Masters winner to get $4.2 mn from $21 mn purse
Augusta National Golf Club announced a record $21 million in prize money will be paid to this year's Masters field, including a record $4.2 million to the winner (Michael Reaves)
Sunday's winner of the 89th Masters will receive a record top prize of $4.2 million from a record $21 million prize money purse, Augusta National announced on Saturday.
The figures break last year's marks of $3.6 million for winner Scottie Scheffler, in addition to the green jacket symbolic of Masters supremacy, and a $20 million total payout for players in the year's first major tournament.
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The breakdown of winnings for this week's 89th edition of the famed golf classic under the Georgia pines also includes $2.268 million for the runner-up, $108,000 more than Sweden's Ludvig Aberg took home last year.
The third-place finisher will be paid $1.428 million with $1.008 million for fourth and $840,000 for fifth.
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