For many in professional golf, winning the Masters is the pinnacle. The right to put on the green jacket not just once, but every April after another, is prestigious in itself. The payout isn't bad, either.
2023 winner Jon Rahm walked away with a sizable prize for claiming his first Masters victory on a rain-soaked weekend. While he was the only one to leave as a champion, other finishers inside the top five and beyond received a decent payday themselves.
Some stars are already racking up major payouts this year. Scottie Scheffler, for example, won The Players Championship and finished tied for second at the Houston Open in March. He's one of many standouts looking to add a seven-figure check to that total.
Here's a look at the 2024 Masters purse and complete payout breakdown.
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Masters Tournament purse 2024
The purse for the 2024 Masters Tournament has been set at $20 million, a $2 million increase from last year's amount. It's a 25% bump from just two years ago when the purse was at $15 million.
The 2023 Masters purse was the largest of the four major tournaments at the time, but the U.S. Open surpassed the total in June when it revealed a $20 million purse. That is now even with the purse at the 2024 Masters.
The Players Championship remains the biggest fish among PGA Tour events when it comes to payouts. This year's purse for the event was $25 million, with Scheffler taking home $4.5 million as the event winner.
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How much money does the Masters winner get?
This year's Masters winner will take home $3.6 million, about 18 percent of the total purse.
That's slightly more than the amount Rahm won in 2023, who pocketed $3.24 million last year at Augusta.
The top-three finishers at the 2023 Masters all received more than $1 million, and that's set to be the case again for this year's event with the runner-up topping $2 million for the first time.
Masters Tournament payouts
Below are the expected payouts for the top 50 spots in the 2024 Masters tournament:
| Place | Projected payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $3,600,000 |
| 2 | $2,160,000 |
| 3 | $1,356,000 |
| 4 | $960,000 |
| 5 | $800,000 |
| 6 | $720,000 |
| 7 | $670,000 |
| 8 | $620,000 |
| 9 | $580,000 |
| 10 | $540,000 |
| 11 | $500,000 |
| 12 | $460,000 |
| 13 | $420,000 |
| 14 | $380,000 |
| 15 | $360,000 |
| 16 | $340,000 |
| 17 | $320,000 |
| 18 | $300,000 |
| 19 | $280,000 |
| 20 | $260,000 |
| 21 | $240,000 |
| 22 | $224,000 |
| 23 | $208,000 |
| 24 | $192,000 |
| 25 | $176,000 |
| 26 | $160,000 |
| 27 | $154,000 |
| 28 | $148,000 |
| 29 | $142,000 |
| 30 | $136,000 |
| 31 | $130,000 |
| 32 | $124,000 |
| 33 | $118,000 |
| 34 | $113,000 |
| 35 | $108,000 |
| 36 | $103,000 |
| 37 | $98,000 |
| 38 | $94,000 |
| 39 | $90,000 |
| 40 | $86,000 |
| 41 | $82,000 |
| 42 | $78,000 |
| 43 | $74,000 |
| 44 | $70,000 |
| 45 | $66,000 |
| 46 | $62,000 |
| 47 | $58,000 |
| 48 | $54,800 |
| 49 | $52,000 |
| 50 | $50,400 |
In the event of a tie in the standings, the golfers involved will receive the average of the prize money allocated for those slots. For example a tie in 2024 between 10th place ($540,000) and 11th place ($500,000) would have paid both finishers $520,000.
