"Our purse is $21.5 million. Winner's check is $4.3 million. We didn't raise our purse this year," USGA CEO Mike Whan said. "When I started at the USGA just four years ago, our purse was $12.5 million, so I feel comfortable that we've been a leader in moving fast and bigger. [...] We want the money to be commensurate with the achievement."

The winner of the 2025 U.S. Open will take home a hefty paycheck of $4.3 million, the same amount as last year's winner Bryson DeChambeau.

CLUTCH drive on 17 sets up Spaun's U.S. Open win J.J. Spaun won the U.S. Open in dramatic fashion Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. He also collected $4.3 million. Runner-up Robert MacIntyre earned $2,