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GOLF · THE CUT · 2026

Masters Tournament cut and the last cheque

We hold 85 players at the 2026 Masters Tournament. 54 made the cut and were paid off the finishing ladder, from the $4,500,000 the winner took down to the $52,200 Charl Schwartzel collected for 54th. 31 missed the cut, and the ladder stops above them.

MADE THE CUT 54 of 85 held
MISSED THE CUT 31
LAST CHEQUE $52,200
SHARE PAID 64% 16th highest of 66

Every Masters Tournament cut we hold

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

1,836 results held
Every Masters Tournament edition held here, with the players we hold, how many the ladder paid, how many missed the cut, the share paid, and what the last place and the median place on the ladder were worth.
YEAR HELD PAID MISSED CUT SHARE PAID LAST CHEQUE MEDIAN CHEQUE
2026 85 54 31 64% $52,200 $182,250
2025 91 53 38 58% $49,980 $158,550
2024 87 59 27 68% $44,400 $124,200
2023 83 52 26 63% $43,200 $147,000
2022 85 52 31 61% $36,000 $124,500
2021 83 54 28 65% $26,680 $79,925
2020 85 58 25 68% $25,760 $74,750
2019 78 61 16 78% $25,415 $78,200
2018 80 52 27 65% $26,400 $93,775
2017 85 50 34 59% $27,060 $105,600
2016 75 51 22 68% $23,400 $89,000
2015 76 51 25 67% $23,200 $68,000
2014 75 43 32 57% $23,400 $101,160
2013 70 53 17 76% $17,600 $56,040
2012 74 52 17 70% $17,760 $56,800
2011 78 44 33 56% $21,920 $93,200
2010 68 39 28 57% $24,750 $69,000
2009 58 36 22 62% $19,200 $71,400
2008 55 32 23 58% $28,500 $98,400
2007 53 38 15 72% $16,530 $84,462
2006 47 30 17 64% $21,700 $67,200
2005 50 26 22 52% $21,700 $84,840
2004 44 26 16 59% $27,950 $97,500
2003 36 24 9 67% $19,800 $93,000
2002 30 23 7 77% $18,480 $65,240
2001 28 19 9 68% $16,240 $81,200
2000 28 21 7 75% $11,623 $53,820
1999 26 20 3 77% $9,980 $43,680
1998 23 15 7 65% $11,840 $64,800

Held is every player we hold a result for at that edition. Paid is the players the finishing ladder paid, and missed cut is the players whose week ended at the cut. Where the two do not add up to the held count, the rest withdrew, were disqualified or finished without a cheque.

How many the ladder paid

Players paid at each edition, 2007 to 2026

What the last place paid was worth

The smallest cheque on the ladder, 2007 to 2026

In 2026 the winner took 86 times what the last player paid took. The median player on the ladder took $182,250, which is where the middle of a paid field sits: much nearer the bottom cheque than the top one.

Missed the cut here most often

Across the 29 editions we hold

The players with the most missed cuts at the Masters Tournament, with their starts and the cuts they made.
PLAYER STARTS MADE MISSED
José María Olazábal 27 12 15
Mike Weir 27 12 15
Bernhard Langer 26 13 13
Sergio Garcia 27 15 11
Fred Couples 28 18 10
Vijay Singh 28 17 10
Zach Johnson 22 12 10
Ángel Cabrera 19 11 8
Trevor Immelman 17 9 7
Padraig Harrington 16 9 7
Graeme McDowell 10 3 7
Rory Sabbatini 10 3 7
Fred Funk 8 1 7
Stewart Cink 19 13 6
Gary Woodland 13 6 6

Never missed the cut here

Players paid at every edition they started, three or more times

The players who have made the cut at every Masters Tournament they started, with at least three starts.
PLAYER CUTS MADE
Tiger Woods 22
Jon Rahm 10
Bill Haas 8
Geoff Ogilvy 8
Collin Morikawa 7
Nick Watney 7
Scottie Scheffler 7
Bernd Wiesberger 6
Charley Hoffman 6
Bob Estes 5

Frequently asked questions

How many players made the cut at the 2026 Masters Tournament?

54 of the 85 players we hold made the cut and were paid, and 31 missed it.

What does the last player to make the cut at the Masters Tournament win?

In 2026 the last place on the ladder was 54th, and Charl Schwartzel took $52,200. The winner's cheque was 86 times that.

What share of players make the cut at the Masters Tournament?

Across the 29 editions we hold, 65% of the players were paid off the ladder: 1,188 of 1,836. That is the 16th highest share of the 66 tournaments we hold.

Who has missed the cut at the Masters Tournament most often?

José María Olazábal, fifteen times in 27 starts we hold, level with Mike Weir.

Where to next

The cut at the tournaments either side of this one

Masters Tournament prize money carries every champion and what the win paid, the Masters Tournament all-time earners ranks every golfer it has paid, and the cut at every golf tournament ranks all 66 by the share of players the ladder pays. The twenty closest to this one on that order: Charles Schwab Challenge, RBC Heritage, THE NORTHERN TRUST, Chrysler Classic of Tucson, FedEx St. Jude Championship, The International, Greater Milwaukee Open, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Puerto Rico Open, Quicken Loans National, World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, Memorial Tournament, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Doral-Ryder Open, B.C. Open, Deutsche Bank Championship, World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play and BMW Championship.