Cameron Smith finished -20 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 4th PGA Tour win, and 25% of the $10,083,786 he earned that season.
How the 2022 Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 61% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2022 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 | Cameron Smith | Australia | -20 | $2,070,000 | $2,500,000 +21% |
| 2 | Cameron Young | USA | -19 | $1,198,000 | $1,455,000 +21% |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | -18 | $682,500 | $933,000 +37% |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | England | -14 | $654,000 | |
| T4 | Viktor Hovland | Norway | -14 | $654,000 | |
| T6 | Brian Harman | USA | -13 | $386,500 | $469,500 |
| T6 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -13 | $386,500 | $469,500 |
| T8 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | -12 | $255,250 | $325,667 |
| T8 | Jordan Spieth | USA | -12 | $255,250 | $325,667 |
| T8 | Patrick Cantlay | USA | -12 | $255,250 | $325,667 |
| T11 | Abraham Ancer | Mexico | -11 | $231,000 | |
| T11 | Dean Burmester | South Africa | -11 | $231,000 | |
| T11 | Sadom Kaewkanjana | Thailand | -11 | $231,000 | |
| T11 | Tyrrell Hatton | England | -11 | $231,000 | |
| T15 | Adam Scott | Australia | -10 | $143,063 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Anthony Quayle | Australia | -10 | $143,063 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Francesco Molinari | Italy | -10 | $143,063 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Lucas Herbert | Australia | -10 | $143,063 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Si Woo Kim | South Korea | -10 | $143,063 | $165,583 |
| T15 | Xander Schauffele | USA | -10 | $143,063 | $165,583 |
| T21 | Billy Horschel | USA | -9 | $120,286 | |
| T21 | Kevin Kisner | USA | -9 | $120,286 | |
| T21 | Matt Fitzpatrick | England | -9 | $120,286 | |
| T21 | Min Woo Lee | Australia | -9 | $120,286 | |
| T21 | Scottie Scheffler | USA | -9 | $120,286 | |
| T21 | Shane Lowry | Ireland | -9 | $120,286 | |
| T21 | Trey Mullinax | USA | -9 | $120,286 | |
| T28 | Corey Conners | Canada | -8 | $90,917 | |
| T28 | Dylan Frittelli | South Africa | -8 | $90,917 | |
| T28 | Harold Varner III | USA | -8 | $90,917 | |
| T28 | Thomas Pieters | Belgium | -8 | $90,917 | |
| T28 | Tony Finau | USA | -8 | $90,917 | |
| T28 | Will Zalatoris | USA | -8 | $90,917 | |
| T34 | Aaron Wise | USA | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T34 | Jon Rahm | Spain | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T34 | Lee Westwood | England | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T34 | Robert MacIntyre | Scotland | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T34 | Sahith Theegala | USA | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T34 | Talor Gooch | USA | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T34 | Thomas Detry | Belgium | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T34 | Victor Perez | France | -7 | $68,906 | |
| T42 | Adrian Meronk | Poland | -6 | $51,000 | |
| T42 | Chris Kirk | USA | -6 | $51,000 | |
| T42 | Jason Kokrak | USA | -6 | $51,000 | |
| T42 | Sam Burns | USA | -6 | $51,000 | |
| T42 | Thriston Lawrence | South Africa | -6 | $51,000 | |
| T47 | Filippo Celli | Italy | -5 | — | |
| T47 | Garrick Higgo | South Africa | -5 | $40,600 | |
| T47 | Jordan Smith | England | -5 | $40,600 | |
| T47 | Patrick Reed | USA | -5 | $40,600 | |
| T47 | Tom Kim | South Korea | -5 | $40,600 | |
| T47 | Yuto Katsuragawa | Japan | -5 | $40,600 | |
| T53 | Brad Kennedy | Australia | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Danny Willett | England | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Jason Scrivener | Australia | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Joaquín Niemann | Chile | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Justin Thomas | USA | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Lars Van Meijel | Netherlands | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Nicolai Højgaard | Denmark | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Paul Casey | England | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T53 | Robert Dinwiddie | England | -4 | $29,417 | $35,656 |
| T62 | Cameron Tringale | USA | -3 | $33,625 | |
| T62 | David Carey | Ireland | -3 | $33,625 | |
| T62 | Ian Poulter | England | -3 | $33,625 | |
| T62 | John Parry | England | -3 | $33,625 | |
| T62 | Russell Henley | USA | -3 | $33,625 | |
| T62 | Sebastián Muñoz | Colombia | -3 | $33,625 | |
| T68 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | South Africa | -2 | $32,525 | |
| T68 | Hideki Matsuyama | Japan | -2 | $32,525 | |
| T68 | Richard Mansell | England | -2 | $32,525 | |
| T68 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | -2 | $32,525 | |
| T72 | David Law | Scotland | -1 | $26,375 | $32,013 |
| T72 | Kurt Kitayama | USA | -1 | $26,375 | $32,013 |
| T74 | Justin De Los Santos | Philippines | E | $26,125 | $31,763 |
| T74 | Marcus Armitage | England | E | $26,125 | $31,763 |
| T76 | Aaron Jarvis Amateur | Cayman Islands | +1 | $25,938 | — |
| T76 | Adri Arnaus | Spain | +1 | $25,938 | $31,513 |
| T76 | Wyndham Clark | USA | +1 | $25,938 | $31,513 |
| T79 | Barclay Brown | England | +2 | — | |
| T79 | Laurie Canter | England | +2 | $31,325 | |
| T81 | Sam Bairstow | England | +4 | — | |
| T81 | Sungjae Im | South Korea | +4 | $31,200 | |
| 83 | Jamie Rutherford | England | +8 | $31,075 | |
