How The Masters $10 Million Purse is Divided

(CBSSports) The Masters has a $10 million purse to be divided among the professional participants. Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Dustin Johnson are all in the top five heading into Sunday, but the kind of prize money listed below could change the world for someone like Smylie Kaufman, the LSU product making his first Masters appearance.

Here's how the Masters will distribute the $10 million purse.

Winner: $1.8 million
Runner-up: $1.08 million
3rd: $680,000
4th: $480,000
5th: $400,000
6th: $360,000
7th: $335,000
8th: $310,000
9th: $290,000
10th: $270,000
11th: $250,000
12th: $230,000
13th: $210,000
14th: $190,000
15th: $180,000
16th: $170,000
17th: $160,000
18th: $150,000
19th: $140,000
20th: $130,000
21st: $120,000
22nd: $112,000
23rd: $104,000
24th: $96,000
25th: $88,000
26th: $80,000
27th: $77,000
28th: $74,000
29th: $71,000
30th: $68,000
31st: $65,000
32nd: $62,000
33rd: $59,000
34th: $56,500
35th: $54,000
36th: $51,500
37th: $49,000
38th: $47,000
39th: $45,000
40th: $43,000
41st: $41,000
42nd: $39,000
43rd: $37,000
44th: $35,000
45th: $33,000
46th: $31,000
47th: $29,000
48th: $27,400
49th: $26,000
50th: $25,200

According to the Masters, the remainder of the professionals in the field will receive cash prizes "ranging downward from $24,600, depending on their scores."

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