How would officials in charge of the top men’s tournaments react to the USGA’s decision to up the ante at the U.S. Open, increasing the championship’s purse by $2 million to $12 million total, with the winner receiving more than $2 million? It was a curiosity initially answered this week when PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said that the purse at this May’s Players Championship would stay at $10.5 million, the same payout as a year ago.