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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Young is the 2026 Players champion. Young earned his second PGA Tour win in thrilling style, making birdie on the par-3 17th and then par on the 18th, including the longest tee shot in the ShotLink era on the hole, to win by one shot over Matt Fitzpatrick.

With the win, he also earns the biggest paycheck on the PGA Tour: $4. 5 million. His career earnings now sit at $31,232,516, the 58th player to surpass the $30 million mark in his career.

Here's the breakdown of how much money each PGA Tour player earned from a $25 million purse at the Players Championship. Players Championship 2026 prize money payouts Position Player Score Earnings 1 Cameron Young -13 $4,500,000 2 Matt Fitzpatrick -12 $2,225,000 3 Xander Schauffele -11 $1,725,000 4 Robert MacIntyre -10 $1,225,000 T5 Sudarshan Yellamaraju -9 $925,000 T5 Jacob Bridgeman -9 $925,000 T5 Ludvig Aberg -9 $925,000 T8 Tommy Fleetwood -8 $731,250 T8 Sepp Straka -8 $731,250 T8 Justin Thomas -8 $731,250 T11 Patrick Rodgers -7 $581,250 T11 Brian Harman -7 $581,250 T13 Sam Burns -6 $409,027 T13 Akshay Bhatia -6 $409,027 T13 Brooks Koepka -6 $409,027 T13 Ryo Hisatsune -6 $409,027 T13 Justin Rose -6 $409,027 T13 Russell Henley -6 $409,027 T13 Austin Smotherman -6 $409,027 T13 Corey Conners -6 $409,027 T13 Viktor Hovland -6 $409,027 T22 Scottie Scheffler -5 $271,250 T22 Michael Thorbjornsen -5 $271,250 T24 J. J.

Spaun -4 $221,250 T24 Alex Smalley -4 $221,250 T24 William Mouw -4 $221,250 T27 Hideki Matsuyama -3 $178,750 T27 Nicolai Hojgaard -3 $178,750 T27 Chris Kirk -3 $178,750 T27 Ryan Gerard -3 $178,750 T27 Chad Ramey -3 $178,750 T32 Eric Cole -2 $128,250 T32 Jordan Spieth -2 $128,250 T32 Patrick Cantlay -2 $128,250 T32 Bud Cauley -2 $128,250 T32 Andrew Putnam -2 $128,250 T32 Alex Noren -2 $128,250 T32 Max Homa -2 $128,250 T32 Min Woo Lee -2 $128,250 T32 Maverick McNealy -2 $128,250 T32 Sahith Theegala -2 $128,250 T42 Rickie Fowler -1 $91,250 T42 Nick Taylor -1 $91,250 T42 Wyndham Clark -1 $91,250 T42 Joe Highsmith -1 $91,250 T46 Rory McIlroy E $72,125 T46 Taylor Pendrith E $72,125 T46 Matti Schmid E $72,125 T46 Keith Mitchell E $72,125 T50 J. T. Poston 1 $61,083 T50 Zach Bauchou 1 $61,083 T50 Taylor Moore 1 $61,083 T50 Max McGreevy 1 $61,083 T50 Si Woo Kim 1 $61,083 T50 Keegan Bradley 1 $61,083 T56 Adam Scott 2 $58,000 T56 Chris Gotterup 2 $58,000 58 Sam Stevens 3 $57,250 T59 Kevin Roy 4 $56,250 T59 Lee Hodges 4 $56,250 T59 Jason Day 4 $56,250 T62 Danny Walker 5 $54,500 T62 Steven Fisk 5 $54,500 T62 Rico Hoey 5 $54,500 T62 Stephan Jaeger 5 $54,500 T66 Kristoffer Reitan 6 $52,750 T66 Daniel Berger 6 $52,750 T66 Nico Echavarria 6 $52,750 69 Michael Brennan 7 $51,750 T70 Ricky Castillo 8 $50,750 T70 Séamus Power 8 $50,750 T70 Tony Finau 8 $50,750 73 Takumi Kanaya 10 $49,750 This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Players Championship 2026 payouts, prize money for PGA Tour players