The Players Championship (commonly known as simply The Players, stylized by the PGA Tour as The PLAYERS Championship) is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, it began in 1974.^[2] The Players Championship currently offers the highest prize fund of any tournament in golf ($12.5 million in 2019), overtaking the U.S. Open which offers a $12 million purse.^[3] The field usually includes the top 50 players in the world rankings, but unlike the major championships and World Golf Championships events, it is owned by the PGA Tour and not an official event on other tours.

The Players is not considered a major, although it has a high class field, prestige, a famous host course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course at which the tournament has been played since 1982, home of the iconic par-3 No. 17 "Island Green"), and its large purse

The Players Championship
2021							2,700,000	15,000,000
2020							2,700,000	15,000,000
2019	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	272	−16	1 stroke	Jim Furyk	2,250,000	12,500,000
2018	Webb Simpson	United States	270	−18	4 strokes	Xander Schauffele  Charl Schwartzel  Jimmy Walker	1,980,000	11,000,000
2017	Kim Si-woo	South Korea	278	−10	3 strokes	Louis Oosthuizen  Ian Poulter	1,890,000	10,500,000
2016	Jason Day	Australia	273	−15	4 strokes	Kevin Chappell	1,890,000	10,500,000
2015	Rickie Fowler	United States	276	−12	Playoff	Sergio García  Kevin Kisner	1,800,000	10,000,000
2014	Martin Kaymer	Germany	275	−13	1 stroke	Jim Furyk	1,800,000	10,000,000
2013	Tiger Woods (2)	United States	275	−13	2 strokes	David Lingmerth  Jeff Maggert  Kevin Streelman	1,710,000	9,500,000
2012	Matt Kuchar	United States	275	−13	2 strokes	Ben Curtis  Rickie Fowler  Zach Johnson  Martin Laird	1,710,000	9,500,000
2011	K. J. Choi	South Korea	275	−13	Playoff	David Toms	1,710,000	9,500,000
2010	Tim Clark	South Africa	272	−16	1 stroke	Robert Allenby	1,710,000	9,500,000
2009	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	276	−12	4 strokes	Ian Poulter	1,710,000	9,500,000
2008	Sergio García	Spain	283	−5	Playoff	Paul Goydos	1,710,000	9,500,000
2007	Phil Mickelson	United States	277	−11	2 strokes	Sergio García	1,620,000	9,000,000
2006	Stephen Ames	Canada	274	−14	6 strokes	Retief Goosen	1,440,000	8,000,000
2005	Fred Funk	United States	279	−9	1 stroke	Luke Donald  Tom Lehman  Scott Verplank	1,440,000	8,000,000
2004	Adam Scott	Australia	276	−12	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington	1,440,000	8,000,000
2003	Davis Love III (2)	United States	271	−17	6 strokes	Jay Haas  Pádraig Harrington	1,170,000	6,500,000
2002	Craig Perks	New Zealand	280	−8	2 strokes	Stephen Ames	1,080,000	6,000,000
2001	Tiger Woods	United States	274	−14	1 stroke	Vijay Singh	1,080,000	6,000,000
2000	Hal Sutton (2)	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	Tiger Woods	1,080,000	6,000,000
1999	David Duval	United States	285	−3	2 strokes	Scott Gump	900,000	5,000,000
1998	Justin Leonard	United States	278	−10	2 strokes	Glen Day  Tom Lehman	720,000	4,000,000
1997	Steve Elkington (2)	Australia	272	−16	7 strokes	Scott Hoch	630,000	3,500,000
1996	Fred Couples (2)	United States	270	−18	4 strokes	Colin Montgomerie  Tommy Tolles	630,000	3,500,000
1995	Lee Janzen	United States	283	−5	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer	540,000	3,000,000
1994	Greg Norman	Australia	264	−24	4 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller	450,000	2,500,000
1993	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	270	−18	5 strokes	Bernhard Langer	450,000	2,500,000
1992	Davis Love III	United States	273	−15	4 strokes	Ian Baker-Finch  Phil Blackmar  Nick Faldo  Tom Watson	324,000	1,800,000
1991	Steve Elkington	Australia	276	−12	1 stroke	Fuzzy Zoeller	288,000	1,600,000
1990	Jodie Mudd	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	Mark Calcavecchia	270,000	1,500,000
1989	Tom Kite	United States	279	−9	1 stroke	Chip Beck	243,000	1,350,000
1988	Mark McCumber	United States	273	−15	4 strokes	Mike Reid	225,000	1,250,000