How much money does the Masters champion win?
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(NEXSTAR) – The winner of the 2025 Masters Tournament will earn a huge chunk of change along with that sweet green jacket, but the runners-up aren’t exactly playing for peanuts either.

The total purse for the 2025 Masters Tournament is $21 million, with the winner set to take home a little over $4.1 million — the most in Masters history. A significant increase from last year when Scottie Scheffler took home $3.6 million for winning.

But that leaves just under $16.9 million to be awarded to the runners-up. So how does it break down?

According to Golf Digest, $2,268,000 of the total purse is earmarked for the second-place finisher, while $1,428,000 is set aside for the third. The rest of the competitors will receive smaller payouts depending on their scores, but even the player who finished 50th in the rankings will earn over $52,000.

In the case of a tie, the golfers who finish with the same score receive the average of the cash sums for their ranking. For instance, if two golfers tie for second, like Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson did in 2023, they would split the total prize awarded for second and third place ($1,944,000 and $1,224,000 that year, which averaged out to $1,584,000 apiece, in their case).

Many past champions earned only a fraction of that amount — a very small fraction, specifically. The winner of the first Masters Tournament in 1934 took home only $1,500, and the top prize didn’t exceed $100,000 until 50 years later in 1984, according to Golf Monthly. Even adjusted for inflation, neither of those prize amounts comes anywhere close to the current winner’s share.

Then again, there’s more to the Masters than just the cash prizes. Did we mention the winner also gets to keep a tiny replica of the golf course’s clubhouse?

The 2025 Masters Tournament, played at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, runs from April 10 through April 13.

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