2001 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2001 PLAYERS Championship on 25 March 2001 and took $1,080,000. Below is every one of the 23 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $12,180 Paul Goydos collected for finishing T68.
Every cheque at the 2001 PLAYERS Championship
25 March 2001
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -14 | 274 | $1,080,000 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -13 | 275 | $648,000 |
| 3 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -12 | 276 | $408,000 |
| 4 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -10 | 278 | $288,000 |
| T12 | David Toms | USA | -4 | 284 | $126,000 |
| T12 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -4 | 284 | $126,000 |
| T12 | Tom Lehman | USA | -4 | 284 | $126,000 |
| T18 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -2 | 286 | $84,000 |
| T21 | Jim Furyk | USA | -1 | 287 | $62,400 |
| T21 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -1 | 287 | $62,400 |
| T21 | Tim Herron | USA | -1 | 287 | $62,400 |
| T26 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | 0 | 288 | $44,400 |
| T33 | Fred Funk | USA | 2 | 290 | $31,029 |
| T33 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | 2 | 290 | $31,029 |
| T33 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 2 | 290 | $31,029 |
| T33 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 2 | 290 | $31,029 |
| T40 | Brian Gay | USA | 3 | 291 | $24,000 |
| T44 | Mike Weir | CAN | 4 | 292 | $18,140 |
| T50 | Jay Don Blake | USA | 5 | 293 | $14,472 |
| T50 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | 5 | 293 | $14,472 |
| T58 | Fred Couples | USA | 7 | 295 | $13,080 |
| T58 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | 7 | 295 | $13,080 |
| T68 | Paul Goydos | USA | 10 | 298 | $12,180 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,210,687 between them, against $140,453 shared by the other eight players paid.
The 23 cheques above come to $3,351,140 between them. We hold 38 players for the week in all, so fifteen 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 2000 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2002 ladder is the one after. The PLAYERS Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2001 golf year
39 other tournaments we hold a 2001 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2001 was the $1,008,000 paid at the Masters Tournament, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2001 PLAYERS Championship?
Tiger Woods, on 25 March 2001. The win paid $1,080,000.
How much did the 2001 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The 23 cheques on this page come to $3,351,140 between them, from $1,080,000 at the top down to $12,180.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2001 PLAYERS Championship?
$12,180, which Paul Goydos collected for finishing T68.
How many players were paid at the 2001 PLAYERS Championship?
23. We hold 38 players for that week in all, so fifteen 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.