US Open verify record-breaking prize cash and it has followers curious

Now that the US Open has lastly obtained underway gamers will battle it out to say considered one of golf’s most sought-after awards. This yr nevertheless, the money prize has elevated to the most important purse within the historical past of males’s major championship golf.

Golfers from all over the world will now be competing for lots extra than simply satisfaction and rankings. The winner of the celebrated match is ready to rake in an unimaginable sum of money.

At final yr’s US Open, Matt Fitzpatrick gained the match at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. The English golfer was rewarded with a staggering $17.5 million (£13.76 million) paycheque, however may very well be in line to earn much more if he achieves one other victory.

The new winnings have been elevated to a whopping $20 million (£15.73 million) making it attain the identical stage because the PGA Tour’s prime occasions. That is double what golfer Dustin Johnson would have gained when he took house the trophy again in 2016.

The US Open remains to be at $5 million (£3.93 million) lower than a LIV Golf purse. But that may very well be set to vary following the current merger of the Saudi-backed tour and the PGA Tour.

Other tournaments have additionally elevated their prize cash not too long ago, with the Masters rising to $18 million (£14.16 million) and the PGA Championship rising to $17.5 million (£13.76 million). The British Open is but to announce what the winner will earn later this yr, however final yr’s jackpot was a powerful $14 million (£11 million).

Since the announcement the CEO of the USGA, Mike Whan has spoken out on the rising purse. He mentioned: “In general for us, we want this to be big.

“We have to search out the fitting stability of bigness when it comes to the place we play it, how we televise it, how many individuals we let on this golf course. I feel purse is a part of that.”

Despite the numerous rise in US Open prize cash, Whan believes that the quantity is proportionate to the scale of the tournament. “We perceive that purses might be relative,” he said.

“In order to be huge we’ve got to grasp what else is happening on the planet, and we do. We’re not in a chase to be the largest test, however we wish to be sure that the cash and the chance right here, whether or not they’re a tour participant, faculty participant, novice, how they obtained right here, that is nonetheless a part of the bigness, and we consider it’s.”