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Steve Stricker poses with the 2023 Sanford Invitational trophy after defending his championship Sunday.

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Steve Stricker says winning is “getting harder and harder.” One would never know it by his body of work on the PGA Tour Champions in 2023. The 56-year-old Madison resident won for the sixth time this year when he held off K.J. Choi for a one-stroke victory in the Sanford Invitational in Sioux Falls, S.D. The $300,000 first-place prize money pushed Stricker’s 2023 earnings to $3,956,127, a single-season record on the Champions tour. 

Steve Stricker sets PGA Tour Champions single-season earnings record with his sixth win of the year at the Sanford Invitational

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Steve Stricker says winning is “getting harder and harder.” One would never know it by his body of work on the PGA Tour Champions in 2023.

The 56-year-old Madison resident won for the sixth time this year when he held off K.J. Choi on Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Sanford Invitational in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The $300,000 first-place prize money pushed Stricker’s 2023 earnings to $3,956,127, a single-season record on the Champions tour. Bernhard Langer previously held the record, with $3,677,359 in 2017.

The SIXTH winning moment for @SteveStricker this season 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/i7VVzhGFgQ — PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) September 17, 2023

Stricker, the defending champion, closed with a 4-under 66 and finished the 54-hole tournament at 16-under 194, breaking the previous record of 196.

He led by two shots after Choi, playing one group ahead, failed to save par from behind the 18th green. Stricker also bogeyed, three-putting from long distance after his wedge from 120 yards came up short, but his final putt was a stress-free tap-in for the one-stroke margin of victory.

“Kind of limped in there on the last hole, but I knew I had a couple shots to play with,” he said. “It was a battle. Always on these Sundays trying to win a golf tournament is a battle, not only your emotions, the game, everything, you know, just trying to get it done. But it’s so rewarding when you do it.”

It was Stricker’s 17th victory in just 62 career starts on the Champions tour — an incredible .274 winning percentage. His worst finish this year is T-8 and he has now posted 19 consecutive top-10 finishes in a streak that dates to August 2022.

His dominance is perhaps best illustrated by this statistic: in 15 starts this year, he has finished no worse than second 11 times.

When asked if he was getting “better and better,” though, he said, “I don’t know. It’s getting harder and harder, really. Our bodies, it gets harder and harder to get loose, to swing at it with speed, so you’ve got to continue to work at it.”

Choi closed with a 65 and posted a 15-under 195 total. Joe Durant shot a 68 and was another two strokes back, in third alone, at 197.

🚨 ACE ALERT 🚨 @jerrykelly13pga makes a hole-in-one on the 17th hole @SanfordIntl . pic.twitter.com/dEcTVOZaPk — PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) September 17, 2023

Madison’s Jerry Kelly made a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th, shot a 67 and finished T-12 at 8-under 202. He was joined there by five others, including Madison native Mario Tiziani (69).

Stricker trailed Choi by two shots on the back nine but drew even with an eagle on the par-5 12th. He moved out in front when he got up and down for birdie from a greenside bunker on the short par-4 15th, rolling in a 5-footer.

Choi pulled into a tie again with a birdie on No. 16, but Stricker moved in front to stay when he hit a wedge from 98 yards to six feet on the same hole and rolled the birdie putt into the heart.

Stricker coaxed in a 4-foot downhill putt for par on 17 and striped a drive on the 18th. After Choi bogeyed ahead of him, all he had to do was hit the green and he could afford to three-putt, which he did.

“I saw that K.J. made bogey there and I knew I could make bogey and win,” he said. “I wanted to get it up on the top shelf just to give myself an easier two-putt, but I’ll take it. … Again, it’s a lot of fun. I didn’t hit the shots like I wanted to at times and that’s what keeps you grinding, keeps you working at it, trying to improve, but ultimately I got it done, which is really cool.”

Stricker’s 17th Champions tour victory keeps in him 17th place on the all-time win list. He became the third player since 2000 to win six or more times in a single season, joining Langer (seven in 2017) and Larry Nelson (six in 2000).

In becoming the first three-time winner of the Sanford International, Stricker also extended his lead in the Charles Schwab Cup standings to $2,065,705 over No. 2 Langer, who closed with a 64 and finished fourth at 198.

“I saw him creeping up the leaderboard, so I knew he was coming,” Stricker said. “Just another reason why this victory means even more to me. It kind of pads my lead on that Schwab Cup a little bit and it’s something I’m looking forward to trying to cap off at the end of the year.”

Stricker was entered this week in the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach, but withdrew Monday.

Next up for Stricker, then, is a trip to Italy, where he’ll be an assistant captain on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, which will attempt to win the Cup for the first time on foreign soil since 1993. The 44th Ryder Cup is scheduled for Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at Marco Simone Golf Club, on the outskirts of Rome.

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The PGA Tour Champions is set for 2023 and record money will be awarded.

On Tuesday, the tour released its full schedule and a record $66 million will be up for grabs in purse money across 28 events. That’s up $4 million from 2022.

The tour will make three stops overseas, including the second event of the year, the Trophy Hassan II, which will be played in Morocco.

The one new tournament on next year’s schedule, the Galleri Classic, will be played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. That venue notably held the LPGA’s first major of the year, the Chevron Championship, however, next year, the event will move to Houston. It’s the first time the PGA Tour Champions will play at Mission Hills since 1993.

