Akshay Bhatia registered a brilliant victory at the 2024 Valero Texas Open to punch his ticket to The Masters Tournament. He also earned 500 FedEx Cup ranking points and the lion's share of the $9,200,000 purse.Bhatia's paycheck for winning the 2024 Valero Texas Open was $1,656,000. The runner-up also received more than $1 million, while 22 other players earned more than $100,000 for their results.2024 Valero Texas Open prize money payoutBelow is the prize money payout for the Valero Texas Open:P1 Akshay Bhatia $1.656 millionP2 Denny McCarthy $1.0028 million3 Rory McIlroy $634,8004 Russell Henley $450,800T5 Adam Schenk $355,350T5 Brendon Todd $333,500T7 Hideki Matsuyama $289,033.34T7 Ben Martin $289,033.34T7 Tommy Fleetwood $289,033.34T10 Mac Meisner $223,100T10 Jordan Spieth $223,100T10 Matt Fitzpatrick $223,100T10 Peter Kuest $223,100T14 Adam Scott $131,601.82T14 Ludvig Aberg $131,601.82T14 Keith Mitchell $131,601.82T14 Sam Stevens $131,601.82T14 Andrew Putnam $131,601.82T14 S.H. Kim $131,601.82T14 Rico Hoey $131,601.82T14 Chan Kim $131,601.82T14 Tyson Alexander $131,601.82T14 Alex Noren $131,601.82T14 Thorbjorn Olesen $131,601.82T25 Justin Lower $67,735T25 Christiaan Bezuidenhout $67,735T25 Max Homa $67,735T25 Brian Harman $67,735T25 Lucas Glover $67,735T25 Mark Hubbard $67,735T25 Corey Conners $67,735T25 Nick Hardy $67,735T33 Alexander Bjork $49,066.67T33 Garrick Higgo $49,066.67T33 Chez Reavie $49,066.67T33 Kevin Chappell $49,066.67T33 Austin Eckroat $49,066.67T33 Robby Shelton $49,066.67T39 Nate Lashley $37,260T39 Ben Griffin $37,260T39 Stewart Cink $37,260T39 Bud Cauley $37,260T39 Aaron Baddeley $37,260T39 Kevin Yu $37,260T45 Davis Thompson $26,772T45 Kevin Streelman $26,772T45 Victor Perez $26,772T45 Ryan Moore $26,772T45 Webb Simpson $26,772T45 Vincent Norrman $26,772T51 C.T. Pan $21,988T51 Adam Svensson $21,988T51 Joe Highsmith $21,988T51 Lanto Griffin $21,988T51 Tyler Duncan $21,988T51 Martin Laird $21,988T51 J.J. Spaun $21,988T58 Josh Teater $20,148T58 Harry Hall $20,148T58 Andrew Novak $20,148T58 Bronson Burgoon $20,148T58 Parker Coody $20,148T58 Aaron Rai $20,148T58 Maverick McNealy $20,148T58 Carl Yuan $20,148T58 David Lipsky $20,148T58 Dylan Wu $20,148T58 Hayden Springer $20,148T69 Charley Hoffman $18,860T69 Vince Whaley $18,860T69 Matti Schmid $18,860T72 Kevin Kisner $18,400T72 Brandt Snedeker $18,40074 Pierceson Coody $18,124T75 Tom Whitney $17,756T75 Collin Morikawa $17,756T75 Nicolai Hojgaard $17,756T78 Ben Kohles $17,204T78 Beau Hossler $17,204T78 Ryo Hisatsune $17,20481 Ben Silverman $16,83682 Ryan McCormick $16,652The fourth round of the Valero Texas Open differed greatly from the previous three for Akshay Bhatia. The youngster arrived with a six-shot lead on the back nine. But Denny McCarthy birdied eight of the last nine holes, seven of them consecutively.With this, Denny McCarthy stood as the leader of the Valero Texas Open, forcing Bhatia to birdie the 72nd hole. But the youngster rose to the challenge and tied it up by holing an 11-foot putt to force a playoff.Bhatia quickly settled the sudden death by making a birdie on the first hole, while McCarthy could not match that score.Akshay Bhatia thus earned the final ticket to the Masters, as well as his second PGA Tour victory in less than a year. In addition, he qualifies for all Signature Events remaining in the season.