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The winner of the 2014 Masters will take home the green jacket, but they'll also walk away with a large check. A very large one in fact. The Masters prize pool increased from $8 million to $9 million this year and the winner will take home a significant portion of the increased pot. The first-place check at the Masters is worth $1.62 million. The 2014 winnings are nearly $200,000 more than the $1.44 million Adam Scott won with his green jacket last year. All of the top finishers will receive a boost in their winnings this year with the second place finisher receiving $972,000. The payout, however, is not one of those ways. Horton Smith, who won the first Masters, took home $1,500 according to Golfstats.com. The 2014 payout is worth more than 1,000 times that. The winnings have increased dramatically in the last 20 years. In total, there is a $10 million purse for the 50 players who make the cut this year, but there is a steep drop from winning to second place, so there could be a point later today where someone wins or loses hundreds of thousands of dollars on a single putt. If Spieth is able to continue his marvelous tournament with a strong day in Sunday’s final round and win the green jacket, he will win $1.8 million in the process of being the youngest Masters winner since Tiger Woods. More From The Masters. 1  8/17 - Jordan Spieth installed as 2016 Masters favorite. Comments. The green jacket isn’t the only green that the 2015 Masters winner will pocket Sunday. A total purse of $9 million in winnings await the world’s best golfers after this year’s tournament, and the winner alone will take home a cool $1.62 million. Golf .com’s Brendan Mohler provided the complete payout information 2015 Masters prize money announced. April 11, 2015 - 4:51 pm. UPDATE-Final 2015 money list: Click here to see the amount of prize money each player received. The total prize money for professionals competing in the 2015 Masters is $10 million. The breakdown by position:  The Masters purse was $10,000,000 for the 2015 tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The winner of the 2015 Masters golf tournament, Jordan Spieth, collected the 1st prize payout of $1,800,000 and 600 FedExCup points. Tied in 2nd place, Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose both received payouts of $880,000. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy finished in 4th position to collect $480,000 prize money. For the 2015 Masters Tournament, The August Chronicle reports that the total payout has reached a mind-boggling $10 million – the most in the tournament’s storied history. That’s an increase of $1 million over the $9 million purse from 2014. The Masters payout in 2013 was $8 million, so it’s made a jump of $1 million per year over the last two years. The winner’s prize money also made a significant jump from $1.62 to $1.8 million (2014 to 2015). Second place in 2015 will take home $1,080,000, while third collects $680,000. All golfers after will receive less than $500,000 in prize money. Following is a complete breakdown of the purse, and how much each player takes home in prize mone Masters payout 2015: Winning share is $1.8 million of total purse. By Mark Sandritter  @MarkSandritter on Apr 12, 2015, 5:00p +. Jack Gruber-USA TODAY. The purse at Augusta National is even richer this year with the winner taking home nearly $200,000 more than Bubba Watson won last year. There is also a very large payday attached, and this year it will be the largest in Masters history. The 2015 Masters purse was bumped to $10 million according to the Augusta Chronicle, that's up $1 million from last year and $2 million from 2013. Next: Jordan Spieth wins The Masters: 3 things we learned. If Spieth is able to continue his marvelous tournament with a strong day in Sunday’s final round and win the green jacket, he will win $1.8 million in the process of being the youngest Masters winner since Tiger Woods. More From The Masters. 1  8/17 - Jordan Spieth installed as 2016 Masters favorite.
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