Like the other three Majors, the US Open is not stingy when it comes to offering potentially life-changing perks for the winner.
For example, at the 2025 edition the winner will receive prize money of $4.3m as well as a guaranteed place for the next 10 years, along with a string of additional bonuses.
It’s not all bad news for the player who finishes second, though, with the star who narrowly misses out on the title still able to look back on a job well done with some brilliant perks to prove it.
Here is what the player finishing runner-up at Oakmont will receive.
Prize Money
Rory McIlroy won $2.322m for his runner-up at the 2024 US Open, and that will also be handed to the player finishing second at Oakmont
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While the champion will collect one of the biggest prizes ever awarded in golf, $4.3m, the runner-up will hardly be contemplating a financial struggle as he heads away from Oakmont. That’s thanks to prize money of $2.322m, more than the winner makes at many PGA Tour events.
Silver Medal
Players finishing second get a silver medal, as Tommy Fleetwood did for his 2018 runner-up
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The winner receives the Jack Nicklaus medal, while the low amateur is handed a gold medal, too, but there’s also some impressive hardware for the runner-up in the form of a silver medal – a worthwhile memento for coming so close in a tournament that had over 10,000 entrants.
Major Exemptions
The runner-up guarantees a place at the 2026 Masters
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Unlike the winner, the runner-up won’t have the luxury of knowing they have a place in the US Open for the next 10 years, but there are still some significant Major-related perks heading his way.
Crucially, the player finishing second doesn’t need to worry about how to make it to next year’s event, with a place in the US Open at Shinnecock Hills assured for the top 10 and ties. It doesn’t end there, though. The runner-up also makes it to the following year’s Masters at Augusta National, along with everyone who finishes in the top four and ties.
World Ranking Points
When it comes to collecting world ranking points, it doesn’t get any better than the four Majors, with 100 available for the winner in each of the big events. That’s 20 more than the PGA…
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