How much did Scottie Scheffler win at The Players Championship? Prize money payouts explored
The Players Championship came to an end on Sunday, with Scottie Scheffler lifting the trophy. The 26-year-old clinched his sixth PGA Tour win by finishing at 17 under after a 3-under 69 in the final round played at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Scheffler beat the likes of Tyrrell Hatton, Tom Hoge, and Viktor Hovland to take the Players Championship win on Sunday. With this, he earned the top prize of $4.5 million from the Tour’s flagship event. Furthermore, he also claimed back the World No. 1 ranking.
Meanwhile, runner-up Hatton fired a low final round to settle for $2.725 million as the solo second.
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Hoge and Hovland shared T3 and earned $1.475 million each for their finishes. Hideki Matsuyama, who finished fifth on the Players Championship field, also bagged seven figures at $1.025 million. Kevin Kisner finished last - 75, on the leaderboard. He returned home with $48,750.
Notably, tournament favorite Rory McIlroy failed to make the cut and returned without a paycheck from the event.
The Players Championship prize money
Here is the complete breakdown of the 2023 Players Championship payouts:
- 1: Scottie Scheffler - $4,500,000
- 2: Tyrrell Hatton - $2,725,000
- T3: Tom Hoge - $1,475,000
- T3: Viktor Hovland - $1,475,000
- 5: Hideki Matsuyama - $1,025,000
- T6: Max Homa - $736,607
- T6: Sungjae Im - $736,607
- T6: Min Woo Lee - $736,607
- T6: David Lingmerth - $736,607
- T6: Justin Rose - $736,607
- T6: Justin Suh - $736,607
- T6: Cameron Davis - $736,607
- T13: Christiaan Bezuidenhout - $447,917
- T13: Rickie Fowler - $447,917
- T13: Adam Hadwin - $447,917
- T13: Denny McCarthy - $447,917
- T13: Collin Morikawa - $447,917
- T13: Adam Svensson - $447,917
- T19: Patrick Cantlay - $275,000
- T19: Jason Day - $275,000
- T19: Tony Finau - $275,000
- T19: Russell Henley - $275,000
- T19: Aaron Rai - $275,000
- T19: Xander Schauffele - $275,000
- T19: Jordan Spieth - $275,000
- T19: Brandon Wu - $275,000
- T27: Wyndham Clark - $167,656
- T27: Eric Cole - $167,656
- T27: Tommy Fleetwood - $167,656
- T27: Ryan Fox - $167,656
- T27: Si Woo Kim - $167,656
- T27: Chad Ramey - $167,656
- T27: Brendon Todd - $167,656
- T27: Danny Willett - $167,656
- T35: Ben An - $114,167
- T35: Sam Burns - $114,167
- T35: Ben Griffin - $114,167
- T35: Mark Hubbard - $114,167
- T35: Shane Lowry - $114,167
- T35: Keith Mitchell - $114,167
- T35: Taylor Moore - $114,167
- T35: Austin Smotherman - $114,167
- T35: Dylan Wu - $114,167
- T44: Chesson Hadley - $75,036
- T44: Brian Harman - $75,036
- T44: Kramer Hickok - $75,036
- T44: Garrick Higgo - $75,036
- T44: Stephan Jaeger - $75,036
- T44: Taylor Montgomery - $75,036
- T44: Sam Ryder - $75,036
- T51: Lucas Glover - $61,417
- T51: Tom Kim - $61,417
- T51: Cameron Young - $61,417
- T54: Tyler Duncan - $58,000
- T54: Will Gordon - $58,000
- T54: Jerry Kelly - $58,000
- T54: Ben Martin - $58,000
- T54: Matthias Schwab - $58,000
- T54: Gary Woodland - $58,000
- T60: Joel Dahmen - $55,250
- T60: Nate Lashley - $55,250
- T60: Maverick McNealy - $55,250
- T60: Francesco Molinari - $55,250
- T60: Justin Thomas - $55,250
- T65: Patton Kizzire - $53,250
- T65: Alex Smalley - $53,250
- T65: Sepp Straka - $53,250
- 68: Davis Thompson - $52,250
- T69: Taylor Pendrith - $51,500
- T69: Scott Stallings - $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
After a successful Players Championship outing, the PGA Tour will now head to the Valspar Championship.