Masters champion to earn $4.5M from majors-record $22.5M purse

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Twenty players will begin Sunday's final round of the Masters within six shots of the lead, and they will all be chasing a $4.5 million winner's check out of a majors-record $22.5 million prize purse.

The Augusta National Golf Club released the 2026 prize money breakdown on Saturday, with the winner's check increasing from $4.2 million out of a $21 million total prize purse last year. It remains the highest among the four golf majors.

The only other larger purse currently in professional golf is The Players Championship. Cameron Young, who is tied for the 54-hole lead at the Masters with Rory McIlroy, won $4.5 million out of a $25 million total purse last month.

The second place finisher on Sunday will earn $2.43 million, followed by $1.53 million for third and $1.08 million for fourth.

2026 MASTERS PRIZE MONEY

1st: $4,500,000

2nd: $2,430,000

3rd: $1,530,000

4th: $1,080,000

5th: $900,000

6th: $810,000

7th: $753,750

8th: $697,500

9th: $652,500

10th: $607,500

11th: $562,500

12th: $517,500

13th: $472,500

14th: $427,500

15th: $405,000

16th: $382,500

17th: $360,000

18th: $337,500

19th: $315,000

20th: $292,500

21st: $270,000

22nd: $252,000

23rd: $234,000

24th: $216,000

25th: $198,000

26th: $180,000

27th: $173,250

28th: $166,500

29th: $159,750

30th: $153,000

31st: $146,250

32nd: $139,500

33rd: $132,750

34th: $127,125

35th: $121,500

36th: $115,875

37th: $110,250

38th: $105,750

39th: 101,250

40th: $96,750

41st: $92,250

42nd: $87,750

43rd: $83,250

44th: $78,750

45th: $74,250

46th: $69,750

47th: $65,250

48th: $61,650

49th: $58,500

50th: $56,700

Fifty-four of the 91 players in the field made the 36-hole cut. The remaining players will receive cash prizes ranging downward from $55,350 depending on their final score.

All players who did not make the cut will receive $25,000.

--Derek Harper, Field Level Media