"Our purse is $21.5 million. Winner's check is $4.3 million. We didn't raise our purse this year," USGA CEO Mike Whan said. "When I started at the USGA just four years ago, our purse was $12.5 million, so I feel comfortable that we've been a leader in moving fast and bigger. [...] We want the money to be commensurate with the achievement."

The U.S. Open is on its final day from Oakmont Club in Pennsylvania. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau will try to repeat as champion as World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Masters winner Rory McIlroy headline a strong field of golfers. Will one of those three bring home a victory? Or will it be someone else that wins the third major of the year.

U.S. Open has been a war of attrition at Oakmont but the players in the field are all vying for the biggest payouts from the $21.5 million purse on the