Just over $1.6 mil.
Franacis Ouimet, a 20 year old local Amateur.
Greg Norman
There's only one winner in any tournament ... but that not to say that only the winner gets paid ... in golf you can come in 40th and still get a nice pay check ...
No, the winner of the US Open gets a 10 year exemption.
Men-Roger Federer Women-Serena Williams
The current winner of the men's US Open is Novak Djokovic.
The 2008 US Open was held at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate in a playoff.
He played up until the US Open in 2008 which he won, and then he had surgery and missed the rest of the season.
Daren Clarke won the 2011 US open golf.
It depends on the purse for that year, but usally just short of $1 million
1995 Annika Sorenstam 1996 Annika Sorenstam