2026 Masters prize money, purse: Payouts, winnings for Rory McIlroy and each golfer
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The 2026 Masters began with 91 players vying for the coveted title of Masters champion and the green jacket that comes with it. In the end, the man who entered Augusta National Golf Club as the defending champion left the course as the fourth consecutive winner in the tournament’s history. Rory McIlroy, 36, has achieved what would have been impossible to believe just two years ago, winning his second consecutive Masters and the major prizes that come with it.
The most notable, of course, is the green jacket that will double in his closet. However, he also joins the rarefied air occupied only by Tiger Woods (2001-02), Nick Faldo (1989-90) and Jack Nicklaus (1965-66) in winning back-to-back Masters.
There is arguably no tournament where being a former champion carries so much weight, and while much of modern golf has become about increasing purses and the financial prize at the end, the Masters is one of the few tournaments where that is truly a secondary motivation.
Yet on top of all the perks one receives for winning at Augusta National Golf Club – like a lifetime invitation every April – the Masters champion still takes home an extremely healthy payday for winning the first major championship of the season.
The purse for the 2026 Masters increased to $22.5 million, with McIlroy taking home $4.5 million for his efforts. Each of the top four in the final rankings will earn more than $1 million, while the top 12 will all receive checks for at least $517,500 – and perhaps more importantly, an invitation to the 2027 Masters.
Below is the full list of earnings for each position inside the top 50 cut line and ties.
Prize money, scholarship and payments from the 2026 Masters
Total purse: $22.5 million
1st – $4,500,000 – Rory McIlroy
2nd – $2,430,000 – Scottie Scheffler
3rd – $1,530,000 – Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Cameron Young ($1,080,000 each)
4th – $1,080,000
5th – $900,000
6th – $810,000
7th – $753,750 – Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns ($725,625 each)
8th – $697,500
9th – $652,500 – Max Homa, Xander Schauffele ($630,000 each)
10th – $607,500
11th – $562,500 – Jake Knapp
12th – $517,500 – Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day ($427,500 each)
13 – $472,500
14 – $427,500
15 – $405,000
16 – $382,500
17 – $360,000
18th – $337,500 – Maverick McNealy, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick ($315,000 each)
19 – $315,000
20 – $292,500
21st – $270,000 – Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg, Keegan Bradley ($252,000 each)
22 – $252,000
23 – $234,000
24th – $216,000 – Chris Gotterup, Adam Scott, Sam Stevens, Brian Campbell, Matt McCarty, Michael Brennan ($182,250 each)
25 – $198,000
26 – $180,000
27 – $173,250
28 – $166,500
29 – $159,750
30th – $153,000 – Alex Noren, Harris English, Shane Lowry ($146,250 each)
31 – $146,250
32nd – $139,500
33rd – $132,750 – Tommy Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Brian Harman, Ben Griffin, Gary Woodland ($121,500 each)
34th – $127,125
35th – $121,500
36th – $115,875
37th – $110,250
38th — $105,750 — HaoTong Li, Ryan Gerard, Jon Rahm ($101,250 each)
39th – $101,250
40th – $96,750
41st – $92,250 – Justin Thomas, Kristoffer Reitan, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgeman ($83,250 each)
42nd – $87,750
43rd – $83,250
44th – $78,750
45th – $74,250
46th – $69,750 – Sungjae Im
47th – $65,250 – Si Woo Kim
48th – $61,650 – Aaron Rai
49th – $58,500 – Marco Penge, Corey Conners ($57,600 each)
50th – $56,700
51st – Kurt Kitayama
52nd – Sergio Garcia
53rd – Rasmus Hojgaard
54th – Charl Schwartzel
The 51st to 54th places will receive cash prizes starting at $55,350 based on their respective scores. All professionals who did not make the cut will receive $25,000.
