US Open Golf Purse 2012: What Will Tiger Woods and Other Past Champions Make

It took an impressive final round of one of the toughest majors tournaments in recent history, but Webb Simpson was able to finish as the 2012 U.S. Open champion.

With a 68 in his final two rounds, the 26-year-old earned himself a nice payday of $1,440,000.

Former U.S. Open winners Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk were in the hunt the entire day, but neither could get the necessary birdie on 18 to send the tournament to an 18-hole playoff.

McDowell and Michael Thompson will each get $695,196 for finishing in second place. Furyk must settle for $276,841 after a bogey on the final hole.

Still, the players at the top were not the only ones to receive a payday. With a total purse of $8 million, there was plenty of money to go around.

Tiger Woods had a good start to the weekend, but finished seven strokes over par to tie for 21st place with five other golfers. After all of the tournament wins and endorsements in his career, the $86,348 he earned will hardly make a dent in the bank account.

Despite the struggles by Woods, a few other veterans with multiple U.S. Open titles had successful runs at the tough course at Olympic Club.

Two-time champion Retief Goosen quietly worked his way into the top 10 by shooting even par over the last three days. Fellow South African Ernie Els used two eagles to finish in ninth place, his ninth career top-10 finish at this prestigious tournament.

Goosen will leave with $163,594, while Els should be happy to take home $200,280.

The only other former winner to even make the cut on this challenging course was 2007 winner Angel Cabrera.

Cabrera struggled throughout and finished 12 strokes over par, tied with five others in 46th place. 

Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson was only able to make $18,593 after finishing in 65th place.

Here is a complete breakdown of payouts courtesy of ESPN:

Leaderboard

POS	CTRY	PLAYER	TO PAR	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOT	EARNINGS
1		Webb Simpson	+1	72	73	68	68	281	$1,440,000
T2		Michael Thompson	+2	66	75	74	67	282	$695,916
T2		Graeme McDowell	+2	69	72	68	73	282	$695,916
T4		Jason Dufner	+3	72	71	70	70	283	$276,841
T4		Padraig Harrington	+3	74	70	71	68	283	$276,841
T4		David Toms	+3	69	70	76	68	283	$276,841
T4		John Peterson	+3	71	70	72	70	283	$276,841
T4		Jim Furyk	+3	70	69	70	74	283	$276,841
9		Ernie Els	+4	75	69	68	72	284	$200,280
T10		John Senden	+5	72	73	68	72	285	$163,594
T10		Kevin Chappell	+5	74	71	68	72	285	$163,594
T10		Casey Wittenberg	+5	71	77	67	70	285	$163,594
T10		Retief Goosen	+5	75	70	69	71	285	$163,594
T10		Lee Westwood	+5	73	72	67	73	285	$163,594
T15		Martin Kaymer	+6	74	71	69	72	286	$118,969
T15		Aaron Watkins	+6	72	71	72	71	286	$118,969
T15		Fredrik Jacobson	+6	72	71	68	75	286	$118,969
T15		Adam Scott	+6	76	70	70	70	286	$118,969
T15		Steve Stricker	+6	76	68	73	69	286	$118,969
T15		K.J. Choi	+6	73	70	74	69	286	$118,969
T21		Raphael Jacquelin	+7	72	71	73	71	287	$86,348
T21		Nick Watney	+7	69	75	73	70	287	$86,348
T21		Tiger Woods	+7	69	70	75	73	287	$86,348
T21		Justin Rose	+7	69	75	71	72	287	$86,348
T21		Blake Adams	+7	72	70	70	75	287	$86,348
T21		Jordan Spieth	+7	74	74	69	70	287	$0
T27		Nicolas Colsaerts	+8	72	69	71	76	288	$68,943
T27		Matt Kuchar	+8	70	73	71	74	288	$68,943
T29		Francesco Molinari	+9	71	76	72	70	289	$53,168
T29		Scott Langley	+9	76	70	70	73	289	$53,168
T29		Beau Hossler	+9	70	73	70	76	289	$0
T29		Morgan Hoffmann	+9	72	74	73	70	289	$53,168
T29		Charlie Wi	+9	74	70	71	74	289	$53,168
T29		Kevin Na	+9	74	71	71	73	289	$53,168
T29		Alistair Presnell	+9	70	74	75	70	289	$53,168
T29		Robert Karlsson	+9	70	75	72	72	289	$53,168
T29		Davis Love III	+9	73	74	73	69	289	$53,168
T38		Hunter Mahan	+10	72	71	73	74	290	$44,144
T38		Charl Schwartzel	+10	73	70	74	73	290	$44,144
T38		Sergio Garcia	+10	73	71	71	75	290	$44,144
T41		Alex Cejka	+11	78	69	70	74	291	$38,816
T41		Zach Johnson	+11	77	70	73	71	291	$38,816
T41		Ian Poulter	+11	70	75	73	73	291	$38,816
T41		Patrick Cantlay	+11	76	72	71	72	291	$0
T41		Rickie Fowler	+11	72	76	71	72	291	$38,816
T46		Bob Estes	+12	74	73	71	74	292	$31,979
T46		Steve LeBrun	+12	73	75	69	75	292	$31,979
T46		Angel Cabrera	+12	72	76	69	75	292	$31,979
T46		Hunter Hamrick	+12	77	67	71	77	292	$0
T46		Matteo Manassero	+12	76	69	73	74	292	$31,979
T51		Branden Grace	+13	71	74	73	75	293	$24,912
T51		Simon Dyson	+13	74	74	74	71	293	$24,912
T51		Hiroyuki Fujita	+13	75	71	73	74	293	$24,912
T51		Jesse Mueller	+13	75	73	74	71	293	$24,912
T51		Nicholas Thompson	+13	74	74	72	73	293	$24,912
T56		Jeff Curl	+14	73	75	71	75	294	$21,995
T56		Michael Allen	+14	71	73	77	73	294	$21,995
T56		Jonathan Byrd	+14	71	75	71	77	294	$21,995
T59		Jae-Bum Park	+15	70	74	77	74	295	$19,955
T59		Darron Stiles	+15	75	71	73	76	295	$19,955
T59		Kevin Streelman	+15	76	72	72	75	295	$19,955
T59		Matthew Baldwin	+15	74	74	73	74	295	$19,955
T59		Jason Day	+15	75	71	76	73	295	$19,955
T59		Bo Van Pelt	+15	78	70	76	71	295	$19,955
T65		Phil Mickelson	+16	76	71	71	78	296	$18,593
T65		Marc Warren	+16	73	72	74	77	296	$18,593
67		Kyung-tae Kim	+17	74	72	74	77	297	$18,113
T68		Stephen Ames	+18	74	73	79	72	298	$17,633
T68		Keegan Bradley	+18	73	73	75	77	298	$17,633
70		Rod Pampling	+19	74	73	74	78	299	$17,153
71		Jason Bohn	+21	70	75	78	78	301	$16,833
72		Joe Ogilvie	+23	73	75	76	79	303	$16,512