Week 16 Purse Breakdown - U.S. Open ($8,000,000)
The prize earnings below are based on the PGA Tour's standard distribution formula which has been used since 1979. However, this formula is not necessarily used for all tournaments including the following in this contest:
- WGC Cadillac Championship
- Shell Houston Open
- The Masters
- U.S. Open
- John Deere Classic
- The Open Championship
- WGC Bridgestone Invitational
- PGA Championship
For the tournaments above, the breakdown percentages below should be used as a rough estimate.
| U.S. Open | ||
| Place | % | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 18.000 | $1,440,000 |
| 2nd | 10.800 | $864,000 |
| 3rd | 6.800 | $544,000 |
| 4th | 4.800 | $384,000 |
| 5th | 4.000 | $320,000 |
| 6th | 3.600 | $288,000 |
| 7th | 3.350 | $268,000 |
| 8th | 3.100 | $248,000 |
| 9th | 2.900 | $232,000 |
| 10th | 2.700 | $216,000 |
| 11th | 2.500 | $200,000 |
| 12th | 2.300 | $184,000 |
| 13th | 2.100 | $168,000 |
| 14th | 1.900 | $152,000 |
| 15th | 1.800 | $144,000 |
| 16th | 1.700 | $136,000 |
| 17th | 1.600 | $128,000 |
| 18th | 1.500 | $120,000 |
| 19th | 1.400 | $112,000 |
| 20th | 1.300 | $104,000 |
| 21st | 1.200 | $96,000 |
| 22nd | 1.120 | $89,600 |
| 23rd | 1.040 | $83,200 |
| 24th | 0.960 | $76,800 |
| 25th | 0.880 | $70,400 |
| 26th | 0.800 | $64,000 |
| 27th | 0.770 | $61,600 |
| 28th | 0.740 | $59,200 |
| 29th | 0.710 | $56,800 |
| 30th | 0.680 | $54,400 |
| 31st | 0.650 | $52,000 |
| 32nd | 0.620 | $49,600 |
| 33rd | 0.590 | $47,200 |
| 34th | 0.565 | $45,200 |
| 35th | 0.540 | $43,200 |
| 36th | 0.515 | $41,200 |
| 37th | 0.490 | $39,200 |
| 38th | 0.470 | $37,600 |
| 39th | 0.450 | $36,000 |
| 40th | 0.430 | $34,400 |
| 41st | 0.410 | $32,800 |
| 42nd | 0.390 | $31,200 |
| 43rd | 0.370 | $29,600 |
| 44th | 0.350 | $28,000 |
| 45th | 0.330 | $26,400 |
| 46th | 0.310 | $24,800 |
| 47th | 0.290 | $23,200 |
| 48th | 0.274 | $21,920 |
| 49th | 0.260 | $20,800 |
| 50th | 0.252 | $20,160 |
| 51st | 0.246 | $19,680 |
| 52nd | 0.240 | $19,200 |
| 53rd | 0.236 | $18,880 |
| 54th | 0.232 | $18,560 |
| 55th | 0.230 | $18,400 |
| 56th | 0.228 | $18,240 |
| 57th | 0.226 | $18,080 |
| 58th | 0.224 | $17,920 |
| 59th | 0.222 | $17,760 |
| 60th | 0.220 | $17,600 |
| 61st | 0.218 | $17,440 |
| 62nd | 0.216 | $17,280 |
| 63rd | 0.214 | $17,120 |
| 64th | 0.212 | $16,960 |
| 65th | 0.210 | $16,800 |
| 66th | 0.208 | $16,640 |
| 67th | 0.206 | $16,480 |
| 68th | 0.204 | $16,320 |
| 69th | 0.202 | $16,160 |
| 70th | 0.200 | $16,000 |