Prize money has increased by $1.5 million for the 2019 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Florida on Thursday. The total purse has gone up to $12.5 million (£9.485 million), making the event the most lucrative the sport has ever seen.
It means the winner will be due a payout worth $2.25 million (£1.7 million) compared to the $1.98 million last year's victor Webb Simpson received. The winner will also receive a new-look trophy:
THE PLAYERSOur Gold Standard has a whole new look. Each Past Champ is a part of the new trophy. Electroformed. Dipped in gold.