David Graham finished -16 and took 18% of the purse. That $54,000 is worth about $197,318 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1981 Phoenix Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 59% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1981 Phoenix Open prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Graham | -16 | $54,000 | $54,000 |
| 2 | Lon Hinkle | -15 | $32,400 | $32,400 |
| T3 | Calvin Peete | -13 | $20,400 | $17,400 |
| T3 | Mike Reid | -13 | $20,400 | $17,400 |
| T5 | Jerry Pate | -12 | $10,950 | |
| T5 | Mike Sullivan | -12 | $10,950 | |
| T5 | Mark Lye | -12 | $10,950 | |
| 8 | John Schroeder | -11 | $9,300 | |
| T9 | Mark O'Meara | -10 | $7,800 | $8,400 |
| T9 | D.A. Weibring | -10 | $7,800 | $8,400 |
| T11 | Jim Nelford | -9 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Curtis Strange | -9 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Bruce Lietzke | -9 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | George Archer | -9 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Bob Eastwood | -9 | $6,150 | |
| T11 | Keith Fergus | -9 | $6,150 | |
| T17 | George Burns | -8 | $3,540 | $4,060 |
| T17 | George Cadle | -8 | $3,540 | $4,060 |
| T17 | Tom Kite | -8 | $3,540 | $4,060 |
| T17 | Johnny Miller | -8 | $3,540 | $4,060 |
| T17 | Scott Simpson | -8 | $3,540 | $4,060 |
| T17 | J. C. Snead | -8 | $3,540 | $4,060 |
| T23 | Tommy Valentine | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Larry Nelson | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Lanny Wadkins | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Mike McCullough | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Billy Kratzert | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Brad Bryant | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Bobby Clampett | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Gibby Gilbert | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T23 | Ben Crenshaw | -7 | $2,410 | |
| T32 | John Cook | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Ray Floyd | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | John Adams | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Chip Beck | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Gary Koch | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Mark Hayes | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Scott Watkins | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Dan Pohl | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Barney Thompson | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T32 | Alan Tapie | -6 | $1,524 | |
| T42 | Dan Halldorson | -5 | $1,080 | |
| T42 | Andy Bean | -5 | $1,080 | |
| T42 | Roger Calvin | -5 | $1,080 | |
| T42 | David Edwards | -5 | $1,080 | |
| T46 | Bud Allin | -4 | $816 | |
| T46 | Gil Morgan | -4 | $816 | |
| T46 | Bobby Wadkins | -4 | $816 | |
| T46 | Jim Thorpe | -4 | $816 | |
| T46 | Don Pooley | -4 | $816 | |
| T46 | Jack Renner | -4 | $816 | |
| T52 | Jeff Mitchell | -3 | $704 | $700 |
| T52 | Vance Heafner | -3 | $704 | $700 |
| T52 | Lennie Clements | -3 | $704 | $700 |
| T52 | Bruce Douglass | -3 | $704 | $700 |
| T52 | Lee Elder | -3 | $704 | $700 |
| T57 | Jon Chaffee | -2 | $669 | |
| T57 | Mike Morley | -2 | $669 | |
| T57 | Gene Littler | -2 | $669 | |
| T57 | Leonard Thompson | -2 | $669 | |
| T61 | Dave Stockton | -1 | $648 | |
| T61 | Dave Barr | -1 | $648 | |
| T61 | Bob Gilder | -1 | $648 | |
| T64 | Jim Dent | E | $624 | |
| T64 | Scott Hoch | E | $624 | |
| T64 | Hale Irwin | E | $624 | |
| T64 | Jay Haas | E | $624 | |
| T64 | Jimmy Powell | E | $624 | |
| T69 | Bobby Nichols | +1 | $585 | |
| T69 | Rod Nuckolls | +1 | $585 | |
| T69 | Arnold Palmer | +1 | $585 | |
| T69 | Bobby Pancratz | +1 | $585 | |
| T69 | Dennis Trixler | +1 | $585 | |
| T69 | Bobby Walzel | +1 | $585 | |
| T69 | Lyn Lott | +1 | $585 | |
| T69 | Tommy Aaron | +1 | $585 | |
| T77 | Charles Coody | +2 | $552 | |
| T77 | Nick Faldo | +2 | $552 | |
| T77 | Ed Fiori | +2 | $552 | |
| 80 | Doug Tewell | +4 | $540 | |
| 81 | Bill Majure | +10 | $534 | $534 |
| MC | Roger Maltbie | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Rik Massengale | E | $0 | |
| MC | Don Levin | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Orville Moody | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Lindy Miller | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry McGee | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Pat McGowan | E | $0 | |
| MC | David Lundstrom | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mazza | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Hager | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Hallberg | E | $0 | |
| MC | Phillip Hancock | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Gray | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Hubert Green | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Eichelberger | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Fleck | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Gibson | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Gove | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Jenkins | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Morris Hatalsky | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Inman | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Hill | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Hill | E | $0 | |
| MC | Forrest Fezler | E | $0 | |
| MC | John Fought | E | $0 | |
| MC | Terry Diehl | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Curl | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Edwards | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Wally Armstrong | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Beau Baugh | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Frank Beard | E | $0 | |
