Masters 2015 Payout: Prize Money and Purse Breakdown for Top Golfers
As if a green jacket and a number of records weren't enough, Jordan Spieth also took home some major prize money by winning the 2015 Masters.
The 21-year-old posted an 18-under-par score to tie the Augusta National course record, winning by a comfortable four strokes to secure his first major championship. In doing so, he hauled in $1.8 million of a $10 million purse, as reported by The Augusta Chronicle.
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With that much cash on the line, Spieth was far from the only big winner. While the world's top golfers who made late surges ended up a ways off the youngster's pace, they have fat paychecks on the way.
Here's a breakdown of the purse payouts for those atop the leaderboard and a closer glance at three of the weekend's most notable golfers.
| 1 | Jordan Spieth | $1.8 million |
| T-2 | Phil Mickelson | $880,000 |
| T-2 | Justin Rose | $880,000 |
| 4 | Rory McIlroy | $480,000 |
| 5 | Hideki Matsuyama | $440,000 |
| T6 | Paul Casey | $335,000 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | $335,000 |
| T6 | Dustin Johnson | $335,000 |
| T9 | Hunter Mahan | $270,000 |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | $270,000 |
| T9 | Charley Hoffman | $270,000 |
| T12 | Rickie Fowler | $196,000 |
| T12 | Ryan Moore | $196,000 |
| T12 | Bill Haas | $196,000 |
| T12 | Kevin Streelman | $196,000 |
| T12 | Kevin Na | $196,000 |
| T17 | Sergio Garcia | $155,000 |
| T17 | Tiger Woods | $155,000 |
| T19 | Henrik Stenson | $135,000 |
| T19 | Louis Oosthuizen | $135,000 |
Jordan Spieth
Spieth has become a regular atop leaderboards on the PGA Tour, so winning big money won't be anything new for him—although the emotions of winning a first major are undeniable.
His $1.8 million haul from Sunday's victory will mark his biggest single payday ever on the course, but it's only a fraction of what he's made over the last month. After two second-place finishes and a win at the Valspar Championship in March, Spieth is raking in the winnings, as ESPN's Jason Sobel explained:
Spieth's winning on the course will fill his pockets, but it's the other opportunities that come with becoming a young golf star that will take him to the next level. As Ron Sirak of Golf Digest reported this weekend, Spieth's Masters victory is expected to "more than triple" his off-course income.
Those opportunities will obviously come for golf's newest star, but he doesn't need to worry about that right now. So much is potentially ahead of Spieth that it boggles the mind to think about. For now, the only thing that matters is enjoying his first green jacket.
Justin Rose
It's not often a 14-under-par gets you anything other than a green jacket at Augusta, but Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson became rare exceptions this weekend.
Rose entered the final pairing with Spieth for the fourth and final round but did not budge, matching his counterpart's score of 70 to remain in the hunt but never truly there. He trailed by just three strokes for a short span before seeing his deficit grow to six on the back nine.
Still, Rose was happy to pencil in similar performances at his future Masters, per Golf Digest's Mike O'Malley:
Finishing second may not be a big deal to the 34-year old with 17 wins—including the 2013 U.S. Open—under his belt, but nobody is going to scoff at a $880,000 payday. And when he's able to leave Augusta knowing he played stellar golf and Spieth simply beat him, there's not much to pout about.
Rory McIlroy
A final-round 66 at Augusta has rarely caused as much anguish and disappointment as McIlroy's when he wrapped up play at the 2015 Masters.
The Northern Irishman matched the low round of the day with a 66 to move 12 shots under par for the tournament, but he birdied his final hole knowing how far behind Spieth he was doomed to finish. For a golfer who had won each of the last two majors and eyed completing the career Grand Slam, finishing fourth was no place to be.
But that didn't completely overshadow the fact that McIlroy had some personal victories on the weekend, per ESPN.com's Bob Harig: "I played well. I can take a lot of positives from it. It is my best finish here. I played the last 45 holes in 15 under par. I did a lot of things I wanted to do. I played the par-fives well."
Of course, one of the only negatives to come from this weekend is a big one. McIlroy now has a new nemesis—a younger, similarly talented American who will be right there for a long time to come.
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