The Masters prize money 2025: How much did Rory McIlroy win at Augusta?
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Here’s how the 2025 Masters prize money purse was divided among the players as Rory McIlroy completes the Grand Slam.
The Masters prize money purse is as big as it’s ever been – with a record $21 million up for grabs to those teeing up at Augusta National this week.
The total prize pot for the 89th Masters has risen by $1 million from the $20 million that was on offer in 2023 – a $9.5 million increase in the last four years. The winner’s share of $4.2 million has also increased by $600,000 since Scottie Scheffler slipped into the Green Jacket 12 months ago.
This is the full breakdown of the 2025 Masters prize money.
| POSITION | PLAYER | EARNINGS |
| 1st | Rory McIlroy | $4,200,000 |
| 2nd | Justin Rose | $2,268,000 |
| 3rd | Patrick Reed | $1,428,000 |
| 4th | Scottie Scheffler | $1,008,000 |
| T5th | Sungjae Im Bryson DeChambeau | $798,000 |
| 7th | Ludvig Aberg | $703,500 |
| T8th | Xander Schauffele Zach Johnson Corey Conners Jason Day | $588,000 |
| T12th | Max Homa Harris English | $462,000 |
| T14th | Tom Hoge Tyrrell Hatton Jon Rahm Matt McCarty Collin Morikawa Jordan Spieth Bubba Watson | $336,000 |
| T21st | Davis Riley Daniel Berger Tommy Fleetwood Byeong Hun An Hideki Matsuyama Viktor Hovland | $210,000 |
| T27th | Michael Kim Aaron Rai | $158,550 |
| T29th | Joaquin Niemann Denny McCarthy Sahith Theegala | $142,800 |
| T32nd | Rasmus Høgaard Maverick McNealy Brian Campbell Max Greyserman | $121,538 |
| T36th | Justin Thomas Brian Harman Charl Schwartzel Patrick Cantlay | $101,063 |
| T40th | Matt Fitzpatrick Nick Taylor | $88,200 |
| T42nd | Danny Willett Akshay Bhatia JT Poston Shane Lowry | $75,600 |
| T46th | Sam Burns Davis Thompson Wyndham Clark | $61,180 |
| 49th | Min Woo Lee | $54,600 |
| 50th | JJ Spaun | $52,920 |
Other players who make the cut but finish below 50th place will also receive prizes ranging downward from $51,600, depending on their scores, while those who missed the cut will each take home $25,000 for their troubles. Amateur players are not eligible for prize money.
A history of Masters prize money
When the Masters was founded in 1934, Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts were keen to attract as strong a field as possible. So they put up a $5,000 purse with $1,500 of that going to the winner – around $36,000 in today’s money.
In contrast, the first prize at the US Open and PGA Championship in the same year was $1,000, while The Open champion took home just £100. (No, that is not missing a zero.)
Somewhat strangely, the purse fluctuated through the 1950s and ’60s, though the winner’s share always stayed the same or increased.
Incidentally, the first player to head back down Magnolia Lane with a seven-figure paycheck was Tiger Woods – who else? – after his 2001 victory saw him put a second Green Jacket in his closet and just north of $1 million in his bank account.
Here’s the full rundown of how the Masters winner’s check has changed through the years…
| YEAR | CHAMPION | PURSE | WINNER’S SHARE |
| 2025 | Rory McIlroy | $21,000,000 | $4,200,000 |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | $20,000,000 | $3,600,000 |
| 2023 | Jon Rahm | $18,000,000 | $3,240,000 |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler | $15,000,000 | $2,700,000 |
| 2021 | Hideki Matsuyama | $11,500,000 | $2,070,000 |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson | $11,500,000 | $2,070,000 |
| 2019 | Tiger Woods | $11,500,000 | $2,070,000 |
| 2018 | Patrick Reed | $11,000,000 | $1,980,000 |
| 2017 | Sergio Garcia | $11,000,000 | $1,980,000 |
| 2016 | Danny Willett | $10,000,000 | $1,800,000 |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | $10,000,000 | $1,800,000 |
| 2014 | Bubba Watson | $9,000,000 | $1,620,000 |
| 2013 | Adam Scott | $8,000,000 | $1,440,000 |
| 2012 | Bubba Watson | $8,000,000 | $1,440,000 |
| 2011 | Charl Schwartzel | $8,000,000 | $1,440,000 |
| 2010 | Phil Mickelson | $7,500,000 | $1,350,000 |
| 2009 | Angel Cabrera | $7,500,000 | $1,350,000 |
