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GOLF · THE CUT · 2026

U.S. Open cut and the last cheque

We hold 123 players at the 2026 U.S. Open. 64 made the cut and were paid off the finishing ladder, from the $4,500,000 the winner took down to the $42,858 Dylan Wu collected for 72nd. 57 missed the cut, and the ladder stops above them.

MADE THE CUT 64 of 123 held
MISSED THE CUT 57
LAST CHEQUE $42,858
SHARE PAID 52% 5th lowest of 66

Every U.S. Open cut we hold

Newest first. The year opens that edition's full payout ladder.

2,770 results held
Every U.S. Open edition held here, with the players we hold, how many the ladder paid, how many missed the cut, the share paid, and what the last place and the median place on the ladder were worth.
YEAR HELD PAID MISSED CUT SHARE PAID LAST CHEQUE MEDIAN CHEQUE
2026 123 64 57 52% $42,858 $128,756
2025 131 64 64 49% $42,445 $137,622
2024 134 70 62 52% $38,670 $110,894
2023 130 60 67 46% $42,080 $143,295
2022 138 58 79 42% $36,843 $127,002
2021 124 68 55 55% $22,309 $57,696
2020 135 60 72 44% $25,901 $79,536
2019 120 68 51 57% $21,478 $57,853
2018 117 60 57 51% $23,470 $79,200
2017 133 63 67 47% $22,722 $72,420
2016 119 60 57 50% $22,762 $61,197
2015 114 61 47 54% $21,332 $64,126
2014 110 56 53 51% $20,249 $59,588
2013 107 55 48 51% $16,523 $47,246
2012 102 52 47 51% $16,833 $53,168
2011 96 52 41 54% $17,819 $50,436
2010 101 57 42 56% $12,293 $44,472
2009 87 35 49 40% $19,921 $76,422
2008 80 50 25 63% $13,276 $42,095
2007 76 39 37 51% $16,363 $57,026
2006 68 38 29 56% $15,836 $52,341
2005 67 40 24 60% $9,921 $35,759
2004 67 31 31 46% $15,372 $51,774
2003 57 30 26 53% $13,711 $41,254
2002 45 23 22 51% $11,083 $47,439
2001 41 23 17 56% $10,368 $30,055
2000 37 20 16 54% $11,144 $65,214
1999 34 19 14 56% $7,543 $46,756
1998 28 17 10 61% $8,531 $41,833
1997 26 19 5 73% $5,275 $31,916
1996 23 16 5 70% $5,105 $6,619

Held is every player we hold a result for at that edition. Paid is the players the finishing ladder paid, and missed cut is the players whose week ended at the cut. Where the two do not add up to the held count, the rest withdrew, were disqualified or finished without a cheque.

How many the ladder paid

Players paid at each edition, 2007 to 2026

What the last place paid was worth

The smallest cheque on the ladder, 2007 to 2026

In 2026 the winner took 105 times what the last player paid took. The median player on the ladder took $128,756, which is where the middle of a paid field sits: much nearer the bottom cheque than the top one.

Missed the cut here most often

Across the 31 editions we hold

The players with the most missed cuts at the U.S. Open, with their starts and the cuts they made.
PLAYER STARTS MADE MISSED
Lucas Glover 17 4 13
Justin Rose 21 10 11
Adam Scott 25 15 10
Matt Kuchar 21 11 9
Alex Noren 12 3 9
Stewart Cink 23 15 8
David Toms 20 10 8
Bubba Watson 15 7 8
Robert Allenby 14 6 8
Stuart Appleby 14 6 8
Phil Mickelson 29 22 7
Retief Goosen 18 11 7
Rory Sabbatini 13 6 7
Aaron Baddeley 11 4 7
Chad Campbell 11 4 7

Never missed the cut here

Players paid at every edition they started, three or more times

The players who have made the cut at every U.S. Open they started, with at least three starts.
PLAYER CUTS MADE
Xander Schauffele 10
Patrick Rodgers 6
John Daly 5
Joohyung Kim 5
Peter Lonard 5
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 4
David Lingmerth 4
Sam Stevens 4
Andrew Johnston 3
Chris Gotterup 3

Frequently asked questions

How many players made the cut at the 2026 U.S. Open?

64 of the 123 players we hold made the cut and were paid, and 57 missed it. The other two withdrew, were disqualified or finished without a cheque.

What does the last player to make the cut at the U.S. Open win?

In 2026 the last place on the ladder was 72nd, and Dylan Wu took $42,858. The winner's cheque was 105 times that.

What share of players make the cut at the U.S. Open?

Across the 31 editions we hold, 52% of the players were paid off the ladder: 1,428 of 2,770. That is the 5th lowest share of the 66 tournaments we hold.

Who has missed the cut at the U.S. Open most often?

Lucas Glover, thirteen times in seventeen starts we hold, ahead of Justin Rose on eleven.

Where to next

The cut at the tournaments either side of this one

U.S. Open prize money carries every champion and what the win paid, the U.S. Open all-time earners ranks every golfer it has paid, and the cut at every golf tournament ranks all 66 by the share of players the ladder pays. The twenty closest to this one on that order: 3M Open, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Rocket Classic, Genesis Scottish Open, John Deere Classic, The RSM Classic, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, Wyndham Championship, The Greenbrier Classic, Procore Championship, Farmers Insurance Open, Valspar Championship, The American Express, THE PLAYERS Championship, RBC Canadian Open, Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Valero Texas Open, Travelers Championship, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Texas Children's Houston Open.