How much will the Masters 2023 winner get? Prize money payout explored

The Masters 2023 nears the business end as it enters Day 3 on Saturday, April 8. The event at Augusta National will see golfers level up the competition for the Green Jacket. With LIV golfers like Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed also in the run, the stakes are extremely high.

Apart from the prestigious Green Jacket, the golfers at Augusta will also pay for the handsome prize purse on offer.

Scottie Scheffler won the Masters 2022 and bagged a whopping $2.7, the standard 18 percent of the total $15 million on offer. This time, players including the likes of Koepka, Jon Rahm and breakout amateur star Sam Bennett are eyeing the same.

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Masters 2023 prize purse explored

Owing to the significant bump it has received in recent years, the Masters 2023 prize purse currently stands at $15 million. Apart from the $2.7 million prize money, the winner of the iconic Augusta National event will also receive 100 Official World Golf Ranking points. He will earn a five-plus season exemption on the PGA Tour along with a lifetime berth into the Masters.

While the champion golfer takes the top prize, the runner-up will settle for around $1,620,000. The golfer finishing third will also make over a million, $1,020,000 to be precise. The fourth-placed golfer will win $720,000 while the fifth-place finisher will take $600,000.

While the golfers who missed the 36-hole cut return home without a paycheck, the last-placed player on Sunday’s leaderboard will win $37,800.

Here is the complete prize money breakdown for the 2023 Masters:

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

While Brooks Koepka, who recently won $4 million at LIV Golf’s most recent event in Orlando, stands favorite, it’ll be interesting to see how the rest of the field plays for the top prize.