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2009 PGA Tour money list

The 2009 PGA Tour paid $272,596,766 in official prize money across 45 events. Tiger Woods led the money list with $10,507,663, and the biggest single check was $1,710,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2009.

$272.6MTotal purse
45Official events
95Players over $1M
1Over $10M
31Different winners
248Earned $0

The 2009 money race

Cumulative prize money for the season's top five, event by event.

$0$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10.0M$12.5MTiger Woods · $10.5MSteve Stricker · $6.3MPhil Mickelson · $5.3MZach Johnson · $4.7MKenny Perry · $4.4M01/0802/1203/1204/0905/1406/1807/1608/1309/24

2009 PGA Tour money list: top 25

The top 10 took 19% of all the money paid.

How the money was spread

613 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $21,571, and 248 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

$0$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10.0M$12.5M$1M: 95 players aboveMedian $22K1st25%50%75%Last

Biggest checks of 2009

2009 FedEx Cup bonuses

Paid at the Tour Championship. Not official prize money.

2009 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Tiger Woods (6), Phil Mickelson (3), Steve Stricker (3), Geoff Ogilvy (2), Zach Johnson (2), Kenny Perry (2), Y.E. Yang (2), Brian Gay (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
01/08Mercedes-Benz Championship historyGeoff Ogilvy$5,600,000$1,120,000
01/15Sony Open in Hawaii historyZach Johnson$5,400,000$972,000
01/21The 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer historyPat Perez$5,100,000$918,000
01/29FBR Open historyKenny Perry$6,000,000$1,080,000
02/05Buick Invitational historyNick Watney$5,300,000$954,000
02/12AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am historyDustin Johnson$6,100,000$1,098,000
02/19Northern Trust Open Playoff historyPhil Mickelson$6,300,000$1,134,000
02/25World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship historyGeoff Ogilvy$8,500,000$1,392,627
02/26Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun historyMark Wilson$3,600,000$648,000
03/05The Honda Classic historyY.E. Yang$5,600,000$1,008,000
03/12World Golf Championships-CA Championship historyPhil Mickelson$8,500,000$1,400,000
03/12Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular historyMichael Bradley$3,500,000$630,000
03/19Transitions Championship historyRetief Goosen$5,400,000$972,000
03/26Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard historyTiger Woods$6,000,000$1,080,000
04/02Shell Houston Open historyPaul Casey$5,700,000$1,026,000
04/09The Masters Major historyÁngel Cabrera$7,000,000$1,350,000
04/16Verizon Heritage historyBrian Gay$5,700,000$1,026,000
04/23Zurich Classic of New Orleans historyJerry Kelly$6,300,000$1,134,000
04/30Quail Hollow Championship historySean O'Hair$6,500,000$1,170,000
05/07The Players Championship Players historyHenrik Stenson$9,500,000$1,710,000
05/14Valero Texas Open historyZach Johnson$6,100,000$1,098,000
05/21HP Byron Nelson Championship historyRory Sabbatini$6,500,000$1,170,000
05/28Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial historySteve Stricker$6,200,000$1,116,000
06/04The Memorial Tournament historyTiger Woods$6,000,000$1,080,000
06/11St. Jude Classic presented by FedEx historyBrian Gay$5,600,000$1,008,000
06/18U.S. Open Championship Major historyLucas Glover$7,500,000$1,350,000
06/25Travelers Championship historyKenny Perry$6,000,000$1,080,000
07/02AT&T National historyTiger Woods$6,000,000$1,080,000
07/09John Deere Classic historySteve Stricker$4,300,000$774,000
07/16British Open Championship Major historyStewart Cink$8,600,000$1,221,005
07/16U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee historyBo Van Pelt$4,000,000$720,000
07/23RBC Canadian Open historyNathan Green$5,100,000$918,000
07/30Buick Open historyTiger Woods$5,100,000$918,000
08/06World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational historyTiger Woods$8,500,000$1,400,000
08/06Legends Reno-Tahoe Open historyJohn Rollins$3,000,000$540,000
08/13PGA Championship Major historyY.E. Yang$7,500,000$1,350,000
08/20Wyndham Championship historyRyan Moore$5,100,000$936,000
08/27The Barclays Playoff historyHeath Slocum$7,500,000$1,350,000
09/04Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff historySteve Stricker$7,500,000$1,350,000
09/10BMW Championship Playoff historyTiger Woods$7,500,000$1,350,000
09/24The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola Playoff historyPhil Mickelson$7,500,000$1,350,000
10/01Turning Stone Resort Championship historyMatt Kuchar$6,000,000$1,080,000
10/08The Presidents Cup Unofficial history———
10/15Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open historyMartin Laird$4,200,000$756,000
10/22Frys.com Open historyTroy Matteson$5,000,000$900,000
11/12Children's Miracle Network Classic historyStephen Ames$4,700,000$846,000
12/02PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament Unofficial historyTroy Merritt$1,057,500$50,000

