Players Championship 2016 Prize Money: Purse Payout and Final Leaderboard

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Published: May 15, 2016

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For the third time this year, Jason Day is taking home the top purse in a PGA Tour event.

Day recorded his first-ever win at The Players Championship on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Aussie won by four strokes, posting a score of 15 under par, with Kevin Chappell coming in second and four other golfers tied for third.  

This is Day's first tournament victory since winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the World Golf Championships-Dell Match Play in March, when he won a combined $2,754,000. Day's total winnings at TPC are nearly 70 percent of those two victories combined.

Here's a look at the final leaderboard, as well as some notable splits of the $10.5 million purse:





Day had an up-and-down start to the final round with bogeys at No. 6 and No. 9, yet he still had the lead heading into the back nine. That didn't stop Day from asserting himself once again as the top golfer in the world right now. He responded by making birdie at No. 10 and No. 12 and held off Justin Thomas, Matt Kuchar and Colt Knost.

It's been a stellar run for Day since late last year, as Shane Bacon of Fox Sports pointed out:



This win is the second time Day has finished wire-to-wire, joining Tiger Woods, Tom Watson and Johnny Miller as the only other golfers to start and finish with the lead twice in a season, per the Associated Press (via ESPN.com).

It's the seventh win in the last 10 months for Day, who has had to learn from heartbreak on the golf course along the way to get to where he is.

"It's been a great 10 months, but the years prior to these 10 months was the foundation," Day said, per ESPN.com's Jason Sobel. "I had to fail in order to win. It just flat-out sucks losing. It doesn't feel good. It's not fun."

Day also knows the target on his back only gets bigger from here, especially with ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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