The 2023 Players Championship may not be the biggest victory of Scottie Scheffler's career, but it will mark his most significant payday. The new No. 1 golfer in the world collected $4.5 million for his dominating effort at TPC Sawgrass this week, surpassing his previous largest check from the 2022 Masters.
Scheffler cruised to victory Sunday and appeared unbothered when his counterparts made runs at his title. One of the biggest movers from the final day in Ponte Vedra, Florida, was Tyrrell Hatton. The Englishman began the final round in a tie for 26th nine strokes behind Scheffler, and while he was unable to catch the champion, Hatton's 7-under 65 was enough to secure the runner-up's check of $2.725 million.
Scheffler and Hatton are two of the six players that will collect seven figures. A player who will not be cashing north of a million is Taylor Montgomery. Playing Nos. 15-17 in a combined 7 over, the front-runner for PGA Tour Rookie of the Year dropped from a tie for fourth to a tie for 44th, losing more than $900,000 in the process.
In total, the top 35 finishers of the Players Championship collected at least six figures with those inside the top 12 cashing more than $500,000. While Scheffler may have been the lone man to raise the trophy, he was hardly the only winner at the PGA Tour's flagship event.
2023 Players Championship prize money, purse
Total purse: $25 million
1st (Winner): $4,500,000 -- Scottie Scheffler
2nd: $2,725,000 -- Tyrrell Hatton
3rd: $1,725,000 -- Viktor Hovland, Tom Hoge ($1.475 million each)
4th: $1,225,000
5th: $1,025,000 -- Hideki Matsuyama
6th: $906,250 -- Min Woo Lee, Max Homa, Justin Suh, Justin Rose, David Lingmerth, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis ($736,607 each)
7th: $843,750
8th: $781,250
9th: $731,250
10th: $681,250
11th: $631,250
12th: $581,250
13th: $531,250 -- Collin Morikawa, Adam Svensson, Adam Hadwin, Rickie Fowler, Denny McCarthy, Christiaan Bezuidenhout ($447,917 each)
14th: $481,250
15th: $456,250
16th: $431,250
17th: $406,250
18th: $381,250
19th: $356,250 -- Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Tony Finau, Brandon Wu, Jason Day, Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth, Aaron Rai ($275,000 each)
20th: $331,250
21st: $306,250
22nd: $281,250
23rd: $261,250
24th: $241,250
25th: $221,250
26th: $201,250
27th: $193,750 -- Eric Cole, Brendon Todd, Danny Willett, Ryan Fox, Wyndham Clark, Si Woo Kim, Chad Ramey, Tommy Fleetwood ($167,656 each)
28th: $186,250
29th: $178,750
30th: $171,250
31st: $163,750
32nd: $156,250
33rd: $148,750
34th: $142,500
35th: $136,250 -- Shane Lowry, Keith Mitchell, Austin Smotherman, Sam Burns, Mark Hubbard, Byeong Hun An, Ben Griffin, Taylor Moore, Dylan Wu ($114,167 each)
36th: $130,000
37th: $123,750
38th: $118,750
39th: $113,750
40th: $108,750
41st: $103,750
42nd: $98,750
43rd: $93,750
44th: $88,750: Chesson Hadley, Stephan Jaegar, Sam Ryder, Brian Harman, Kramer Hickok, Garrick Higgo, Taylor Montgomery ($75,036 each)
46th: $78,750
47th: $73,750
48th: $69,750
49th: $66,250
50th: $64,250
51st: $62,750 -- Tom Kim, Lucas Glover, Cameron Young ($61,417 each)
52nd: $61,250
53rd: $60,250
54th: $59,250 -- Ben Martin, Matthias Schwab, Jerry Kelly, Will Gordon, Gary Woodland, Tyler Duncan ($58,000 each)
55th: $58,750
56th: $58,250
57th: $57,750
58th: $57,250
59th: $56,750
60th: $56,250 -- Justin Thomas, Joel Dahmen, Maverick McNealy, Nate Lashley, Francesco Molinari ($55,250 each)
61st: $55,750
62nd: $55,250
63rd: $54,750
64th: $54,250
65th: $53,750 -- Sepp Straka, Patton Kizzire, Alex Smalley ($53,250 each)
66th: $53,250
67th: $52,750
68th: $52,250 -- Davis Thompson
69th: $51,750 -- Scott Stallings, Taylor Pendrith
70th: $51,250
71st: $50,750 -- Adam Scott
72nd: $50,250 -- Aaron Baddeley
73rd: $49,750 -- Will Zalatoris
74th: $49,250 -- Sahith Theegala
75th: $48,750 -- Kevin Kisner
