2009 Masters Tournament prize money
Ángel Cabrera won the 2009 Masters Tournament on 12 April 2009 and took $1,350,000. Below is every one of the 36 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $19,200 Andres Romero collected for finishing T49.
Ángel Cabrera won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2009 Masters Tournament
12 April 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | -12 | 276 | $1,350,000$1.4m |
| 2 | Chad Campbell | USA | -12 | 276 | $660,000 |
| 5 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -9 | 279 | $300,000 |
| T6 | John Merrick | USA | -8 | 280 | $242,813 |
| T6 | Steve Stricker | USA | -8 | 280 | $242,813 |
| T6 | Tiger Woods | USA | -8 | 280 | $242,813 |
| T10 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -7 | 281 | $187,500 |
| T10 | Jim Furyk | USA | -7 | 281 | $187,500 |
| T10 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -7 | 281 | $187,500 |
| T13 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -6 | 282 | $150,000 |
| T15 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -5 | 283 | $131,250 |
| T17 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -4 | 284 | $116,250 |
| T17 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | -4 | 284 | $116,250 |
| 19 | Nick Watney | USA | -3 | 285 | $105,000 |
| T20 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -2 | 286 | $71,400 |
| T20 | Justin Rose | ENG | -2 | 286 | $71,400 |
| T20 | Paul Casey | ENG | -2 | 286 | $71,400 |
| T20 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | -2 | 286 | $71,400 |
| T20 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -2 | 286 | $71,400 |
| T20 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -2 | 286 | $71,400 |
| T20 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -2 | 286 | $71,400 |
| T30 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -1 | 287 | $46,575 |
| T30 | Ross Fisher | ENG | -1 | 287 | $46,575 |
| T30 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -1 | 287 | $46,575 |
| T30 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -1 | 287 | $46,575 |
| T35 | Ken Duke | USA | 0 | 288 | $38,625 |
| T35 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 0 | 288 | $38,625 |
| T38 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | 1 | 289 | $33,000 |
| T38 | Luke Donald | ENG | 1 | 289 | $33,000 |
| T38 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 1 | 289 | $33,000 |
| T38 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 1 | 289 | $33,000 |
| 42 | Bubba Watson | USA | 2 | 290 | $29,250 |
| 43 | Lee Westwood | ENG | 3 | 291 | $27,750 |
| T44 | D.J. Trahan | USA | 5 | 293 | $25,500 |
| T46 | Mike Weir | CAN | 6 | 294 | $21,850 |
| T49 | Andres Romero | ARG | 10 | 298 | $19,200 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $4,291,089 between them, against $947,500 shared by the other 21 players paid.
The 36 cheques above come to $5,238,589 between them. We hold 58 players for the week in all, so 22 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Masters Tournament years
29 editions, 1998 to 2026
The 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Trevor Immelman. The 2010 ladder is the one after, won by Phil Mickelson. The Masters Tournament roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2009 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2009 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2009 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Henrik Stenson.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2009 Masters Tournament?
Ángel Cabrera, on 12 April 2009, in a playoff. The win paid $1,350,000.
How much did the 2009 Masters Tournament pay out?
The 36 cheques on this page come to $5,238,589 between them, from $1,350,000 at the top down to $19,200.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Masters Tournament?
$19,200, which Andres Romero collected for finishing T49.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Masters Tournament?
36. We hold 58 players for that week in all, so 22 of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
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 by what they have won across their careers. 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.