Rory McIlroy finished -16 and took 19% of the purse. It was his 2nd PGA Tour win, and 61% of the $2,344,609 he earned that season.
How the 2011 U.S. Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 59% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2011 U.S. Open prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | Country | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | -16 | $1,350,000 | $1,440,000 +7% |
| 2 | Jason Day | Australia | -8 | $810,000 | $865,000 +7% |
| T3 | Kevin Chappell | USA | -6 | $480,687 | $364,241 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | England | -6 | $480,687 | $364,241 |
| T3 | Robert Garrigus | USA | -6 | $480,687 | $364,241 |
| T3 | Y.E. Yang | South Korea | -6 | $480,687 | $364,241 |
| T7 | Peter Hanson | Sweden | -5 | $228,416 | |
| T7 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | -5 | $228,416 | |
| T9 | Charl Schwartzel | South Africa | -4 | $192,962 | |
| T9 | Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | -4 | $192,962 | |
| T11 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -3 | $163,083 | |
| T11 | Davis Love III | USA | -3 | $163,083 | |
| T11 | Heath Slocum | USA | -3 | $163,083 | |
| T14 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -2 | $127,779 | $129,517 |
| T14 | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | -2 | $127,779 | $129,517 |
| T14 | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | -2 | $127,779 | $129,517 |
| T14 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -2 | $127,779 | $129,517 |
| T14 | Webb Simpson | USA | -2 | $127,779 | $129,517 |
| T19 | Johan Edfors | Sweden | -1 | $105,905 | |
| T19 | Steve Stricker | USA | -1 | $105,905 | |
| T21 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | E | — | |
| T21 | Ryan Palmer | USA | E | $97,242 | |
| T23 | Bill Haas | USA | +1 | $76,455 | |
| T23 | Brandt Jobe | USA | +1 | $76,455 | |
| T23 | Dustin Johnson | USA | +1 | $76,455 | |
| T23 | Gary Woodland | USA | +1 | $76,455 | |
| T23 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | +1 | $76,455 | |
| T23 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | +1 | $76,455 | |
| T23 | Robert Rock | England | +1 | $76,455 | |
| T30 | Do-Hoon Kim | South Korea | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | Grégory Havret | France | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | Harrison Frazar | USA | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | John Senden | Australia | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | Kyung Kim | USA | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | Ryo Ishikawa | Japan | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | S.Y. Noh | South Korea | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T30 | Zach Johnson | USA | +2 | $50,436 | |
| T39 | Adam Hadwin | Canada | +3 | $41,154 | |
| T39 | Martin Kaymer | Germany | +3 | $41,154 | |
| T39 | Sung Kang | South Korea | +3 | $41,154 | |
| T42 | Lucas Glover | USA | +4 | $37,351 | |
| T42 | Russell Henley | USA | +4 | — | |
| T42 | Sangmoon Bae | South Korea | +4 | $37,351 | |
| T45 | Charley Hoffman | USA | +5 | $31,264 | |
| T45 | Chez Reavie | USA | +5 | $31,264 | |
| T45 | Luke Donald | England | +5 | $31,264 | |
| T45 | Michael Putnam | USA | +5 | $31,264 | |
| T45 | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +5 | $31,264 | |
| T45 | Robert Karlsson | Sweden | +5 | $31,264 | |
| T51 | Alex Noren | Sweden | +6 | $24,708 | |
| T51 | Marc Leishman | Australia | +6 | $24,708 | |
| T51 | Scott Piercy | USA | +6 | $24,708 | |
| T54 | Alvaro Quiros | Spain | +7 | $21,792 | |
| T54 | Anthony Kim | USA | +7 | $21,792 | |
| T54 | Edoardo Molinari | Italy | +7 | $21,792 | |
| T54 | J.J. Henry | USA | +7 | $21,792 | |
| T54 | Matteo Manassero | Italy | +7 | $21,792 | |
| T54 | Phil Mickelson | USA | +7 | $21,792 | |
| T60 | Justin Hicks | USA | +8 | $19,763 | |
| T60 | Marcel Siem | Germany | +8 | $19,763 | |
| T60 | Todd Hamilton | USA | +8 | $19,763 | |
| T63 | Brian Gay | USA | +9 | $16,672 | $18,620 |
| T63 | Bubba Watson | USA | +9 | $16,672 | $18,620 |
| T63 | Bud Cauley | USA | +9 | $16,672 | $18,620 |
| T63 | Jeff Overton | USA | +9 | $16,672 | $18,620 |
| 67 | Kevin Streelman | USA | +11 | $17,819 | |
| T68 | Alexandre Rocha | Brazil | +13 | $17,178 | |
| T68 | Christo Greyling | South Africa | +13 | $17,178 | |
| T68 | Kenichi Kuboya | Japan | +13 | $17,178 | |
| 71 | Wesley Heffernan | Canada | +19 | $16,539 | |
| 72 | Brad Benjamin Amateur | USA | +21 | — | |
| MC | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Long | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Scott | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Alex Cejka | Germany | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Andreas Hartoe | Denmark | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Andres Gonzales | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Beau Hossler | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Crane | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bennett Blakeman | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Adamonis | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Patterson | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Locke | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Briny Baird | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Bubba Dickerson | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Camilo Villegas | Colombia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Chad Campbell | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Wilson | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Christopher Deforest | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Christopher Williams | South Africa | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | C.T. Pan | Chinese Taipei | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | D.A. Points | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Dae-hyun Kim | South Korea | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | David Chung | USA | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | David Howell | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | David May | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | David Toms | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Elliot Gealy | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ernie Els | South Africa | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Francesco Molinari | Italy | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Funk | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Geoffrey Sisk | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Greg Chalmers | Australia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Hiroyuki Fujita | Japan | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Hunter Mahan | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Ian Poulter | England | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Dufner | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jesse Hutchins | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Furyk | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Joey Lamielle | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | John Ellis | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jon Mills | Canada | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jonathan Byrd | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Rose | England | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Na | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Kirk Triplett | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | K.J. Choi | South Korea | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Maarten Lafeber | Netherlands | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Marc Turnesa | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Wilson | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Martin Laird | Scotland | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Matthew Edwards | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Matthew Richardson | England | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Barbosa | USA | +24 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael D. Smith | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Tobiason, Jr. | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Whitehead | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Miguel Angel Jiménez | Spain | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick O'Hern | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Watney | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Nicolas Colsaerts | Belgium | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Casey | England | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Uihlein | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Rickie Fowler | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Allenby | Australia | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Dinwiddie | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Moore | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Nelson | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Sam Saunders | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Barr | Australia | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Hend | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Pinckney | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Shane Lowry | Ireland | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Gallacher | Scotland | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Irwin | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Stewart Cink | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Levet | France | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Petrovic | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Trevor Immelman | South Africa | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Ty Tryon | USA | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Will Wilcox | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Zack Byrd | USA | +10 | $0 |
U.S. Open winner's share over time
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2011 U.S. Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2011 U.S. Open get?
Rory McIlroy won $1,440,000 from a $7,500,000 purse.
What was the 2011 U.S. Open purse?
$7,500,000.
How much did last place get at the 2011 U.S. Open?
The smallest check was $16,539, to Wesley Heffernan (71).
How many players made the cut at the 2011 U.S. Open?
72 players made the cut and finished, and 84 players missed it.