A $4.5 million payday awaits the 2026 Masters champion alongside the green jacket
By Robby Kalland Apr 11, 2026 at 12:28 pm ET • 1 min read 
Getty Images AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The 2026 Masters began with 91 players vying for the coveted title of Masters champion and the green jacket that comes with it. Fifty-four of those men have made it inside the cut line of 4 over on Friday to play the weekend, and with no amateurs playing the weekend, every golfer remaining in the field will receive a payday.
There is arguably no tournament where being a past champion carries so much weight, and while so much of modern golf has become about escalating purses and the financial prize at the end, the Masters is one of the rare tournaments where that is truly a secondary motivation.
Still, along with all the perks one receives for winning at Augusta National Golf Club -- like a lifetime invitation back each April -- the Masters champion does still take home an extremely healthy paycheck for winning the first major championship of the season.
The 2026 Masters purse will increase once again from $21 million in 2025 to $22.5 million in 2026, and the man who slips into a green jacket on Sunday evening will take home $4.5 million for their efforts. Each of the top four on the final leaderboard will earn over $1 million, while the top 12 will all receive checks for at least $517,500 -- and perhaps most importantly, an invite back for the 2027 Masters.
Below you can find the full payout list for each position inside the cut line of the top 50 and ties.
2026 Masters prize money, purse, payouts
Total purse: $22.5 million
1st — $4,500,000 2nd — $2,430,000 3rd — $1,530,000 4th — $1,080,000 5th — $900,000 6th — $810,000 7th — $753,750 8th — $697,500 9th — $652,500 10th — $607,500 11th — $562,500 12th — $517,500 13th — $472,500 14th — $427,500 15th — $405,000 16th — $382,500 17th — $360,000 18th — $337,500 19th — $315,000 20th — $292,500 21st — $270,000 22nd — $252,000 23rd — $234,000 24th — $216,000 25th — $198,000 26th — $180,000 27th — $173,250 28th — $166,500 29th — $159,750 30th — $153,000 31st — $146,250 32nd — $139,500 33rd — $132,750 34th — $127,125 35th — $121,500 36th — $115,875 37th — $110,250 38th — $105,750 39th — $101,250 40th — $96,750 41st — $92,250 42nd — $87,750 43rd — $83,250 44th — $78,750 45th — $74,250 46th — $69,750 47th — $65,250 48th — $61,650 49th — $58,500 50th — $56,700
The remainder of the professionals will receive cash prizes downward from $55,350 depending on the scores. All professionals who missed the cut will receive $25,000.
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