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In 1978, the first Legends of Golf was held at Onion Creek Country Club in Austin, Texas.

Two years later, the Senior PGA Tour had its first two official tournaments. Don January and Arnold Palmer won those first events.

From there, the circuit grew and in 1990, Lee Trevino became the first golfer to win $1 million in a season. In 2002, the tour was rebranded as the Champions Tour. In 2015, it took on its current name, the PGA Tour Champions.

Bernhard Langer became the winningest golfer in Champions history in 2023 when he got to No. 46, breaking a mark long held by Hale Irwin. Langer is also the top money-winner all-time on the tour.

He’s one of three players to reach the $20 million mark. Six players on this list have surpassed the $15 million mark. There are 31 at $10 million.

As you make your way through this list, keep in mind:

• Gary Player is 90th all-time with $6,049,029
• Jack Nicklaus ranks 147th with $3,372,207
• Arnold Palmer is 211th with $1,765,795

There are 649 names listed in all, with Mike Balliet bringing up the rear with $736 in career tour earnings.

Check out this list of the all-time money winners on the PGA Tour Champions. Updated through the 2023 Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Source: PGATour.com .

20 Colin Montgomerie - $12,414,158

Colin Montgomerie during the second round of the 2023 Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club in Phoenix. (Photo: Joe Rondone/The Arizona Republic)

19 Jerry Kelly - $12,643,336

Jerry Kelly plays his tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the 2023 Charles Schwab Cup Championship at the Phoenix Country Club in Phoenix. (Photo: Joe Rondone/The Arizona Republic)

18 Jeff Sluman - $12,756,878

Jeff Sluman hits his tee shot on the ninth hole of the 2020 Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge at Buffalo Ridge. (Photo: Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

17 Fred Funk - $12,835,740

Fred Funk at the PGA Tour Champions Regions Tradition.

16 Fred Couples - $13,280,234

Fred Couples poses with the trophy after winning the 2022 SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, North Carolina. (Photo: Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

15 Allen Doyle - $13,401,250

Allen Doyle works on the driving range during a practice round for the U.S. Senior Open on July 4, 2007, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wisconsin. (Photo: Morry Gash/Associated Press)

14 Tom Lehman - $13,485,412

Tom Lehman and his son Thomas at the 2020 Charles Schwab Cup Championship. (Photo: Elise Tallent/PGA Tour Champions)

13 Loren Roberts - $13,642,664

Loren Roberts at the 74th Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on May 25, 2013, in St. Louis. (Photo: Scott Kane-USA TODAY Sports)

12 Tom Jenkins - $13,821,866

Tom Jenkins watches his drive on the tenth hole during the opening round of the 2006 U.S. Senior Open Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas. Photo by Larry Smith/Associated Press

11 Jim Thorpe - $13,936,083

Jim Thorpe won 13 times on the PGA Tour Champions, including the Charles Schwab Cup Championship three times. (Photo: Golfweek)

10 Miguel Angel Jimenez - $14,031,144

Miguel Angel Jimenez poses with the conquistador helmet after winning the 2022 Cologuard Classic at Omni Tucson National. (Photo: Todd Kelly/Golfweek)

9 Larry Nelson - $14,637,172

Larry Nelson at the PNC Father/Son Challenge Pro-Am at The Ritz Carlton Golf Club of Orlando. (Photo: USA TODAY Sports)

8 Bruce Fleisher - $14,878,986

Bruce Fleischer hits out of a trap on to the green on the 2nd hole at the 29th U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, July 31, 2008. (Photo: David Zalubowski/Associated Press)

7 Dana Quigley - $14,898,463

Dana Quigley never won on the PGA Tour but has 11 PGA Tour Champions victories. (Photo: USA TODAY)

6 Tom Watson - $15,074,227

Tom Watson walks alongside his caddie Neil Oxman during round three of the 138th Open Championship on the Ailsa Course, Turnberry Golf Club on July 18, 2009 in Turnberry, Scotland. (Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images)

5 Tom Kite - $16,303,747

Tom Kite has 19 PGA Tour victories and 10 PGA Tour Champions wins. (Photo: USA TODAY)

4 Jay Haas - $19,898,030

Jay Haas at the Champions tour’s Greater Hickory Kia Classic.

3 Gil Morgan - $20,631,930

Gil Morgan tees off on the seventh hole during the first round of the Champions tour on Friday, August 3, 2012 in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo: Getty Images)

2 Hale Irwin - $27,158,515

Hale Irwin hits his tee ball at No. 1 during the first round of the Father/Son Challenge at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando. (Photo: Getty Images)

1 Bernhard Langer - $35,989,514

Bernhard Langer conducts an interview after winning his sixth Charles Schwab Cup at Phoenix Country Club on Nov. 14 2021. Photo by Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports

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Steve Stricker wins 6th title, sets Champions earnings mark

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Steve Stricker holed a 20-foot eagle putt to catch K.J. Choi and then picked up a pair of late birdies that sent him to a 4-under 66 on Sunday to win the Sanford International for his sixth victory this year on the PGA Tour Champions.

Stricker earned $300,000, leaving him just short of $4 million for the year and setting a record for most money in a single season on the 50-and-older circuit.

He has not finished worse than eighth all year, and three of those six wins have come in majors on the senior circuit. He won the Sanford International for the third time.

"It was a battle," Stricker said. "Always on these Sunday when you're trying to win, it's a battle. But it's so rewarding when you do it."

