There was plenty of movement on the leaderboard at the Players Championship this year. Min Woo Lee and Will Zalatoris went from contenders to finishing outside the top 20; there were holes-in-one, and, of course, golf balls found the water on 17.
Instead of a Sunday finish, this year’s tournament stretched into a rare Monday morning St. Patrick’s Day finale.
Rory McIlroy, with a little luck of the Irish (and plenty of skill), closed out a three-hole aggregate playoff to defeat J.J. Spaun and claim his second win of 2025. Having already won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, McIlroy is showing strong form early in the season and added another four and a half million to his career earnings.
Here’s a look at the full payout for the Players Championship.
Players Championship Prize Money Payout
| Pos. | Player | Score | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy* | -12 | $4,500,000 |
| 2 | J.J. Spaun | -12 | $2,725,000 |
| T3 | Tom Hoge | -10 | $1,325,000 |
| T3 | Akshay Bhatia | -10 | $1,325,000 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | -10 | $1,325,000 |
| T6 | Danny Walker | -9 | $843,750 |
| T6 | Corey Conners | -9 | $843,750 |
| T6 | Bud Cauley | -9 | $843,750 |
| 9 | Robert MacIntyre | -8 | $731,250 |
| T10 | Collin Morikawa | -7 | $656,250 |
| T10 | Davis Thompson | -7 | $656,250 |
| T12 | Patrick Cantlay | -6 | $556,250 |
| T12 | Jake Knapp | -6 | $556,250 |
| T14 | Aaron Rai | -5 | $418,750 |
| T14 | Denny McCarthy | -5 | $418,750 |
| T14 | Tommy Fleetwood | -5 | $418,750 |
| T14 | Sam Ryder | -5 | $418,750 |
| T14 | Sepp Straka | -5 | $418,750 |
| T14 | Alex Smalley | -5 | $418,750 |
| T20 | Shane Lowry | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Ryan Fox | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Keegan Bradley | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Joe Highsmith | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Matt McCarty | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Daniel Berger | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Scottie Scheffler | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Min Woo Lee | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Max McGreevy | -4 | $240,250 |
| T20 | Stephan Jaeger | -4 | $240,250 |
| T30 | Russell Henley | -3 | $163,750 |
| T30 | Harris English | -3 | $163,750 |
| T30 | Will Zalatoris | -3 | $163,750 |
| T33 | Rico Hoey | -2 | $136,250 |
| T33 | Kurt Kitayama | -2 | $136,250 |
| T33 | Justin Thomas | -2 | $136,250 |
| T33 | Taylor Moore | -2 | $136,250 |
| T33 | J.T. Poston | -2 | $136,250 |
| T38 | Si Woo Kim | -1 | $111,250 |
| T38 | Justin Lower | -1 | $111,250 |
| T38 | Davis Riley | -1 | $111,250 |
| T38 | Taylor Pendrith | -1 | $111,250 |
| T42 | Hayden Springer | E | $81,688 |
| T42 | Matt Kuchar | E | $81,688 |
| T42 | Billy Horschel | E | $81,688 |
| T42 | Jesper Svensson | E | $81,688 |
| T42 | Mac Meissner | E | $81,688 |
| T42 | Tom Kim | E | $81,688 |
| T42 | Chris Kirk | E | $81,688 |
| T42 | Ryan Gerard | E | $81,688 |
| T50 | Beau Hossler | 1 | $63,500 |
| T50 | Jacob Bridgeman | 1 | $63,500 |
| T52 | Byeong Hun An | 2 | $60,750 |
| T52 | Sahith Theegala | 2 | $60,750 |
| T54 | Matthieu Pavon | 3 | $58,250 |
| T54 | Carson Young | 3 | $58,250 |
| T54 | Charley Hoffman | 3 | $58,250 |
| T54 | Camilo Villegas | 3 | $58,250 |
| T54 | Joel Dahmen | 3 | $58,250 |
| 59 | Jordan Spieth | 4 | $56,750 |
| 60 | Jhonattan Vegas | 5 | $56,250 |
| T61 | Trey Mullinax | 6 | $54,500 |
| T61 | Cameron Young | 6 | $54,500 |
| T61 | Sungjae Im | 6 | $54,500 |
| T61 | Will Chandler | 6 | $54,500 |
| T61 | Chandler Phillips | 6 | $54,500 |
| T61 | Austin Eckroat | 6 | $54,500 |
| 67 | Emiliano Grillo | 7 | $52,750 |
| 68 | Isaiah Salinda | 8 | $52,250 |
| T69 | Sami Valimaki | 9 | $51,500 |
| T69 | C.T. Pan | 9 | $51,500 |
| 71 | Rickie Fowler | 12 | $50,750 |
| 72 | Xander Schauffele | 13 | $50,250 |
Top Photo Caption: Rory McIlroy won a three-hole playoff Monday morning to capture his second Players Championship. (GETTY IMAGES/Jared C. Tilton)
OpMan
1 year ago
There ought to be a law where the golf company is told to take down the commercial they’re using to sell the new club if the player who is in the commercial isn’t even using the new one in the new season for false advertising.
He’s not even using the 35 in his fairway woods!! He switched those back too