What is the payout for The Players Championship during the 2024 PGA Tour season? What will the top-10 players championship payout be? What will the winner at the famed TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, earn?
Scottie Scheffler earned $4.5 million by taking home the trophy last season. He’s in the field again and primed for a repeat performance just southeast of Jacksonville. The previous year saw Cameron Smith earn a “mere” $3.6 million by coming away with the victory.
As payouts and purses for the PGA Tour continue to increase, we thought it would be fun to look at The Players Championship and what this means in 2024.
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What is the payout for The Players Championship in 2024?
The total payout for this tournament is at $25 million with the winner earning $4.5 million. Surprisingly, it is unchanged from a season ago.
The Players Championship payouts will will likely net a golfer within the top-10 a total of $750,000 in the annual event. Meanwhile, finishing between 11th and 20th will net between $500,000 and $250,000. Even if you don’t win, it does pay to finish in the top-10. That’s for sure.
Payout for The Players Championship: A brief look at its history
The first Players Championship took place back in 1974 with Jack Nicklaus earning $50,000 for the win. The total payout was a mere $250,000. Adjusted for inflation, Nicklaus’ winnings would be $312,796 in 2024. The total purse would be $1.56 million.
If we fast forward to 1993, Nick Price earned $450,000 by winning at TPC Sawgrass ($2.82 million in 2024 dollars). The total purse was $2.5 million ($15.64 million). Let’s take a look at the past 10 years and what the payout for The Players Championship was each season.
- 2023: $25 million, $4.5 million
- 2022: $20 million, $3.6 million
- 2021: $15 million, $2.7 million
- 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19
- 2019: $12.5 million, $2.3 million
- 2018: $11 million, $1.98 million
- 2017: $10.5 million, $1.89 million
- 2016: $10.5 million, $1.89 million
- 2015: $10 million, $1.8 million
- 2014: $10 million, $1.8 million
The increase over the past decades has been pretty eye-opening. For comparison’s sake, the Masters Tournament saw Bubba Watson collect $1.62 million in 2014 compared to the $3.24 million Jon Rahm earned last season. The Players championship payout is among the highest growing in all of the PGA.
2023 Players Championship prize money
- Scottie Scheffler: $4.5 million
- Tyrrell Hatton: $2.7 million
- Tom Hoge: $1.48 million
- Viktor Hovland: $1.48 million
- Hideki Matsuyama: $1.03 million
- Max Homa: $736,000
- Sungjae Im: $736,000
- Min Woo Lee: $736,000
- David Lingmerth: $736,000
- Justin Rose: $736,000
Last season saw the payout for The Players Championship include Kevin Kisner. He finished in 75th place while collecting a check of $48,750. Not bad for someone who finished plus-11, right?
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Prize money payout for all 38 tournaments on 2024 PGA Tour
| Event | Payout | Winner purse |
| The Players Championship | $25 million | $4.5 million |
| Masters Tournament | TBD | TBD |
| PGA Championship | TBD | TBD |
| U.S. Open | TBD | TBD |
| Open Championship | TBD | TBD |
| Tour Championship | TBD | TBD |
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | $20 million | $4 million |
| BMW Championship | $20 million | $4 million |
| Genesis Invitational | $20 million | $4 million |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | $20 million | $4 million |
| The Memorial Tournament | $20 million | $4 million |
| The Sentry | $20 million | $3.6 million |
| AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | $20 million | $3.6 million |
| RBC Heritage | $20 million | $3.6 million |
| Wells Fargo Championship | $20 million | $3.6 million |
| Travelers Championship | $20 million | $3.6 million |
| CJ Cup Byron Nelson | $9.5 million | $1.7 million |
| RBC Canadian Open | $9.4 million | $1.7 million |
| Valero Texas Open | $9.2 million | $1.7 million |
| Rocket Mortgage Classic | $9.2 million | $1.7 million |
| Charles Schwab Challenge | $9.1 million | $1.6 million |
| Texas Children’s Houston Open | $9.1 million | $1.6 million |
| Farmers Insurance Open | $9 million | $1.6 million |
| Genesis Scottish Open | $9 million | $1.6 million |
| Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches | $9 million | $1.6 million |
| Zurich Classic of New Orleans | $8.9 million | $1.6 million |
| WM Phoenix Open | $8.8 million | $1.6 million |
| The American Express | $8.4 million | $1.5 million |
| Valspar Championship | $8.4 million | $1.5 million |
| John Deere Classic | $8.3 million | $1.5 million |
| Sony Open in Hawaii | $8.3 million | $1.5 million |
| 3M Open | $8.3 million | $1.5 million |
| Mexico Open at Vidanta | $8.1 million | $1.5 million |
| Wyndham Championship | $7.9 million | $1.4 million |
| Puerto Rico Open | $4 million | $720,000 |
| Corales Puntacana Championship | $4 million | $720,000 |
| Myrtle Beach Golf Classic | $4 million | $720,000 |
| Barracuda Championship | $4 million | $720,000 |