2026 U.S. Open Payouts: How Much Each Golfer Earned at Shinnecock, From First to Last Place

Wyndham Clark, winner of the U.S. Open, took home a historic payday. But the players who didn’t make the cut didn't go home empty-handed, either.

Sunday's win marks Clark's second U.S. Open title. | Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images

The best golfers in the world spent the week battling the windy conditions at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club with hopes of earning a place in golf immortality by winning the 2026 U.S. Open.

While winning the tournament is everyone’s ultimate goal, walking away with a lucrative bag of cash isn’t a bad consolation prize. And it was lucrative, indeed.

The 126th edition of the U.S. Open featured a record $22.5 million purse, which is $1 million more than last year at Oakmont. As this year's winner, Wyndham Clark will earn $4.5 million—the most in U.S. Open history. That matches Rory McIlroy’s payday for winning the 2026 Masters and is nearly $1 million more than Aaron Rai’s $3.69 million jackpot from the PGA Championship last month.

Last year, U.S. Open winner J.J. Spaun took home $4.3 million, while runner-up Robert MacIntyre won $2.322 million. In 2018—the last time the U.S. Open was held at Shinnecock—winner Brooks Koepka cashed $2.16 million of the $12 million purse.

How much do players make after missing the cut at 2026 U.S. Open?

The top 60 golfers (plus ties) through 36 holes at the U.S. Open made the cut and played on Saturday and Sunday. Those who didn’t hopped on a flight back home.

But the professional golfers who missed the cut at Shinnecock did not go home empty-handed. Those who missed the cut took home $10,000. It’s a nice payday for a couple of rough rounds of golf and more than double what cut players made at the 2026 PGA Championship ($4,300), but it’s significantly less than the cut pay at the Masters ($25,000).

The 20 amateurs in the field at the 2026 U.S. Open will make $0, of course.

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2026 U.S. Open payouts—full list

Total purse: $22.5 million

Seventy-two golfers made the cut after 36 holes on Friday night, and 67 will split the record $22.5 million purse. (Five amateurs earned their way into the weekend and won’t be paid.) Here’s what each place earned at Shinnecock:

Position	Golfer	Payout
1st	Wyndham Clark	$4,500,000
2nd	Sam Burns	$2,430,000
3rd	Tom Kim	$1,532,530
T4	J.T. Poston	$920,882
T4	Keith Mitchell	$920,882
T4	Scottie Scheffler	$920,882
T7	Joaquin Niemann	$617,090
T7	Tyrrell Hatton	$617,090
T7	Gary Woodland	$617,090
T7	Sam Stevens	$617,090
T11	Justin Rose	$405,862
T11	Aaron Rai	$405,862
T11	John Parry	$405,862
T11	Tommy Fleetwood	$405,862
T11	Xander Schauffele	$405,862
T11	Sahith Theegala	$405,862
T17	Ludvig Åberg	$280,966
T17	Justin Thomas	$280,966
T17	Ben Griffin	$280,966
T17	Akshay Bhatia	$280,966
T17	Collin Morikawa	$280,966
22nd	Matt Fitzpatrick	$230,220
T23	Ben James	$181,101
T23	Ryan Fox	$181,101
T23	Jackson Koivun	N/A (amateur)
T23	Ben Kohles	$181,101
T23	Pierceson Coody	$181,101
T23	Ryder Cowan	N/A (amateur)
T23	Alex Fitzpatrick	$181,101
T23	Corey Conners	$181,101
T23	Emiliano Grillo	$181,101
T32	Max McGreevy	$128,756
T32	Dustin Johnson	$128,756
T32	Rory McIlroy	$128,756
T32	Maverick McNealy	$128,756
T32	Brian Harman	$128,756
T32	Zac Blair	$128,756
T32	Keegan Bradley	$128,756
T39	Jacob Bridgeman	$101,859
T39	Johnny Keefer	$101,859
T39	Miles Russell	N/A (amateur)
T39	Robert MacIntyre	$101,859
T43	Max Greyersman	$72,592
T43	Chris Gotterup	$72,592
T43	Harry Higgs	$72,592
T43	Michael Brennan	$72,592
T43	Cameron Young	$72,592
T43	Laurie Canter	$72,592
T43	Niklas Nørgaard	$72,592
T43	Ryo Hisatsune	$72,592
T43	Sungjae Im	$72,592
T43	Michael Kim	$72,592
T53	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	$51,467
T53	Kurt Kitayama	$51,467
T53	Angel Hidalgo	$51,467
T56	Peter Uihlein	$48,625
T56	Nico Echavarria	$48,625
T56	Marek Fleming	N/A (amateur)
T56	Jordan Spieth	$48,625
T56	Bud Cauley	$48,625
T61	Jackson Van Paris	$47,242
T61	Spencer Tibbits	$47,242
T63	Eric Lee	N/A (amateur)
T63	Caleb Surratt	$46,551
T65	James Nicholas	$44,938
T65	Russell Henley	$44,938
T65	Neal Shipley	$44,938
T65	Hideki Matsuyama	$44,938
T65	Andrew Putnam	$44,938
T65	William Mouw	$44,938
71st	Patrick Rodgers	$43,324
72nd	Dylan Wu	$42,858

Players who miss cut: $10,000

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