Last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill offered an eye-catching purse of $20m, but for the PGA Tour's flagship event, The Players Championship, there was an even greater sum on offer, $25m.
An engrossing Sunday, which had a sizeable delay due to electrical storms, finished with Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun needing to return to TPC Sawgrass on Monday for a three-hole aggregate playoff to settle the title.
Returning at 9am local time (ET), McIlroy managed to get the upper hand at the par 5 16th, as he birdied and Spaun parred. What's more, after McIlroy found the short grass safely at the island green 17th, Spaun then airmailed the green into the water.
Although McIlroy three-putted for bogey, Spaun triple bogeyed and trailed by three going down the 18th. Playing into the cold wind, both bogeyed the last as McIlroy claimed a second Players Championship and a 28th PGA Tour title.
McIlroy will receive 18% of the purse to give him a windfall of $4.5m - the same amount Scottie Scheffler won in each of the previous two editions for his back-to-back victories.
The figure is also $500,000 more than the winner of a single LIV Golf event earns, even though the 54-hole league offers the same total prize purse.
While McIlroy claimed one of the biggest payouts in the game, Spaun will have the considerable consolation of $2.75m in prize money.
Below is the full list of prize money payouts for those who made the cut at The Players Championship.
The Players Championship Prize Money Payout
Prize Money | Player | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
1st | Rory McIlroy | $4,500,000 |
2nd | J.J Spaun | $2,725,000 |
T3 | Tom Hoge | $1,325,000 |
T3 | Akshay Bhatia | $1,325,000 |
T3 | Lucas Glover | $1,325,000 |
T6 | Danny Walker | $875,000 |
T6 | Corey Conners | $875,000 |
T6 | Bud Cauley | $875,000 |
9th | Robert MacIntyre | $731,250 |
T10 | Collin Morikawa | $656,250 |
T10 | Davis Thompson | $656,250 |
T12 | Jake Knapp | $556,250 |
T12 | Patrick Cantlay | $556,250 |
T14 | Aaron Rai | $418,750 |
T14 | Tommy Fleetwood | $418,750 |
T14 | Denny McCarthy | $418,750 |
T14 | Sam Ryder | $418,750 |
T14 | Sepp Straka | $418,750 |
T14 | Alex Smalley | $418,750 |
T20 | Keegan Bradley | $240,250 |
T20 | Ryan Fox | $240,250 |
T20 | Joe Highsmith | $240,250 |
T20 | Matt McCarty | $240,250 |
T20 | Daniel Berger | $240,250 |
T20 | Shane Lowry | $240,250 |
T20 | Scottie Scheffler | $240,250 |
T20 | Min Woo Lee | $240,250 |
T20 | Max McGreevy | $240,250 |
T20 | Stephan Jaeger | $240,250 |
T30 | Harris English | $163,750 |
T30 | Russell Henley | $163,750 |
T30 | Will Zalatoris | $163,750 |
T33 | Justin Thomas | $136,250 |
T33 | Taylor Moore | $136,250 |
T33 | J.T. Poston | $136,250 |
T33 | Rico Hoey | $136,250 |
T33 | Kurt Kitayama | $136,250 |
T38 | Davis Riley | $111,250 |
T38 | Justin Lower | $111,250 |
T38 | Taylor Pendrith | $111,250 |
T38 | Si Woo Kim | $111,250 |
T42 | Jesper Svensson | $81,687 |
T42 | Mac Meissner | $81,687 |
T42 | Matt Kuchar | $81,687 |
T42 | Billy Horschel | $81,687 |
T42 | Tom Kim | $81,687 |
T42 | Hayden Springer | $81,687 |
T42 | Chris Kirk | $81,687 |
T42 | Ryan Gerard | $81,687 |
T50 | Jacob Bridgeman | $63,500 |
T50 | Beau Hossler | $63,500 |
T52 | Sahoth Theegala | $60,750 |
T52 | Byeong Hun An | $60,750 |
T54 | Joel Dahmen | $58,250 |
T54 | Camilo Villegas | $58,250 |
T54 | Metthieu Pavon | $58,250 |
T54 | Carson Young | $58,250 |
T54 | Charley Hoffman | $58,250 |
59th | Jordan Spieth | $56,750 |
60th | Jhonattan Vegas | $56,250 |
T61 | Austin Eckroat | $54,500 |
T61 | Will Chandler | $54,500 |
T61 | Chandler Phillips | $54,500 |
T61 | Sungjae Im | $54,500 |
T61 | Trey Mullinax | $54,500 |
T61 | Cameron Young | $54,500 |
67th | Emiliano Grillo | $52,750 |
68th | Isaiah Salinda | $52,250 |
T69 | C.T. Pan | $51,500 |
T69 | Sami Valimaki | $51,500 |
71st | Rickie Fowler | $50,750 |
72nd | Xander Schauffele | $50,250 |
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