
Masters Payout 2017: Overview of Final Prize-Money Payouts from Augusta
Sergio Garcia became nearly $2 million richer with his triumph at the 2017 Masters Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Garcia beat Justin Rose in a one-hole playoff to earn the green jacket and claim the first major win of his career:
According to CBSSports.com's Kyle Porter, $1.98 million is the winning share for the Masters. No amount of money will make Rose's defeat sting any less, but he'll collect a little less than $1.2 million for his efforts. The payouts for the top-10 finishers are below:
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | -9 | $1,980,000 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | -9 | $1,188,000 |
| 3 | Charl Schwartzel | -6 | $748,000 |
| T4 | Matt Kuchar | -5 | $484,000 |
| T4 | Thomas Pieters | -5 | $484,000 |
| 6 | Paul Casey | -4 | $396,000 |
| T7 | Kevin Chappell | -3 | $354,750 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | -3 | $354,750 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | -2 | $308,000 |
| T9 | Ryan Moore | -2 | $308,000 |
Garcia didn't make things easy for himself. No Laying Up summarized a whirlwind final day for the 37-year-old:
Over his career, Garcia has built a reputation for collapsing on the final day of major tournaments. When he missed a birdie putt on No. 18 that would've given him the title, many expected the same problems to arise again.
Instead, Rose fell apart on the playoff hole. His drive landed wide of the fairway, and he was unable to recover. His par putt rolled just to the outside of the cup, and he settled for bogey.
Garcia remained unfazed by the occasion. When his approach landed about 10 feet from the pin, his win was seemingly all but secured. The Masters shared a replay of his winning birdie putt:
Golf Channel's Matt Ginella thought Garcia's Masters symbolized his general growth as a golfer:
CBS Sports showed him with the newest piece of clothing he can add to his closet:
It will be interesting to see if the floodgates open for Garcia to a certain extent now that he has ended his major drought. No longer does he have to carry the weight of past disappointments when he's in contention in the final round.
While Garcia isn't getting any younger, he tied for fifth at the U.S. Open and Open Championship a year ago.
From a physical perspective, Garcia isn't the same golfer he was when he burst onto the scene at the 1999 PGA Championship and then came so close to getting his first major in 2002. As Ginella argued, he's far better with regard to the mental side of the game than he was more than a decade ago, though.
Garcia has plenty of time to savor his Masters win before he'll need to focus his attention toward the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, which tees off June 15.

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