Which PGA Tour tournament has the biggest purse?
That would be the 2022 PGA The PLAYERS Championship. This tournament carries the biggest purse and the largest prize for the winner among all tournaments on the TOUR, and that’s even with this event not being a major.
What is the Players Championship prize money payout breakdown?
The Players Championship prize money payout breakdown shows a payout of 18 percent of the purse to the winner, and how much each PGA Tour player earns is guaranteed down to the last-place player, who gets $40,600. The Players Championship field is headed by Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and more.
What is the Players Championship purse for the 2022 event?
The size of the purse for the 2022 Players Championship can’t be overstated. At $20 million, it was a $5 million bump from last year’s edition and easily the biggest individual event purse in the history of golf.
What is the top prize at the Players Championship 2021?
Last year, Justin Thomas took home the $2.7 million top prize for topping the 2021 The PLAYERS Championship. That’s from the total purse of $15 million that gets a massive boost of $5 million this year to push the sum to a dizzying amount of $20 million.