Full 2009 money list

All 365 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Tiger Woods18166$10,507,663
2Steve Stricker22193$6,332,136
3Phil Mickelson18163$5,332,018
4Zach Johnson26222$4,714,312
5Kenny Perry24242$4,445,325
6Sean O'Hair23181$4,315,071
7Jim Furyk23210$3,945,778
8Geoff Ogilvy20182$3,858,897
9Lucas Glover26201$3,693,353
10Y.E. Yang23192$3,489,516
11Retief Goosen20191$3,232,413
12Nick Watney24191$3,221,421
13Brian Gay27212$3,201,295
14David Toms27210$3,047,971
15Dustin Johnson25181$2,977,664
16Hunter Mahan25230$2,940,848
17Stewart Cink22161$2,817,870
18Rory Sabbatini25171$2,752,054
19Kevin Na26190$2,724,825
20Henrik Stenson1091$2,697,573
21Padraig Harrington20140$2,628,140
22Ángel Cabrera17121$2,625,235
23Paul Casey1391$2,577,705
24Jerry Kelly26191$2,562,648
25Matt Kuchar24171$2,489,193
26Ian Poulter17130$2,430,264
27Mike Weir24200$2,379,185
28John Senden29200$2,305,667
29John Rollins27181$2,269,475
30Ryan Moore27161$2,240,871
31Tim Clark23190$2,234,368
32Justin Leonard26210$2,230,956
33Heath Slocum30171$2,195,565
34Jason Dufner26190$2,190,792
35Luke Donald21180$2,174,210
36Steve Marino29190$2,164,039
37Ernie Els19160$2,145,735
38Stephen Ames23161$2,131,038
39Scott Verplank24190$2,092,114
40Anthony Kim22170$1,971,655
41Bo Van Pelt30191$1,945,528
42Charley Hoffman27210$1,895,117
43Robert Allenby21160$1,890,709
44Brian Davis32190$1,874,805
45Mark Wilson28211$1,838,693
46Charles Howell III29210$1,806,335
47Camilo Villegas21180$1,804,244
48Marc Leishman28180$1,743,551
49Chad Campbell26190$1,725,237
50Pat Perez22161$1,719,860
51John Mallinger27180$1,717,140
52Ben Crane27190$1,667,085
53Davis Love III27190$1,622,070
54Paul Goydos25140$1,619,918
55Tim Petrovic31160$1,552,640
56Brandt Snedeker26140$1,486,947
57Troy Matteson30171$1,466,252
58George McNeill26150$1,439,220
59John Merrick28170$1,438,892
60Nathan Green30201$1,436,342
61Bubba Watson24130$1,430,244
62Bill Haas29160$1,427,918
63Brett Quigley28160$1,412,972
64Bryce Molder21130$1,382,520
65Lee Westwood880$1,379,464
66Charlie Wi28180$1,375,096
67Martin Laird24111$1,349,559
68D.A. Points29190$1,320,021
69Jonathan Byrd25180$1,317,545
70Vijay Singh21150$1,276,315
71Jason Day18140$1,251,219
72Webb Simpson30160$1,249,674
73Jeff Klauk29200$1,244,183
74Rory McIlroy11100$1,237,690
75Kevin Sutherland27210$1,221,758
76J.B. Holmes25130$1,219,534
77Sergio Garcia17140$1,217,085
78Fred Couples16100$1,201,361
79Jeff Overton28190$1,193,346
80Freddie Jacobson25160$1,191,304
81Briny Baird28160$1,186,982
82Vaughn Taylor28160$1,178,492
83Jason Bohn25180$1,168,736
84J.J. Henry28200$1,161,823
85Ross Fisher1080$1,139,967
86Woody Austin24170$1,137,331
87Justin Rose22150$1,128,671
88Mathew Goggin26140$1,118,345
89Boo Weekley22180$1,107,435
90Bob Estes23160$1,079,929
