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2025 PLAYERS Championship Purse & Payouts: Scheffler Looks Make History At TPC Sawgrass

Gia Nguyen Sports Editor

Published12 Mar 2025

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The 2025 PLAYERS Championship will tee off from TPC Sawgrass in Florida on Thursday for one of the biggest tournaments of the season. Known as the “fifth major”, the PLAYERS Championship offers the biggest purse among the signature events on the Tour. Valued at $25 million, the 2025 PLAYERS Championship purse is bringing the best golfers in the world out of the woodworks to compete for their share of the prize money. Below, we’ll break down the PLAYERS Championship purse, prize money, payouts, and winner’s share.

PLAYERS Championship 2025 Purse, Payouts, & Winner’s Share

There is a massive $25 million purse on the line this weekend at TPC Sawgrass. The 2025 PLAYERS Championship will feature 48 of the top 50 golfers on the Official World Golf Rankings, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who has been playing a lighter schedule in 2025. The winner will receive a massive $4.5 million payout for first place but anyone finishing in the top five is guaranteed at least $1 million. Sixty-five (65) players will make the cut at TPC Sawgrass and be guaranteed to earn at least $53,750.

Here is a list of the complete 2025 PLAYERS Championship payouts this weekend.

Position	Percent	Amount
1	18%	$4,500,000.00
2	10.90%	$2,725,000.00
3	6.90%	$1,725,000.00
4	4.90%	$1,225,000.00
5	4.10%	$1,025,000.00
6	3.63%	$906,250.00
7	3.38%	$843,750.00
8	3.13%	$781,250.00
9	2.93%	$731,250.00
10	2.73%	$681,250.00
11	2.53%	$631,250.00
12	2.33%	$581,250.00
13	2.13%	$531,250.00
14	1.93%	$481,250.00
15	1.83%	$456,250.00
16	1.73%	$431,250.00
17	1.63%	$406,250.00
18	1.53%	$381,250.00
19	1.43%	$356,250.00
20	1.33%	$331,250.00
21	1.23%	$306,250.00
22	1.13%	$281,250.00
23	1.05%	$261,250.00
24	0.97%	$241,250.00
25	0.89%	$221,250.00
26	0.81%	$201,250.00
27	0.78%	$193,750.00
28	0.75%	$186,250.00
29	0.72%	$178,750.00
30	0.69%	$171,250.00
31	0.66%	$163,750.00
32	0.63%	$156,250.00
33	0.60%	$148,750.00
34	0.57%	$142,500.00
35	0.55%	$136,250.00
36	0.52%	$130,000.00
37	0.50%	$123,750.00
38	0.48%	$118,750.00
39	0.46%	$113,750.00
40	0.44%	$108,750.00
41	0.42%	$103,750.00
42	0.40%	$98,750.00
43	0.38%	$93,750.00
44	0.36%	$88,750.00
45	0.34%	$83,750.00
46	0.32%	$78,750.00
47	0.30%	$73,750.00
48	0.28%	$69,750.00
49	0.27%	$66,250.00
50	0.26%	$64,250.00
51	0.25%	$62,750.00
52	0.25%	$61,250.00
53	0.24%	$60,250.00
54	0.24%	$59,250.00
55	0.24%	$58,750.00
56	0.23%	$58,250.00
57	0.23%	$57,750.00
58	0.23%	$57,250.00
59	0.23%	$56,750.00
60	0.23%	$56,250.00
61	0.22%	$55,750.00
62	0.22%	$55,250.00
63	0.22%	$54,750.00
64	0.22%	$54,250.00
65	0.22%	$53,750.00
Total		$25,000,000.00

PLAYERS Championship Prize Money Has Increased 20% Since 2022

At the PLAYERS Championship, golfers are simply playing for more than at other events. The tournament has historically offered significant payouts, which has helped make it one of the premiere events on the PGA Tour schedule. In 2025, the PLAYERS Championship is giving away $25 million in prize money, up 20% since 2022.

Scheffler has won the tournament in each of the last two years, taking home a whopping $9 million in prize money from the PLAYERS Championship alone.

Even without earning a dime in this year’s tournament, Scheffler already sits atop the all-time PLAYERS Championship money list with $9,046,200 in career earnings at the event, 53% more than the next-highest player (Sergio Garcia, ($5,948,528).

Scheffler entered TPC Sawgrass with a chance to etch his name in the record books by becoming the first player ever to three-peat the event.

While it wouldn’t be wise to count out Scheffler, history will not be on his side in Ponte Vedra this weekend. There have only been six three-peats since 2000, and four of those belong to Tiger Woods.

