In addition to its historical significance, the Masters Tournament offers a lot to its winner: a lifetime exemption into this major, a five-year ticket to the other three, a silver trophy depicting the clubhouse and a lovely green jacket.
As for prize money, Augusta National Golf Club announced Saturday that this year’s purse will be $21 million, up $1 million from last year.
The champion will earn $4.2 million, up $600,000 from a year ago. Here’s a look at the full purse payout:
- Winner: $4.2 million
- 2nd place: $2.268 million
- 3rd place: $1.428 million
- 4th place: $1.008 million
- 5th place: $840,000
- 6th place: $756,000
- 7th place: $703,500
- 8th place: $651,000
- 9th place: $609,000
- 10th place: $567,000
- 11th place: $525,000
- 12th place: $483,000
- 13th place: $441,000
- 14th place: $399,000
- 15th place: $378,000
- 16th place: $357,000
- 17th place: $336,000
- 18th place: $315,000
- 19th place: $294,000
- 20th place: $273,000
- 21st place: $252,000
- 22nd place: $235,200
- 23rd place: $218,400
- 24th place: $201,600
- 25th place: $184,800
- 26th place: $168,000
- 27th place: $161,700
- 28th place: $155,400
- 29th place: $149,100
- 30th place: $142,800
- 31st place: $136,500
- 32nd place: $130,200
- 33rd place: $123,900
- 34th place: $118,650
- 35th place: $113,400
- 36th place: $108,150
- 37th place: $102,900
- 38th place: $98,700
- 39th place: $94,500
- 40th place: $90,300
- 41st place: $86,100
- 42nd place: $81,900
- 43rd place: $77,700
- 44th place: $73,500
- 45th place: $69,300
- 46th place: $65,100
- 47th place: $60,900
- 48th place: $57,540
- 49th place: $54,600
- 50th place: $52,920