Players Championship 2018 Prize Money: Purse and Payout Info for TPC Sawgrass
A cool $1.98 million will be due the winner of the 2018 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Many prominent golfers, including Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas and 2016 winner Jason Day, will vie for shares of an overall purse increased for this year's event.
The PGA Tour recently made the decision to up the purse from $10.5 million to $11 million (£8,111,785), per GolfDigest.com's Alex Myers. It means not only will the winner pocket $1.98 million (£1.461 million), the runner-up is also in line to receive $1.188 million (£876,602).
Golf.com's Josh Berhow broke down the payouts owed the top 20:
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1st: $1.98 million
2nd: $1.188 million
3rd: $748,000
4th: $528,000
5th: $440,000
6th: $396,000
7th: $368,500
8th: $341,000
9th: $319,000
10th: $297,000
11th: $275,000
12th: $253,000
13th: $231,000
14th: $209,000
15th: $198,000
16th: $187,000
17th: $176,000
18th: $165,000
19th: $154,000
20th: $143,000
Woods' chances of collecting the winner's payouts may not be too strong, despite his name and pedigree. While the 42-year-old still has the talent to win, the field is loaded with gifted and younger golfers.
Among them, 25-year-old Thomas is expected to be in the mix for top spot. He enters the tournament with Dustin Johnson's world No. 1 ranking in his sights.
Johnson still holds top spot, but Thomas, who finished third at the Players in 2016, "has since become arguably the world's best player," per Ben Coley of Sky Sports.
Putting was an issue for Thomas at the Wells Fargo Championship earlier this month, so much so he resorted to borrowing the backup putter of Rickie Fowler at Quail Hollow, per Ryan Herrington of GolfDigest.com.
If Thomas gets it together on the greens, it's tough to see past him as an eventual winner.
Day has his admirers, though, with both Rob Bolton and Ben Everill of the PGA Tour official website picking the 30-year-old to emerge victorious. His knowledge of Sawgrass, accrued in his victory two years ago, makes Day a strong contender.
However, Kyle Porter of CBS Sports has urged the Australian "to improve his play from tee to green."
Woods may never turn the clock back to his dominant best, but the veteran knows what it takes to win at Sawgrass. He was a victor in 2013 and still has the power in his drive to make quick work of some of the course's tougher holes.
Even so, Woods has to be considered a long shot given some of the names also vying for prize money in Florida.
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