The Players Championship prize money 2025: How much Rory McIlroy, others won
The Players Championship prize money 2025: Check out how much the PGA Tour stars all won after Rory McIlroy defeated J.J. Spaun in a playoff.
Rory McIlroy won the 2025 Players Championship with a dramatic playoff victory over J.J. Spaun.
McIlroy and the American returned to famed TPC Sawgrass on Monday after a lengthy weather delay forced the PGA Tour's flagship event into a fifth day.
The Northern Irishman, 35, struck first in the aggregate three-hole playoff by making birdie on the par-5 16th when Spaun could only manage a par.
Spaun then watched in horror as his tee shot at the iconic par-3 17th sailed over the green into the water.
McIlroy found the putting surface with his tee shot but walked off the green with a bogey after a sloppy three-putt from inside 20ft.
Still, he had a three-shot lead at the par-4 closer after Spaun made a triple to effectively end his chances.
Both players flared their tee shots right on the 18th and were forced to lay up from the pine straw.
But a bogey was enough for McIlroy to become a two-time winner of The Players.
Unsurprisingly, there was a huge amount of prize money up for grabs.
The 2025 edition of The Players Championship had a total prize purse of $25m.
That means McIlroy walked away with the top prize of $4.5m after landing his 28th PGA Tour title.
Spaun collected $2.75m for his efforts.
GolfMagic has listed the payout information below.
Finish | Player | Prize money |
1 | Rory McIlroy | $4,500,000 |
2 | J.J. Spaun | $2,725,000 |
T3 | Tom Hoge | $1,325,000 |
T3 | Akshay Bhatia | $1,325,000 |
T3 | Lucas Glover | $1,325,000 |
T6 | Danny Walker | $843,750 |
T6 | Corey Conners | $843,750 |
T6 | Bud Cauley | $843,750 |
9 | Robert MacIntyre | $731,250 |
T10 | Collin Morikawa | $656,250 |
T10 | Davis Thompson | $656,250 |
T12 | Patrick Cantlay | $556,250 |
T12 | Jake Knapp | $556,250 |
T14 | Aaron Rai | $418,750 |
T14 | Denny McCarthy | $418,750 |
T14 | Tommy Fleetwood | $418,750 |
T14 | Sam Ryder | $418,750 |
T14 | Sepp Straka | $418,750 |
T14 | Alex Smalley | $418,750 |
T20 | Shane Lowry | $240,250 |
T20 | Ryan Fox | $240,250 |
T20 | Keegan Bradley | $240,250 |
T20 | Joe Highsmith | $240,250 |
T20 | Matt McCarty | $240,250 |
T20 | Daniel Berger | $240,250 |
T20 | Scottie Scheffler | $240,250 |
T20 | Min Woo Lee | $240,250 |
T20 | Max McGreevy | $240,250 |
T20 | Stephan Jaeger | $240,250 |
T30 | Russell Henley | $163,750 |
T30 | Harris English | $163,750 |
T30 | Will Zalatoris | $163,750 |
T33 | Rico Hoey | $136,250 |
T33 | Kurt Kitayama | $136,250 |
T33 | Justin Thomas | $136,250 |
T33 | Taylor Moore | $136,250 |
T33 | J.T. Poston | $136,250 |
T38 | Si Woo Kim | $111,250 |
T38 | Justin Lower | $111,250 |
T38 | Davis Riley | $111,250 |
T38 | Taylor Pendrith | $111,250 |
T42 | Hayden Springer | $81,688 |
T42 | Matt Kuchar | $81,688 |
T42 | Billy Horschel | $81,688 |
T42 | Jesper Svensson | $81,688 |
T42 | Mac Meissner | $81,688 |
T42 | Tom Kim | $81,688 |
T42 | Chris Kirk | $81,688 |
T42 | Ryan Gerard | $81,688 |
T50 | Beau Hossler | $63,500 |
T50 | Jacob Bridgeman | $63,500 |
T52 | Byeong Hun An | $60,750 |
T52 | Sahith Theegala | $60,750 |
T54 | Matthieu Pavon | $58,250 |
T54 | Carson Young | $58,250 |
T54 | Charley Hoffman | $58,250 |
T54 | Camilo Villegas | $58,250 |
T54 | Joel Dahmen | $58,250 |
59 | Jordan Spieth | $56,750 |
60 | Jhonattan Vegas | $56,250 |
T61 | Trey Mullinax | $54,500 |
T61 | Cameron Young | $54,500 |
T61 | Sungjae Im | $54,500 |
T61 | Will Chandler | $54,500 |
T61 | Chandler Phillips | $54,500 |
T61 | Austin Eckroat | $54,500 |
67 | Emiliano Grillo | $52,750 |
68 | Isaiah Salinda | $52,250 |
T69 | Sami Valimaki | $51,500 |
T69 | C.T. Pan | $51,500 |
71 | Rickie Fowler | $50,750 |
72 | Xander Schauffele | $50,250 |
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