Stricker started the final round with a one-shot lead but found himself trying to catch Choi, who got off to a fast start and closed with a 65.

Stricker was two behind when he hit a good tee shot down the left side of the fairway on the par-5 12th at Minnehaha Country Club, leaving him a mid-iron to 20 feet that set up his eagle. He drove into a bunker and got-up-and-down for birdie on the 15th for a one-shot lead.

On the par-5 16th, he was out of position off the tee and had to lay up. But he hit wedge to 8 feet and holed the birdie putt to stay one ahead. Choi played in the group in front of him and bogeyed the last, giving Stricker a two-shot lead and room for error.

Stricker three-putted the 18th from long range and finished at 16-under 194.

"I kind of limped it in," Stricker said. "But I knew I had a couple of shots to play with."

Choi, trying to win for the second time on the PGA Tour Champions, shot 30 on the front to set the target and didn't make a bogey until the final hole.

Joe Durant birdied his last three holes for a 68 to finish alone in third. He was followed by Bernhard Langer , who shot a 64 to finish alone in fourth.

Stricker is still three wins away from the record for most titles in a single, and only five tournaments remain on the PGA Tour Champions. For now, he has a lead of more than $2 million in the Charles Schwab Cup.

2023 The Galleri Classic final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won

The 2023 The Galleri Classic final leaderboard is headed by winner David Toms, who earned the win on the 2023 PGA Tour Champions schedule at Mission Hills Country Club in Ranch Mirage, Calif.

Toms won for the second time on the season and for the second time in three starts, pulling away from the field on Sunday to win the 54-hole event by four shots on 16-under 200.

Steven Alker finished in solo second place on 12-under total, with Retief Goosen and first alternate Paul Stankowski finishing in a tie for third place.

Toms won the $330,000 winner's share of the $2,200,000 purse.

The Galleri Classic recap notes

Toms wins the sixth PGA Tour Champions title of the year, getting into the winner's circle again on the 50-plus tour.

The money Toms -- and every player in the field -- earned is converted into Charles Schwab Cup points, with every dollar converted into two points during the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.

There is no cut on PGA Tour Champions-run events, including the major championships they run. Every pro who finished the tournament was paid.

The 2023 PGA Tour Champions schedule continues in three weeks with the Invited Celebrity Classic in Texas.

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Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2023 U.S. Senior Open

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Just when you thought Bernhard Langer was done surprising people with what he could do on the golf course comes his performance at the 43rd U.S. Senior Open. The 65-year-old German, on the precipice of becoming the all-time winningest golfer in PGA Tour Champions history, cruised to a two-shot victory over Steve Stricker Sunday at SentryWorld in Wisconsin, a margin that is deceiving when he was up by seven strokes at one point early in the back nine.

With a one-under 70 on Sunday after bogeys on the final three holes, Langer posted a seven-under 277 total that gave him his 46th senior title, passing Hale Irwin, who he had shared the mark with since February. In the process, Langer won a senior major for the 12th time, and became the oldest winner of the U.S. Senior Open by eight years, passing Allen Doyle’s previous mark of being just shy of his 58th birthday when he won in 2006 at NCR Country Club.

With the win, Langer also claimed the first-place prize money payout of $720,000 from an overall purse awarded by the USGA of $4 million. Here’s the prize money payouts for each golfer how made the cut in Wisconsin.

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Win: Bernhard Langer, 277/-7, $720,000

