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. In the end, the man who entered Augusta National Golf Club as the reigning champion left the course as the fourth back-to-back winner in tournament history. Rory McIlroy, 36, achieved what would have been impossible to believe just two years ago, winning his second straight Masters and the grand prizes that come along with it.
Most notable, of course, is the green jacket that will double up in his closet. However, he also joins the rarified air only occupied by Tiger Woods (2001-02), Nick Faldo (1989-90) and Jack Nicklaus (1965-66) by winning consecutive Masters.
There is arguably no tournament where being a past champion carries so much weight, and while 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 increased to $22.5 million with McIlroy taking home $4.5 million for his 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 — Rory McIlroy
2nd — $2,430,000 — Scottie Scheffler
3rd — $1,530,000 — Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Cameron Young ($1,080,000)
4th — $1,080,000
5th — $900,000
6th — $810,000
7th — $753,750 — Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns ($725,625)
8th — $697,500
9th — $652,500 — Max Homa, Xander Schauffele ($630,000)
10th — $607,500
11th — $562,500 — Jake Knapp
12th — $517,500 — Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day ($427,500)
13th — $472,500
14th — $427,500
15th — $405,000
16th — $382,500
17th — $360,000
18th — $337,500 — Maverick McNealy, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick ($315,000)
19th — $315,000
20th — $292,500
21st — $270,000 — Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg, Keegan Bradley ($252,000)
22nd — $252,000
23rd — $234,000
24th — $216,000 — Chris Gotterup, Adam Scott, Sam Stevens, Brian Campbell, Matt McCarty, Michael Brennan
25th — $198,000
26th — $180,000
27th — $173,250
28th — $166,500
29th — $159,750
30th — $153,000 — Alex Noren, Harris English, Shane Lowry
31st — $146,250
32nd — $139,500
33rd — $132,750 — Tommy Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Brian Harman, Ben Griffin, Gary Woodland
34th — $127,125
35th — $121,500
36th — $115,875
37th — $110,250
38th — $105,750 — HaoTong Li, Ryan Gerard, Jon Rahm
39th — $101,250
40th — $96,750
41st — $92,250 — Justin Thomas, Kristoffer Reitan, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgeman
42nd — $87,750
43rd — $83,250
44th — $78,750
45th — $74,250
46th — $69,750 — Sungjae Im
47th — $65,250 — Si Woo Kim
48th — $61,650 — Aaron Rai
49th — $58,500 — Marco Penge, Corey Conners
50th — $56,700
51st — Kurt Kitayama
52nd — Sergio Garcia
53rd — Rasmus Hojgaard
54th — Charl Schwartzel
The 51st through 54th places will receive cash prizes beginning from $55,350 depending on their respective scores. All professionals who missed the cut will receive $25,000.
