Masters increase bonus fund
The new financial milestone is three million USD higher than the 2022 tournament. Last year, Scottie Scheffler received $ 2.7 million when he won with -10 points. This year, the cup holder and the "Green Jacket" will take home $3.24 million. In the 1934 inaugural period, the champion received only $1,500 - this level applied throughout the following eight periods.
Total prize money at the Masters, Tiger Woods is currently the most with $ 9,588 million, from the 1997 championship to the 47th finish last year.
Besides the Masters, the major quartet also has the US Open, PGA Championship and The Open. Compared to the 2022 prize fund in the prestigious group, the US Open is at the top with 17.5 million USD, followed by the Masters with 15 million USD, while the remaining two majors are at 14 million USD.
This year, only Masters announced the prize fund due to the top of the calendar. PGA Championship 2023 will take place in May, US Open in June, The Open in July.
Masters this season is in the third round. Scheffler is still unlikely to defend the title when he reaches -3 after 12 holes, and the top of the table to -13 belongs to Brooks Koepka who has just passed six holes.
Next to Koepka are two teammates, including Jon Rahm -9 and 23-year-old amateur player Sam Bennett -6. With this situation, Bennett, a graduate student from Texas A&M University, has a chance to win while on a high momentum. The event is expected to close tomorrow morning, April 10, according to Hanoi time.
If Bennett is crowned, the championship of $3.24 million will go to the runner-up because the Organizing Committee does not reward amateur golfers. Through the tournament rules, they also blocked the ability of Bennett to declare pro before the final round to be able to receive money. And so, Augusta National does not apply the $ 1,000 bonus threshold under the rules of amateur status (amateur) in the general rules of golf.
The history of Masters since 1934 has never recorded an amateur crowned champion. In fact, there was a "near successful case", in the 1956 match, when Ken Venturi took the top of the group after the third round but ended up finishing second, just one stroke behind the cup holder Jack Burke Jr. That year, Burke received $6,000.
