THE PLAYERS Championship purse: Payout by player, finishing position

Breaking down THE PLAYERS Championship payout this week at TPC Sawgrass with the massive purse and prize money for the golfers.

There’s a reason that virtually every top golfer in the world has no problem playing at THE PLAYERS Championship. Sure, the event at TPC Sawgrass offers a ton of prestige, but it also offers an immense amount of money — the biggest purse on the PGA Tour, to be specific.

With a purse of $20 million and $3.6 million going to the winner as part of THE PLAYERS Championship payout, the richest event on the PGA Tour obviously always attracts great attention from both the players and fans.

The 2022 edition of the tournament, however, has been anything but normal. With Round 1 not even being completed until Saturday due to torrential rains and then wind wreaking havoc on the players and led to some big, big numbers. With all the money on the line this week, it was a whirlwind event.

That led to a Sunday finish with a ton of players in the mix, including some big names like Cameron Smith, Viktor Hovland and many more. But how will all this money be doled out? Let’s take a look at the payout by position at THE PLAYERS.

THE PLAYERS Championship payouts by finishing position

1. Cameron Smith – $3.6 million
2. Anirban Lahiri – $2.18 million
3. Paul Casey – $1.38 million
4. Kevin Kisner – $980,000
5. Keegan Bradley – $820,000
T6. Harold Varner III – $675,000
T6. Russell Knox – $675,000
T6. Doug Ghim – $675,000
T9. Sepp Straka – $525,000
T9. Adam Hadwin – $525,000
T9. Viktor Hovland – $525,000
T9. Dustin Johnson – $525,000
T13. Russell Henley – $327,222
T13. Keith Mitchell – $327,222
T13. Taylor Pendrith – $327,222
T13. Erik van Rooyen – $327,222
T13. Daniel Berger – $327,222
T13. Max Homa – $327,222
T13. Tyrell Hatton – $327,222
T13. Brendan Steele – $327,222
T13. Shane Lowry – $327,222
T22. Joaquin Niemann – $201,000
T22. Patton Kizzire – $201,000
T22. Tommy Fleetwood – $201,000
T22. Kevin Streelman – $201,000
T26. Sebastian Muñoz – $140,000
T26. Corey Conners – $140,000
T26. Doc Redman – $140,000
T26. Sergio Garcia – $140,000
T26. Alex Noren – $140,000
T26. Patrick Reed – $140,000
T26. Will Zalatoris – $140,000
T26. Sam Burns – $140,000
T34. Abraham Ancer – $97,750
T34. Ian Poulter – $97,750
T34. Justin Thomas – $97,750
T34. Seamus Power – $97,750
T34. Joel Dahmen – $97,750
T34. Pat Perez – $97,750
T34. Tom Hoge – $97,750
T34. Rory McIlroy – $97,750
T42. Kramer Hickok – $73,000
T42. Francesco Molinari – $73,000
T42. Scott Stallings – $73,000
T42. Louis Oosthuizen – $73,000
T46. Maverick McNealy – $57,700
T46. Troy Merritt – $57,700
T46. Adam Long – $57,700
T46. Peter Malnati – $57,700
T50. Brice Garnett – $50,200
T50. Dylan Frittelli – $50,200
T50. Aaron Wise – $50,200
T53. Jason Kokrak – $47,800
T53. Branden Grace – $47,800
T55. Jimmy Walker – $46,200
T55. Sungjae Im – $46,200
T55. Jon Rahm – $46,200
T55. Scottie Scheffler – $46,200
T55. K.H. Lee – $46,200
T60. Sam Ryder – $44,600
T60. Michael Thompson – $44,600
T60. Denny McCarthy – $44,600
T63. Hank Lebioda – $43,400
T63. Chesson Hadley – $43,400
T63. Brian Harman – $43,400
T66. Hayden Buckley – $42,400
T66. Nick Watney – $42,400
T68. Lucas Herbert – $41,600
T68. Bubba Watson – $41,600
70. Lee Hodges – $41,000

Whenever the last place to make the cut is making north of $40K and the first three finishing positions all pay out over $1 million, you know that there is massive money on the line.

Throw in the fact that these players have to face the island 17th green and a tough test on the 18th hole to secure the bag at TPC Sawgrass, it’s no wonder that THE PLAYERS Championship is consistently one of the best tournaments of the year.

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