Here’s the latest on Masters prize money.
- 2026 Masters purse: $22.5 million total, with the winner earning $4.5 million. This is the largest winner’s payout in Augusta National history.[2][3][5]
- 2025 Masters purse: $21 million total, with the winner receiving $4.2 million.[4][8]
- 2024 Masters purse: $20 million total, winner $3.6 million.[4]
Illustration: The prize pool has steadily grown by roughly $1–1.5 million per year over the past few seasons, with the top finishers earning six-figure checks as the field expands its share of the purse.[3][2]
Notes:
- Even players who miss the cut or finish outside the top 10 still receive smaller but meaningful checks as part of the rising purse trend.[2][3]
- The Masters’ prize growth reflects broader growth in professional golf prize money over the same period.[3][2]
If you’d like, I can pull in a concise year-by-year table of total purse and top-12 payouts for 2024–2026 and generate a quick chart.
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