The Players Championship is the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament, and it offers a purse appropriate for its stature.
The prize fund for this week’s event on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is $25 million, with the winner claiming $4.5 million.
Here’s a look at how the purse will be paid out (depending on how many players make the cut):
| FINISH | EARNINGS |
| 1 | $4,500,000.00 |
| 2 | $2,725,000.00 |
| 3 | $1,725,000.00 |
| 4 | $1,225,000.00 |
| 5 | $1,025,000.00 |
| 6 | $906,250.00 |
| 7 | $843,750.00 |
| 8 | $781,250.00 |
| 9 | $731,250.00 |
| 10 | $681,250.00 |
| 11 | $631,250.00 |
| 12 | $581,250.00 |
| 13 | $531,250.00 |
| 14 | $481,250.00 |
| 15 | $456,250.00 |
| 16 | $431,250.00 |
| 17 | $406,250.00 |
| 18 | $381,250.00 |
| 19 | $356,250.00 |
| 20 | $331,250.00 |
| 21 | $306,250.00 |
| 22 | $281,250.00 |
| 23 | $261,250.00 |
| 24 | $241,250.00 |
| 25 | $221,250.00 |
| 26 | $201,250.00 |
| 27 | $193,750.00 |
| 28 | $186,250.00 |
| 29 | $178,750.00 |
| 30 | $171,250.00 |
| 31 | $163,750.00 |
| 32 | $156,250.00 |
| 33 | $148,750.00 |
| 34 | $142,500.00 |
| 35 | $136,250.00 |
| 36 | $130,000.00 |
| 37 | $123,750.00 |
| 38 | $118,750.00 |
| 39 | $113,750.00 |
| 40 | $108,750.00 |
| 41 | $103,750.00 |
| 42 | $98,750.00 |
| 43 | $93,750.00 |
| 44 | $88,750.00 |
| 45 | $83,750.00 |
| 46 | $78,750.00 |
| 47 | $73,750.00 |
| 48 | $69,750.00 |
| 49 | $66,250.00 |
| 50 | $64,250.00 |
| 51 | $62,750.00 |
| 52 | $61,250.00 |
| 53 | $60,250.00 |
| 54 | $59,250.00 |
| 55 | $58,750.00 |
| 56 | $58,250.00 |
| 57 | $57,750.00 |
| 58 | $57,250.00 |
| 59 | $56,750.00 |
| 60 | $56,250.00 |
| 61 | $55,750.00 |
| 62 | $55,250.00 |
| 63 | $54,750.00 |
| 64 | $54,250.00 |
| 65 | $53,750.00 |
