The 2026 Masters was once again won by defending champion Rory McIlroy as he took home his second straight green jacket and some big prize money for his performance at Augusta National Golf Club.

The prize money is one of many perks to being a Masters champion, along with getting a lifetime membership to Augusta.

McIlroy took home $4.5 million for his efforts last weekend, a pretty nice chunk of change for a weekend’s worth of golf.

The players who made the cut split a pot worth $22.5 million; below is the prize winnings for every golfer who finished in the top 50, including ties.

1st — $4,500,000 — McIlroy
2nd — $2,430,000 — Scottie Scheffler
3rd — $1,530,000 — Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Cameron Young ($1,080,000 each)
4th — $1,080,000
5th — $900,000
6th — $810,000
7th — $753,750 — Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns ($725,625 each)
8th — $697,500
9th — $652,500 — Max Homa, Xander Schauffele ($630,000 each)
10th — $607,500 
11th — $562,500 — Jake Knapp
12th — $517,500 — Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day ($427,500 each)
13th — $472,500
14th — $427,500
15th — $405,000
16th — $382,500
17th — $360,000
18th — $337,500 — Maverick McNealy, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick ($315,000 each)
19th — $315,000
20th — $292,500
21st — $270,000 — Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg, Keegan Bradley ($252,000 each)
22nd — $252,000
23rd — $234,000
24th — $216,000 — Chris Gotterup, Adam Scott, Sam Stevens, Brian Campbell, Matt McCarty, Michael Brennan ($182,250 each)
25th — $198,000
26th — $180,000
27th — $173,250
28th — $166,500
29th — $159,750
30th — $153,000 — Alex Noren, Harris English, Shane Lowry ($146,250 each)
31st — $146,250
32nd — $139,500
33rd — $132,750 — Tommy Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Brian Harman, Ben Griffin, Gary Woodland ($121,500 each)
34th — $127,125
35th — $121,500
36th — $115,875
37th — $110,250
38th — $105,750 — HaoTong Li, Ryan Gerard, Jon Rahm ($101,250 each)
39th — $101,250
40th — $96,750
41st — $92,250 — Justin Thomas, Kristoffer Reitan, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgeman ($83,250 each)
42nd — $87,750
43rd — $83,250
44th — $78,750
45th — $74,250
46th — $69,750 — Sungjae Im
47th — $65,250 — Si Woo Kim
48th — $61,650 — Aaron Rai
49th — $58,500 — Marco Penge, Corey Conners ($57,600 each)
50th — $56,700
51st — $55,350 — Kurt Kitayama
52nd — $54,000 — Sergio Garcia
53rd — $53,100 — Rasmus Hojgaard
54th — $52,200 — Charl Schwartzel

In a strange incident, a golf ball hit by Rory McIlroy landed on a woman’s lap.

When he teed off on the par three 13th hole, his shot went wayward and into the crowd. When McIlroy arrived to see where the shot had landed, it was quite an unusual place; a woman’s lap.

While the rest of the crowd moved away to give McIlroy space to shoot, the woman stayed put. She laughed as McIlroy approached and pretended to take his second shot before calling for a referee.

After the referee arrived on the scene and told the woman she could get up and join the rest of the crowd, he placed the ball right under the spot beneath her. 

McIlroy ended up making a bogey.

McIlroy, who has clinched a top spot in the DP tour world rankings shot 1-under 71 in the first round.

After Rory McIlory’s poor display at Portrush for the British Open, where he failed to display his usual magic in his native country, McIlory improved in the World Golf Championships event.

McIlory failed to win in Memphis however, with Brooks Koepka storming back to bulldoze McIlory’s lead and take home the cup.

Koepka was down one stroke Sunday in the final round with McIlory leading the group. The No. 1 rank in the world shot a 65 in the final round to conquer McIlory’s overall great performance. McIlory’s clear highlight was his Saturday appearance, where he shot a 62. He certainly improved from his disastrous 79 on the opening day in the British Open that Thursday. He opened the entire British Open with a quadruple-bogey.

“Rory didn’t play the way he wanted to today, but still it’s so much fun to watch him play,” Koepka said, according to ESPN.”You kind of get glued watching him hit balls. I mean, it’s mesmerizing watching him hit. You know, it’s always nice to squeak out a victory over probably the best player right now.”

McIlory has climbed the ranks himself, placing No. 3 in the world after a solid PGA season. He was short of conquering the No. 1 player however, who finished second in the Masters at Augusta back in April after losing to Tiger Woods. He then won a PGA Championship and finished second in the US Open at Pebble Beach, just shy of Gary Woodland. Koepka has been dominating the PGA season, winning four majors in his last 10.

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Tiger Woods finishes the second round of the British Open at Portrush, Northern Ireland summing up +6 after his Friday round. He will fail to qualify for the weekend championship, and has to call his time in the U.K. short after starting Thursday short of success. He finished -1 on Friday, but it wasn’t enough momentum to throw himself into the weekend tournament after a poor Thursday first round. Woods says in interviews that his body isn’t cooperating at 43-years-old.

“I’m just not moving as well as I’d like. And unfortunately, you’ve got to be able to move, and especially under these conditions, shape the golf ball. And I didn’t do it,” Woods said, according to FOX News. “I didn’t shape the golf ball at all. Everything was left-to-right. And wasn’t hitting very solidly.”

The three-time Open champion scored a 78 on the opening day in Northern Ireland, shooting 7-over. After his four back surgeries, it doesn’t seem to always comply on the golf course. He racked up a bogey on the fifth, double-bogey on the sixth, then another bogey on the seventh. After his 78 score to round off Thursday, he was placed seventh-to-last on the leaderboards, with favorite Rory McIlory just behind him at a score of 79 on Thursday. McIlory crumbled early on the first tee shot, obtaining a quadruple-bogey.

“Just Father Time and some procedures I’ve had over the time. Just the way it’s going to be,” Woods said, according to FOX News. “One of the reasons why I’m playing less tournaments this year is that I can hopefully prolong my career, and be out here for a little bit longer.”

Woods won the Masters back in the spring, but has failed to live up to his performance at August this year. His body is worn down, as he as only played 10 rounds of golf since his victory at the Masters.

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“I have to be realistic about my expectations and hopefully peaking at the right time,” Woods said, according to FOX News. “I peaked at Augusta well. And hopefully I can peak a few more times this year.”