"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."

J.J. Spaun won the U.S. Open in dramatic fashion Sunday for his second PGA Tour title. He also collected $4.3 million. Runner-up Robert MacIntyre earned $2,322,000 while Viktor Hovland, who was solo third, picked up $1,459,284. Here’s how the full $21.5 million purse was paid out at Oakmont Country Club.

The US Open has ended in thrilling fashion, as J.J. Spaun recovered from a nightmare start to win the biggest title of his career Bryson DeChambeau won this major last year, but he missed the cut,