Masters 2015 prize money: What every golfer will earn from $10M pool
Not a big surprise here, but you get a lot of money for winning the 2015 Masters.
By
Kyle Porter
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1 min read
According to the Augusta Chronicle, the prize money this year at the Masters will touch $10 million for the first time ever. The winner alone will get $1.8 million. Second place is worth over $1 million.
Here's a look at the full payouts for everyone who made the cut:
1st $1,800,000
2nd $1,080,000
3rd $680,000
4th $480,000
5th $400,000
6th $360,000
7th $335,000
8th $310,000
9th $290,000
10th $270,000
11th $250,000
12th $230,000
13th $210,000
14th $190,000
15th $180,000
16th $170,000
17th $160,000
18th $150,000
19th $140,000
20th $130,000
21st $120,000
22nd $112,000
23rd $104,000
24th $96,000
25th $88,000
26th $80,000
27th $77,000
28th $74,000
29th $71,000
30th $68,000
31st $65,000
32nd $62,000
33rd $59,000
34th $56,500
35th $54,000
36th $51,500
37th $49,000
38th $47,000
39th $45,000
40th $43,000
41st $41,000
42nd $39,000
43rd $37,000
44th $35,000
45th $33,000
46th $31,000
47th $29,000
48th $27,400
49th $26,000
50th $25,200
The crazy part? Jack Nicklaus earned $269,000 in his six Masters wins. That's less than the amount the 10th-place finisher this year will receive.
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