2026 U.S. Senior Open prize money payouts for each player at Scioto Country Club

There was some serious money on the line at the 2026 U.S. Senior Open. The total prize fund at Scioto Countr Club was $4 million with the winner is taking home $800,000.

There was also some history at Scioto, as Padraig Harrington became just the third golfer to win the U.S. Senior Open in consecutive seasons, joining a short list with Gary Player and Allen Doyle. It's also Harrington's third overall U.S. Senior title, as he won it in 2022 as well. This is his fourth senior major, as he also won the 2025 Senior Open crown, and it's his 12th PGA Tour Champions title.

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Finally, Harrington surpasses the $10 million mark on the Champions circuit, as he's now earned $10,471,366 in 73 starts.

2026 U.S. Senior Open prize money payouts

Pos.NameGolferEarnings1Padraig Harrington-12$800,0002Stewart Cink-8$432,0003George McNeill-6$181,3764Ian Poulter-5$151,068T5Retief Goosen-4$120,956T5Jamie Donaldson-4$120,956T5Paul Stankowski-4$120,956T8Pat Perez-3$89,948T8Darren Clarke-3$89,948T8Miguel Angel Jiménez-3$89,948T11Henrik Stenson-2$70,600T11Ernie Els-2$70,600T11John Rollins-2$70,600T14Freddie Jacobson-1$56,944T14Billy Andrade-1$56,944T14Alex Cejka-1$56,944T17Y.E. YangE$47,347T17Jerry KellyE$47,347T17Chris DevlinE$47,347T20Jason Caron1$35,371T20Brendan Jones1$35,371T20Søren Kjeldsen1$35,371T20Charlie Wi1$35,371T20Michael Wright1$35,371T20Tommy Gainey1$35,371T26Andrew Marshall2$26,229T26Justin Hicks2$26,229T26Ryan Armour2$26,229T26Richard Green2$26,229T26Matt Gogel2$26,229T31Tim Petrovic3$20,643T31Ken Tanigawa3$20,643T31Michael Block3$20,643T31Shane Bertsch3$20,643T31Simon Griffiths3$20,643T36Jeff Maggert4$17,585T36Haymes Snedeker (a)4$0T38Ben Crane5$15,250T38Gene Sauers5$15,250T38Scott Hend5$15,250T38K.J. Choi5$15,250T42Colin Montgomerie6$12,916T42Vijay Singh6$12,916T44Stephen Ames7$10,426T44Tim O'Neal7$10,426T44Greg Chalmers7$10,426T44J.J. Henry7$10,426T44Mark Wilson7$10,426T49Cameron Percy8$8,792T49David Mathis8$8,792T51Alan McLean9$8,351T51Scott Parel9$8,351T51Takashi Iwamoto9$8,35154Ricardo Gonzalez10$8,17055Kirk Triplett12$8,09256Chad Campbell14$8,014T57Thammanoon Sriroj15$7,897T57Omar Uresti15$7,897T57Thongchai Jaidee15$7,89760Hank Kim19$7,797

In addition, the 79 professional golfers who failed to make the cut were issued a $4,000 stipend.

The U.S. Senior Open is one of 15 championships staged by the U.S. Golf Association every year.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 2026 U.S. Senior Open prize money payouts for each player at Scioto Country Club

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