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1984-03-29 · 1984 season · All years

1984 Tournament Players Championship payout Players

Fred Couples won $144,000 from a $800,000 purse. 71 players were paid, and the smallest check was $1,584.

TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course

$800KPurse
$144KWinner's share
$2KSmallest check
71Players paid
62%To the top 10
68Missed the cut

Fred Couples finished -11 and took 18% of the purse. That $144,000 is worth about $460,545 in 2026 dollars.

How the 1984 Tournament Players Championship purse was split

Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 62% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.

$0$50K$100K$150K1$144KT5T10T15T20T26T29T33T41T44T51T5461T6671Smallest check $2K

1984 Tournament Players Championship prize money for every player

Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.

PosPlayerTo parLast yearPrize money
1Fred Couples-11$126,000$144,000 +14%
2Lee Trevino-10$75,600$86,400 +14%
T3Craig Stadler-6$36,400$46,400
T3Seve Ballesteros-6$36,400$46,400
T5Mark O'Meara-5$30,400
T5Lanny Wadkins-5$30,400
7Nick Price-4$26,800
T8Tom Watson-3$21,000$24,000
T8Dan Pohl-3$21,000$24,000
T10John Mahaffey-2$17,500$20,800
T10Jim Thorpe-2$17,500$20,800
T12Tim Simpson-1$16,800
T12Bruce Lietzke-1$16,800
T12Ray Floyd-1$16,800
T15David EdwardsE$12,800
T15Isao AokiE$12,800
T15Hale IrwinE$12,800
T15Phillip HancockE$12,800
T15Larry MizeE$12,800
T20Wayne Levi+1$8,667
T20Donnie Hammond+1$8,667
T20Pat Lindsey+1$8,667
T20Jim Colbert+1$8,667
T20Nick Faldo+1$8,667
T20Keith Fergus+1$8,667
T26Ben Crenshaw+2$6,160
T26Peter Oosterhuis+2$6,160
T26Mike Sullivan+2$6,160
T29Johnny Miller+3$5,320
T29Bernhard Langer+3$5,320
T29Chip Beck+3$5,320
T29Jay Haas+3$5,320
T33John Fought+4$4,050
T33Brad Faxon+4$4,050
T33George Archer+4$4,050
T33Barry Jaeckel+4$4,050
T33Jack Nicklaus+4$4,050
T33Curtis Strange+4$4,050
T33Clarence Rose+4$4,050
T33Scott Simpson+4$4,050
T41Tom Purtzer+5$3,120
T41Hal Sutton+5$3,120
T41David Graham+5$3,120
T44Dave Eichelberger+6$2,361
T44John Cook+6$2,361
T44Russ Cochran+6$2,361
T44Gil Morgan+6$2,361
T44Scott Hoch+6$2,361
T44Ron Streck+6$2,361
T44Willie Wood+6$2,361
T51Peter Jacobsen+7$1,925
T51Tom Jenkins+7$1,925
T51Tom Kite+7$1,925
T54Gary Koch+8$1,617$1,824
T54Tommy Nakajima+8$1,617$1,824
T54Allen Miller+8$1,617$1,824
T54Gary Hallberg+8$1,617$1,824
T54Larry Rinker+8$1,617$1,824
T59Gibby Gilbert+9$1,768
T59Wally Armstrong+9$1,768
61Gary Player+10$1,519$1,744 +15%
T62Larry Nelson+11$1,720
T62Bob Eastwood+11$1,720
T64Bobby Clampett+12$1,688
T64Payne Stewart+12$1,688
T66Buddy Gardner+13$1,456$1,640
T66Thomas Gray+13$1,456$1,640
T66Hubert Green+13$1,456$1,640
T66Arnold Palmer+13$1,456$1,640
70Lennie Clements+14$1,600
71Danny Edwards+17$1,584
MCJim Dent+6$0
MCMike Donald+8$0
MCFrank Conner+7$0
MCDave Barr+7$0
MCAndy Bean+7$0
MCRonnie Black+10$0
MCJim Booros+15$0
MCBob Boyd+14$0
MCBill Britton+9$0
MCMark Brooks+7$0
MCBrad Bryant+11$0
MCGeorge Burns+11$0
MCGeorge Cadle+10$0
MCRex Caldwell+6$0
MCChen Tze-chung+13$0
MCKen Green+13$0
MCDan Halldorson+8$0
MCAl Geiberger+10$0
MCBob Gilder+12$0
MCLou Graham+6$0
MCDan Forsman+22$0
MCEd Fiori+21$0
MCBruce Fleisher+14$0
MCLee Elder+10$0
MCJerry Pate+9$0
MCCorey Pavin+13$0
MCMark Pfeil+8$0
MCGreg Norman+7$0
MCTim Norris+7$0
MCAndy North+12$0
MCMac O'Grady+6$0
MCDavid Ogrin+8$0
MCDon Pooley+8$0
MCGreg Powers+7$0
MCJim Nelford+10$0
MCBob Murphy+15$0
MCSteven Liebler+10$0
MCGriff Moody+9$0
MCRalph Landrum+7$0
MCJohn Adams+8$0
MCLon Hinkle+25$0
MCMorris Hatalsky+16$0
MCMark Hayes+9$0
MCJoe Inman+9$0
MCMark Lye+8$0
MCRoger Maltbie+11$0
MCGary McCord+12$0
MCDave Stockton+14$0
MCJoey Sindelar+7$0
MCJ. C. Snead+13$0
MCEd Sneed+8$0
MCDoug Tewell+6$0
MCLeonard Thompson+14$0
MCBill Rogers+10$0
MCBill Sander+15$0
MCBob Shearer+16$0
MCTony Sills+15$0
MCSammy Rachels+6$0
MCJoey Rassett+7$0
MCVictor Regalado+8$0
MCMike Reid+8$0
MCJack Renner+8$0
MCRichard Zokol+11$0
MCDenis Watson+17$0
MCPat McGowan+8$0
MCBobby Wadkins+7$0
MCD.A. Weibring+9$0
MCTom Weiskopf+10$0
DQMark McCumberENot known
DQJeff MitchellNot known
WDMike Nicolette+4Not known
WDMike McCullough+16Not known
WDVance Heafner+7Not known

The Players Championship winner's share over time

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$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M$4.0M$5.0M7475767778798081828384$144K8586878889909192939495969798990001020304050607080910111213141516171819212223242526

1984 Tournament Players Championship payout FAQ

How much did the winner of the 1984 Tournament Players Championship get?

Fred Couples won $144,000 from a $800,000 purse.

What was the 1984 Tournament Players Championship purse?

$800,000.

How much did last place get at the 1984 Tournament Players Championship?

The smallest check was $1,584, to Danny Edwards (71).

How many players made the cut at the 1984 Tournament Players Championship?

71 players made the cut and finished, and 68 players missed it.

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