Cameron Young won The Players Championship and with it, a massive pay day.
Young finished one shot clear of Matt Fitzpatrick on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass. It was Young’s second career PGA Tour title (2025 Wyndham Championship) and came with a $4.5 million check.
Fitzpatrick, who bogeyed the final hole, earned $2,225,000. Ludvig Åberg, who led by three strokes through 54 holes, tied for fifth.
Here’s a look at the full distribution of the 2026 Players Championship purse:
| FINISH | PLAYER | EARNINGS |
| 1 | Cameron Young | $4,500,000 |
| 2 | Matt Fitzpatrick | $2,225,000 |
| 3 | Xander Schauffele | $1,725,000 |
| 4 | Robert MacIntyre | $1,225,000 |
| T5 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | $925,000 |
| T5 | Jacob Bridgeman | $925,000 |
| T5 | Ludvig Åberg | $925,000 |
| T8 | Tommy Fleetwood | $731,250 |
| T8 | Sepp Straka | $731,250 |
| T8 | Justin Thomas | $731,250 |
| T11 | Patrick Rodgers | $581,250 |
| T11 | Brian Harman | $581,250 |
| T13 | Sam Burns | $409,027 |
| T13 | Akshay Bhatia | $409,027 |
| T13 | Brooks Koepka | $409,027 |
| T13 | Ryo Hisatsune | $409,027 |
| T13 | Justin Rose | $409,027 |
| T13 | Russell Henley | $409,027 |
| T13 | Austin Smotherman | $409,027 |
| T13 | Corey Conners | $409,027 |
| T13 | Viktor Hovland | $409,027 |
| T22 | Scottie Scheffler | $271,250 |
| T22 | Michael Thorbjornsen | $271,250 |
| T24 | J.J. Spaun | $221,250 |
| T24 | Alex Smalley | $221,250 |
| T24 | William Mouw | $221,250 |
| T27 | Hideki Matsuyama | $178,750 |
| T27 | Nicolai Hojgaard | $178,750 |
| T27 | Chris Kirk | $178,750 |
| T27 | Ryan Gerard | $178,750 |
| T27 | Chad Ramey | $178,750 |
| T32 | Eric Cole | $128,250 |
| T32 | Jordan Spieth | $128,250 |
| T32 | Patrick Cantlay | $128,250 |
| T32 | Bud Cauley | $128,250 |
| T32 | Andrew Putnam | $128,250 |
| T32 | Alex Noren | $128,250 |
| T32 | Max Homa | $128,250 |
| T32 | Min Woo Lee | $128,250 |
| T32 | Maverick McNealy | $128,250 |
| T32 | Sahith Theegala | $128,250 |
| T42 | Rickie Fowler | $91,250 |
| T42 | Nick Taylor | $91,250 |
| T42 | Wyndham Clark | $91,250 |
| T42 | Joe Highsmith | $91,250 |
| T46 | Rory McIlroy | $72,125 |
| T46 | Taylor Pendrith | $72,125 |
| T46 | Matti Schmid | $72,125 |
| T46 | Keith Mitchell | $72,125 |
| T50 | J.T. Poston | $61,083 |
| T50 | Zach Bauchou | $61,083 |
| T50 | Taylor Moore | $61,083 |
| T50 | Max McGreevy | $61,083 |
| T50 | Si Woo Kim | $61,083 |
| T50 | Keegan Bradley | $61,083 |
| T56 | Adam Scott | $58,000 |
| T56 | Chris Gotterup | $58,000 |
| 58 | Sam Stevens | $57,250 |
| T59 | Kevin Roy | $56,250 |
| T59 | Lee Hodges | $56,250 |
| T59 | Jason Day | $56,250 |
| T62 | Danny Walker | $54,500 |
| T62 | Steven Fisk | $54,500 |
| T62 | Rico Hoey | $54,500 |
| T62 | Stephan Jaeger | $54,500 |
| T66 | Kristoffer Reitan | $52,750 |
| T66 | Daniel Berger | $52,750 |
| T66 | Nico Echavarria | $52,750 |
| 69 | Michael Brennan | $51,750 |
| T70 | Ricky Castillo | $50,750 |
| T70 | Séamus Power | $50,750 |
| T70 | Tony Finau | $50,750 |
| 73 | Takumi Kanaya | $49,750 |