1996 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Fred Couples won the 1996 PLAYERS Championship on 31 March 1996 and took $630,000. Below is every one of the fifteen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $7,315 Justin Leonard collected for finishing T65.
Every cheque at the 1996 PLAYERS Championship
31 March 1996
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | USA | -18 | 270 | $630,000 |
| T8 | Ernie Els | RSA | -12 | 276 | $94,500 |
| T8 | Jay Haas | USA | -12 | 276 | $94,500 |
| T8 | Tom Lehman | USA | -12 | 276 | $94,500 |
| T8 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -12 | 276 | $94,500 |
| T13 | Fred Funk | USA | -11 | 277 | $65,625 |
| T13 | Jim Furyk | USA | -11 | 277 | $65,625 |
| T19 | John Daly | USA | -9 | 279 | $35,735 |
| T19 | Michael Bradley | USA | -9 | 279 | $35,735 |
| T19 | Tim Herron | USA | -9 | 279 | $35,735 |
| T33 | Jay Don Blake | USA | -7 | 281 | $17,719 |
| T33 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -7 | 281 | $17,719 |
| T46 | Davis Love III | USA | -5 | 283 | $9,360 |
| T53 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -4 | 284 | $7,990 |
| T65 | Justin Leonard | USA | -1 | 287 | $7,315 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen cheques paid came to $1,306,558
The fifteen cheques above come to $1,306,558 between them. We hold 22 players for the week in all, so seven of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other PLAYERS Championship years
31 editions, 1995 to 2026
The 1995 ladder is the edition before this one. The 1997 ladder is the one after. The PLAYERS Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1996 golf year
fourteen other tournaments we hold a 1996 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1996 was the $360,000 paid at the BMW Championship, won by Steve Stricker.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1996 PLAYERS Championship?
Fred Couples, on 31 March 1996. The win paid $630,000.
How much did the 1996 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The fifteen cheques on this page come to $1,306,558 between them, from $630,000 at the top down to $7,315.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1996 PLAYERS Championship?
$7,315, which Justin Leonard collected for finishing T65.
How many players were paid at the 1996 PLAYERS Championship?
fifteen. We hold 22 players for that week in all, so seven of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.