2026 Masters prize money, purse: Payouts, winnings for Rory McIlroy, each golfer from $22.5 million pool
A $4.5 million payday awaits the 2026 Masters champion alongside the green jacket
new.cbssports.comHere’s the latest on the 2026 Masters payout.
- Total purse: $22.5 million, a new record for the Masters.[1][2]
- Winner’s share: $4.5 million for the 2026 champion (Rory McIlroy).[2][7]
- Payouts for top finishers: 2nd place around $2.43 million; 3rd about $1.53 million; 4th around $1.08 million, with progressively smaller amounts down the leaderboard.[1][2]
- Full breakdowns are widely reported by major outlets, and the top dozen finishers each earned at least about $517,500 while players missing the cut received $25,000.[8][2][1]
If you’d like, I can pull a precise tie-by-tie table of all 34 finishers' payouts from one source and present it in a compact list. Also, I can provide a quick comparison to last year’s Masters purse to illustrate the change over time.