| 2008 | Trevor Immelman | $7,500,000 | $1,350,000 |
| 2007 | Zach Johnson | $7,418,464 | $1,305,000 |
| 2006 | Phil Mickelson | $7,000,000 | $1,260,000 |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | $7,000,000 | $1,260,000 |
| 2004 | Phil Mickelson | $6,000,000 | $1,117,000 |
| 2003 | Mike Weir | $6,000,000 | $1,080,000 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | $5,600,000 | $1,008,000 |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | $5,600,000 | $1,008,000 |
| 2000 | Vijay Singh | $4,600,000 | $828,000 |
| 1999 | Jose Maria Olazabal | $4,000,000 | $720,000 |
| 1998 | Mark O’Meara | $3,200,000 | $576,000 |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods | $2,700,000 | $486,000 |
| 1996 | Nick Faldo | $2,500,000 | $450,000 |
| 1995 | Ben Crenshaw | $2,200,000 | $396,000 |
| 1994 | Jose Maria Olazabal | $2,000,000 | $360,000 |
| 1993 | Bernhard Langer | $1,700,000 | $306,000 |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | $1,500,000 | $270,000 |
| 1991 | Ian Woosnam | $1,350,000 | $243,000 |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | $1,250,000 | $225,000 |
| 1989 | Nick Faldo | $1,000,000 | $200,000 |
| 1988 | Sandy Lyle | $1,000,000 | $183,800 |
| 1987 | Larry Mize | $867,100 | $162,000 |
| 1986 | Jack Nicklaus | $785,000 | $144,000 |
| 1985 | Bernhard Langer | $700,793 | $126,000 |
| 1984 | Ben Crenshaw | $612,900 | $108,000 |
| 1983 | Seve Ballesteros | $500,000 | $90,000 |
| 1982 | Craig Stadler | $367,152 | $64,000 |
| 1981 | Tom Watson | $362,587 | $60,000 |
| 1980 | Seve Ballesteros | $359,949 | $55,000 |
| 1979 | Fuzzy Zoeller | $299,625 | $50,000 |
| 1978 | Gary Player | $262,402 | $45,000 |
| 1977 | Tom Watson | $280,477 | $40,000 |
| 1976 | Raymond Floyd | $200,000 | $40,000 |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | $242,750 | $40,000 |
| 1974 | Gary Player | $229,549 | $35,000 |
| 1973 | Tommy Aaron | $224,825 | $30,000 |
| 1972 | Jack Nicklaus | $204,649 | $25,000 |
| 1971 | Charles Coody | $125,000 | $25,000 |
| 1970 | Billy Casper | $125,000 | $25,000 |
| 1969 | George Archer | $100,000 | $20,000 |
| 1968 | Bob Goalby | $100,000 | $20,000 |
| 1967 | Gay Brewer | $165,000 | $20,000 |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus | $100,000 | $20,000 |
| 1965 | Jack Nicklaus | $100,000 | $20,000 |
| 1964 | Arnold Palmer | $130,000 | $20,000 |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | $112,500 | $20,000 |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | $110,000 | $20,000 |
| 1961 | Gary Player | $110,000 | $20,000 |
| 1960 | Arnold Palmer | $87,000 | $17,500 |
| 1959 | Art Wall Jr. | $75,000 | $15,000 |
| 1958 | Arnold Palmer | $60,000 | $11,250 |
| 1957 | Doug Ford | $45,000 | $8,750 |
| 1956 | Jack Burke Jr. | $30,000 | $6,000 |
| 1955 | Carry Middlecoff | $25,000 | $5,000 |
| 1954 | Sam Snead | $25,000 | $5,000 |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan | $20,000 | $4,000 |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | $20,000 | $4,000 |
| 1951 | Ben Hogan | $15,000 | $3,000 |
| 1950 | Jimmy Demaret | $12,000 | $2,400 |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | $11,000 | $2,750 |
| 1948 | Claude Harmon | $10,000 | $2,500 |
| 1947 | Jimmy Demaret | $10,000 | $2,500 |
| 1946 | Herman Keiser | $10,000 | $2,500 |
| 1942 | Byron Nelson | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1941 | Craig Wood | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1940 | Jimmy Demaret | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1939 | Ralph Guldahl | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1938 | Henry Picard | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1937 | Byron Nelson | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1936 | Horton Smith | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1935 | Gene Sarazen | $5,000 | $1,500 |
| 1934 | Horton Smith | $5,000 | $1,500 |
NB. The Masters was not played from 1943-45 due to World War II.
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Rory McIlroy took home the winner's share of the 2025 Masters prize money.
