1998 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Justin Leonard won the 1998 PLAYERS Championship on 29 March 1998 and took $720,000. Below is every one of the twenty cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $8,040 Fred Funk collected for finishing T69.
Every cheque at the 1998 PLAYERS Championship
29 March 1998
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | USA | -10 | 278 | $720,000 |
| T2 | Tom Lehman | USA | -8 | 280 | $352,000 |
| T5 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -6 | 282 | $146,000 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -5 | 283 | $116,000 |
| T11 | Ernie Els | RSA | -4 | 284 | $96,000 |
| T16 | John Daly | USA | -2 | 286 | $66,000 |
| T18 | Omar Uresti | USA | -1 | 287 | $48,686 |
| T25 | José María Olazábal | ESP | 0 | 288 | $30,533 |
| T31 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 1 | 289 | $24,250 |
| T35 | Jim Furyk | USA | 2 | 290 | $18,886 |
| T35 | Tiger Woods | USA | 2 | 290 | $18,886 |
| T42 | Bob Estes | USA | 3 | 291 | $12,560 |
| T42 | Fred Couples | USA | 3 | 291 | $12,560 |
| T42 | Stewart Cink | USA | 3 | 291 | $12,560 |
| T51 | Michael Bradley | USA | 4 | 292 | $9,627 |
| T51 | Steve Stricker | USA | 4 | 292 | $9,627 |
| T54 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 5 | 293 | $9,200 |
| T57 | Davis Love III | USA | 6 | 294 | $8,920 |
| T57 | Paul Goydos | USA | 6 | 294 | $8,920 |
| T69 | Fred Funk | USA | 11 | 299 | $8,040 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,684,548 between them, against $44,707 shared by the other five players paid.
The twenty cheques above come to $1,729,255 between them. We hold 29 players for the week in all, so nine 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 1997 ladder is the edition before this one. The 1999 ladder is the one after. The PLAYERS Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1998 golf year
twenty other tournaments we hold a 1998 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1998 was the $540,000 paid at the PGA Championship, won by Vijay Singh.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1998 PLAYERS Championship?
Justin Leonard, on 29 March 1998. The win paid $720,000.
How much did the 1998 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The twenty cheques on this page come to $1,729,255 between them, from $720,000 at the top down to $8,040.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1998 PLAYERS Championship?
$8,040, which Fred Funk collected for finishing T69.
How many players were paid at the 1998 PLAYERS Championship?
twenty. We hold 29 players for that week in all, so nine 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.