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GOLF · PRIZE MONEY · 1998-2026

Masters Tournament prize money

Every Masters Tournament champion on record here, what the win paid and the year it was won. Rory McIlroy took $4,500,000 in 2026, which is the most winning it has paid in 29 editions here.

EDITIONS 29
2026 WINNER Rory McIlroy
WHAT IT PAID $4.5m
MOST WINS Tiger Woods four wins

Every Masters Tournament winner

Newest first. The year opens that edition's full payout ladder.

1,188 payouts held
Every Masters Tournament edition held here, with the champion, the country played for, what the win paid and how many players were paid that year.
YEAR WINNER COUNTRY WHAT IT PAID PLAYERS PAID
2026 Rory McIlroy NIR $4,500,000$4.5m 54
2025 Rory McIlroy NIR $4,200,000$4.2m 53
2024 Scottie Scheffler USA $3,600,000$3.6m 59
2023 Jon Rahm ESP $3,240,000$3.2m 52
2022 Scottie Scheffler USA $2,700,000$2.7m 52
2021 Hideki Matsuyama JPN $2,070,000$2.1m 54
2020 Dustin Johnson USA $2,070,000$2.1m 58
2019 Tiger Woods USA $2,070,000$2.1m 61
2018 Patrick Reed USA $1,980,000$2.0m 52
2017 Sergio Garcia ESP $1,980,000$2.0m 50
2016 Danny Willett ENG $1,800,000$1.8m 51
2015 Jordan Spieth USA $1,800,000$1.8m 51
2014 Bubba Watson USA $1,620,000$1.6m 43
2013 Adam Scott AUS $1,440,000$1.4m 53
2012 Bubba Watson USA $1,440,000$1.4m 52
2011 Charl Schwartzel RSA $1,440,000$1.4m 44
2010 Phil Mickelson USA $1,350,000$1.4m 39
2009 Ángel Cabrera ARG $1,350,000$1.4m 36
2008 Trevor Immelman RSA $1,350,000$1.4m 32
2007 Zach Johnson USA $1,305,000 38
2006 Phil Mickelson USA $1,260,000 30
2005 Tiger Woods USA $1,260,000 26
2004 Phil Mickelson USA $1,170,000 26
2003 Mike Weir CAN $1,080,000 24
2002 Tiger Woods USA $1,008,000 23
2001 Tiger Woods USA $1,008,000 19
2000 Vijay Singh FIJ $828,000 21
1999 José María Olazábal ESP $720,000 20
1998 no first place held - 15

We hold no first place for one of these 29 years, and those rows show a dash rather than a name. Every other figure in the row is held in full. Two names in a row is a pairs event, and both halves were paid the same cheque.

Won it more than once

Five players have taken the Masters Tournament at least twice

The players with more than one Masters Tournament win, the years they won and what those wins paid between them.
PLAYER WINS YEARS PAID FOR THOSE WINS
Tiger Woods 4 2019, 2005, 2002, 2001 $5,346,000$5.3m
Phil Mickelson 3 2010, 2006, 2004 $3,780,000$3.8m
Rory McIlroy 2 2026, 2025 $8,700,000$8.7m
Scottie Scheffler 2 2024, 2022 $6,300,000$6.3m
Bubba Watson 2 2014, 2012 $3,060,000$3.1m

The last column is the sum of the cheques we hold for exactly the years beside it, and nothing else. It is not a career total: what these players earned across the rest of their seasons is on their own pages.

What winning it has paid

The champion's cheque, 2007 to 2026

The twenty most recent editions we hold a winner's cheque for. The other eight are in the table above, back to 1999.

The 2026 top ten

12 April 2026

54 players paid
The ten best-paid finishers at the 2026 Masters Tournament, with the score and the cheque.
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY TO PAR PRIZE MONEY
1 Rory McIlroy NIR -12 $4,500,000$4.5m
2 Scottie Scheffler USA -11 $2,430,000$2.4m
T3 Cameron Young USA -10 $1,080,000
T3 Justin Rose ENG -10 $1,080,000
T3 Russell Henley USA -10 $1,080,000
T3 Tyrrell Hatton ENG -10 $1,080,000
T7 Collin Morikawa USA -9 $725,625
T7 Sam Burns USA -9 $725,625
T9 Max Homa USA -8 $630,000
T9 Xander Schauffele USA -8 $630,000

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Masters Tournament in 2026?

Rory McIlroy, on 12 April 2026. The win was worth $4,500,000.

How much does the Masters Tournament winner get?

The 2026 champion took $4,500,000. The biggest winner's cheque across the 29 editions on this page is $4,500,000, which Rory McIlroy collected in 2026.

Who has won the Masters Tournament most often?

Tiger Woods, four times: 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019. Those wins paid $5,346,000 between them.

How far back does Masters Tournament prize money go here?

To 1998. This page carries 29 editions and 1,188 individual payouts across them, and we hold no first place for one of those years.

Where to next

The rest of the golf money

Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players themselves by what they have won across their careers. For the tournaments closest to this one, see TOUR Championship, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament, The Genesis Invitational, PGA Championship, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, BMW Championship, FedEx St. Jude Championship, RBC Heritage and The Sentry. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.