The United States Golf Association is upping the ante for the the 2022 U.S. Open.
Or rather, it’s upping the payout.
When the best golfers in the world tee off at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts on Thursday morning, they’ll be playing for a record $17.5 million in prizes—an increase of $5 million from the 2021 U.S. Open.
Amazingly, that’s still $5 million less than the purse for the Players Championship, which paid out $20 million.
The Masters ($15 million), PGA Championship ($15 million) and The Open ($11.5 million) still lag behind, but not by much. The largest purses in non-major events include The Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Memorial and WGC Dell Technologies Match Play, which each max out at $12 million.
You can find outright odds for the 2022 U.S. Open here, and our expert analysis and picks are available here.
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