We’ve (finally) reached the final round of the 2022 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 primer
We’ve got a rare Monday finish in pro golf this week, and it comes at the PGA Tour’s flagship event — the Players Championship. With uncooperative weather blanketing TPC Sawgrass over the weekend, Tour officials were forced to move the Players finish to an extra day, and what a finish we have in store.
Massive Players Championship purse is biggest in golf history (by far)
While many of the game’s stars have all but disappeared this week, the stage is set for a Cinderella story at TPC Sawgrass. Of the 20 players within six shots of the lead early in the final round, just one (Keegan Bradley) has won a major championship.
Cameron Smith is currently the man everyone is chasing at the top of the leaderboard, but there is plenty of talent hot on his heels. Anirban Lahiri, Kevin Kisner, Viktor Hovland and Paul Casey are all within striking distance of Smith’s lead, and as we’ve seen in the past at Sawgrass, anything can happen.
Below is the payout information, including winner’s share, for the Players Championship’s $20 million purse (the largest in PGA Tour regular-season history); you can catch the action all afternoon on Monday on the Golf Channel and ESPN+.
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Players Championship payout information, winner’s share
1. $3,600,000
2. $2,180,000
3. $1,380,000
4. $980,000
5. $820,000
6. $725,000
7. $675,000
8. $625,000
9. $585,000
10. $545,000
11. $505,000
12. $465,000
13. $425,000
14. $385,000
15. $365,000
16. $345,000
17. $325,000
18. $305,000
19. $285,000
20. $265,000
21. $245,000
22. $225,000
23. $209,000
24. $193,000
25. $177,000
26. $161,000
27. $155,000
28. $149,000
29. $143,000
30. $137,000
31. $131,000
32. $125,000
33. $119,000
34. $114,000
35. $109,000
36. $104,000
37. $99,000
38. $95,000
39. $91,000
40. $87,000
41. $83,000
42. $79,000
43. $75,000
44. $71,000
45. $67,000
46. $63,000
47. $59,000
48. $55,800
49. $53,000
50. $51,400
51. $50,200
52. $49,000
53. $48,200
54. $47,400
55. $47,000
56. $46,600
57. $46,200
58. $45,800
59. $45,400
60. $45,000
61. $44,600
62. $44,200
63. $43,800
64. $43,400
65. $43,000
66. $42,600
67. $42,200
68. $41,800
69. $41,400
70. $41,000
71. $40,600