Wyndham Clark pulled it off as soon as once more.
Clark, after almost letting a large six-shot lead slip away, held on late to win the U.S. Open on Sunday afternoon at Shinnecock Hills in New York. Clark posted a 3-over 73 in his closing spherical, which dropped him to 4-under on the week. That was sufficient to offer him a one-shot, wire-to-wire win over Sam Burns and the remainder of the sphere.
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As a consequence, Clark is taking residence a $4.5 million examine.
The USGA put up a $22.5 million purse, which is a $1 million enhance from final season. The purse matched what Augusta National offered for the Masters earlier this season, which is the biggest in males’s main championship historical past. The PGA of America had a $20.5 million purse for the PGA Championship final month. While it is not recognized what the British Open will provide subsequent month, it had a $17 million purse final season.
By comparability, the PGA Tour’s signature occasions usually provide $20 million purses. The Players Championship tops the listing at $25 million. The final time the U.S. Open was held at Shinnecock Hills in 2018, Brooks Koepka took residence a $2.16 million examine for his victory. That was a part of a $12 million purse.
Clark has now received 5 occasions on his PGA Tour. The victory on Sunday was the second main title, too, following his win at the 2023 U.S. Open in Los Angeles.
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Here’s a full breakdown of how much Clark and the remainder of the sphere earned this week at Shinnecock Hills.
2026 U.S. Open payouts
1. Wyndham Clark — $4.5 million
2. Sam Burns — $2.43 million
3. Tom Kim — $1,532,530
T4. J.T. Poston, Keith Mitchell, Scottie Scheffler — $920,882
T7. Joaquin Niemann, Tyrrell Hatton, Gary Woodland, Sam Stevens — $617,090
T11. Justin Rose, Aaron Rai, John Parry, Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele, Sahith Theegala — $405,862
T17. Ludvig Åberg, Justin Thomas, Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia, Collin Morikawa — $280,966
22. Matt Fitzpatrick — $230,220
T23. Ben James, Ryan Fox, Jackson Koivun (a), Ben Kohles, Pierceson Coody, Ryder Cowan (a), Alex Fitzpatrick, Corey Conners, Emiliano Grillo — $181,101
T32. Max McGreevy, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Maverick McNealy, Brian Harman, Zac Blair, Keegan Bradley — $128,756
T39. Jacob Bridgeman, Johnny Keefer, Miles Russell (a), Robert MacIntyre — $101,859
T43. Max Greyserman, Chris Gotterup, Harry Higgs, Michael Brennan, Cameron Young, Laurie Canter, Niklas Nørgaard, Ryo Hisatsune, Sungjae Im, Michael Kim — $72,592
T53. Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Kurt Kitayama, Angel Hidalgo — $51,467
T56. Peter Uihlein, Nico Echavarria, Marek Fleming (a), Jordan Spieth, Bud Cauley — $48,625
T61. Jackson Van Paris, Spencer Tibbits — $47,242
T63. Eric Lee (a), Caleb Surratt — $46,551
T65. James Nicholas, Russell Henley, Neal Shipley, Hideki Matsuyama, Andrew Putnam, William Mouw — $44,938
71. Patrick Rodgers — $43,324
72. Dylan Wu — $42,863
Those who did not make the lower will obtain $10,000 every. The amateurs within the subject don’t obtain any compensation.