A low rating on the Masters at Augusta means a excessive payout for skilled golfers.

The entire purse for the 2024 Masters is $20 million, a report excessive, and up $2 million from final 12 months. The eventual event champion will take house a report $3.6 million.

Final 12 months, event winner John Rahm took house a $3.2 million payout in prize cash, a pleasant chunk of that 12 months’s event’s complete $18 million purse. 

The rest of the purse was cut up amongst 50 golfers, with the event’s two runners-up taking house $1.6 mililon every in prize cash. Solely three golfers earned seven figures, primarily based on how they positioned. 

In 2022, the event’s purse totaled $15 million, with winner Scottie Scheffler taking house $2.7 million. 

The purse for the 2024 competitors at Augusta was introduced Saturday. Following custom, it’s introduced throughout, versus upfront of the event. 

The 2024 Masters purse payout breakdown is as follows, with the highest 50 golfers receiving money prizes starting from $3.6 million to $50,400. The remaining professionals, who don’t place within the prime 50, will obtain money costs ranging downward from $49,200, primarily based on their scores. Notably, amateurs don’t earn cash to compete. The primary 12 months the masters was performed, in 1934, the purse was $5,000 and the winner took house $1,500.