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U.S. OPEN · 2020

2020 U.S. Open prize money

Bryson DeChambeau won the 2020 U.S. Open on 20 September 2020 and took $2,250,000. Below is every one of the 60 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $25,901 Shugo Imahira collected for finishing 61.

WINNER Bryson DeChambeau
WHAT IT PAID $2.3m
PLAYERS PAID 60
SMALLEST CHEQUE $25,901

Every cheque at the 2020 U.S. Open

20 September 2020

60 paid of 135 held
Every player paid at the 2020 U.S. Open, in finishing order, with the country played for, the score and the cheque.
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY TO PAR TOTAL PRIZE MONEY
1 Bryson DeChambeau USA -6 274 $2,250,000$2.3m
2 Matthew Wolff USA 0 280 $1,350,000$1.4m
3 Louis Oosthuizen RSA 2 282 $861,457
4 Harris English USA 3 283 $603,903
5 Xander Schauffele USA 4 284 $502,993
T6 Dustin Johnson USA 5 285 $424,040
T6 Will Zalatoris USA 5 285 $424,040
T8 Justin Thomas USA 6 286 $302,236
T8 Rory McIlroy NIR 6 286 $302,236
T8 Tony Finau USA 6 286 $302,236
T8 Webb Simpson USA 6 286 $302,236
T8 Zach Johnson USA 6 286 $302,236
T13 Adam Long USA 7 287 $210,757
T13 Lee Westwood ENG 7 287 $210,757
T13 Patrick Reed USA 7 287 $210,757
T13 Viktor Hovland NOR 7 287 $210,757
T17 Alex Noren SWE 8 288 $157,931
T17 Hideki Matsuyama JPN 8 288 $157,931
T17 Jason Kokrak USA 8 288 $157,931
T17 Lucas Glover USA 8 288 $157,931
T17 Paul Casey ENG 8 288 $157,931
22 Sungjae Im KOR 9 289 $129,407
T23 Brendon Todd USA 10 290 $101,797
T23 Erik van Rooyen RSA 10 290 $101,797
T23 Joaquin Niemann CHI 10 290 $101,797
T23 Jon Rahm ESP 10 290 $101,797
T23 Rafa Cabrera Bello ESP 10 290 $101,797
T23 Taylor Pendrith CAN 10 290 $101,797
T23 Thomas Pieters BEL 10 290 $101,797
30 Charles Howell III USA 11 291 $83,422
T31 Bubba Watson USA 12 292 $75,649
T31 Lucas Herbert AUS 12 292 $75,649
T31 Renato Paratore ITA 12 292 $75,649
T34 Daniel Berger USA 13 293 $64,024
T34 Romain Langasque FRA 13 293 $64,024
T34 Stephan Jaeger GER 13 293 $64,024
T34 Tyler Duncan USA 13 293 $64,024
T38 Adam Scott AUS 14 294 $52,074
T38 Billy Horschel USA 14 294 $52,074
T38 Brian Harman USA 14 294 $52,074
T38 Cameron Smith AUS 14 294 $52,074
T38 Jason Day AUS 14 294 $52,074
T43 Bernd Wiesberger AUT 15 295 $39,275
T43 Lanto Griffin USA 15 295 $39,275
T43 Matt Wallace ENG 15 295 $39,275
T43 Patrick Cantlay USA 15 295 $39,275
T43 Shane Lowry IRL 15 295 $39,275
48 Michael Thompson USA 16 296 $38,254
T49 Rickie Fowler USA 17 297 $30,312
T49 Thomas Detry BEL 17 297 $30,312
T51 Chesson Hadley USA 18 298 $28,563
T51 Ryo Ishikawa JPN 18 298 $28,563
54 Adam Hadwin CAN 19 299 $27,720
55 Christiaan Bezuidenhout RSA 20 300 $27,461
T56 Abraham Ancer MEX 21 301 $27,073
T56 Robert MacIntyre SCO 21 301 $27,073
58 Troy Merritt USA 22 302 $26,684
T59 Rory Sabbatini SVK 24 304 $26,296
T59 Sebastián Muñoz COL 24 304 $26,296
61 Shugo Imahira JPN 25 305 $25,901

The top of the ladder

Bryson DeChambeau $2.3m Matthew Wolff $1.4m Louis Oosthuizen $861k Harris English $604k Xander Schauffele $503k Dustin Johnson $424k Will Zalatoris $424k Justin Thomas $302k Rory McIlroy $302k Tony Finau $302k Webb Simpson $302k Zach Johnson $302k Adam Long $211k Lee Westwood $211k Patrick Reed $211k

The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $8,559,884 between them, against $3,236,116 shared by the other 45 players paid.

The 60 cheques above come to $11,796,000 between them. We hold 135 players for the week in all, so 75 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.

The other U.S. Open years

31 editions, 1996 to 2026

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The 2019 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Gary Woodland. The 2021 ladder is the one after, won by Jon Rahm. The U.S. Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.

The rest of the 2020 golf year

35 other tournaments we hold a 2020 prize list for, in the order they were played.

SentrySony Open in HawaiiAmerican ExpressFarmers Insurance OpenWM Phoenix OpenAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmGenesis InvitationalPuerto Rico OpenWorld Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The ConcessionCognizant Classic in The Palm BeachesArnold Palmer InvitationalCharles Schwab ChallengeRBC HeritageTravelers ChampionshipRocket ClassicMemorial Tournament3M OpenBarracuda ChampionshipFedEx St. Jude ChampionshipPGA ChampionshipWyndham ChampionshipNORTHERN TRUSTBMW ChampionshipTOUR ChampionshipProcore ChampionshipCorales Puntacana ChampionshipSanderson Farms ChampionshipShriners Children's OpenCJ CUPBaycurrent ClassicButterfield Bermuda ChampionshipTexas Children's Houston OpenMasters TournamentRSM ClassicWorld Wide Technology Championship

The biggest cheque of 2020 was the $15,000,000 paid at the TOUR Championship, won by Dustin Johnson.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2020 U.S. Open?

Bryson DeChambeau, on 20 September 2020. The win paid $2,250,000.

How much did the 2020 U.S. Open pay out?

The 60 cheques on this page come to $11,796,000 between them, from $2,250,000 at the top down to $25,901.

What was the smallest cheque at the 2020 U.S. Open?

$25,901, which Shugo Imahira collected for finishing 61.

How many players were paid at the 2020 U.S. Open?

60. We hold 135 players for that week in all, so 75 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.

Where to next

The rest of the golf money

Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.