Fred Funk finished -9 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 7th PGA Tour win, and 51% of the $2,830,046 he earned that season.
How the 2005 The Players Championship purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 61% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2005 The Players Championship prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | Country | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Funk | USA | -9 | $1,440,000 | $1,440,000 |
| T2 | Luke Donald | England | -8 | $864,000 | $597,333 |
| T2 | Scott Verplank | USA | -8 | $864,000 | $597,333 |
| T2 | Tom Lehman | USA | -8 | $864,000 | $597,333 |
| 5 | Joe Durant | USA | -7 | $320,000 | |
| T6 | Steve Elkington | Australia | -6 | $268,000 | $278,000 |
| T6 | Tim Herron | USA | -6 | $268,000 | $278,000 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | Australia | -5 | $224,000 | |
| T8 | Davis Love III | USA | -5 | $224,000 | |
| T8 | J.L. Lewis | USA | -5 | $224,000 | |
| T8 | Zach Johnson | USA | -5 | $224,000 | |
| T12 | Alex Cejka | Germany | -4 | $156,800 | |
| T12 | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | -4 | $156,800 | |
| T12 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | -4 | $156,800 | |
| T12 | Steve Lowery | USA | -4 | $156,800 | |
| T12 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | -4 | $156,800 | |
| T17 | Bob Estes | USA | -3 | $112,000 | |
| T17 | Ernie Els | South Africa | -3 | $112,000 | |
| T17 | Joey Sindelar | USA | -3 | $112,000 | |
| T17 | Kirk Triplett | USA | -3 | $112,000 | |
| T17 | Mike Weir | Canada | -3 | $112,000 | |
| T22 | John Senden | Australia | -2 | $80,000 | $86,400 |
| T22 | Lee Westwood | England | -2 | $80,000 | $86,400 |
| T24 | Brett Quigley | USA | -1 | $70,400 | |
| T24 | Jay Haas | USA | -1 | $70,400 | |
| T24 | Nick O'Hern | Australia | -1 | $70,400 | |
| T27 | Arron Oberholser | USA | E | $56,800 | |
| T27 | Michael Allen | USA | E | $56,800 | |
| T27 | Nick Faldo | England | E | $56,800 | |
| T27 | Rod Pampling | Australia | E | $56,800 | |
| T27 | Tim Petrovic | USA | E | $56,800 | |
| T32 | Joe Ogilvie | USA | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T32 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T32 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T32 | Pat Perez | USA | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T32 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T32 | Shigeki Maruyama | Japan | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T32 | Stewart Cink | USA | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T32 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | +1 | $42,400 | |
| T40 | Craig Parry | Australia | +2 | $30,400 | |
| T40 | Daniel Chopra | Sweden | +2 | $30,400 | |
| T40 | Duffy Waldorf | USA | +2 | $30,400 | |
| T40 | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | +2 | $30,400 | |
| T40 | Hunter Mahan | USA | +2 | $30,400 | |
| T40 | Phil Mickelson | USA | +2 | $30,400 | |
| T46 | Brad Faxon | USA | +3 | $21,394 | |
| T46 | Jeff Maggert | USA | +3 | $21,394 | |
| T46 | Jeff Sluman | USA | +3 | $21,394 | |
| T46 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | +3 | $21,394 | |
| T46 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | Spain | +3 | $21,394 | |
| T46 | Richard Green | Australia | +3 | $21,394 | |
| T46 | Tom Byrum | USA | +3 | $21,394 | |
| T53 | Heath Slocum | USA | +5 | $18,432 | $18,613 |
| T53 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | +5 | $18,432 | $18,613 |
| T53 | Tiger Woods | USA | +5 | $18,432 | $18,613 |
| T56 | Bob Tway | USA | +6 | $17,760 | |
| T56 | Brian Bateman | USA | +6 | $17,760 | |
| T56 | Briny Baird | USA | +6 | $17,760 | |
| T56 | Jay Williamson | USA | +6 | $17,760 | |
| T56 | Robert Gamez | USA | +6 | $17,760 | |
| T56 | Ted Purdy | USA | +6 | $17,760 | |
| T56 | Tommy Armour III | USA | +6 | $17,760 | |
| T63 | Craig Barlow | USA | +7 | $16,800 | |
| T63 | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | +7 | $16,800 | |
| T63 | Dudley Hart | USA | +7 | $16,800 | |
| T63 | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +7 | $16,800 | |
| T63 | Robert Damron | USA | +7 | $16,800 | |
| T68 | David Toms | USA | +8 | $16,160 | |
| T68 | Kevin Sutherland | USA | +8 | $16,160 | |
| T68 | Lee Janzen | USA | +8 | $16,160 | |
| T71 | Len Mattiace | USA | +9 | $15,760 | |
| T71 | Shaun Micheel | USA | +9 | $15,760 | |
| T73 | Cameron Beckman | USA | +10 | $15,440 | |
| T73 | Mark Hensby | Australia | +10 | $15,440 | |
| T75 | Brian Gay | USA | +11 | $15,040 | |
| T75 | Kent Jones | USA | +11 | $15,040 | |
| T75 | Steve Jones | USA | +11 | $15,040 | |
| 78 | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | +12 | $14,720 | |
| T79 | Frank Lickliter II | USA | +14 | $14,560 | $14,480 |
| T79 | Steve Flesch | USA | +14 | $14,560 | $14,480 |
| 81 | José Coceres | Argentina | +15 | $14,160 | $14,240 +1% |
| 82 | Tag Ridings | USA | +16 | $14,080 | |
| MC | Andre Stolz | Australia | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bart Bryant | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Curtis | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bernhard Langer | Germany | E | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Andrade | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bo Van Pelt | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brent Geiberger | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Carl Pettersson | Sweden | E | $0 | |
| MC | Carlos Franco | Paraguay | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Chad Campbell | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Howell III | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chris DiMarco | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Riley | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Smith | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Corey Pavin | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Perks | New Zealand | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | David Duval | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | David Howell | England | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Dennis Paulson | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Couples | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Hal Sutton | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Hank Kuehne | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Harrison Frazar | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Hidemichi Tanaka | Japan | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ian Poulter | England | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Kelly | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Furyk | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | J.J. Henry | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | John Daly | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | John Huston | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | John Rollins | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Leonard | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Rose | England | E | $0 | |
| MC | Kenny Perry | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Na | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | K.J. Choi | South Korea | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Loren Roberts | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Brooks | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Gogel | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Neal Lancaster | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Patrick Sheehan | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Casey | England | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Jacobsen | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Lonard | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Rich Beem | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Allenby | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Palmer | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott McCarron | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Skip Kendall | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Ames | Canada | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Leaney | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Allan | Australia | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Stuart Appleby | Australia | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Clark | South Africa | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Todd Fischer | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Todd Hamilton | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Gillis | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Woody Austin | USA | +7 | $0 |
The Players Championship winner's share over time
This year is labeled. Full tournament history →
2005 The Players Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2005 The Players Championship get?
Fred Funk won $1,440,000 from a $8,000,000 purse.
What was the 2005 The Players Championship purse?
$8,000,000.
How much did last place get at the 2005 The Players Championship?
The smallest check was $14,080, to Tag Ridings (82).
How many players made the cut at the 2005 The Players Championship?
82 players made the cut and finished, and 64 players missed it.