US Open Golf Prize Money 2015: Final Leaderboard, Total Purse and Payouts

A phenomenal finish at the 2015 U.S. Open on Sunday saw Jordan Spieth emerge with his second major championship in a row at Chambers Bay. Spieth finished at five under par to beat out a hard-charging Louis Oosthuizen and Dustin Johnson.

After double-bogeying the 71st hole of the championship, Spieth regathered himself and knocked his second shot to the par-five finishing hole on the green, below the hole. A two-putt birdie gave Spieth a score of one-under 69 for the day.

Here is a look at the payouts for the best finishers in the season's second major:

Pos.	Player	Score to Par	Prize Money
1	Jordan Spieth	-5	$1,800,000
T2	Dustin Johnson	-4	$877,144
T2	Louis Oosthuizen	-4	$877,144
T4	Branden Grace	-3	$407,037
T4	Adam Scott	-3	$407,037
T4	Cameron Smith	-3	$407,037
7	Charl Schwartzel	-2	$311,835
8	Brandt Snedeker	-1	$280,482
T9	Rory McIlroy	E	$235,316
T9	Jason Day	E	$235,316
T9	Shane Lowry	E	$235,316
T12	Kevin Kisner	+1	$192,925
T12	Matt Kuchar	+1	$192,925

Even a sizable paycheck won't allow Johnson to fully get over this missed opportunity for a while.

Johnson fell agonizingly short, three-putting the 18th for par to lose by a single shot. The long-hitting star had numerous chances to claim his maiden major but couldn't get his flat iron to cooperate. Although he did hit a clutch birdie on the par-three 17th to give himself a real chance, Johnson squandered a lot of strokes with his putter.

Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post hinted how Chambers Bay's greens may have played a role in Johnson's woes, as the surfaces wreaked havoc on the majority of the 115th U.S. Open field:

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Keep Dustin Johnson’s 3-putt in perspective. These greens were absurdly bad. Short putts missed everywhere.

— Sally Jenkins (@sallyjenx) June 22, 2015"

There's so much pressure to deal with when at the top of the leaderboard at a major, and all of the leaders faltered at various points. Branden Grace hit his tee shot out of bounds on the par-four 16th during an otherwise solid round of 71.

Those who were charging from behind had the green light to be more aggressive, which yielded several notable low scores. Adam Scott's 64 was the best round of the entire tournament, helping him take home a considerably larger prize than he could have expected to start Sunday.

Oosthuizen carded a 29 on his last nine holes to shoot 67. Until Spieth's birdie at the last, Oosthuizen had reason to hope for at least a playoff.

Even the top-ranked player in the world, Rory McIlroy, got as low as two under before losing steam down the stretch and making two bogeys in his final five holes. He still did well to finish on even par since he averaged 31.5 putts per round.

But the big story is obviously Spieth, who has done pretty well for himself in his young PGA Tour career in terms of earnings, per ESPN.com's Jason Sobel:

McIlroy's standing as the best player in the world may soon be challenged by the second-ranked Spieth. What's most exciting is that Spieth is halfway to the career and calendar Grand Slam and will try to take away the subsequent trophies from McIlroy, who is defending at both The Open Championship and PGA Championship.

Spieth has already won twice as many majors as most golfers could ever dream of winning. So many players currently in their primes or fading out of them haven't been able to close the deal in one of golf's four marquee events, and here's Spieth with two titles already to his name.

It ought to put into context just how impressive and historic his accomplishments to date are. He'll have about a month to enjoy this latest triumph before the British Open at St Andrews. High as expectations will be for Spieth to continue his stupendous run, he seems up for the challenge.