SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Wyndham Clark has a commanding lead at the 2026 U.S. Open, but now comes the hard part — closing it out when everyone expects you to do so.

At seven under, Clark leads four players by six strokes heading into the final round at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island. That group is led by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who is a win away from completing the career Grand Slam. And if he did so on Sunday, it would be quite the 30th birthday present.

Scheffler, Sahith Theegala, Tom Kim and Sam Stevens are all tied at one under, while Emiliano Grillo, Keith Mitchell, Sam Burns and Xander Schauffele are even par and seven off the lead.

The winner Sunday will also take home the $4.5 million winner’s check, although the top-four finishers all earn at least one million dollars.

Clark has been in this position before, although things were a little different when he won the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. He was tied for the 54-hole lead with Rickie Fowler, and Rory McIlroy was just one behind.

Now? He leads by a half dozen.

“I would say I’m definitely a lot more confident and believe I can do it — in ’23 there was still doubts,” Clark said Saturday. “Not necessarily doubts, but I hadn’t done it, so there was a lot of unknown. Now that I have done it, I know I can do it, and I can do it again. So I’ll definitely lean on that experience and other experiences from when I’ve won that I can break through and do this again.”

The total purse for the U.S. Open is $22.5 million, which is the same total purse (and winner’s share) as the 2026 Masters. Aaron Rai took home $3.69 million for winning the PGA Championship last month, and Cameron Young won $4.5 million at the Players Championship in March.

Below is the payout breakdown for the U.S. Open. All the professionals who missed the cut receive $10,000 each.

2026 U.S. Open total purse, payout

1st: $4.5 million
2nd: $2,430,000
3rd: $1,532,530
4th: $1,074,363
5th: $894,841
6th: $793,443
7th: $715,320
8th: $640,654
9th: $579,815
10th: $532,572
11th: $486,021
12th: $449,379
13th: $418,729
14th: $386,466
15th: $358,812
16th: $335,767
17th: $317,331
18th: $298,895
19th: $280,459
20th: $262,022
21st: $246,121
22nd: $230,220
23rd: $214,780
24th: $200,492
25th: $188,048
26th: $177,447
27th: $169,381
28th: $162,237
29th: $155,324
30th: $148,410
31st: $141,497
32nd: $134,583
33rd: $127,669
34th: $121,447
35th: $116,377
36th: $111,307
37th: $106,468
38th: $101,859
39th: $97,250
40th: $92,641
41st: $88,032
42nd: $83,423
43rd: $78,814
44th: $74,205
45th: $69,596
46th: $65,448
47th: $61,300
48th: $57,382
49th: $55,077
50th: $52,773
51st: $51,390
52nd: $50,238
53rd: $49,316
54th: $48,855
55th: $48,394
56th: $47,933
57th: $47,472
58th: $47,012
59th: $46,551
60th: $46,090
61th: $45,629
62th: $45,168
63th: $44,707
64th: $44,246
65th: $43,785
66th: $43,324
67th: $42,863