91D.J. Trahan30180$1,078,486
92Nick O'Hern27180$1,074,702
93Greg Chalmers26150$1,058,773
94Scott Piercy28150$1,032,716
95Kevin Streelman29190$1,007,722
96Scott McCarron27180$982,127
97K.J. Choi22120$968,269
98Rod Pampling23140$956,939
99Alex Cejka25150$953,943
100Kevin Stadler20130$934,314
101James Nitties27150$931,532
102Michael Letzig28210$896,478
103Lee Janzen23120$871,187
104Ted Purdy30210$838,707
105Aaron Baddeley23120$836,828
106Bill Lunde27150$825,691
107Jeev Milkha Singh15110$825,508
108Daniel Chopra28160$814,561
109James Driscoll1780$807,788
110Ben Curtis18150$799,287
111Andres Romero20110$789,068
112Mark Calcavecchia23110$787,346
113Adam Scott1990$782,901
114Graeme McDowell11100$779,904
115Greg Owen30180$764,004
116Oliver Wilson970$756,036
117Michael Allen22140$744,456
118Matt Bettencourt31170$740,316
119Harrison Frazar28170$738,797
120Chris Stroud28160$735,019
121Tom Watson210$732,603
122Michael Bradley1761$727,788
123Cameron Beckman26170$726,705
124Jeff Quinney26130$719,724
125Ryuji Imada25170$706,394
126Richard S. Johnson26170$687,356
127Ricky Barnes23110$684,863
128Roland Thatcher1660$681,631
129Rich Beem26130$677,113
130Nicholas Thompson31160$675,178
131Steve Flesch27120$668,052
132Jimmy Walker24130$662,875
133Will MacKenzie2490$659,686
134Robert Garrigus25170$657,482
135Martin Kaymer1190$655,907
136Jeff Maggert28110$653,259
137Chris Riley22160$632,292
138David Duval2260$623,824
139Tim Herron27160$620,616
140Soren Hansen870$617,300
141Joe Ogilvie29130$613,979
142Todd Hamilton29110$605,998
143Matt Jones17120$593,515
144Chris DiMarco29180$584,075
145Rickie Fowler640$571,090
146Carl Pettersson29150$564,810
147Stuart Appleby25160$562,600
148Søren Kjeldsen750$557,432
149Matt Weibring22110$542,553
150Tom Pernice Jr.26140$536,819
151Brendon de Jonge29160$536,696
152Spencer Levin25130$531,240
153Tom Lehman16110$515,450
154Tommy Armour III19100$503,306
155Miguel Angel Jiménez870$493,183
156Aron Price27180$487,684
157Rocco Mediate22170$485,244
158Chez Reavie27130$480,266
159Charles Warren20120$475,726
160Corey Pavin23120$475,012
161Cliff Kresge28100$464,593
162Ryan Palmer26120$454,510
163Jamie Lovemark520$453,872
164Shingo Katayama630$449,500
165Glen Day26140$447,595
166Dean Wilson29130$442,600
167Johnson Wagner26130$435,058
168Chris Wood220$428,442
169Leif Olson2140$412,966
170Jason Gore24120$408,811
171Danny Lee1250$406,538
172Trevor Immelman1490$395,007
173Billy Mayfair28120$392,268
174Ken Duke29130$383,600
175Casey Wittenberg25100$376,076
176David Mathis27140$366,267
177Tag Ridings1690$363,597
178Peter Hanson540$357,222
179Mathias Gronberg1360$354,163
180Thomas Aiken320$339,672
181Brad Adamonis25110$334,181
182Peter Lonard30120$333,825
183Steve Lowery27140$329,289
184Jonathan Kaye1780$327,408
