The winner of this week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, is going to walk away $4.5 million richer.
That’s the largest first-place prize in PGA Tour history and the $25 million purse is also the largest. Those numbers are up from $3.6 million and $20 million in 2022.
In what has been one of the highest-paying events in professional golf, it’s taking another big step this week.
A fifth-place finish at TPC Sawgrass will net players more than $1 million. The player who finishes 10th? How about $681,250, which is more than Nico Echavarria earned after winning the Puerto Rico Open last week in the opposite-field event.
So how much money is up for grabs this week? Take a look.
Players Championship: Best bets | Thursday tee times
Position
Earnings
1
$4,500,000
2
$2,725,000
3
$1,725,000
4
$1,225,000
5
$1,025,000
6
$906,250
7
$843,750
8
$781,250
9
$731,250
10
$681,250
11
$631,250
12
$581,250
13
$531,250
14
$481,250
15
$456,250
16
$431,250
17
$406,250
18
$381,250
19
$356,250
20
$331,250
21
$306,250
22
$281,250
23
$261,250
24
$241,250
25
$221,250
26
$201,250
27
$193,750
28
$186,250
29
$178,750
30
$171,250
31
$163,750
32
$156,250
33
$148,750
34
$142,500
35
$136,250
36
$130,000
37
$123,750
38
$118,750
39
$113,750
40
$108,750
41
$103,750
42
$98,750
43
$93,750
44
$88,750
45
$83,750
46
$78,750
47
$73,750
48
$69,750
49
$66,250
50
$64,250
51
$62,750
52
$61,250
53
$60,250
54
$59,250
55
$58,750
56
$58,250
57
$57,750
58
$57,250
59
$56,750
60
$56,250
61
$55,750
62
$55,250
63
$54,750
64
$54,250
65
$53,750
66
$53,250
67
$52,750
68
$52,250
69
$51,750
70
$51,250
71
$50,750
72
$50,250
73
$49,750
74
$49,250
75
$48,750
76
$48,250
77
$47,750
78
$47,250
79
$46,750
80
$46,250
81
$45,750
82
$45,250
83
$44,750
84
$44,250
85
$43,750
86
$43,250
87
$42,750
88
$42,250
89
$41,750
90
$41,250