2012 Masters Tournament prize money
Bubba Watson won the 2012 Masters Tournament on 8 April 2012 and took $1,440,000. Below is every one of the 52 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $17,760 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño collected for finishing 61.
Bubba Watson 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 2012 Masters Tournament
8 April 2012
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubba Watson | USA | -10 | 278 | $1,440,000$1.4m |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen | RSA | -10 | 278 | $864,000 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -8 | 280 | $384,000 |
| T3 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -8 | 280 | $384,000 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -8 | 280 | $384,000 |
| 7 | Ian Poulter | ENG | -5 | 283 | $268,000 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | AUS | -4 | 284 | $232,000 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | ENG | -4 | 284 | $232,000 |
| T8 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -4 | 284 | $232,000 |
| 11 | Jim Furyk | USA | -3 | 285 | $200,000 |
| T12 | Fred Couples | USA | -2 | 286 | $156,800 |
| T12 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | -2 | 286 | $156,800 |
| T12 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -2 | 286 | $156,800 |
| T12 | Kevin Na | USA | -2 | 286 | $156,800 |
| T12 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -2 | 286 | $156,800 |
| T17 | Ben Crane | USA | -1 | 287 | $124,000 |
| T17 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -1 | 287 | $124,000 |
| T19 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | 0 | 288 | $96,960 |
| T19 | Charles Howell III | USA | 0 | 288 | $96,960 |
| T19 | Francesco Molinari | ITA | 0 | 288 | $96,960 |
| T19 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 0 | 288 | $96,960 |
| T19 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | 0 | 288 | $96,960 |
| T24 | Jason Dufner | USA | 1 | 289 | $70,400 |
| T27 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 2 | 290 | $56,800 |
| T27 | Keegan Bradley | USA | 2 | 290 | $56,800 |
| T27 | Rickie Fowler | USA | 2 | 290 | $56,800 |
| T27 | Scott Stallings | USA | 2 | 290 | $56,800 |
| T27 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 2 | 290 | $56,800 |
| T32 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | 3 | 291 | $45,280 |
| T32 | Luke Donald | ENG | 3 | 291 | $45,280 |
| T32 | Nick Watney | USA | 3 | 291 | $45,280 |
| T32 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 3 | 291 | $45,280 |
| T32 | Zach Johnson | USA | 3 | 291 | $45,280 |
| T37 | Bill Haas | USA | 4 | 292 | $37,600 |
| T37 | Sangmoon Bae | KOR | 4 | 292 | $37,600 |
| T40 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | 5 | 293 | $32,000 |
| T40 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | 5 | 293 | $32,000 |
| T40 | Rory McIlroy | NIR | 5 | 293 | $32,000 |
| T40 | Tiger Woods | USA | 5 | 293 | $32,000 |
| T44 | Kevin Chappell | USA | 6 | 294 | $26,400 |
| T44 | Martin Kaymer | GER | 6 | 294 | $26,400 |
| T44 | Webb Simpson | USA | 6 | 294 | $26,400 |
| T47 | Ross Fisher | ENG | 7 | 295 | $22,560 |
| T47 | Steve Stricker | USA | 7 | 295 | $22,560 |
| T50 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | 8 | 296 | $19,960 |
| T50 | David Toms | USA | 8 | 296 | $19,960 |
| T50 | Stewart Cink | USA | 8 | 296 | $19,960 |
| T57 | Edoardo Molinari | ITA | 11 | 299 | $18,240 |
| T57 | Martin Laird | SCO | 11 | 299 | $18,240 |
| T57 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | 11 | 299 | $18,240 |
| 60 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | 13 | 301 | $17,920 |
| 61 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | ESP | 14 | 302 | $17,760 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $5,404,000 between them, against $1,791,400 shared by the other 37 players paid.
The 52 cheques above come to $7,195,400 between them. We hold 74 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 2011 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Charl Schwartzel. The 2013 ladder is the one after, won by Adam Scott. The Masters Tournament roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2012 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2012 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2012 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Matt Kuchar.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2012 Masters Tournament?
Bubba Watson, on 8 April 2012, in a playoff. The win paid $1,440,000.
How much did the 2012 Masters Tournament pay out?
The 52 cheques on this page come to $7,195,400 between them, from $1,440,000 at the top down to $17,760.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2012 Masters Tournament?
$17,760, which Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño collected for finishing 61.
How many players were paid at the 2012 Masters Tournament?
52. We hold 74 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.