2: Steve Stricker, 279/-5, $432,000

3: Jerry Kelly, 280/-4, $267,672

T-4: Rob Labritz, 282/-2, $171,954

T-4: Brett Quigley, 282/-2, $171,954

T-6: Steven Alker, 283/-1, $125,127

T-6: Retief Goosen, 283/-1, $125,127

T-6: Dicky Pride, 283/-1, $125,127

T-9: Alex Cejka, 284/E, $97,136

T-9: Y.E. Yang, 284/E, $97,136

11: K.J. Choi, 285/+1, $84,880

T-12: Joe Durant, 287/+3, $75,805

T-12: Ernie Els, 287/+3, $75,805

T-14: Craig Barlow, 288/+4, $62,932

T-14: Miguel Angel Jiménez, 288/+4, $62,932

T-14: Justin Leonard, 288/+4, $62,932

17: Tom Gillis, 289/+5, $55,419

T-18: Bob Estes, 290/+6, $46,026

T-18: Padraig Harrington, 290/+6, $46,026

T-18: Vijay Singh, 290/+6, $46,026

T-18: Paul Stankowski, 290/+6, $46,026

T-18: David Toms, 290/+6, $46,026

T-23: Paul Broadhurst, 291/+7, $34,089

T-23: Tim Herron, 291/+7, $34,089

T-23: Lee Janzen, 291/+7, $34,089

T-23: Colin Montgomerie, 291/+7, $34,089

T-27: Billy Andrade, 292/+8, $27,134

T-27: Dave Cunningham, 292/+8, $27,134

T-27: Paul Goydos, 292/+8, $27,134

T-27: Richard Green, 292/+8, $27,134

T-27: Rod Pampling, 292/+8, $27,134

T-32: Darren Clarke, 293/+9, $22,337

T-32: Harrison Frazar, 293/+9, $22,337

T-32: Jeff Maggert, 293/+9, $22,337

T-35: David Branshaw, 294/+10, $19,452

T-35: James Kingston, 294/+10, $19,452

T-35: Mike Weir, 294/+10, $19,452

T-38: Phillip Archer, 295/+11, $16,582

T-38: Clark Dennis, 295/+11, $16,582

T-38: Jeff Gove, 295/+11, $16,582

T-38: Bob Sowards, 295/+11, $16,582

T-42: Alan McLean, 296/+12, $13,362

T-42: Michael Muehr, 296/+12, $13,362

T-42: Phillip Price, 296/+12, $13,362

T-42: Ken Tanigawa, 296/+12, $13,362

T-42: Mark Strickland, 296/+12, Amateur

T-47: Hiroyuki Fujita, 297/+13, $10,719

T-47: Mark Hensby, 297/+13, $10,719

T-47: Mike Small, 297/+13, $10,719

50: Joakim Haeggman, 298/+14, $9,618

T-51: Stephen Ames, 300/+16, $8,822

T-51: Adilson da Silva, 300/+16, $8,822

T-51: John Huston, 300/+16, $8,822

T-51: Mark O'Meara, 300/+16, $8,822

T-51: Tom Pernice Jr., 300/+16, $8,822

56: Brad Adamonis, 301/+17, $8,451

T-57: Woody Austin, 302/+18, $8,290

T-57: Marco Dawson, 302/+18, $8,290

T-57: Keiichiro Fukabori, 302/+18, $8,290

T-60: Jesús Amaya, 304/+20, $8,009

T-60: Tom Lehman, 304/+20, $8,009

T-60: Kenny Perry, 304/+20, $8,009

T-60: Kirk Triplett, 304/+20, $8,009

T-60: Christian Raynor, 304/+20, Amateur

65: Takashi Kanemoto, 305/+21, $7,807

66: Harry Rudolph, 308/+24, $7,714

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2024 Masters prize money, purse: Payouts, winnings for Scottie Scheffler, each golfer from $20 million pool

More than history and a green jacket were on the line at augusta national on sunday.

Plenty of green was up for grabs at the 2024 Masters on Sunday -- not only in the form of the famed jacket awarded to the winner of this year's tournament but also in regards to the prize money being paid out from a record-setting pool. Augusta National Golf Club announced that the 2024 Masters would have a total purse of $20 million, marking a new tournament high by $2 million and the largest payout awarded to players at one of the nation's most pristine venues.

Scottie Scheffler was the greatest beneficiary of that increased purse, capturing the $3.6 million winner's share by capturing his second Masters championship in three years . Finishing 11 under with a 4-under 68 capping a tremendous tournament, Scheffler became the fourth-youngest golfer to win two green jackets and the 10th to win two in a three-year span. The $3.6 million prize is $360,000 more than 2023 champion Jon Rahm earned a year ago.

Runner-up Ludvig Åberg achieved quite a payday in his first career major championship. Pressing Scheffler down the stretch, the young Swede scored $2.16 million for second place, a larger sum than either Danny Willett (2016) or Jordan Spieth (2015) earned for winning the green jacket.

Scheffler and Åberg were not the only players set to receive significant green by week's end. In fact, the top three were set to receive seven-figure paydays, except Collin Morikawa struggled down the stretch and entered into a three-way tie with Max Homa and Tommy Fleetwood. Morikawa lost $320,000 by bogeying the last, though he increased the take-home of Homa and Fleetwood with the trio each taking home $1.04 million. This marked the first time that the Masters had five players bring home $1 million or more.

Those among the top 11 were set to see at least $500,000 deposited into their bank accounts, and the handsome payouts trickled down the leaderboard with every golfer inside the top 36 leaving Augusta National with six figures.

2024 Masters prize money, purse, payouts

Total purse: $20 million

1st — $3,600,000 -- Scottie Scheffler (-11) 2nd — $2,160,000 -- Ludvig Åberg (-7) 3rd — $1,360,000 -- Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa (-4) -- $1,040,000 each 4th — $960,000 5th — $800,000 6th — $720,000 -- Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau (-2) -- $695,000 each 7th — $670,000 8th — $620,000 -- Xander Schauffele (-1) 9th — $580,000 -- Will Zalatoris, Tyrrell Hatton, Cameron Young (E) -- $540,000 each 10th — $540,000 11th — $500,000 12th — $460,000 -- Patrick Reed, Matthieu Pavon, Adam Schenk, Cam Davis (+1) -- $405,000 each 13th — $420,000 14th — $380,000 15th — $360,000 16th — $340,000 -- Nicolai Højgaard, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk, Byeong Hun An (+2) -- $310,000 each 17th — $320,000 18th — $300,000 19th — $280,000 20th — $260,000 -- Lucas Glover, Taylor Moore (+3) -- $250,000 each 21st — $240,000 22nd — $224,000 -- Patrick Cantlay, Keegan Bradley, Joaquin Niemann, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott, Harris English, Min Woo Lee (+4) -- $175,500 each 23rd — $208,000 24th — $192,000 25th — $176,000 26th — $160,000 27th — $154,000 28th — $148,000 29th — $142,000 30th — $136,000 -- Jason Day, Si Woo Kim, Rickie Fowler, J.T. Poston, Tom Kim (+5) -- $124,200 each 31st — $130,000 32nd — $124,000 33rd — $118,000 34th — $113,000 35th — $108,000 -- Akshay Bhatia, Kurt Kitayama, Camilo Villegas (+6) -- $103,000 each 36th — $103,000 37th — $98,000 38th — $94,000 -- Hideki Matsuyama, Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Luke List, Russell Henley (+7) -- $86,000 each 39th — $90,000 40th — $86,000 41st — $82,000 42nd — $78,000 43rd — $74,000 -- Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry (+8) -- $72,000 each 44th — $70,000 45th — $66,000 -- Brooks Koepka, Jose Maria Olazabal, Jon Rahm, Danny Willett, Denny McCarthy, Sahith Theegala (+9) -- $57,200 each 46th — $62,000 47th — $58,000 48th — $54,800 49th — $52,000 50th — $50,400

