Masters 2023 prize money purse: What is the prize money for the Masters? How much does the Masters winner get?

The battle for first men’s golf major of the year is heating up as The Masters continues at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday.

One of the biggest shocks has been the performance of Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, who missed the cut after a five over par 77 on day two.

Play was suspended on day three by heavy rain as Brooks Koepka held a four-shot lead going into Sunday. Jon Rahm is his closest challenger on nine under.

2022 US Amateur champion Sam Bennett is third on the leaderboard on six under par, having been parterned with Rahm and Koepka on the course for round three.

Rahm said: “You can’t really say it was too late [to suspend play] because I don’t blame them for wanting us to play as much as possible.

“It was just too bad I couldn’t save at least one par on four or five, but I made a great swing on six and two great swings on seven. So I’m feeling confident, playing good golf and there’s a lot to be played.”

Former champion Tiger Woods hit double bogeys on the 15th and 16th holes to drop to nine over for the tournament. Sheffield’s Matt Fitzpatrick is the closest British golfer to Koepka as he sits on five under, with Justin Rose a shot behind.

The prize money for the Masters in 2022 was increased by $3.5 million as a result of the emergence of LIV Golf as the PGA increased it’s own prize purses.

How much does the winner of the Masters get?

The prize money for the 2023 edition of the Masters has been announced. There was a prize fund last year totalling $15 million - up from $11.5 million in 2021 - with this year’s total set to remain at the $15 million mark for 2023.

With the way that golf tournaments work there will be sums that have to be divided between multiple participants in the final leaderboard if there are ties for certain places - which is often the case.

The winner will be taking home $2.7 million, the same prize money won by Scottie Scheffler in 2022 as he finished three shots clear of Rory McIlroy in second and five clear of Shane Lowry and Cameron Smith in joint third.

Prize money goes to the top 50 places at the tournament, and ranges from $37,800 to $2,7million.

Masters 2022 prize money purse breakdown

• 1st: $2,700,000
• 2nd: $1,620,000
• 3rd: $1,020,000
• 4th: $720,000
• 5th: $600,000
• 6th: $540,000
• 7th: $502,500
• 8th: $465,000
• 9th: $435,000
• 10th: $405,000
• 11th: $375,000
• 12th: $345,000
• 13th: $315,000
• 14th: $285,000
• 15th: $270,000
• 16th: $255,000
• 17th: $240,000
• 18th: $225,000
• 19th: $210,000
• 20th: $195,000
• 21st: $180,000
• 22nd: $168,000
• 23rd: $156,000
• 24th: $144,000
• 25th: $132,000
• 26th: $120,000
• 27th: $115,500
• 28th: $111,000
• 29th: $106,500
• 30th: $102,000
• 31st: $97,500
• 32nd: $93,000
• 33rd: $88,500
• 34th: $84,750
• 35th: $81,000
• 36th: $77,250
• 37th: $73,500
• 38th: $70,500
• 39th: $67,500
• 40th: $64,500
• 41st: $61,500
• 42nd: $58,500
• 43rd: $55,500
• 44th: $52,500
• 45th: $49,500
• 46th: $46,500
• 47th: $43,500
• 48th: $41,100
• 49th: $39,000
• 50th: $37,800