2003 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Davis Love III won the 2003 PLAYERS Championship on 30 March 2003 and took $1,170,000. Below is every one of the 27 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $14,495 Peter Lonard collected for finishing T56.
Every cheque at the 2003 PLAYERS Championship
30 March 2003
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis Love III | USA | -17 | 271 | $1,170,000 |
| T2 | Jay Haas | USA | -11 | 277 | $572,000 |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -11 | 277 | $572,000 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | USA | -10 | 278 | $286,000 |
| T4 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -10 | 278 | $286,000 |
| T6 | Chad Campbell | USA | -9 | 279 | $225,875 |
| 10 | Fred Couples | USA | -7 | 281 | $175,500 |
| T11 | Tiger Woods | USA | -6 | 282 | $133,250 |
| T17 | Adam Scott | AUS | -5 | 283 | $94,250 |
| T21 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -4 | 284 | $65,000 |
| T21 | Justin Leonard | USA | -4 | 284 | $65,000 |
| T21 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -4 | 284 | $65,000 |
| T27 | Mike Weir | CAN | -3 | 285 | $47,125 |
| T27 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -3 | 285 | $47,125 |
| 31 | Bob Estes | USA | -2 | 286 | $42,250 |
| T32 | Charles Howell III | USA | -1 | 287 | $35,193 |
| T32 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -1 | 287 | $35,193 |
| T39 | Justin Rose | ENG | 0 | 288 | $26,000 |
| T39 | Stewart Cink | USA | 0 | 288 | $26,000 |
| T39 | Tom Lehman | USA | 0 | 288 | $26,000 |
| T45 | Fred Funk | USA | 1 | 289 | $20,150 |
| T48 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 2 | 290 | $16,337 |
| T48 | Carlos Franco | PAR | 2 | 290 | $16,337 |
| T54 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 3 | 291 | $15,015 |
| T54 | Tim Herron | USA | 3 | 291 | $15,015 |
| T56 | John Daly | USA | 4 | 292 | $14,495 |
| T56 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 4 | 292 | $14,495 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,846,375 between them, against $260,230 shared by the other twelve players paid.
The 27 cheques above come to $4,106,605 between them. We hold 56 players for the week in all, so 29 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 2002 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2004 ladder is the one after, won by Adam Scott. The PLAYERS Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2003 golf year
44 other tournaments we hold a 2003 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2003 was the $1,080,000 paid at the Masters Tournament, won by Mike Weir.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2003 PLAYERS Championship?
Davis Love III, on 30 March 2003. The win paid $1,170,000.
How much did the 2003 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The 27 cheques on this page come to $4,106,605 between them, from $1,170,000 at the top down to $14,495.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2003 PLAYERS Championship?
$14,495, which Peter Lonard collected for finishing T56.
How many players were paid at the 2003 PLAYERS Championship?
27. We hold 56 players for that week in all, so 29 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.