No golfer has completed a three-peat at a PGA Tour event since Steve Stricker won the 2011 John Deere Classic and no one has ever won three straight tournaments at TPC Sawgrass. In fact, Scheffler is the only player who has won back-to-back tournaments there.

Here is a complete list of the PLAYERS Championship winners and winner’s share by year.

Year	Winner	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner’s share ($)
2025	TBD	TBD		$25,000,000.00	$4,500,000.00
2024	Scottie Scheffler (2)	1 stroke	Wyndham Clark Brian Harman Xander Schauffele	$25,000,000.00	$4,500,000.00
2023	Scottie Scheffler	5 strokes	Tyrrell Hatton	$25,000,000.00	$4,500,000.00
2022	Cameron Smith	1 stroke	Anirban Lahiri	$20,000,000.00	$3,600,000.00
2021	Justin Thomas	1 stroke	Lee Westwood	$15,000,000.00	$2,700,000.00
2020	Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Rory McIlroy	1 stroke	Jim Furyk	$12,500,000.00	$2,250,000.00
2018	Webb Simpson	4 strokes	Xander Schauffele Charl Schwartzel Jimmy Walker	$11,000,000.00	$1,980,000.00
2017	Kim Si-woo	3 strokes	Louis Oosthuizen Ian Poulter	$10,500,000.00	$1,890,000.00
2016	Jason Day	4 strokes	Kevin Chappell	$10,500,000.00	$1,890,000.00
2015	Rickie Fowler	Playoff	Sergio García Kevin Kisner	$10,000,000.00	$1,800,000.00
2014	Martin Kaymer	1 stroke	Jim Furyk	$10,000,000.00	$1,800,000.00
2013	Tiger Woods (2)	2 strokes	David Lingmerth Jeff Maggert Kevin Streelman	$9,500,000.00	$1,710,000.00
2012	Matt Kuchar	2 strokes	Ben Curtis Rickie Fowler Zach Johnson Martin Laird	$9,500,000.00	$1,710,000.00
2011	K. J. Choi	Playoff	David Toms	$9,500,000.00	$1,710,000.00
2010	Tim Clark	1 stroke	Robert Allenby	$9,500,000.00	$1,710,000.00
2009	Henrik Stenson	4 strokes	Ian Poulter	$9,500,000.00	$1,710,000.00
2008	Sergio García	Playoff	Paul Goydos	$9,500,000.00	$1,710,000.00
2007	Phil Mickelson	2 strokes	Sergio García	$9,000,000.00	$1,620,000.00
2006	Stephen Ames	6 strokes	Retief Goosen	$8,000,000.00	$1,440,000.00
2005	Fred Funk	1 stroke	Luke Donald Tom Lehman Scott Verplank	$8,000,000.00	$1,440,000.00
2004	Adam Scott	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington	$8,000,000.00	$1,440,000.00
2003	Davis Love III (2)	6 strokes	Jay Haas Pádraig Harrington	$6,500,000.00	$1,170,000.00
2002	Craig Perks	2 strokes	Stephen Ames	$6,000,000.00	$1,080,000.00
2001	Tiger Woods	1 stroke	Vijay Singh	$6,000,000.00	$1,080,000.00
2000	Hal Sutton (2)	1 stroke	Tiger Woods	$6,000,000.00	$1,080,000.00
1999	David Duval	2 strokes	Scott Gump	$5,000,000.00	$900,000.00
1998	Justin Leonard	2 strokes	Glen Day Tom Lehman	$4,000,000.00	$720,000.00
1997	Steve Elkington (2)	7 strokes	Scott Hoch	$3,500,000.00	$630,000.00
1996	Fred Couples (2)	4 strokes	Colin Montgomerie Tommy Tolles	$3,500,000.00	$630,000.00
1995	Lee Janzen	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer	$3,000,000.00	$540,000.00
1994	Greg Norman	4 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller	$2,500,000.00	$450,000.00
1993	Nick Price	5 strokes	Bernhard Langer	$2,500,000.00	$450,000.00
1992	Davis Love III	4 strokes	Ian Baker-Finch Phil Blackmar Nick Faldo Tom Watson	$1,800,000.00	$324,000.00
1991	Steve Elkington	1 stroke	Fuzzy Zoeller	$1,600,000.00	$288,000.00
1990	Jodie Mudd	1 stroke	Mark Calcavecchia	$1,500,000.00	$270,000.00
1989	Tom Kite	1 stroke	Chip Beck	$1,350,000.00	$243,000.00
1988	Mark McCumber	4 strokes	Mike Reid	$1,250,000.00	$225,000.00