In what has become an annual recurring theme, the 2026 Masters purse is, once again, the biggest its ever been.
Given the super-sized purses now up for grabs on LIV and in each PGA Tour Signature Event, it’s hard to believe that just five years ago, in 2021, the Masters purse was set at $11.5 million. The next year, in 2022, the purse increased dramatically, to $15 million. Then, the 2023 Masters purse jumped yet again to a total of $18 million.
But it didn’t stop there. In 2024, an additional $2 million was added to the pot to reach an eye-popping total purse of $20 million. And last year, the bar went higher still, to an impressive $21 million.
So what happened to this year’s purse? You guessed it. It went up. Again. The 2026 Masters purse now totals $22.5 million, a $1.5 million increase from last year. (The Players championship remains the richest purse in golf at a total of $25 million.)
This year’s Masters champion will surpass the payout received by 2025 champion, Rory McIlroy, by $300,000, with a $4.5 million total payday. The runner-up will receive a cool $2.43 million, and third and fourth place will clear seven figures too, with a payout of $1.53 and $1.08 million, respectively.
Even the players who missed the cut (of which there were 37) receive a payout of $25,000 each (the same amount as last year, which was an increase of $15,000 from years past) — but that’s for the professionals only. So how much did the rest of the players in the field come away with this year? You can find a complete list of the 2026 Masters payouts for each player below.
How much money every player made at the 2026 Masters
1. Rory McIlroy — $4,500,000
2. Scottie Scheffler — $2,430,000
T3. Tyrrell Hatton — $1,080,000
T3. Russell Henley — $1,080,000
T3. Justin Rose — $1,080,000
T3. Cameron Young — $1,080,000
T7. Collin Morikawa — $725,625
T7. Sam Burns — $725,625
T9. Max Homa — $630,000
T9. Xander Schauffele — $630,000
11. Jake Knapp — $562,500
T12. Jordan Spieth — $427,500
T12. Hideki Matsuyama — $427,500
T12. Brooks Koepka — $427,500
T12. Patrick Reed — $427,500
T12. Patrick Cantlay — $427,500
T12. Jason Day — $427,500
T18. Viktor Hovland — $315,000
T18. Maverick McNealy — $315,000
T18. Matt Fitzpatrick — $315,000
T21. Keegan Bradley — $252,000
T21. Ludvig Aberg — $252,000
T21. Wyndham Clark — $252,000
T24. Matt McCarty — $178,071
T24. Adam Scott — $178,071
T24. Sam Stevens — $178,071
T24. Chris Gotterup — $178,071
T24. Michael Brennan — $178,071
T24. Brian Campbell — $178,071
T24. Shane Lowry — $178,071
T31. Alex Noren — $142,875
T31. Harris English — $142,875
T33. Gary Woodland — $121,500
T33. Dustin Johnson — $121,500
T33. Brian Harman — $121,500
T33. Tommy Fleetwood — $121,500
T33. Ben Griffin — $121,500
T38. Jon Rahm — $101,250
T38. Ryan Gerard — $101,250
T38. Haotong Li — $101,250
T41. Justin Thomas — $83,250
T41. Sepp Straka — $83,250
T41. Jacob Bridgeman — $83,250
T41. Kristoffer Reitan — $83,250
T41. Nick Taylor — $83,250
46. Sungjae Im — $69,750
47. Si Woo Kim — $65,250
48. Aaron Rai — $61,650
T49. Corey Conners — $57,600
T49. Marco Penge — $57,600
51. Kurt Kitayama — $55,350
52. Sergio Garcia — $54,000
53. Rasmus Hojgaard — $52,650
54. Charl Schwartzel — $51,300