185Bart Bryant17120$326,590
186Scott Sterling1690$318,818
187Bob Heintz20100$312,978
188Kris Blanks2080$307,322
189Francesco Molinari440$304,368
190Kent Jones24120$302,100
191J.P. Hayes1560$300,381
192Alvaro Quiros950$298,610
193Tim Wilkinson1460$297,008
194Patrick Sheehan15100$283,606
195Jarrod Lyle21110$275,195
196Parker McLachlin25100$275,033
197Brandt Jobe860$265,841
198Aaron Watkins1850$263,969
199Mark Brooks17100$263,074
200Shaun Micheel1680$257,590
201Shigeki Maruyama530$256,331
202Joe Durant20100$250,720
203Robert Karlsson740$243,500
204Steve Elkington23110$243,404
205Jay Williamson22120$240,749
206José María Olazábal430$239,629
207Brendon Todd2150$203,841
208Dicky Pride1040$202,580
209Prayad Marksaeng630$201,906
210Darron Stiles2060$199,871
211Brian Vranesh2060$198,567
212Kevin Chappell310$197,488
213Marc Turnesa3090$197,069
214Richard Sterne850$185,031
215Scott Gutschewski1950$184,683
216Frank Lickliter II1450$183,419
217Colt Knost24100$180,754
218Charl Schwartzel640$171,241
219Omar Uresti940$166,649
220Garrett Willis630$164,905
221Darren Clarke740$160,907
222Dudley Hart1470$158,399
223Thongchai Jaidee430$157,351
224Greg Kraft2140$156,686
225Kirk Triplett2090$155,480
226Louis Oosthuizen630$137,566
227Todd Fischer320$136,701
228John Huston1370$135,476
229Kyle Stanley750$132,039
230Michael Sim330$130,188
231Peter Tomasulo2550$128,706
232Tommy Gainey1570$128,539
233James Kingston220$127,936
234Derek Fathauer2560$125,305
235Chris Baryla310$123,038
236Gary Woodland1860$121,031
237David Berganio Jr1560$115,517
238Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño540$108,867
239Azuma Yano430$107,485
240Brendan Jones220$97,876
241Anders Hansen420$96,263
242Norio Shinozaki110$94,500
243Paul Stankowski930$90,445
244Will Collins1850$84,569
245Eric Axley3060$83,152
246Wen-Tang Lin320$82,888
247Thomas Levet330$80,755
248Nick Dougherty320$77,676
249Arjun Atwal1240$76,676
250Guy Boros740$74,440
251Johan Edfors320$74,336
252Ronnie Black330$72,478
253Jose Manuel Lara210$72,000
254Chris Smith320$71,424
255Sandy Lyle210$71,400
256Neal Lancaster620$69,774
257John Daly620$68,990
258Rick Price2160$66,689
259Skip Kendall320$62,700
260Tadd Fujikawa430$61,892
261Carlos Franco1050$60,261
262Anthony Kang110$60,000
263Jesper Parnevik1440$58,712
264Richard Finch210$58,500
265Derek Lamely210$58,188
266Brad Faxon2350$57,434
267James Oh2140$57,271
268Chris Couch830$56,665
269Notah Begay III1540$54,645
270Bob Tway1330$54,358
271Mark Brown210$52,000
272Garth Mulroy110$52,000
273Loren Roberts320$51,257
274Jeff Sluman210$50,400
275Jay Delsing730$49,860
276Len Mattiace110$49,743
277Arron Oberholser420$48,017
278Kenichi Kuboya110$47,794
279Larry Mize110$46,575
280Christian Cévaër110$46,500
281David Peoples630$45,122
282Doug Johnson110$44,763
