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Masters winner's money went from $1,500 in 1934 to $3.6 million in 2024

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First -place prize money at the Masters has increased more than 226,000 percent since it first started in 1934 until last year .

Horton Smith won the what was then called the Augusta National Invitation Tournament , he was awarded a prize of $ 1,500 .

Scottie Scheffler won his second Masters Tournament in 2024 , he earned $ 3,600,000 .

In all, the top prize has increased 53 of those 88 years of the tournament.

$ 3,600,000 Scottie Scheffler Masters first -place prize money year-by-year, 1934 to 2024 .

$ 1,980,000 in 2018 : $ 1.980k in 2017 .

$ 2,700k in 2021 : $ 2.070k in 2020 , $ 2k in 2019 , $ 1k in 2022 , $ 3k in 20 years .

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