Those lucky enough to make the cut but not lucky enough to finish inside the top 50 will still receive compensation, though it will trend downwards from the $50,400 figure given to the player who ultimately finishes in 50th.

51st — Grayson Murray (+10) 52nd — Eric Cole (+11) 53rd — Adam Hadwin, Neal Shipley (+12) 55th — Jake Knapp, Erik van Rooyen, Tony Finau (+13) 58th — Vijay Singh, Thorbjorn Olesen (+14) 60th — Tiger Woods (+16)

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Here’s how much money every player made at the 2024 Masters

Scottie Scheffler won a second green jacket — and a really big check.

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The 2024 Masters purse has increased significantly over the years.

Just three years ago, in 2021, the purse was set at $11.5 million. On year later, the 2022 Masters purse increased to $15 million. And last year, the 2023 Masters purse jumped yet again to a whopping total of $18 million.

And this year, the purse increased yet again , adding an additional $2 million to the pot reach an eye-popping total purse of $20 million , matching the payout at last year’s U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (The Players championship remains the richest purse in golf at a total of $25 million.)

This year’s Masters champion will surpass the payout received by 2023 champion, Jon Rahm, by an impressive $360,000, with a $3.6 million total payday. The runner-up will receive a cool $2.16 million, and third place will clear seven figures too, with a payout of $1.36 million.

Even the players who  missed the cut  (of which there were 29) receive a payout of $10,000 each — but that’s for the professionals only. So how much did the rest of the players in the field come away with this year? You can find a complete list of the 2024 Masters payouts for each player below.

How much money every player made at the 2024 Masters

Win: Scottie Scheffler, $3.6 million 2. Ludvig Aberg, $2.16 million T3. Collin Morikawa, $1,040,000 T3. Tommy Fleetwood, $1,040,000 T3. Max Homa, $1,040,000 T6. Cameron Smith, $695,000 T6. Bryson DeChambeau, $695,000 8. Xander Schauffele, $620,000 T9. Will Zalatoris, $540,000 T9. Tyrrell Hatton, $540,000 T9. Cameron Young, $540,000 T12. Patrick Reed, $405,000 T12. Matthieu Pavon, $405,000 T12. Adam Schenk, $405,000 T12. Cameron Davis, $405,000 T16. Sepp Straka, $310,000 T16. Chris Kirk, $310,000 T16. Byeong Hun An, $310,000 T16. Nicolai Hojgaard, $310,000 T20. Taylor Moore, $250,000 T20. Lucas Glover, $250,000 T22. Keegan Bradley, $175,500 T22. Min Woo Lee, $175,500 T22. Harris English, $175,500 T22. Adam Scott, $175,500 T22. Joaquin Niemann, $175,500 T22. Rory McIlroy, $175,500 T22. Matt Fitzpatrick, $175,500 T22. Patrick Cantlay, $175,500 T30. Tom Kim, $124,200 T30. Jason Day, $124,200 T30. Si Woo Kim, $124,200 T30. J.T. Poston, $124,200 T30. Rickie Fowler, $124,200 T35. Kurt Kitayama, $103,000 T35. Camilo Villegas, $103,000 T35. Akshay Bhatia, $103,000 T38. Russell Henley, $86,000 T38. Corey Conners, $86,000 T38. Luke List, $86,000 T38. Hideki Matsuyama, $86,000 T38. Ryan Fox, $86,000 T43. Phil Mickelson, $72,000 T43. Shane Lowry, $72,000 T45. Denny McCarthy, $57,200 T45. Jose Maria Olazabal, $57,200 T45. Sahith Theegala, $57,200 T45. Brooks Koepka, $57,200 T45. Jon Rahm, $57,200 T45. Danny Willett, $57,200 51. Grayson Murray, $49,200 52. Eric Cole, $48,000 T53. Adam Hadwin, $46,800 T53. Neal Shipley (a), $0 T55. Jake Knapp, $44,400 T55. Erik van Rooyen, $44,400 T55. Tony Finau, $44,400 T58. Vijay Singh, $41,400 T58. Thorbjorn Olesen, $41,400 60. Tiger Woods, $39,600

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Masters 2024 prize money: From Scottie Scheffler to Tiger Woods, what they earned

Scottie Scheffler won the Masters Tournament for the second time on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club.

In doing so, he not only reclaimed the green jacket, he earned another $3.6 million. That puts him over $15 million in official earnings this season.

Scheffler continues his march up the PGA Tour career earnings list, moving to 10th all-time with $57.6 million. Tiger Woods, who made $39,600 after finishing last among those who made the cut, is first with $120,994,366.

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How much do caddies make at the Masters? Here's how their pay at the PGA tournament works.