283Brian Bateman2520$43,611
284Fred Funk610$36,926
285Grégory Havret110$36,625
286Chih-Bing Lam110$36,250
287Shane Lowry110$36,000
288Yuji Igarashi110$35,750
289Pablo Larrazábal310$35,250
290Matthew Borchert1930$34,493
291Mark Hensby520$32,250
292Scott Hoch110$31,657
293Robert Damron510$31,150
294Erik Compton520$27,524
295Ryo Ishikawa620$26,217
296Troy Kelly1720$25,828
297Paul McGinley210$25,539
298Anthony Wall210$25,539
299Branden Grace110$25,539
300Tyler Aldridge1720$24,370
301Marco Dawson610$22,570
302Martin Piller110$22,570
303Andrew McLardy210$22,501
304Jean-Francois Lucquin110$22,501
305Stephen Leaney1120$21,993
306Hideto Tanihara110$21,600
307Paul Lawrie110$21,571
308Jeff Brehaut110$20,630
309Trevor Murphy110$20,630
310Billy Andrade1720$19,654
311Vance Veazey110$19,600
312David Howell110$18,295
313Graeme Storm110$18,295
314Olin Browne910$17,712
315David Drysdale110$17,013
316Paul Broadhurst110$17,013
317Fredrik Andersson Hed110$16,199
318Mark O'Meara210$15,547
319Hiroyuki Fujita110$15,525
320Bobby Gates110$15,177
321Daniel Gaunt110$15,140
322Richard Green210$15,000
323Steve Wheatcroft110$14,907
324Alan Wagner110$14,700
325José de Jesús Rodríguez110$14,400
326David Smail310$14,050
327José Coceres610$14,036
328Tom Byrum410$13,872
329Graham DeLaet110$13,872
330Steve Allan1710$13,671
331Gregory Bisconti110$13,600
332Grant Sturgeon110$13,300
333Alastair Forsyth110$13,100
334Luke List110$12,600
335Matt Harmon110$11,893
336Matthew Loving110$11,712
337Chris Kirk210$11,651
338John Ellis110$11,651
339Fernando Mechereffe110$11,492
340David Gossett510$11,480
341Craig Barlow510$11,271
342Greg Norman310$11,229
343Mike Grob110$11,118
344Andres Gonzales110$10,965
345Paul Azinger810$10,800
346Rod Perry110$10,798
347Ernie Gonzalez110$10,788
348Rich Barcelo110$10,500
349Spike McRoy110$10,500
350Lucas Lee100$10,251
351Junpei Takayama110$9,936
352Courtland Lowe200$9,434
353Tom Scherrer210$9,364
354Felipe Aguilar110$9,364
355Manuel Villegas110$9,364
356Tano Goya110$9,364
357Andrew Ruthkoski200$8,428
358Andy Matthews110$7,700
359Ryan Helminen100$7,360
360Esteban Toledo210$7,344
361James Vargas110$7,344
362Robin Freeman510$6,930
363Grant Waite210$6,756
364Steve Pate410$6,030
365J.L. Lewis410$5,820

2009 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2009 PGA Tour money list?

Tiger Woods, with $10,507,663 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2009?

$272,596,766 across 45 official events, from total purses of $272,600,000.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2009?

95. Of those, 3 earned over $5 million and 1 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2009?

$1,710,000 to Henrik Stenson at The Players Championship.

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