This year’s Masters will pay out a record amount in prize money.
Augusta National announced on Sunday that the purse total will be $20-million, with $3.6 million going to Sunday’s winner of the Green Jacket.
It surpasses last year’s $18-million total, from which Spanish winner Jon Rahm took home $3.24-million.
Just two years ago, Augusta National jumped the prize money from $11.4-million to $15-million for the 2022 Masters won by Scottie Scheffler, the current world No 1 who shares the 36-hole Masters lead with fellow Americans Max Homa and Bryson DeChambeau.
This year’s Masters runner-up will receive $2.16-million with third place paying $1.36-million.
But the total Masters payout is still eclipsed by events in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League while the PGA Tour’s Players Championship offered a $25-million purse last month, from which Scheffler won the top prize of $4.5-million.
A decade ago, The Masters’ purse was just over $9-million.
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