2 weeks Ago By Robby Kalland
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..
