2008 PLAYERS Championship prize money
Sergio Garcia won the 2008 PLAYERS Championship on 11 May 2008 and took $1,710,000. Below is every one of the 50 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $18,335 Troy Matteson collected for finishing T73.
Sergio Garcia won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2008 PLAYERS Championship
11 May 2008
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -5 | 283 | $1,710,000$1.7m |
| 2 | Paul Goydos | USA | -5 | 283 | $1,026,000 |
| T6 | Ben Crane | USA | 1 | 289 | $307,562 |
| T6 | Ernie Els | RSA | 1 | 289 | $307,562 |
| T6 | Tom Lehman | USA | 1 | 289 | $307,562 |
| T10 | Chad Campbell | USA | 2 | 290 | $218,500 |
| T10 | Henrik Stenson | SWE | 2 | 290 | $218,500 |
| T10 | J.B. Holmes | USA | 2 | 290 | $218,500 |
| T15 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 3 | 291 | $147,250 |
| T15 | Fred Couples | USA | 3 | 291 | $147,250 |
| T15 | Kevin Stadler | USA | 3 | 291 | $147,250 |
| T15 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 3 | 291 | $147,250 |
| T15 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 3 | 291 | $147,250 |
| T21 | Boo Weekley | USA | 4 | 292 | $95,000 |
| T21 | Ian Poulter | ENG | 4 | 292 | $95,000 |
| T21 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | 4 | 292 | $95,000 |
| T21 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 4 | 292 | $95,000 |
| T21 | Stewart Cink | USA | 4 | 292 | $95,000 |
| T27 | Jim Furyk | USA | 5 | 293 | $67,450 |
| T27 | John Merrick | USA | 5 | 293 | $67,450 |
| T27 | Luke Donald | ENG | 5 | 293 | $67,450 |
| T27 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | 5 | 293 | $67,450 |
| T27 | Ryan Moore | USA | 5 | 293 | $67,450 |
| T32 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | 6 | 294 | $48,260 |
| T32 | Brian Gay | USA | 6 | 294 | $48,260 |
| T32 | David Toms | USA | 6 | 294 | $48,260 |
| T32 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 6 | 294 | $48,260 |
| T32 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 6 | 294 | $48,260 |
| T32 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 6 | 294 | $48,260 |
| T32 | Mike Weir | CAN | 6 | 294 | $48,260 |
| T42 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | 7 | 295 | $29,830 |
| T42 | J.J. Henry | USA | 7 | 295 | $29,830 |
| T42 | Mark Wilson | USA | 7 | 295 | $29,830 |
| T42 | Pat Perez | USA | 7 | 295 | $29,830 |
| T42 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 7 | 295 | $29,830 |
| T51 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 8 | 296 | $22,863 |
| T51 | D.J. Trahan | USA | 8 | 296 | $22,863 |
| T51 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 8 | 296 | $22,863 |
| T54 | Adam Scott | AUS | 9 | 297 | $21,280 |
| T54 | Davis Love III | USA | 9 | 297 | $21,280 |
| T54 | Johnson Wagner | USA | 9 | 297 | $21,280 |
| T54 | José María Olazábal | ESP | 9 | 297 | $21,280 |
| T54 | Ken Duke | USA | 9 | 297 | $21,280 |
| T54 | Kevin Na | USA | 9 | 297 | $21,280 |
| T63 | Charlie Wi | KOR | 10 | 298 | $20,235 |
| T63 | Nick Watney | USA | 10 | 298 | $20,235 |
| T66 | Camilo Villegas | COL | 12 | 300 | $19,570 |
| T69 | Heath Slocum | USA | 13 | 301 | $19,095 |
| 71 | Jason Bohn | USA | 14 | 302 | $18,810 |
| T73 | Troy Matteson | USA | 19 | 307 | $18,335 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $5,240,436 between them, against $1,421,769 shared by the other 35 players paid.
The 50 cheques above come to $6,662,205 between them. We hold 94 players for the week in all, so 44 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 2007 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Phil Mickelson. The 2009 ladder is the one after, won by Henrik Stenson. The PLAYERS Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2008 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2008 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2008 was the $1,498,880 paid at the Open Championship, won by Padraig Harrington.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2008 PLAYERS Championship?
Sergio Garcia, on 11 May 2008, in a playoff. The win paid $1,710,000.
How much did the 2008 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The 50 cheques on this page come to $6,662,205 between them, from $1,710,000 at the top down to $18,335.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2008 PLAYERS Championship?
$18,335, which Troy Matteson collected for finishing T73.
How many players were paid at the 2008 PLAYERS Championship?
50. We hold 94 players for that week in all, so 44 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.