2011 PLAYERS Championship prize money
K.J. Choi won the 2011 PLAYERS Championship on 15 May 2011 and took $1,710,000. Below is every one of the 61 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $18,430 Robert Garrigus collected for finishing 73.
K.J. Choi 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 2011 PLAYERS Championship
15 May 2011
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -13 | 275 | $1,710,000$1.7m |
| 2 | David Toms | USA | -13 | 275 | $1,026,000 |
| 3 | Paul Goydos | USA | -11 | 277 | $646,000 |
| T4 | Luke Donald | ENG | -10 | 278 | $418,000 |
| T4 | Nick Watney | USA | -10 | 278 | $418,000 |
| T6 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -9 | 279 | $287,375 |
| T6 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -9 | 279 | $287,375 |
| T6 | Jason Day | AUS | -9 | 279 | $287,375 |
| T6 | Jason Dufner | USA | -9 | 279 | $287,375 |
| T6 | J.B. Holmes | USA | -9 | 279 | $287,375 |
| T12 | Brian Gay | USA | -8 | 280 | $175,071 |
| T12 | Chris Stroud | USA | -8 | 280 | $175,071 |
| T12 | Davis Love III | USA | -8 | 280 | $175,071 |
| T12 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -8 | 280 | $175,071 |
| T12 | Spencer Levin | USA | -8 | 280 | $175,071 |
| T12 | Steve Stricker | USA | -8 | 280 | $175,071 |
| T12 | Zach Johnson | USA | -8 | 280 | $175,071 |
| T19 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -7 | 281 | $107,214 |
| T19 | Martin Kaymer | GER | -7 | 281 | $107,214 |
| T19 | Matt Jones | AUS | -7 | 281 | $107,214 |
| T19 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -7 | 281 | $107,214 |
| T19 | Steve Marino | USA | -7 | 281 | $107,214 |
| T19 | Stewart Cink | USA | -7 | 281 | $107,214 |
| T26 | Brian Davis | ENG | -6 | 282 | $67,450 |
| T26 | Chad Campbell | USA | -6 | 282 | $67,450 |
| T26 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -6 | 282 | $67,450 |
| T26 | Charl Schwartzel | RSA | -6 | 282 | $67,450 |
| T26 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -6 | 282 | $67,450 |
| T33 | Bryce Molder | USA | -5 | 283 | $50,192 |
| T33 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -5 | 283 | $50,192 |
| T33 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | -5 | 283 | $50,192 |
| T33 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -5 | 283 | $50,192 |
| T33 | Ryan Moore | USA | -5 | 283 | $50,192 |
| T33 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -5 | 283 | $50,192 |
| T39 | Andres Romero | ARG | -4 | 284 | $41,800 |
| T41 | Ángel Cabrera | ARG | -3 | 285 | $36,100 |
| T41 | Charlie Wi | KOR | -3 | 285 | $36,100 |
| T41 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -3 | 285 | $36,100 |
| T41 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -3 | 285 | $36,100 |
| T45 | Ben Crane | USA | -2 | 286 | $27,816 |
| T45 | Bubba Watson | USA | -2 | 286 | $27,816 |
| T45 | Justin Rose | ENG | -2 | 286 | $27,816 |
| T50 | Chris Couch | USA | -1 | 287 | $23,133 |
| T50 | Lucas Glover | USA | -1 | 287 | $23,133 |
| T50 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -1 | 287 | $23,133 |
| T54 | Matt Kuchar | USA | 0 | 288 | $21,850 |
| T57 | Arjun Atwal | IND | 1 | 289 | $21,185 |
| T57 | Dustin Johnson | USA | 1 | 289 | $21,185 |
| T57 | Ian Poulter | ENG | 1 | 289 | $21,185 |
| T57 | Justin Leonard | USA | 1 | 289 | $21,185 |
| T61 | Jason Bohn | USA | 2 | 290 | $20,520 |
| T61 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 2 | 290 | $20,520 |
| T61 | Troy Merritt | USA | 2 | 290 | $20,520 |
| T64 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 3 | 291 | $19,760 |
| T64 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 3 | 291 | $19,760 |
| T64 | Matteo Manassero | ITA | 3 | 291 | $19,760 |
| T69 | Kevin Chappell | USA | 4 | 292 | $19,000 |
| T69 | Martin Laird | SCO | 4 | 292 | $19,000 |
| T69 | Webb Simpson | USA | 4 | 292 | $19,000 |
| 72 | Keegan Bradley | USA | 5 | 293 | $18,620 |
| 73 | Robert Garrigus | USA | 6 | 294 | $18,430 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $6,530,230 between them, against $2,292,355 shared by the other 46 players paid.
The 61 cheques above come to $8,822,585 between them. We hold 117 players for the week in all, so 56 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 2010 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2012 ladder is the one after, won by Matt Kuchar. The PLAYERS Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2011 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2011 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2011 was the $1,445,000 paid at the PGA Championship, won by Keegan Bradley.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2011 PLAYERS Championship?
K.J. Choi, on 15 May 2011, in a playoff. The win paid $1,710,000.
How much did the 2011 PLAYERS Championship pay out?
The 61 cheques on this page come to $8,822,585 between them, from $1,710,000 at the top down to $18,430.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2011 PLAYERS Championship?
$18,430, which Robert Garrigus collected for finishing 73.
How many players were paid at the 2011 PLAYERS Championship?
61. We hold 117 players for that week in all, so 56 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.