THE PLAYERS Championship 2025: Payout of $25 Million Purse at TPC Sawgrass

Rory McIlroy got the job done on St. Patrick’s Day to claim his second PLAYERS Championship title, beating J. J. Spaun in a three-hole playoff after the two finished tied after 72 holes.

The Northern Irishman dominated from the outset, birdieing the first hole of the playoff while his rival carded a par. The match was all but decided on the second playoff hole, played on the iconic 17th at TPC Sawgrass.

McIlroy bogeyed the island-green hole after missing a 9-foot putt for par, but Spaun fared far worse, sending his tee shot into the water and eventually making triple bogey, including missing a 10-foot putt for double.

It is the third career victory for McIlroy on St. Patrick’s Day. It is also his second title of the season and 28th of his PGA Tour career.

McIlroy took home the largest single tournament paycheck in all of professional golf at $4.5 million. The PLAYERS Championship also earned six figures to all players who finished in the top 5 and $100,000 or more to those who finished in the top 41.

THE PLAYERS Championship 2025 purse breakdown

This is how much each golfer earned at THE PLAYERS Championship 2025:

P1 Rory McIlroy -12 $4,500,000

P2 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

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