How much will the 2023 Players Championship winner get? Prize money explored

Modified Mar 07, 2023 08:36 GMT

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The 2023 Players Championship is set to tee off on Thursday, March 9. The PGA Tour's flagship event, held at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, will see some of the world's top golfers compete against each other.

The event, headlined by the likes of Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, and Rory McIlroy, among others, has a record-setting prize purse of $25 million. Following the PGA Tour’s prize distribution system, the winner of the Players Championship will receive a whopping $4.5 million. Meanwhile, the runner-up will settle for $2,725,000.

The event, which will feature a field of eight past champions and six FedEx Cup winners, will even see the solo fifth-place finisher earn over $1 million. From the 144-player field, the top 65 and ties making the cut will receive prize money. The golfer finishing last on the leaderboard will return home with $53,750. The TPC Sawgrass event will be one of the biggest on the PGA Tour schedule.

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2023 Players Championship prize money

Here is the complete prize money breakdown for the 2023 Players Championship:

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

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Apart from the prize money, The Players Championship winner will earn 80 Official World Golf Ranking points along with 600 FedEx Cup points. The champion will also enjoy perks, including a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour and an automatic inclusion into next year's Tournament of Champions.

The 2023 Players Championship will kickstart on Thursday. Viewers can watch the event from the opening round on the Golf Channel. The last two rounds will be televised on NBC on Saturday and Sunday. Meanwhile, the radio broadcast of the event will also be available on SiriusXM.

Edited by Sabine Algur