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Sure, the honor and prestige that comes along with winning the Masters is pretty nice, as is the new Green Jacket, the bump in the official world golf rankings and the privilege of choosing the menu at the following year’s champion’s dinner.
But the $1.8 million raise isn’t too shabby, either.
The winner of the 2017 Masters–exactly like Jordan Spieth in 2015 and Danny Willett in 2016–will receive 18 percent of the $10 million purse, while the runner-up will be able to console himself with a cool $1.08 million. You can scroll down for the complete prize money distribution for the Top 50 finishers.
In comparison with other majors, the winner of the Masters receives the same amount as the victor of both the US Open and the PGA Championship, while Henrik Stenson pulled in a slightly less $1.55 million for his victory at the Open Championship last year. Jason Day won $1.89 million at the Players Championship a year ago, while Dustin Johnson picked up $1.66 million for each of his World Golf Championship (Mexico and Match Play) victories in the last month.
You can find a live leaderboard right here.
2017 Masters Prize Money
Note: Prize money breakdown courtesy of Golf News Net
Total Purse: $10 million
Winner: $1.8 million
Runner-Up: $1.08 million
3rd: $680,000
4th: $480,000
5th: $400,000
6th: $360,000
7th: $335,000
8th: $310,000
9th: $290,000
10th: $270,000
11th: $250,000
12th: $230,000
13th: $210,000
14th: $190,000
15th: $180,000
16th: $170,000
17th: $160,000
18th: $150,000
19th: $140,000
20th: $130,000
21st: $120,000
22nd: $112,000
23rd: $104,000
24th: $96,000
25th: $88,000
26th: $80,000
27th: $77,000
28th: $74,000
29th: $71,000
30th: $68,000
31st: $65,000
32nd: $62,000
33rd: $59,000
34th: $56,500
35th: $54,000
36th: $51,500
37th: $49,000
38th: $47,000
39th: $45,000
40th: $43,000
41st: $41,000
42nd: $39,000
43rd: $37,000
44th: $35,000
45th: $33,000
46th: $31,000
47th: $29,000
48th: $27,400
49th: $26,000
50th: $25,200
Last year, per the Masters, the players outside the Top 50 received cash prizes “ranging downward from $24,600, depending on their scores.”