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1999 The Players Championship payout Players

David Duval won $900,000 from a $5,000,000 purse. 78 players were paid, and the smallest check was $9,250.

TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course

$5.0MPurse
$900KWinner's share
$9KSmallest check
78Players paid
71%To the top 10
64Missed the cut

David Duval finished -3 and took 18% of the purse. That $900,000 is worth about $1,795,097 in 2026 dollars.

How the 1999 The Players Championship purse was split

Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 71% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K$1.0M1$900KT6T10T10T20T23T23T32T38T46T46T52T58T62T71T77Smallest check $9K

1999 The 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
1David Duval-3$720,000$900,000 +25%
2Scott Gump-1$352,000$540,000 +53%
3Nick PriceE$340,000
T4Hal Sutton+1$192,000$220,000
T4Fred Couples+1$192,000$220,000
T6Scott Hoch+2$161,875
T6Mark O'Meara+2$161,875
T6Steve Stricker+2$161,875
T6Lee Westwood+2$161,875
T10Tiger Woods+3$107,143
T10Joe Ozaki+3$107,143
T10Joey Sindelar+3$107,143
T10Skip Kendall+3$107,143
T10Davis Love III+3$107,143
T10Mark Brooks+3$107,143
T10Mark Calcavecchia+3$107,143
T17Duffy Waldorf+4$75,000
T17Ernie Els+4$75,000
T17Jim Furyk+4$75,000
T20Vijay Singh+5$60,333
T20David Toms+5$60,333
T20John Huston+5$60,333
T23Brad Fabel+6$40,167
T23Esteban Toledo+6$40,167
T23Payne Stewart+6$40,167
T23Curtis Strange+6$40,167
T23Larry Mize+6$40,167
T23Colin Montgomerie+6$40,167
T23Justin Leonard+6$40,167
T23Frank Lickliter II+6$40,167
T23Jesper Parnevik+6$40,167
T32Gabriel Hjertstedt+7$27,667
T32Franklin Langham+7$27,667
T32Chris Perry+7$27,667
T32Bruce Lietzke+7$27,667
T32Phil Mickelson+7$27,667
T32Scott Verplank+7$27,667
T38Kirk Triplett+8$20,000
T38Brian Watts+8$20,000
T38Steve Elkington+8$20,000
T38Fred Funk+8$20,000
T38Bernhard Langer+8$20,000
T38Dudley Hart+8$20,000
T38Paul Goydos+8$20,000
T38Miguel Angel Jiménez+8$20,000
T46Brent Geiberger+9$13,600
T46Tommy Tolles+9$13,600
T46Jeff Maggert+9$13,600
T46Brad Faxon+9$13,600
T46Chris DiMarco+9$13,600
T46Jeff Sluman+9$13,600
T52José María Olazábal+10$11,600
T52Jeff Gallagher+10$11,600
T52Dan Forsman+10$11,600
T52David Frost+10$11,600
T52Robert Damron+10$11,600
T52Doug Barron+10$11,600
T58John Cook+11$11,050
T58Barry Cheesman+11$11,050
T58Jay Don Blake+11$11,050
T58Steve Pate+11$11,050
T62Greg Kraft+12$10,500
T62Craig Stadler+12$10,500
T62Tom Watson+12$10,500
T62Billy Andrade+12$10,500
T62Bob Estes+12$10,500
T62Bob Friend+12$10,500
T62Bradley Hughes+12$10,500
69Craig Parry+13$8,040$10,100 +26%
70Tom Byrum+14$10,000
T71Jim Carter+16$7,880$9,700
T71Russ Cochran+16$7,880$9,700
T71Corey Pavin+16$7,880$9,700
T71Darren Clarke+16$7,880$9,700
T71Frank Nobilo+16$7,880$9,700
76Joe Durant+17$9,400
T77Fulton Allem+18$9,250
T77Tom Kite+18$9,250
MCTom Lehman+5$0
MCJ.L. Lewis+8$0
MCDoug Martin+5$0
MCLen Mattiace+11$0
MCBilly Mayfair+5$0
MCBlaine McCallister+11$0
MCRocco Mediate+5$0
MCSteve Lowery+6$0
MCAndrew Magee+11$0
MCBill Glasson+6$0
MCWayne Grady+10$0
MCJay Haas+12$0
MCNolan Henke+17$0
MCMike Hulbert+10$0
MCPeter Jacobsen+13$0
MCLee Janzen+5$0
MCSteve Jones+8$0
MCMichael Bradley+6$0
MCTommy Armour III+13$0
MCPaul Azinger+5$0
MCSeve Ballesteros+13$0
MCBen Bates+8$0
MCBrandel Chamblee+5$0
MCOlin Browne+9$0
MCBen Crenshaw+6$0
MCClark Dennis+7$0
MCTrevor Dodds+8$0
MCTom Pernice Jr.+10$0
MCGreg Norman+5$0
MCMike Springer+11$0
MCTom Purtzer+9$0
MCMike Reid+5$0
MCLarry Rinker+6$0
MCLee Rinker+7$0
MCLoren Roberts+5$0
MCScott Simpson+5$0
MCGrant Waite+11$0
MCTed Tryba+5$0
MCBob Tway+7$0
MCNeal Lancaster+6$0
MCMark Wiebe+7$0
MCWillie Wood+11$0
MCIan Woosnam+8$0
MCFuzzy Zoeller+11$0
MCBrian Henninger+14$0
MCScott McCarron+6$0
MCGlen Day+12$0
MCSteve Flesch+12$0
MCKevin Wentworth+6$0
MCJerry Kelly+14$0
MCPaul Stankowski+5$0
MCOmar Uresti+13$0
MCJ.P. Hayes+13$0
MCLee Porter+11$0
MCDavid Sutherland+6$0
MCKevin Sutherland+5$0
MCBrandt Jobe+8$0
MCPhil Tataurangi+10$0
MCShigeki Maruyama+14$0
MCTim Herron+6$0
MCCarlos Franco+8$0
MCStewart Cink+5$0
MCStuart Appleby+5$0
MCHarrison Frazar+9$0
DQNick Faldo+13Not known
WDJohn Daly+11Not known
WDKenny Perry+10Not known

The Players Championship winner's share over time

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1999 The Players Championship payout FAQ

How much did the winner of the 1999 The Players Championship get?

David Duval won $900,000 from a $5,000,000 purse.

What was the 1999 The Players Championship purse?

$5,000,000.

How much did last place get at the 1999 The Players Championship?

The smallest check was $9,250, to Tom Kite (T77).

How many players made the cut at the 1999 The Players Championship?

78 players made the cut and finished, and 64 players missed it.

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