AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy will take residence $4.5 million of his $22.5 million improve if he maintains a career-record six-shot lead by means of the ultimate 36 holes of the ninetieth Masters at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership.
The event introduced Saturday that this yr’s Masters prize cash has been elevated by $1.5 million from final yr, when McIlroy gained $4.2 million whereas successful his first inexperienced jacket and finishing a profession Grand Slam.
Second place will earn $2.43 million, third place will earn $1.53 million, and fourth place will earn $1.08 million.
Masters purses have greater than doubled previously decade. It was $10 million in 2016 when England’s Danny Willett was the shock winner and obtained $1.8 million.
This yr’s high 39 finishers will likely be paid a minimum of $101,250. The fiftieth place finisher will obtain $56,700. Golfers who miss the 36-hole minimize will likely be assessed $25,000.
McIlroy teed off Saturday with six birdies within the closing seven holes of the second spherical for a 7-under 65, six strokes forward of Sam Burns and 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed. That is the most important 36-hole distinction in Masters historical past.
McIlroy, 36, is already second on the PGA Tour with greater than $110 million in profession winnings. A 15-time main champion, Tiger Woods has earned greater than $120 million throughout his illustrious profession, which incorporates 82 PGA Tour wins.
The Gamers Championship is the most costly in males’s skilled golf at $25 million, with Cameron Younger incomes $4.5 million after successful final month’s TPC Sawgrass.
