AUGUSTA, Ga. — In the end, Rory McIlroy has lastly received at Augusta Nationwide.
McIlroy survived a chaotic end and beat out Justin Rose in a playoff to seize his first profession win on the Masters and full the profession grand slam. His closing putt despatched him into an emotional whirlwind on the inexperienced after he tapped in a 4-foot putt for the win.
That ended his main championship drought that stretched again to 2014 and gave him his first profession inexperienced jacket. He’s additionally now simply the sixth golfer in historical past, and the primary since Tiger Woods, to win the profession grand slam.
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Whereas that is possible far much less necessary to McIlroy, contemplating what the win means for his profession, McIlroy can be strolling away from Augusta Nationwide with a $4.2 million test. That’s a part of a report $21 million purse this week.
The Masters supplied a $20 million purse final 12 months, which set a report for the occasion and matched a lot of the different prime occasions on the PGA Tour’s schedule. Scottie Scheffler then earned a $3.6 million test for his win at Augusta Nationwide final April. Solely The Gamers Championship, at $25 million, topped the Masters’ purse. That occasion supplied the identical purse this 12 months, which despatched McIlroy residence with a $4.5 million test after his playoff win at TPC Sawgrass.
By comparability, the U.S. Open set the report final season among the many 4 main championships with its $21.5 million purse at Pinehurst. The PGA Championship supplied an $18.5 million purse, and the British Open had $17.5 million up for grabs. All 4 main championships supplied report purses at their respective occasions, and can possible comply with go well with this 12 months.
McIlroy, regardless of making two double bogeys on the day and almost freely giving a large lead on the again 9, edged out Rose within the playoff to flee with the win. McIlroy is now the primary individual to have two double bogeys in his closing spherical and nonetheless win the Masters within the match’s historical past. Rose, who led for a lot of the week, fought again to complete alone in second at 11-under. He is now misplaced in a playoff twice on the Masters in his profession. Bryson DeChambeau, who was within the closing pairing with McIlroy, stumbled and completed fiveshots again.
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Right here’s a have a look at how a lot McIlroy and the remainder of the sphere earned this week at Augusta Nationwide.
The Masters 2025 payouts
1. Rory McIlroy — $4.2 million
2. Justin Rose — $2.268 million
3. Patrick Reed — $1.428 million
4. Scottie Scheffler — $1.008 million
T5. Bryson DeChambeau, Sungjae Im — $798,000
7. Ludvig Åberg — $703,500
T8. Xander Schauffele, Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Corey Conners — $588,000
T12. Harris English, Max Homa $462,000
T14. Bubba Watson, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt McCarty, Tom Hoge, Collin Morikawa — $336,000
T21. Hideki Matsuyama, Davis Riley, Tommy Fleetwood, Daniel Berger, Ben An, Viktor Hovland — $210,000
T27. Aaron Rai, Michael Kim — $158,550
T29. Sahith Theegala, Denny McCarthy, Joaquin Niemann — $142,800
T32. Brian Campbell, Maverick McNealy, Rasmus Højgaard, Max Greyserman, — $121,537
T36. Justin Thomas, Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay, Charl Schwartzel — $101,062
T40. Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Taylor $88,200
T42. Akshay Bhatia, Danny Willett, J.T. Poston, Shane Lowry — $75,600
T46. Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Davis Thompson — $60,900
49. Min Woo Lee — $54,600
50. J.J. Spaun — $52,920
51. Nico Echavarria — $51,660
T52. Stephan Jaeger, Tom Kim — $49,980
Those that didn’t make the minimize will obtain $25,000 every. The 5 amateurs within the area, who all missed the minimize, should not eligible for that prize.