By Khristopher J. Brooks

Edited By Anne Marie Lee

Updated on: April 11, 2024 / 3:54 PM EDT / CBS News

Being a caddie at the Masters is an entirely different experience than doing the job anywhere else — just ask Ken Martin.

"Caddies are treated really great at Augusta," said Martin, who caddied for Scottish golfer Sandy Lyle at the major tournament last year. "We had our own locker room. They feed us just wonderful food — the best food I've ever had really. But it's a long week. You have to be fit to get around that hilly course."

Some of the biggest names in professional golf, including Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, will converge on the famously hilly course Thursday to compete in the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. Golfers are playing for a multimillion dollar cash prize and the chance to don the coveted green jacket for a year.

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Much of this year's attention will be on the cash prize the winning golfer will receive at this year's tournament. The purse for the 2023 Masters totaled $18 million, which was $3 million more than the purse the year before — the largest year-over-year increase in tournament history. Of that total, 2023 winner Jon Rahm took home $3.24 million .

But players aren't the only ones in line for a big payout. The winner's caddie can easily go home with a six-figure paycheck after four days of work. But snagging the four-day gig is the culmination of years spent working one-on-one with the same professional golfer, Martin said. 

Caddies develop a strong friendship with a golfer long before it's time for an elite competition like the Masters, Martin said. Fans seated in the stands, as well those watching at home, can only see the caddie handing the player a club, but in reality, there's a constant back-and-forth communication taking place between golfer and caddie during commercial breaks and while the two are walking to the next hole, he explained. Martin, who played professionally from 1982 to 2015, now teaches the sport at Keiser University in Florida. 

Aside from carrying the heavy bag, the caddie also provides input on which club to use, as well as swing technique, Martin said. That's because most caddies working PGA Tour games  are former professional players with a wealth of knowledge on the game. 

But technique is only a small part of the exchange, he added. With a strong camaraderie forged over the years, it's very likely the two spend most of time chatting like old friends, he said. 

"It's boring to talk about only golf for four to six hours," Martin said. "You're out there for a long time together so the friendship part of it plays a larger role." 

How much do caddies make at the Masters?

Caddies like Martin earn a salary from two sources during the Masters. One part is a weekly wage between $2,000 and $4,000 depending on the caddie's experience, the Association of Professional Caddies and the Caddies Network told CBS MoneyWatch. The weekly wage helps caddies recoup financially because they're required to pay their own travel to Georgia, along with hotel and food while working the tournament. 

Caddies also get a percentage of whatever their player earns after the tournament ends. The caddie of the Master's winner will get 10% of the prize money. For context, Jon Rahm won the Masters' last year and got $3.24 million. 

The caddie for the runner up at the Masters will get 7% of that player's prize winnings; every caddie after that will get 5%. 

Caddies Network CEO John von Stade told CBS MoneyWatch there are rare occasions when a caddie has a private contract with the player, in which case that person's salary will not follow the traditional setup. 

Over the past five years, caddie have seen some positive changes. PGA Tour officials have increased caddies' weekly wages and players' prize money has also climbed — potentially giving caddies a chance to bring home six figures after a tournament.

"But what hasn't changed is, if your player doesn't make the cut, there is no other source of money other than the weekly fee," von Stade said. 

Khristopher J. Brooks is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. He previously worked as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, Newsday and the Florida Times-Union. His reporting primarily focuses on the U.S. housing market, the business of sports and bankruptcy.

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Masters payout, purse: What to know as prize money hits all-time high at Augusta National

Golf is unique in that the best in the world aren't guaranteed big pay days simply by showing up, instead earning large sums of prize money based on placement in tournaments.

It's all based on score. And the lower the score, the higher the bankroll.

With the prestigious Masters tournament underway at Augusta National Golf Club, there will be eyes on who takes home the most prize money on when the four-round tournament concludes Sunday .

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While putting the green jacket earned from winning the tournament is alone worth it for many golfers, the money is significant.

Here's the purse and payout for the 2024 Masters:

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Masters prize money 2024: Payout, purse

The Masters purse was announced Saturday morning, with an increase to $20 million for the total payout in 2024.

That's an increase of $2 million from 2023.

Masters winner payout

Jon Rahm, who won the 2023 Masters, was awarded $3.24 million for winning the tournament a year ago.

This year's champion will take home $3.6 million, along with the title of Masters champion, and be able to take their green jacket outside Augusta National Golf Club for the year.

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Masters prize money for top 10

Here's the full prize breakdown from the top-10 Masters finishers, as well as the top 50. Anyone past 50th place will receive a prize downward from $49,200, depending on their final placement.:

1st place: $3.6 million

2nd: $2.16 million

3rd: $1.36 million

4th: $960,000

5th: $800,000

6th: $720,000

7th $670,000

8th $620,000

9th $580,000

10th $540,000

11th $500,000

12th $460,000

13th $420,000

14th $380,000

15th $360,000

16th $340,000

17th $320,000

18th $300,000

19th $280,000

20th $260,000

21st $240,000

22nd $224,000

23rd $208,000

24th $192,000

25th $176,000

26th $160,000

27th $154,000

28th $148,000

29th $142,000

30th $136,000

31st $130,000

32nd $124,000

33rd $118,000

34th $113,000

35th $108,000

36th $103,000

37th $98,000

38th $94,000

39th $90,000

40th $86,000

41st $82,000

42nd $78,000

43rd $74,000

44th $70,000

45th $66,000

46th $62,000

47th $58,000

48th $54,800

49th $52,000

50th $50,400

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas —  The Chevron Championship is kicking off the 2024 LPGA Tour major season this week as the world’s best players take on The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. All of the top 10 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings are set to tee it up, as are all five of this season’s tournament champions, including world No. 1 and 12-time LPGA Tour winner Nelly Korda, who is working to collect her fifth straight LPGA Tour title in the year’s first major. Eleven past champions will also compete, most notably 2023 Chevron Championship winner Lilia Vu and Republic of Korea native So Yeon Ryu, and 12 LPGA Tour rookies are playing in their first major as LPGA Tour members, including Epson Tour graduates Isabella Fierro, Auston Kim and Gabriela Ruffels. A $7.9 million purse is up for grabs, as are 650 Race to the CME Globe points, 150 more than a regular-season LPGA Tour tournament, a worthy prize for whatever deserving champion emerges at this week’s major.

Take a look at just a few of the featured groups at the 2024 Chevron Championship, using  KPMG Performance Insights :

Thursday, 8:10 a.m.* – Jin Young Ko/Patty Tavatanakit/So Yeon Ryu

Jin Young Ko won the 2019 edition of The Chevron Championship and is looking for her first major title since winning The Amundi Evian Championship in July of that same year. In addition to that victory, she has recorded two additional top-10 finishes in this event, tying for seventh in 2021 and tying for ninth last year at The Club at Carlton Woods after posting rounds of 72-71-70-68 on the challenging layout. This week is Ko’s third start of the 2024 season, and in her previous two tournaments this year, she finished in a tie for 20th at the Honda LPGA Thailand and a tie for eighth in her title defense at the HSBC Women’s World Championship. Despite her lack of starts in 2024 and even though she’s only won two majors since joining the Tour in 2018, Ko is a player who loves the big stage of a major championship. Her 70.68 scoring average is ranked second of all players with 30 or more rounds at the majors in the last five years, according to KPMG Performance Insights. So, pay close attention to Ko this week as she’s bound to record a few numbers deep in the red at this challenging venue in The Woodlands, Texas.

Patty Tavatanakit won The Chevron Championship in 2021 as a rookie, and until she captured this year’s Honda LPGA Thailand title in her home country, that major was her lone victory on the LPGA Tour. In addition to her win in February, the 24-year-old UCLA alum has collected one other top-10 finish this season, tying for eighth at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, and one other top-25 result, tying for 22nd just down the road from her alma mater, UCLA, at the FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship. Statistically, Tavatanakit is ranked inside the top 10 on the LPGA Tour in several notable categories, including strokes gained around the green (3, +0.67), strokes gained tee to green (5, +1.50), strokes gained driving (5, +0.82) and strokes gained total (7, +1.68). She’s also eighth in scoring average and ninth in birdie-or-better percentage. She finished in a tie for 41st in this event in 2023, but considering the strength of her recent form, don’t count out Tavatanakit as a contender in Houston.

So Yeon Ryu took home her second career major title at the 2017 Chevron Championship, winning in a playoff over Lexi Thompson at Mission Hills Country Club, and will now play for the last time on the LPGA Tour at the storied event in The Woodlands, Texas. She hasn’t competed on the LPGA Tour since the 2023 BMW Ladies Championship in the Republic of Korea last October, ultimately finishing in a tie for 28th, and after struggling a bit last season, the former Rolex Rankings No. 1 knew that she’d wrap up her playing career fairly quickly in 2024. While the moment is a bittersweet one, the 34-year-old is more than ready to walk the fairways of the Tour she’s called home over the last 13 years for the final time this week at The Club at Carlton Woods as she bids farewell to her fans and friends at the 2024 Chevron Championship.

Thursday, 12:59 p.m.* – Celine Boutier/Allisen Corpuz/Ruoning Yin

This week marks Celine Boutier’s seventh start in The Chevron Championship, and the Frenchwoman finished in a tie for 14th last year in the tournament’s debut at The Club at Carlton Woods. It was her second-best finish in the major championship, only behind a tie for fourth that came in 2022 at Mission Hills Country Club, and it’s a performance that she’ll be working to build upon this week just outside of Houston, Texas. The Chevron Championship is her seventh event of the 2024 LPGA Tour season, and while she has yet to miss any cuts, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster for the 29-year-old, who began the year looking for more of what she found in her four-win season in 2023. She tied for 16th and tied for 49th in her first two tournaments of the year and then finished solo second at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, tying for 12th the next week at the Blue Bay LPGA. But Boutier wasn’t able to hang on to that momentum, finishing T35 and T47 at the Ford Championship presented by KCC and T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards, respectively, ahead of this week at The Chevron Championship. However, she’s still very much in form, on paper ranking in the top 20 in strokes gained tee to green per round (18, +1.08), strokes gained approach per round (18, +0.81) and strokes gained around the green per round (20, +0.39), according to KPMG Performance Insights. The Rolex Rankings No. 3 is also 11th in birdies (94), 14th in putts per green in regulation (1.74) and 22nd in strokes gained total (+1.08). 

