From down a few hundred bucks. To up nearly a mill and a half. The weekend was healthy for Tom Hoge.
Golf is funny like that. To recap his Players Championship swing:
— On Thursday at TPC Sawgrass, Hoge shot a six-over 78. He double-bogeyed a third of his holes on his second nine. He booked a flight home.
— On Friday, he was better — four-under 68 — but he was around the cutline.
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— Play was suspended on Friday due to a storm. Hoge canceled the flight and booked another.
— On Saturday, Hoge watched the rest of the second round. Hoge made the cut on the number. He canceled the second flight.
— Hoge went hog wild. Starting on the back nine, he birdied 10 holes — 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9. He bogeyed no holes. He shot a Sawgrass-record 62.
— On Sunday, he shot two-over 70.
— He cashed for $1.475 million.
Easy!
You can find a complete list of the 2023 Players Championship payouts for each player below. In all, players were playing for a $25 million purse.
How much every player made at the 2023 Players Championship
1. Scottie Scheffler $4.5 millon
2. Tyrrell Hatton $2.725 million
T3. Viktor Hovland $1.475 million
Tom Hoge $1.475 million
5. Hideki Matsuyama $1.025 million
T6. Max Homa $736,607
Justin Suh $736,607
Justin Rose $736,607
David Lingmerth $736,607
Sungjae Im $736,607
Cam Davis $736,607
Min Woo Lee $736,607
T13. Collin Morikawa $447,916
Adam Svensson $447,916
Adam Hadwin $447,916
Rickie Fowler $447,916
Denny McCarthy $447,916
Christiaan Bezuidenhout $447,916
T19. Xander Schauffele $275,000
Russell Henley $275,000
Tony Finau $275,000
Brandon Wu $275,000
Jason Day $275,000
Patrick Cantlay $275,000
Jordan Spieth $275,000
Aaron Rai $275,000
T27. Eric Cole $167,656
Brendon Todd $167,656
Danny Willett $167,656
Ryan Fox $167,656
Wyndham Clark $167,656
Si Woo Kim $167,656
Chad Ramey $167,656
Tommy Fleetwood $167,656
T35. Shane Lowry $114,166
Keith Mitchell $114,166
Austin Smotherman $114,166
Sam Burns $114,166
Mark Hubbard $114,166
Ben An $114,166
Ben Griffin $114,166
Taylor Moore $114,166
Dylan Wu $114,166
T44. Chesson Hadley $75,035
Stephan Jaeger $75,035
Sam Ryder $75,035
Brian Harman $75,035
Kramer Hickok $75,035
Garrick Higgo $75,035
Taylor Montgomery $75,035
T51. Tom Kim $61,416
Lucas Glover $61,416
Cameron Young $61,416
T54. Ben Martin $58,000
Matthias Schwab $58,000
Jerry Kelly $58,000
Will Gordon $58,000
Gary Woodland $58,000
Tyler Duncan $58,000
T60. Justin Thomas $55,250
Joel Dahmen $55,250
Maverick McNealy $55,250
Nate Lashley $55,250
Francesco Molinari $55,250
T65. Sepp Straka $53,250
Patton Kizzire $53,250
Alex Smalley $53,250
68. Davis Thompson $52,250
T69. Scott Stallings $51,500
Taylor Pendrith $51,500
71. Adam Scott $50,750
72. Aaron Baddeley $50,250
73. Will Zalatoris $49,750
74. Sahith Theegala $49,250
75. Kevin Kisner $48,750