| MC | Miller Barber | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Homero Blancas | E | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Campbell | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Colbert | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Brannan | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Britton | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Ron Streck | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | John Traub | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Storey | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Oosterhuis | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Simons | E | $0 | |
| MC | Allen Miller | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Andy North | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Pfeil | E | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Purtzer | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Dana Quigley | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Rogers | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Howard Twitty | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Weiskopf | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim White | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Funseth | +3 | $0 | |
| DQ | Bill Bakken | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Eissele | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Warner | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Fowler | Not known | ||
| — | Larry Ziegler | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Dunaway | Not known | ||
| — | John Jacobs | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Lytle | Not known | ||
| — | Curtis Worley | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Rohde | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Sander | Not known | ||
| — | Cesar Sanudo | Not known | ||
| — | Sammy Rachels | Not known | ||
| — | Loren Roberts | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Peck | Not known | ||
| — | Greg Powers | Not known | ||
| — | Paul Purtzer | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Nicolette | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Norris | Not known | ||
| — | Dwight Nevil | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Paschal | Not known | ||
| — | Sale Omohundro | Not known | ||
| — | Robert Seligman | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Shaw | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Simpson | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Smith | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Smith | Not known | ||
| — | Allan Strange | Not known | ||
| — | Mick Soli | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Spradlin | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Spray | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Stegner | Not known | ||
| — | Lance Ten Broeck | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Tredway | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| — | David Thore | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Brownlee | Not known | ||
| — | John Calabria | Not known | ||
| — | Rex Caldwell | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Byman | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Cole | Not known | ||
| — | Frank Conner | Not known | ||
| — | Antonio Cerdá | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Chancey | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Booros | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Black | Not known | ||
| — | Woody Blackburn | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Beauchemin | Not known | ||
| — | Perry Arthur | Not known | ||
| — | Stanton Altgelt | Not known | ||
| — | Richie Adham | Not known | ||
| — | David Eger | Not known | ||
| — | Dale Douglass | Not known | ||
| — | Clint Doyle | Not known | ||
| — | R.W. Eaks | Not known | ||
| — | Fred Couples | Not known | ||
| — | Dan Frickey | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Garrett | Not known | ||
| — | Jaime Gonzalez | Not known | ||
| — | Pat Fitzsimons | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Ferenz | Not known | ||
| — | Babe Hiskey | Not known | ||
| — | Jerry Heard | Not known | ||
| — | Bunky Henry | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Hewes | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Holland | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Johnson | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Jones | Not known | ||
| — | Darrell Kestner | Not known | ||
| — | Barry Jaeckel | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Harmon | Not known | ||
| — | Barry Harwell | Not known | ||
| — | Gary McCord | Not known | ||
| — | Keith Lyford | Not known | ||
| — | Artie McNickle | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Melnyk | Not known | ||
| — | Craig Metz | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Mitchell | Not known | ||
| — | Brent Murray | Not known | ||
| — | Pat Lindsey | Not known | ||
| — | John Lister | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Klein | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| — | Wren Lum | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Loeffler | Not known | ||
| WD | Ed Sneed | +1 | Not known |
WM Phoenix Open winner's share over time
This year is labeled. Full tournament history →
1981 Phoenix Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1981 Phoenix Open get?
David Graham won $54,000 from a $300,000 purse.
What was the 1981 Phoenix Open purse?
$300,000.
How much did last place get at the 1981 Phoenix Open?
The smallest check was $534, to Bill Majure (81).
How many players made the cut at the 1981 Phoenix Open?
81 players made the cut and finished, and 53 players missed it.