Payday at Augusta
Masters 2021: Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at Augusta National
Ben Walton
The spoils of winning the Masters are numerous and overwhelming, as 2021 champion Hideki Matsuyama is about to find out. There’s the green jacket, of course, and the Masters trophy, plus the chance to tee it up every April at Augusta National for the rest of your life. You have a seat reserved at the Champions Dinner each year and a space in the Champions locker room whenever you’re back down Magnolia Lane. Oh, and your golf legacy is fairly secure, “Masters champion” mentioned any time you’re introduced in public.
That legacy part might be even more pronounced for Matsuyama, who carried the weight of an entire country on his shoulders Sunday as he attempted to become the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship. The pressure had the potential to be suffocating for the 29-year-old, who started the day with a four-shot lead. Still, he hung on despite a few slip-ups down the stretch, shooting a closing 73 to finish with a one-shot victory over Will Zalatoris. In the process, he became an instant legend in the golf-obsessed country.
Meanwhile, there is one other thing the winner receives that, amazingly, can get forgotten: the first-place check that goes to the winner. On Saturday, the club released the prize money payout for the 2021 tournament, keeping the overall purse at $11.5 million with the winner taking home $2,070,000, the same as in 2019 and 2020.
Among the men’s majors, the Masters ranks the second most lucrative. The U.S. Open handed out $12.5 million at Winged Foot in September, with Bryson DeChambeau earning $2.25 million for his victory. The PGA Championship paid out $11 million in August at TPC Harding Park with Collin Morikawa receiving $1.98 million. The Open Championship awarded $10.75 million in 2019 at Royal Portrush.
And the most lucrative purse on the PGA Tour? That distinction goes to the Players Championship. Last month, the tour paid out a record $15 million prize money payout, with Justin Thomas earning $2.7 million for his victory.
Here’s the prize money payout for the entire field this week. Come back after the end of play on Sunday and we’ll update this with names and specific payouts for each golfer who made the cut.
Win: Hideki Matsuyama, -10, $2,070,000
2: Will Zalatoris, -9, $1,242,000
T3: Xander Schauffele, 281/-7, $667,000
T3: Jordan Spieth, 281/-7, $667,000
T5: Marc Leishman, 282/-6, $437,000
T5: Jon Rahm, 282/-6, $437,000
7: Justin Rose, 283/-5, $385,250
T8: Corey Conners, 284/-4, $345,000
T8: Patrick Reed, 284/-4, $345,000
T10: Tony Finau, 285/-3, $299,000
T10: Cameron Smith, 285/-3, $299,000
T12: Stewart Cink, 286/-2, $218,500
T12: Brian Harman, 286/-2, $218,500
T12: Si Woo Kim, 286/-2, $218,500
T12: Robert MacIntyre, 286/-2, $218,500
T12: Kevin Na, 286/-2, $218,500
T12: Webb Simpson, 286/-2, $218,500
T18: Tyrrell Hatton, 287/-1, $161,000
T18: Collin Morikawa, 287/-1, $161,000
T18: Scottie Scheffler, 287/-1, $161,000
T21: Harris English, 288/E, $119,600
T21: Viktor Hovland, 288/E, $119,600
T21: Shane Lowry, 288/E, $119,600
T21: Phil Mickelson, 288/E, $119,600
T21: Justin Thomas, 288/E, $119,600
T26: Abraham Ancer, 289/+1, $79,925
T26: Paul Casey, 289/+1, $79,925
T26: Cameron Champ, 289/+1, $79,925
T26: Matt Jones, 289/+1, $79,925
T26: Louis Oosthuizen, 289/+1, $79,925
T26: Ian Poulter, 289/+1, $79,925
T26: Charl Schwartzel, 289/+1, $79,925
T26: Bubba Watson, 289/+1, $79,925
T34: Matt Fitzpatrick, 290/+2, $60,663
T34: Ryan Palmer, 290/+2, $60,663
T34: Michael Thompson, 290/+2, $60,663
T34: Matt Wallace, 290/+2, $60,663
T38: Martin Laird, 291/+3, $52,900
T38: Henrik Stenson, 291/+3, $52,900
T40: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 292/+4, $43,700
T40: Mackenzie Hughes, 292/+4, $43,700
T40: Sebastián Muñoz, 292/+4, $43,700
T40: Joaquin Niemann, 292/+4, $43,700
T40: Bernd Wiesberger, 292/+4, $43,700
T40: Gary Woodland, 292/+4, $43,700
T46: Bryson DeChambeau, 293/+5, $33,503
T46: Tommy Fleetwood, 293/+5, $33,503
T46: Brendon Todd, 293/+5, $33,503
49: Jason Kokrak, 295/+7, $29,900
T50: Billy Horschel, 296/+8, $28,635
T50: José María Olazábal, 296/+8, $28,635
52: Francesco Molinari, 297/+9, $27,600
53: Jim Herman, 298/+10, $27,140
54: Adam Scott, 299/+11, $26,680
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