2022 US Women’s Open prize money: A breakdown of the record $10 million purse
The winner of the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open will take home a record $1.8 million, the largest payout in women’s golf history.
Yuki Saso earned $1 million after winning the tournament at the Olympic Club in 2021. When Annika Sorenstam claimed top honors in the 1996 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles, the overall purse was $1 million.
On Saturday morning, the USGA released the overall prize money payoubreakdown for the golfers who made the cut this week. The 61 players who missed the cut get $8,000, but amateur golfers receive no prize money.
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2022 US Women’s Open prize money breakdown:
1 – $1,800,000
2 – $1,080,000
3 – $685,043
4 – $480,225
5 – $399,982
6 – $354,658
7 – $319,738
8 – $286,363
9 – $259,169
10 – $238,052
11 – $217,245
12 – $200,866
13 – $187,166
14 – $172,745
15 – $160,384
16 – $150,083
17 – $141,842
18 – $133,602
19 – $125,361
20 – $117,120
21 – $110,013
22 – $102,905
23 – $96,003
24 – $89,617
25 – $84,054
26 – $79,316
27 – $75,711
28 – $72,518
29 – $69,427
30 – $66,337
31 – $63,247
32 – $60,156
33 – $57,066
34 – $54,285
35 – $52,019
36 – $49,753
37 – $47,589
38 – $45,529
39 – $43,469
40 – $41,409
41 – $39,349
42 – $37,289
43 – $35,228
44 – $33,168
45 – $31,108
46 – $29,254
47 – $27,400
48 – $25,649
49 – $24,619
50 – $23,588
51 – $22,970
52 – $22,455
53 – $22,043
54 – $21,837
55 – $21,631
56 – $21,425
57 – $21,219
58 – $21,013
59 – $20,807
60 – $20,601
61 – $20,395
62 – $20,189
63 – $19,983
64 – $19,777
65 – $19,571
66 – $19,365
Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at rbaxley@fayobserver.com.
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