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.
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.
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