2025 Masters prize money, purse: Payouts, winnings for Rory McIlroy, each golfer from record $21 million pool

The 2025 Masters was poised for an electric finish Sunday as a loaded leaderboard entered the final round with all eyes focused on the green jacket. The first major championship of the year was ultimately decided at Augusta National Golf Club, but it took 73 holes to do it as Rory McIlroy emerged with his first green jacket while becoming the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam.

It took McIlroy 11 years to win his fifth and major championship, but despite battling thorugh adversity and near agony, it was pure relief and euphoria for the Northern Irishman, who walked off his fifth trek around the 18th this week with more hardware on his mantle.

The Masters this week announced a record $21 million purse would be divided amongst the 53 players who made the cut at Augusta National. A record $4.2 million will be awarded to the 2025 champion, McIlroy, an increase of $600,000 from what Scottie Scheffler earned when he captured his second green jacket in 2024.

Take-home pay of at least $1 million goes to the top four finishers, meaning there were be some significant shots down the stretch Sunday that were be immensely important both to the tournament outcome and players’ bank accounts.

For those who do not find themselves in contention to win in the latter stages of the round, the next-most important position was 12th place as finishing there or higher on the leaderboard earned players an invitation for the 90th Masters. Not only that, finishing as “low” as 12th still netted a golfer nearly half a million dollars for their participation in this tradition unlike any other.

The top 50 at the 2025 Masters will all take home at least $52,920 with anyone outside the top 50 receiving cash prizes descending from $51,660 — a nice reward for battling to get inside the cut line.

Let’s take a look at the complete 2025 Masters prize money breakdown, including the total purse and payouts for each position in the field.

2025 Masters prize money, purse, payouts

Total purse: $21 million

1st — $4,200,000
2nd — $2,268,000
3rd — $1,428,000
4th — $1,008,000
5th — $840,000
6th — $756,000
7th — $703,500
8th — $651,000
9th — $609,000
10th — $567,000
11th — $525,000
12th — $483,000
13th — $441,000
14th — $399,000
15th — $378,000
16th — $357,000
17th — $336,000
18th — $315,000
19th — $294,000
20th — $273,000
21st — $252,000
22nd — $235,200
23rd — $218,400
24th — $201,600
25th — $184,800
26th — $168,000
27th — $161,700
28th — $155,400
29th — $149,100
30th — $142,800
31st — $136,500
32nd — $130,200
33rd — $123,900
34th — $118,650
35th — $113,400
36th — $108,150
37th — $102,900
38th — $98,700
39th — $94,500
40th — $90,300
41st — $86,100
42nd — $81,900
43rd — $77,700
44th — $73,500
45th — $69,300
46th — $65,100
47th — $60,900
48th — $57,540
49th — $54,600
50th — $52,920

The remainder of the professionals will receive cash prizes downward from $51,660 depending on the scores. All professionals who missed the cut will receive $25,000.