2026 US Women's Open Prize Money Payout, Winners Share Breakdown

U.S. Women's Open 2026 record-breaking prize money payout, purse winners share for each golfer at Erin Hills

— Hailee Cooper had made just shy of $50,000 on the Epson Tour coming into her first U.S. Women's Open as a professional. The former Texas A&M player wasn't even sure if she wanted to turn professional and then gave herself a two-year window to make it onto the LPGA.

Needless to say, taking a share of seventh at Erin Hills at the 2025 U.S. Women's Open is a life-changing experience for the 25-year-old, so much so that it brought her to tears. Cooper earned $xxx,xxx after closing with a 2-under 70, finishing four back of winner Maja Stark.

"I walked out and they go, do you want to see the money?" said Cooper, "I was like, sure and I walked up and I immediately started crying when I saw the numbers. I'm like, oh, gosh, there are six of them. So it's awesome. It's life-changing for sure."

The $12 million purse is the largest in women's golf. Stark earned $2.4 million for her gutsy performance.

" I didn't even know that," she said when asked what she might do with the money. "Maybe move out of my studio apartment can be one thing. I don't know. I'm very happy with what I have in my life right now. I think just having the security for the future, I think I'll just be very happy about that."

Players who missed the cut this week earned $10,000.

2026 Women's Golf Majors Tournaments Purse.

KPMG Women's PGA Championship: $11 million

AIG Women's Open: $10  million

Evian Championship: $8 million

Chevron Championship: $8 million

U.S. Women's Open: $12 million



As for the winner’s payday in the Women’s Open, newly crowned champion Allisen Corpuz earned a record $2 million, the largest payout in women’s golf history, after shooting a closing three-under 69 to take the title by three shots.

Even if you don’t make the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open, you still walked away with a nice return: $8,000 for all pros who qualified for the championship.

2026 U.S. Women's Open Prize Money Payout, Winners Share

Pos. Player Score Earnings

1st: $2,500,000

2nd: $1,350,000

3rd: $843,000

4th: $590,000

5th: $491,000

6th: $435,000

7th: $392,000

8th: $351,000

9th: $318,000

10th: $292,000

11th: $266,000

12th: $246,000

13th: $229,000

14th: $212,000

15th: $197,000

16th: $184,000

17th: $174,000

18th: $164,000

19th: $154,000

20th: $144,000

21st: $135,000

22nd: $126,000

23rd: $118,000

24th: $110,000

25th: $103,000

26th: $97,000

27th: $93,000

28th: $89,000

29th: $85,000

30th: $81,000

31st: $78,000

32nd: $74,000

33rd: $70,000

34th: $67,000

35th: $64,000

36th: $61,000

37th: $58,000

38th: $56,000

39th: $53,000

40th: $51,000

41st: $48,000

42nd: $46,000

43rd: $43,000

44th: $41,000

45th: $38,000

46th: $36,000

47th: $34,000

48th: $32,000

49th: $30,000

50th: $29,000

51st: $28,000

52nd: $27,500

53rd: $27,000

54th: $26,500

55th: $26,250

56th: $26,000

57th: $25,750

58th: $25,500

59th: $25,250

60th: $25,000

Note: This is the official projected payout based on the $12.5 million purse. The exact amounts for lower positions may see minor adjustments after the cut, but the top positions (especially 1st through 10th) are confirmed.

2025 U.S. Women's Open leaderboard: Final results

Maja Stark is the 2025 U.S. Women's Open champion after finishing 7-under-par for the tournament. As the winner, she is taking home $2.4 million of the $12 million purse that will be distributed among the players, along with the beautiful Harton S. Semple Trophy.

Here's a look at the final leaderboard for the 13 players who finished under par.

Pos. Name Final Score

1 Maja Stark -7

T2 Rio Takeda -5

T2 Nelly Korda -5

T4 Hye-Jin Choi -4

T4 Mao Saigo -4

T4 Yin Ruoning -4

T7 Hinako Shibuno -3

T7 Hailee Cooper -3

T9 Ariya Jutanugarn -2

T10 Angel Yin -2

T10 Linn Grant -2

T12 Hannah Green -1

T12 Charley Hull -1

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