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Masters 2026: See full purse breakdown from Augusta National
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Rory McIlroy’s road to the green jacket
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Written by Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — If Rory McIlroy is able to hang on and win his second consecutive Masters on Sunday, he’ll walk away with $4.5 million.
That’s up from the $4.2 million he won last year.
The Masters on Saturday announced its prize purse for this year’s championship at $22.5 million overall — the highest payout of golf’s four majors. The Masters’ prize payout was $21 million last year.
Scroll below for the full purse breakdown and more notes on this year’s payouts:
| Finish | Payout |
| 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 |
The other three major tournaments have not announced prize funds for this year. In 2025, the PGA Championship’s was $19 million, The Open Championship’s was $17 million and the U.S. Open’s was $21.5 million.
Last month Cameron Young won $4.5 million for capturing THE PLAYERS Championship, which featured a $25 million overall prize purse.
McIlroy entered the third round of the Masters on Saturday with a six-stroke lead over Patrick Reed and Sam Burns. He is seeking to become only the fourth player to win back-to-back championships at Augusta National and the first since Tiger Woods nearly 25 years ago (2001-02).
The top four finishers at the Masters will each make at least $1 million.
The runner-up is set to take home $2.43 million, while the third-place finisher will receive $1.53 million and fourth place gets $1.08 million.
All professionals who did not make the cut at the Masters will get $25,000.
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