1997 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Every one of the fourteen cheques paid at the 1997 PLAYERS Championship, in finishing order, from $126,000 down to the $7,490 Jay Don Blake collected. We hold no first place for this edition.
Every cheque at the 1997 PLAYERS Championship
30 March 1997
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Tom Lehman | USA | -5 | 283 | $126,000 |
| T10 | Ernie Els | RSA | -3 | 285 | $84,000 |
| T10 | Fred Couples | USA | -3 | 285 | $84,000 |
| T14 | Fred Funk | USA | -2 | 286 | $54,250 |
| T14 | Michael Bradley | USA | -2 | 286 | $54,250 |
| T14 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -2 | 286 | $54,250 |
| T31 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 1 | 289 | $20,300 |
| T31 | Tiger Woods | USA | 1 | 289 | $20,300 |
| T31 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 1 | 289 | $20,300 |
| T37 | Justin Leonard | USA | 2 | 290 | $15,400 |
| T43 | Jay Haas | USA | 3 | 291 | $11,550 |
| T48 | Omar Uresti | USA | 4 | 292 | $9,345 |
| T53 | Jim Furyk | USA | 6 | 294 | $7,954 |
| T62 | Jay Don Blake | USA | 8 | 296 | $7,490 |
The top of the ladder
The fourteen cheques paid came to $569,389
The fourteen cheques above come to $569,389 between them. We hold 26 players for the week in all, so twelve 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 1996 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Fred Couples. The 1998 ladder is the one after, won by Justin Leonard. The PLAYERS Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1997 golf year
sixteen other tournaments we hold a 1997 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1997 was the $470,000 paid at the PGA Championship, won by Davis Love III.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1997 PLAYERS Championship?
We hold no first place for the 1997 PLAYERS Championship. The fourteen cheques we do hold start at $126,000.
How much did the 1997 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The fourteen cheques on this page come to $569,389 between them, from $126,000 at the top down to $7,490.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1997 PLAYERS Championship?
$7,490, which Jay Don Blake collected for finishing T62.
How many players were paid at the 1997 PLAYERS Championship?
fourteen. We hold 26 players for that week in all, so twelve 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.