We’ve reached the final round of the 2021 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Below is everything you need to know about the biggest regular-season purse and winner’s payout in PGA Tour history.
Players Championship final round preview
Bryson DeChambeau and Lee Westwood are preparing to tangle in their second final-round pairing in as many weeks. Westwood, the 44-time professional winner with only two PGA Tour victories, enters Sunday with a two-stroke advantage and a boatload of confidence after sinking a long putt on No. 17 on Saturday evening. DeChambeau, on the other hand, is looking for his second victory in as many weeks after outlasting Westwood in the final round of last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Meanwhile, Justin Thomas and youngster Doug Ghim sit on the outside looking in. Thomas is looking for his first victory since last August fresh off a Saturday 64, but still trails Westwood by three strokes heading into the final 18 holes.
Further back, Jon Rahm and Paul Casey each find themselves needing big Sundays to vault into contention.
Below is the payout information, including winner’s share, for the Players Championship’s $15 million purse (the largest in PGA Tour regular-season history); you can catch the action all afternoon Sunday on NBC.
Players Championship payout information, winner’s share
1. $2,700,000
2. $1,635,000
3. $1,035,000
4. $735,000
5. $615,000
6. $543,750
7. $506,250
8. $468,750
9. $438,750
10. $408,750
11. $378,750
12. $348,750
13. $318,750
14. $288,750
15. $273,750
16. $258,750
17. $243,750
18. $228,750
19. $213,750
20. $198,750
21. $183,750
22. $168,750
23. $156,750
24. $144,750
25. $132,750
26. $120,750
27. $116,250
28. $111,750
29. $107,250
30. $102,750
31. $98,250
32. $93,750
33. $89,250
34. $85,500
35. $81,750
36. $78,000
37. $74,250
38. $71,250
39. $68,250
40. $65,250
41. $62,250
42. $59,250
43. $56,250
44. $53,250
45. $50,250
46. $47,250
47. $44,250
48. $41,850
49. $39,750
50. $38,550
51. $37,650
52. $36,750
53. $36,150
54. $35,550
55. $35,250
56. $34,950
57. $34,650
58. $34,350
59. $34,050
60. $33,750
61. $33,450
62. $33,150
63. $32,850
64. $32,550
65. $32,250
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