The biggest individual $$$ prize in golf was earned yesterday by Scottie Scheffler. $4.5 million dollars. Let that soak in. Even superstars in other sports making bank didn’t earn as much as Scheff did last week. Not Messi, not Mahomes, or Lebron, not even The Rock or Tom Cruise. Not a bad gig if you can get it.
Xander, The Lil’ Lefty, and heartbroken Wyndham all pocketed nearly $2M. Not only did Wyndham‘s otherworldly lip out cost him a spot in a playoff, but it also cost him at least $500k.
For giggles, we dug in to see what the stars of Full Swing Season 2 earned at the Players:
Wyndham – $1.98M
Fitzy – $1M
Joel “A little therapy goes a long way” Dahmen – $606K
Rory – $286k
Rickie – $52k
Not cashing a check, but still rich: Spieth, JT, Keegan, Kim (WD)
And our favorite star from Year 1 of FS: Sahith – $706k!
The 2024 Players Championship Payouts:
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -20 | $4,500,000 |
| T2 | Brian Harman | -19 | $1,981,667 |
| T2 | Wyndham Clark | -19 | $1,981,667 |
| T2 | Xander Schauffele | -19 | $1,981,667 |
| 5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -16 | $1,025,000 |
| T6 | Si Woo Kim | -15 | $875,000 |
| T6 | Hideki Matsuyama | -15 | $875,000 |
| 8 | Ludvig Aberg | -14 | $781,250 |
| T9 | Sahith Theegala | -13 | $706,250 |
| T9 | Maverick McNealy | -13 | $706,250 |
| T11 | Joel Dahmen | -12 | $606,250 |
| T11 | Taylor Montgomery | -12 | $606,250 |
| T13 | Corey Conners | -11 | $489,583 |
| T13 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -11 | $489,583 |
| T13 | Nate Lashley | -11 | $489,583 |
| T16 | Sam Ryder | -10 | $406,250 |
| T16 | Sepp Straka | -10 | $406,250 |
| T16 | Doug Ghim | -10 | $406,250 |
| T19 | Shane Lowry | -9 | $285,536 |
| T19 | Harris English | -9 | $285,536 |
| T19 | Dylan Wu | -9 | $285,536 |
| T19 | Kurt Kitayama | -9 | $285,536 |
| T19 | Alex Noren | -9 | $285,536 |
| T19 | Adam Schenk | -9 | $285,536 |
| T19 | Rory McIlroy | -9 | $285,536 |
| T26 | Mackenzie Hughes | -8 | $186,250 |
| T26 | Chris Kirk | -8 | $186,250 |
| T26 | Nick Taylor | -8 | $186,250 |
| T26 | Matt NeSmith | -8 | $186,250 |
| T26 | Matti Schmid | -8 | $186,250 |
| T31 | Ben Martin | -7 | $152,812 |
| T31 | Mark Hubbard | -7 | $152,812 |
| T31 | Sungjae Im | -7 | $152,812 |
| T31 | Taylor Moore | -7 | $152,812 |
| T35 | Denny McCarthy | -6 | $119,286 |
| T35 | Jimmy Stanger | -6 | $119,286 |
| T35 | Aaron Rai | -6 | $119,286 |
| T35 | Tommy Fleetwood | -6 | $119,286 |
| T35 | Lee Hodges | -6 | $119,286 |
| T35 | Brice Garnett | -6 | $119,286 |
| T35 | Jason Day | -6 | $119,286 |
| T42 | Grayson Murray | -5 | $93,750 |
| T42 | David Lipsky | -5 | $93,750 |
| T42 | C.T. Pan | -5 | $93,750 |
| T45 | Adam Scott | -4 | $70,062 |
| T45 | Ryan Moore | -4 | $70,062 |
| T45 | Jake Knapp | -4 | $70,062 |
| T45 | Tony Finau | -4 | $70,062 |
| T45 | Collin Morikawa | -4 | $70,062 |
| T45 | Sam Burns | -4 | $70,062 |
| T45 | Austin Eckroat | -4 | $70,062 |
| T45 | J.T. Poston | -4 | $70,062 |
| 53 | Andrew Putnam | -3 | $60,250 |
| T54 | Min Woo Lee | -2 | $57,500 |
| T54 | Francesco Molinari | -2 | $57,500 |
| T54 | Zac Blair | -2 | $57,500 |
| T54 | Martin Laird | -2 | $57,500 |
| T54 | Sami Valimaki | -2 | $57,500 |
| T54 | Cameron Young | -2 | $57,500 |
| T54 | Tom Hoge | -2 | $57,500 |
| T54 | Emiliano Grillo | -2 | $57,500 |
| T62 | Thomas Detry | -1 | $55,000 |
| T62 | Viktor Hovland | -1 | $55,000 |
| T64 | Seamus Power | E | $53,500 |
| T64 | Max Homa | E | $53,500 |
| T64 | Tyler Duncan | E | $53,500 |
| T64 | J.J. Spaun | E | $53,500 |
| T68 | Rickie Fowler | 2 | $51,500 |
| T68 | Patrick Cantlay | 2 | $51,500 |
| T68 | Chan Kim | 2 | $51,500 |
| T68 | Peter Malnati | 2 | $51,500 |
| 72 | Gary Woodland | 3 | $50,250 |
| 73 | Keith Mitchell | 4 | $49,750 |