2024 U.S. Women's Open Final Payouts, Prize Money: Yuka Saso Wins $2.4 Million

The Japanese star now owns two U.S. Women's Open titles.

Jeff Ritter | Jun 2, 2024

Yuka Saso triumphed at Lancaster Country Club. / John Jones-USA TODAY Sports

There's a gold rush happening in pro golf, and the USGA is on the train. This year it boosted its purse for the U.S. Women's Open to $12 million, up from $11 million at last year's event at Pebble Beach.

Yuka Saso is taking home $2.4 million, the richest first-place prize in women's golf. The 22-year-old Japanese player, born in the Philippines, won a second U.S. Women's Open to go alongside her title in 2021. In second, the only other player under par, was Hinako Shibuno, giving Japan its first 1-2 finish in a major, men's or women's

Here's the full payouts from Lancaster, Pa.

2024 U.S. Women's Open final payouts

WIN. Yuka Saso, 4 under: $2,400,000

2. Hinako Shibuno, 1 under: $1,296,000

T3. Ally Ewing, Andrea Lee; Even: $664,777.50

5. Arpichaya Yubol, 1 over: $456,375

T6. Atthaya Thitikul, Ayaka Furue, Wichanee Meechai; 2 over: $365,405.67

T9. Rio Takeda, Sakura Koiwai, Minjee Lee; 3 over: $271,732.67

T12. Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin, Miyu Yamashita, Jin Hee Im; 4 over: $205,709.25

T16. Hannah Green, A Lim Kim, Mi Hyang Lee; 5 over: $161,840.67

T19. Jenny Shin, Charley Hull, Yan Liu, Carlota Ciganda, Chisato Iwai; 6 over: $125,829

T24. Jiwon Jeon, Wei-Ling Hsu; 7 over: $99,078.50

T26. Aditi Ashok, Sophia Popov, Minbyeol Kim; 8 over: $86,542

T29. Jin Young Ko, Sarah Kemp, Pia Babnik, Albane Valenzuela, Xiyu Lin, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Su Ji Kim; 9 over: $68,873.14

T36. Kristen Gillman, Anna Nordqvist, Amiyu Ozeki; 10 over: $54,338.33

T39. Hyun Kyung Park, Gaby Lopez, Jiyai Shin, Yuna Nishimura, Yui Kawamoto; 11 over: $44,914.60

T44. Megan Khang, Mariel Galdiano, Alison Lee, Asterisk Talley (a), Megan Schofill (a), Nasa Hataoka, Catherine Park (a); 12 over: $31,750

T51. Gabriela Ruffels, Haeran Ryu, Sofia Garcia, Alexandra Forsterling, Yuri Yoshida, Danielle Kang, Ashleigh Buhai; 13 over: $26,209

T58. Narin An, Celine Boutier, Amelia Garvey, Alana Uriell, Alexa Pano, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Kim Kaufman, Jeongeun Lee6; 14 over: $23,035.89

T67. Adela Cernousek (a), Ai Suzuki; 15 over: $21,860

T69. Caroline Inglis, Madelene Sagstrom, Marissa Steen; 16 over: $21,155

Published Jun 2, 2024

JEFF RITTER

Jeff Ritter is the managing director of golf content for Sports Illustrated. He has more than 20 years experience in sports media and has covered more than 30 major championships. In 2020 he joined Morning Read to help spark its growth and eventual acquisition by SI in 2022. He helped launch Golf Magazine’s first original, weekly e-magazine and served as its top editor. He also launched Golf's “Films” division, the magazine’s first long-form video storytelling franchise, and his debut documentary received an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. Ritter has earned first-place awards for his work from the Society of American Travel Writers, the MIN Magazine Awards and the Golf Writers Association of America. He received a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and a master’s from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. A native Michigander, he remains a die-hard Wolverines fan and will defend Jim Harbaugh until the bitter end.