In addition to a green jacket, a lifetime invitation, and all the glory that comes with winning the Masters, Bubba Watson can also walk away Sunday with a $1.62 million check. That’s almost $200,000 more than what Adam Scott took home last year, as purses all around golf, particularly at the majors, continue to balloon.
Masters 2014 purse: Bubba Watson takes home $1.62 million in prize money
While it’s customary to play for a $1M-plus winner’s check every week now on the PGA Tour, the cash earned on Sunday at the Masters is, as usual, secondary.
The increase in purse sizes at the major championships was first set by the PGA of America and PGA Tour, who made an announcement last year that they were pushing their purses from $8 million to $10 million. All four majors had previously had $8 million payouts, while the three WGC titles had $8.5 million totals. The largest purse in golf, for some time now, belongs to the “fifth major,” the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. That tournament was already $9.5 million before the bump up to $10 million at the end of last year.
With this latest hefty check, Bubba’s career earnings are now at $23,843,433. Watson has been cashing huge checks all season, but this is obviously the largest so far. He earned just over $1.2 million with his win at Riviera, $545k with his second-place finish at Phoenix, and $753k with his second-place finish at Doral. It’s a monster year for the left-hander, but unlike some of those other results, the check here isn’t the most important thing.
Here are the final payout totals for the field that made the weekend:
Place | Player | Payout |
1 | Bubba Watson | $1,620,000 |
T2 | Jonas Blixt | $792,000 |
T2 | Jordan Spieth | $792,000 |
4 | Miguel Jimenez | $432,000 |
T5 | Rickie Fowler | $342,000 |
T5 | Matt Kuchar | $342,000 |
7 | Lee Westwood | $301,500 |
T8 | Bernhard Langer | $234,000 |
T8 | Jimmy Walker | $234,000 |
T8 | Rory McIlroy | $234,000 |
T8 | John Senden | $234,000 |
T8 | Kevin Stadler | $234,000 |
T8 | Thomas Bjorn | $234,000 |
T14 | Stewart Cink | $148,500 |
T14 | Jamie Donaldson | $148,500 |
T14 | Henrik Stenson | $148,500 |
T14 | Adam Scott | $148,500 |
T14 | Justin Rose | $148,500 |
T14 | Jim Furyk | $148,500 |
T20 | Bill Haas | $101,160 |
T20 | Chris Kirk | $101,160 |
T20 | Jason Day | $101,160 |
T20 | Ian Poulter | $101,160 |
T20 | Fred Couples | $101,160 |
25 | Louis Oosthuizen | $79,200 |
T26 | Joost Luiten | $66,600 |
T26 | Hunter Mahan | $66,600 |
T26 | Steven Bowditch | $66,600 |
T26 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | $66,600 |
T26 | Gary Woodland | $66,600 |
T31 | Martin Kaymer | $55,800 |
T31 | Russell Henley | $55,800 |
T31 | Steve Stricker | $55,800 |
T34 | Stephen Gallacher | $48,600 |
T34 | K.J. Choi | $48,600 |
T34 | Jose Maria Olazabal | $48,600 |
T37 | Brandt Snedeker | $40,500 |
T37 | Brendon de Jonge | $40,500 |
T37 | Thongchai Jaidee | $40,500 |
T37 | Billy Horschel | $40,500 |
T37 | Vijay Singh | $40,500 |
T42 | Lucas Glover | $34,200 |
T42 | Kevin Streelman | $34,200 |
T44 | Mike Weir | $27,972 |
T44 | Sandy Lyle | $27,972 |
T44 | Nick Watney | $27,972 |
T44 | Thorbjorn Olesen | $27,972 |
T44 | Darren Clarke | $27,972 |
49 | Oliver Goss | $23,400 |
50 | Francesco Molinari | $11,340 |
51 | Larry Mize | $11,340 |
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