How I Dug Into The Players Championship Payouts
So I’ve always wondered where all that golf prize money actually goes. Saw the headlines about the Players Championship purse hitting another record high. Figured, why not break down who really gets what? Started simple: opened my laptop.
First stop was Google, obviously. Typed “Players Championship purse rank payouts” real quick. Scrolled through like ten links, all saying the same vague stuff – “biggest purse ever!” but no real breakdown. Annoying. Clicked back fast. Needed actual numbers, not hype.
Switched tactics. Went straight to the PGA Tour’s official site. Found the tournament section eventually. Buried deep, man. Scrolled past player photos and sponsor ads for like three minutes. Finally spotted a tiny “Purse Distribution” link under the standings. Clicked that sucker.
Boom. Got hit with a massive, ugly PDF file. Looked like something made in the 90s. Rows and rows of names and numbers jumbled together. Total eyesore. Took me a solid minute just to find where the damn payout list started.
Here’s what I did next:
- Copied the whole mess into Google Sheets. Pasted like a madman.
- Fought the formatting for ages. Merged cells everywhere, random symbols – cleaned it line by line.
- Made two columns: “Rank” and “Payout”. Deleted everything else messing up the view.
- Double-checked the sums. Added all payouts manually. Total matched the reported purse amount? Good enough for me.
Finally stared at the crazy gaps. The winner grabbed a mountain of cash. Guy in 10th still got a life-changing check. But then I scrolled down… way down. Past 50th place. The numbers tanked hard. Dudes near the bottom? Barely covered hotel bills probably.
Spent an extra hour making a rough chart – not fancy, just plotting ranks against dollars. Seeing that steep cliff drop off after top 20 hit different. Those early tournament rounds? Cut line battles? Basically fighting for scraps compared to the top dogs.
Weirdest part? Accidentally memorized like 30 golfer names sorting this data. Scottie Scheffler’s payout stuck in my brain like a bad song lyric. Need to go touch grass now.
