{"id":580252,"date":"2026-04-12T19:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:06:10","slug":"how-much-each-golfer-earns-at-the-masters-as-prize-money-hits-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580252\/","title":{"rendered":"How much each golfer earns at the Masters as prize money hits records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Influencer Tisha Alyn talks to Fox Business about her new women’s golf brand.<\/p>\n

The iconic green jacket still defines the Masters<\/a> \u2014 but the prize money has never been greater.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winner will take home a record $4.5 million, a payday that separates sharply from the rest of the field.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the Masters announced a total purse of $22.5 million\u2014an increase of $1.5 million from last year and up $7.5 million from 2022, when American Scottie Scheffler won.<\/p>\n

More than $17 million of this year\u2019s total will go to the top 15 finishers, with payouts dropping sharply down the leader board.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RORY MCILROY’S MONSTROUS LEAD DISAPPEARS, SURPRISE CONTENDER SURGES AS MASTERS COMES DOWN TO THE FINAL DAY<\/a><\/p>\n

Second place will earn just over $2.4 million, while third takes home a little more than $1.5 million. Even the golfer<\/a> who finishes 50th will earn $56,700.<\/p>\n

Players who make the cut but finish outside the top 50 will earn at least $55,250, with payouts decreasing from there, while those who miss the cut will still take home $25,000.<\/p>\n

That scale underscores just how dramatically the Masters champion\u2019s payday has grown: Horton Smith earned $1,500 for winning the inaugural tournament<\/a> in 1934, compared to Rory McIlroy\u2019s $4.2 million in 2025.<\/p>\n

HOW THE 3,267TH-RANKED AMATEUR GOLFER, A REAL ESTATE AGENT, GOT TO PLAY ALONGSIDE LEGENDS AT THE MASTERS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy victorious during the green jacket ceremony after winning the sudden death playoff round to win the tournament at Augusta National in 2025. (Erick W. Rasco\/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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And in a tradition unlike any other, players at Augusta National don\u2019t know the prize money they\u2019re competing for when they tee off; the club waits until after the 36-hole cut to announce the payouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Influencer Tisha Alyn talks to Fox Business about her new women’s golf brand. The iconic green jacket still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-580252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}