How much does the winner of the US Masters get paid?

Last year's (2021) Masters champion, Hideki Matsuyama, won $2.07 million from a purse of nearly $11.5 million. Scheffler (2022) earned $630,000 more. The first Masters champion to earn more than $2 million was Tiger Woods, taking home $2.07 million for his memorable 2019 win.

The winner's share of the Masters Tournament prize pool is at $2,700,000, with the second-place finisher taking home $1,620,000. The Masters Tournament prize money payout breakdown shows a payout of 18 percent of the purse to the winner, and how much each PGA Tour player earns is guaranteed down to the last-place player, who gets $36,000.