Allisen Corpuz slept on the 54-hole co-lead at last year’s Chevron Championship, sitting in a tie for first with Angel Yin after posting back-to-back 67s in the second and third rounds at The Club at Carlton Woods. While she ultimately faded to a tie for fourth on Sunday, it set the University of Southern California alum up for even more major success later in the 2023 season. Just a couple of months after playing well in The Woodlands, Texas, Corpuz became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, winning by three shots over Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin and becoming the first woman to win a professional event at the venue. And it wasn’t just in those two majors that the Hawaii native showed her mettle. According to KPMG Performance Insights, Corpuz gained the most strokes per round in major championships in 2023, picking up 2.6 shots on the field with her performances in those five tournaments. Her ball striking can be credited with that major success as she ranked first in strokes gained ball striking (+1.79), third in strokes gained approach (1.41) and fifth in greens in regulation (71.1%) per round in majors last year, making Corpuz a player to keep an eye on at this week’s Chevron Championship.

Like her groupmates, Ruoning Yin won her first major title in 2023, victoriously emerging from a crowded leaderboard at Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course to capture the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, her second Tour title in just under three months. That performance is something she’ll hope to copy and paste as she readies herself for this week’s Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods, an event in which Yin recorded a ho-hum T41 finish last year, a benchmark she’s excited to better in 2024. The key to that improvement will be her performance with the flat stick as Yin lost two-tenths of a stroke to the field with her putting in the major championships in 2023, a devastating statistical blow considering she gained over a stroke with her ball striking in those five events last season. This is Yin’s second start in The Chevron Championship and is her eighth event of the 2024 LPGA Tour season, a year that’s seen a ton of consistency from the 21-year-old as she has recorded five T26 or better results thus far, the best of which is a tie for eighth at the FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship.

Thursday, 1:10 p.m.* – Nelly Korda/Minjee Lee/Lilia Vu

Nelly Korda will be working to pick up her fifth straight victory this week at The Chevron Championship having won in her last four starts on the LPGA Tour. After finishing T16 at the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, Korda collected her ninth Tour title at the LPGA Drive On Championship at Bradenton Country Club, defeating Lydia Ko in a two-hole playoff to win in her hometown of Bradenton, Fla. She took a seven-week break right after and then continued her winning ways with another playoff victory at the FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship, this time beating Ryann O’Toole in extra holes at Palos Verdes Golf Club to reach double-digit victories on the LPGA Tour. Korda won again the next week at the Ford Championship presented by KCC in regulation with a four-day total of 20-under, backing that up with another victory at the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards the very next week, one that saw her beat Leona Maguire 4 and 3 in the championship match at Shadow Creek. Korda is the first player since Annika Sorenstam in 2005 to enter a major championship off four straight victories, according to KPMG Performance Insights, and her recent strength of play can be attributed to her impeccable ball striking this season. She is currently ranked first in strokes gained tee to green on the LPGA Tour, picking up 2.19 shots on the field with her long game, a nearly nine-tenths of a stroke improvement from last year. Korda also leads the Tour in strokes gained total (+2.76), percentage of rounds in the 60s and par-4 scoring, and will be looking to use that combination of statistics to become the first American to win five tournaments in a row since Nancy Lopez in 1978. Her chances seem quite good as Korda has finished in the top five at The Chevron Championship in her last three appearances, tying for second in 2020, tying for third in 2021 and finishing solo third last year at The Club at Carlton Woods.

After collecting two victories in her last four starts of the 2023 season, Minjee Lee has gotten off to a quiet start thus far in 2024. She has earned just two top-15 results in four tournaments this season, tying for fourth at the Blue Bay LPGA and then tying for 15th at the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards. But statistically, the Australian is in form, currently ranking in the top 20 in both strokes gained total (20, +1.11) and strokes gained approach (2, +1.43), according to KPMG Performance Insights. Lee has 10 LPGA Tour victories to her credit, two of which are major championships, as she won The Amundi Evian Championship in 2021 and the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in 2022. This week marks her 11th career start in The Chevron Championship and her 10th since becoming an LPGA Tour member in 2015. She has earned three top-12 finishes in this event, tying for third in 2017, tying for seventh in 2020 and finishing 12th in 2022, all at the old tournament venue, Mission Hills Country Club. Lee tied for 41st at The Club at Carlton Woods last season, carding rounds of 70-75-77-69, a performance she’ll definitely be working to improve upon this year as she tries to chase down a third major victory.

Lilia Vu became a first-time major winner at the 2023 Chevron Championship after defeating Angel Yin in a playoff at The Club at Carlton Woods and is looking to successfully defend a title for the first time in her LPGA Tour career this week in The Woodlands, Texas. It’s been a mixed bag of results for the 26-year-old so far in 2024, as she has earned two top-20 finishes at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (18) and the Honda LPGA Thailand (T7) and then had two withdrawals at the HSBC Women's World Championship and Blue Bay LPGA during the LPGA Tour’s spring Asian swing. According to KPMG Performance Insights, Vu was in much better form entering The Chevron Championship last season than she is this season – she was fifth in strokes gained total in 2023 compared to 28th in the same metric in 2024 – but the California native isn’t too worried about what her game looks like on paper. She’s instead trying to treat this week like just any other tournament and is hoping to keep expectations low as she works to recreate the magic she found in 2023 in her second title defense of the 2024 season.

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Tune in to watch as the LPGA Tour tees it up for their first major championship of the 2024 season.  The Club at Carlton Woods plays host to The Chevron Championship. The 132-player field, highlighted by 10 of the top 10 in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings, will compete for a $7.9 million purse.