The winner of the 2022 Players Championship won't just be leaving TPC Sawgrass with a trophy Sunday. He'll be departing Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, with a record-breaking amount of money.
This year's Players Championship, which gets underway Thursday, will see another increase in the purse for the tournament. It already was the largest in golf, and now it stands at a whopping $20 million. The winner will be coming away with $3.6 million, the largest check in pro golf history, per Brentley Romine of Golf Channel.
The Players Championship is often referred to as the fifth major because of the star power and prize money.