2026 Masters prize money, purse: Payouts, winnings for each golfer from $22.5 million pool at Augusta National
A $4.5 million payday awaits the 2026 Masters champion alongside the green jacket
maxpreps.cbssports.comDirect answer: The Masters purse in 2026 was $22.5 million, with the champion earning $4.5 million and the runner-up $2.43 million.
Context and quick breakdown:
- 2026 Masters total purse: $22.5 million. This is up from $21 million in 2025.
- 2026 top prizes: 1st place $4.5 million, 2nd place $2.43 million, 3rd place $1.53 million, 4th place $1.08 million. All players who made the cut but finished outside the top four earned six-figure sums, and all who missed the cut received $25,000.
- For context, comparing to recent years: 2025 champion earned $4.2 million; 2025 purse was $21 million.
Notes:
- If you’d like, I can pull exact payout tables for all positions from 1st through 50th (and the cut/No-Cut tiers) for 2026 and present them in a compact list or a CSV.
- Also happy to provide a short recap of how the prize money is typically distributed across rounds and how the “no-cut” vs “cut” payouts work at Augusta.