🏆 pic.twitter.com/wP91kSBXGa
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 16, 2024
As a result, DeChambeau is taking home a massive $4.3 million check.
The U.S. Open offered a record $21.5 million purse this year, which marked the largest ever put up in a men’s major championship in history. That’s a $1.5 million increase from last season, and $1.5 million more than the Masters offered earlier this year.
By comparison, the $21.5 million purse is larger than all but one event on the PGA Tour this year. Only The Players Championship surpassed that mark when it had a $25 million prize pool in March. Scottie Scheffler earned $4.5 million for his win there. The PGA Championship offered an $18.5 million purse last month, which gave Xander Schauffele $3.3 million for his win.
While the top four finishers will all take home seven figures, everyone inside the top 10 this week at Pinehurst will earn at least $500,000. And, as an added bonus, those who missed the cut still earned $10,000.
Here’s a look at how much everyone at the U.S. Open earned this week in North Carolina.
Bryson DeChambeau fended off Rory McIlroy down the stretch to claim his second U.S. Open title on Sunday afternoon. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
U.S. Open payouts
1. Bryson DeChambeau — $4.3 million
2. Rory McIlroy — $2.322 million
T3. Tony Finau, Patrick Cantlay— $1.229 million
5. Matthieu Pavon — $843,765
6. Hideki Matsuyama — $748,154
T7. Russell Henley, Xander Schauffele — $639,288
T9. Sam Burns, Davis Thompson, Corey Conners — $502,391
T12. Sergio Garcia, Ludvig Åberg — $409,279
T14. Thomas Detry, Collin Morikawa — $351,580
T16. Tommy Fleetwood, Akshay Bhatia, Taylor Pendrith — $299,218
T19. Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai — $255,758
T21. Daniel Berger, Max Greyserman, Min Woo Lee, Stephan Jaeger, Brian Harman — $203,607
T26. Brooks Koepka, Zac Blair, Chris Kirk, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton — $153,281
T32. Adam Scott, Si Woo Kim, Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley, Isaiah Salinda, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Cam Smith, J.T. Poston, Denny McCarthy — $110,894
T41. Frankie Capan III, Harris English, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Tom McKibbin, Tim Widing, Emiliano Grillo, Billy Horschel — $72,305
T50. Justin Lower, Matt Kuchar, Nicolai Højgaard, Mark Hubbard — $51,065
54. Nico Echavarria — $47,370
55. David Puig — $46,501
T56. Seonghyeon Kim, Ben Kohles, Ryan Fox, Sepp Straka, Greyson Sigg, Brian Campbell, Adam Svensson, Wyndham Clark — $44,546
T64. Matthew Fitzpatrick, Francesco Molinari, Martin Kaymer — $42,155
T67. Cameron Young, Brendon Todd — $41,069
69. Dean Burmester — $40,417
T70. Brandon Wu — $39,982
72. Sam Bennett — $39,548
73. Jackson Suber — $39,113
74. Austin Eckroat — $38,678
Those who missed the cut earned $10,000 each.
*Amateurs Neal Shipley, Luke Clanton, Gunnar Broin all made the cut but aren't allowed to earn cash prizes by rule