| MC | Aaron Rai | England | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Aldrich Potgieter | South Africa | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Alex Wrigley | England | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Alexander Björk | Sweden | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Ashley Chesters | England | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Campbell | New Zealand | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bernd Wiesberger | Austria | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Brandon Wu | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brooks Koepka | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Chan Kim | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Collin Morikawa | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | David Duval | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Dimi Papadatos | Australia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Emiliano Grillo | Argentina | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Erik van Rooyen | South Africa | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ernie Els | South Africa | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Fabrizio Zanotti | Paraguay | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Woodland | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Guido Migliozzi | Italy | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Haotong Li | China | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Harris English | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Floydd | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Jamie Donaldson | Wales | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jediah Morgan | Australia | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | John Catlin | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | John Daly | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jorge Fernández Valdés | Argentina | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | J.T. Poston | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Harding | South Africa | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Rose | England | E | $0 | |
| MC | Kazuki Higa | Japan | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Keegan Bradley | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Keita Nakajima | Japan | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Keith Mitchell | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Na | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | K.H. Lee | South Korea | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Luke List | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mackenzie Hughes | Canada | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Marc Leishman | Australia | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Marco Penge | England | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | +21 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Ford | England | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Matthew Griffin | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Matthew Jordan | England | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Max Homa | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mingyu Cho | South Korea | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Minkyu Kim | South Korea | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mito Pereira | Chile | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Oliver Farr | Wales | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Pablo Larrazábal | Spain | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Lawrie | Scotland | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Phil Mickelson | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard Bland | England | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Rikuya Hoshino | Japan | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Ronan Mullarney | Ireland | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Fox | New Zealand | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Sam Horsfield | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Vincent | Zimbabwe | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Séamus Power | Ireland | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Sepp Straka | Austria | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Shaun Norris | South Africa | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Shugo Imahira | Japan | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Sihwan Kim | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Dodd | Wales | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Stewart Cink | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Takumi Kanaya | Japan | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tiger Woods | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Hoge | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Webb Simpson | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Zach Johnson | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Zander Lombard | South Africa | +1 | $0 |
The Open winner's share over time
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2022 Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2022 Open get?
Cameron Smith won $2,500,000 from a $14,000,000 purse.
What was the 2022 Open purse?
$14,000,000.
How much did last place get at the 2022 Open?
The smallest check was $31,075, to Jamie Rutherford (83).
How many players made the cut at the 2022 Open?
83 players made the cut and finished, and 75 players missed it.