Question: how much money do you get for winning the open?
Answer: The 2019 US Open purse is $12.5 million, an increase of $500,000 from the prior year. The USGA pays 18 percent of the total purse to the winner, so the 2019 US Open winner will earn $2,250,000 as the first-place payout. In 2018, Brooks Koepka won $2,160,000 as the US Open winner's check from a $12 million purse.