Augusta, Ga. –The 2026 Masters kicked off with 91 players competing 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 back-to-back winner in tournament history. Rory McIlroy, 36, achieved the impossible to believe two years ago, winning his second consecutive Masters and the grand prizes that come with it.
Undoubtedly, the most notable is the green jacket that will double in her wardrobe. However, he has joined the rare category occupied only by Tiger Woods (2001–02), Nick Faldo (1989–90) and Jack Nicklaus (1965–66) by winning consecutive Masters.
There is arguably no tournament where being a past champion holds so much importance, and while much of modern golf has become about increasing purses and ultimately financial rewards, the Masters is one of the rare tournaments where it is actually a secondary motivation.
Yet, with all the perks that come with winning at Augusta National Golf Club – like the invitation of a lifetime each April – the Masters champion still takes home an extremely healthy salary for winning the first major championship of the season.
The purse for the 2026 Masters increased to $22.5 million and McIlroy received $4.5 million for his efforts. The top four on the final leaderboard will each earn more than $1 million, while the top 12 will receive checks worth at least $517,500 — and perhaps most importantly, an invitation to the 2027 Masters.
Below you can find the full pay list for each position inside the top 50 and the cut line of ties.
2026 Masters prize money, purses, payouts
Total purse: $22.5 million
1st – $4,500,000 – Rory McIlroy
2nd – $2,430,000 – Scotty Scheffler
3rd – $1,530,000 – Tyrell 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)
13th – $472,500
14th – $427,500
15th – $405,000
16th – $382,500
17th – $360,000
18th – $337,500 – Maverick McNally, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick ($315,000 each)
19th – $315,000
20th – $292,500
21st – $270,000 – Windham Clark, Ludwig Aberg, Keegan Bradley ($252,000 each)
22nd – $252,000
23rd – $234,000
24th – $216,000 – Chris Gotterup, Adam Scott, Sam Stevens, Brian Campbell, Matt McCarty, Michael Brennan ($182,250 each)
25th – $198,000
26th – $180,000
27th – $173,250
28th – $166,500
29th – $159,750
30th – $153,000 – Alex Noren, Harris English, Shane Lowry ($146,250 each)
31st – $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, Christopher Reitan, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgman ($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 Rae
49th – $58,500 – Marco Penge, Corey Connors ($57,600 each)
50th – $56,700
51st – $55,350 – Kurt Kitayama
52nd – $54,000 – Sergio Garcia
53rd – $53,100 – Rasmus Højgaard
54th – $52,200 – Charl Schwartzel
