The Masters set up an epic final-round showdown of historic proportions for Sunday. Rory McIlroy, despite ostensibly wasting his first round on Thursday, surged to take the 54-hole lead with back-to-back 6-under rounds of 66, but he'll be paired with the man who took advantage of his faltering at the Pinehurst U.S. Open a year ago, Bryson DeChambeau. With DeChambeau in second and two strokes clear of the next closest player, it set up a battle for the Green Jacket and a record-setting amount of prize money.
It was a chaotic final round of play at The Masters with all the winner's prize money in mind but also the historical implications. McIlroy got off to an awful start but pulled it together. DeChambeau was the inverse, getting off to a hot start to his Sunday round only to then fade and make a couple of tought mistakes on the 11th and 15th holes.
However, Justin Rose and Ludvig Åberg put themselves into the mix with a mind-boggling Rory double bogey on the 13th hole. But McIlroy fought back and, with an iconic approach shot into the 17th green, took back the lead — but then gave it back right after when he was unable to get up and down from the greenside bunker on No. 18, forcing a playoff with Rose.
In the playoff, though, McIlroy finally got past the demons with a masterful shot to two feet for birdie with Rose sitting 15 feet away with his putt. When Rose missed, Rory knocked his into the bottom of the cup to finally taste victory at The Masters. It means more than just the money, as we know. But as you're about to see, the payouts won't hurt either.
The Masters purse 2025: Winner's prize money, total purse
The Masters revealed a record-high purse of $21 million for the 2025 tournament and the champion, Rory McIlroy, wins a record $4.2 million for their victory at this tournament. That's a lot of green to complement the Green Jacket, for sure. In relation to the PGA Tour, the purse and the winner's prize money are the second-highest in the sport behind only THE PLAYERS Championship, though the purse sizes on LIV Golf purses come in at the same level as THE PLAYERS with a $25 million total purse.
The Masters payout distribution by finishing position in 2025
Here's a look at the full Masters payouts for every finishing position.
Finishing Position | Masters Prize Money |
|---|---|
Winner: Rory McIlroy | $4.2 million |
2. Justin Rose | $2.268 million |
3. Patrick Reed | $1.428 million |
4. Scottie Scheffler | $1.008 million |
T5. Bryson DeChambeau | $798,000 |
T5. Sungjae Im | $798,000 |
7. Ludvig Åberg | $703,500 |
T8. Xander Schauffele | $588,000 |
T8. Zach Johnson | $588,000 |
T8. Corey Conners | $588,000 |
T8. Jason Day | $588,000 |
T12. Max Homa | $462,000 |
T12. Harris English | $462,000 |
T14. Tom Hoge | $336,000 |
T14. Tyrrell Hatton | $336,000 |
T14. Jon Rahm | $336,000 |
T14. Matt McCarty | $336,000 |
T14. Collin Morikawa | $336,000 |
T14. Jordan Spieth | $336,000 |
T14. Bubba Watson | $336,000 |
T21. Davis Riley | $210,000 |
T21. Daniel Berger | $210,000 |
T21. Tommy Fleetwood | $210,000 |
T21. Byeong Hun An | $210,000 |
T21. Hideki Matsuyama | $210,000 |
T21. Viktor Hovland | $210,000 |
T27. Michael Kim | $158,550 |
T27. Aaron Rai | $158,550 |
T29. Joaquin Niemann | $142,800 |
T29. Denny McCarthy | $142,800 |
T29. Sahith Theegala | $142,800 |
T32. Rasmus Hojgaard | $121,538 |
T32. Maverick McNealy | $121,538 |
T32. Brian Campbell | $121,538 |
T32. Max Greyserman | $121,538 |
T36. Justin Thomas | $101,063 |
T36. Brian Harman | $101,063 |
T36. Charl Schwartzel | $101,063 |
T36. Patrick Cantlay | $101,063 |
T40. Matt Fitzpatrick | $88,200 |
T40. Nick Taylor | $88,200 |
T42. Danny Willett | $75,600 |
T42. Akshay Bhatia | $75,600 |
T42. J.T. Poston | $75,600 |
T42. Shane Lowry | $75,600 |
T46. Sam Burns | $61,180 |
T46. Davis Thompson | $61,180 |
T46. Wyndham Clark | $61,180 |
49. Min Woo Lee | $54,600 |
50. J.J. Spaun | $52,920 |
51. Nico Echavarria | $51,660 |
T52. Tom Kim | Below $51,660 (Score Dependent) |
T52. Stephan Jaeger | Below $51,660 (Score Dependent) |
One interesting not for the full 2025 Masters Tournament payouts is that Augusta National only releases the prize money officially for the Top 50 as that is the cut line. The ties that also made it into the weekend but finished at the bottom of the leaderboard are only listed as earning payouts of $51,660 and downward depending on their scores.
Beyond that, though, it's quite possible that all 53 players who made the cut at The Masters will receive at least $50,000 for the week, which is quite a paycheck, but one well earned for withstanding Augusta and a major championship. That's even more evident when you consider that any player who tied for 36th or better this week will take home a six-figure payday. That's a massive amount of money on the line, especially with the contenders atop the leaderboard looking to clear $1 million this week by finishing in the Top 4.
However, even making The Masters and missing the cut doesn't mean you're going home emptyhanded.
How much money do players who missed the cut at The Masters make?
With the limited field at The Masters, just qualifying to play can still be profitable. The professional players in the 95-man field who failed to make the cut this week at Augusta National will still receive $25,000 in prize money for earning their exemption into this tournament. That's not something we see on the PGA Tour in any kind of routine way but it is not unique to The Masters among major championships.
The U.S. Open also awarded $10,000 in prize money to professionals that qualified for the tournament and missed the cut last year. However, Augusta National Golf Club has the ability to up the ante in terms of the value of the missed-cut payday because they, frankly, have to pay it out to far fewer players than their major championship contemporaries.