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2012 PGA Tour money list

The 2012 PGA Tour paid $276,580,011 in official prize money across 45 events. Rory McIlroy led the money list with $8,047,952, and the biggest single check was $1,710,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2012.

$278.5MTotal purse
45Official events
98Players over $1M
0Over $10M
35Different winners
238Earned $0

The 2012 money race

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

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M$8.0M$10.0MRory McIlroy · $8.0MTiger Woods · $6.1MBrandt Snedeker · $5.0MJason Dufner · $4.9MBubba Watson · $4.6M01/0602/0903/0804/0505/1006/1407/1908/1610/04

2012 PGA Tour money list: top 25

The top 10 took 18% of all the money paid.

How the money was spread

602 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $28,867, and 238 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

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Biggest checks of 2012

2012 FedEx Cup bonuses

Paid at the Tour Championship. Not official prize money.

2012 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Rory McIlroy (4), Tiger Woods (3), Brandt Snedeker (2), Hunter Mahan (2), Jason Dufner (2), Zach Johnson (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
01/06Hyundai Tournament of Champions historySteve Stricker$5,600,000$1,120,000
01/12Sony Open in Hawaii historyJohnson Wagner$5,500,000$990,000
01/19Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation historyMark Wilson$5,600,000$1,008,000
01/26Farmers Insurance Open historyBrandt Snedeker$6,000,000$1,080,000
02/02Waste Management Phoenix Open historyKyle Stanley$6,100,000$1,098,000
02/09AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am historyPhil Mickelson$6,400,000$1,152,000
02/16Northern Trust Open Playoff historyBill Haas$6,600,000$1,188,000
02/22World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship historyHunter Mahan$8,500,000$1,400,000
02/23Mayakoba Golf Classic historyJohn Huh$3,700,000$666,000
03/01The Honda Classic historyRory McIlroy$5,700,000$1,026,000
03/08World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship historyJustin Rose$8,500,000$1,400,000
03/08Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com historyGeorge McNeill$3,500,000$630,000
03/15Transitions Championship historyLuke Donald$5,500,000$990,000
03/22Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard historyTiger Woods$6,000,000$1,080,000
03/29Shell Houston Open historyHunter Mahan$6,000,000$1,080,000
04/05The Masters Tournament Major historyBubba Watson$8,000,000$1,440,000
04/12RBC Heritage historyCarl Pettersson$5,700,000$1,026,000
04/19Valero Texas Open historyBen Curtis$6,200,000$1,116,000
04/26Zurich Classic of New Orleans historyJason Dufner$6,400,000$1,152,000
05/03Wells Fargo Championship historyRickie Fowler$6,500,000$1,170,000
05/10The Players Championship Players historyMatt Kuchar$9,500,000$1,710,000
05/17HP Byron Nelson Championship historyJason Dufner$6,500,000$1,170,000
05/24Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial historyZach Johnson$6,400,000$1,152,000
05/31The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance historyTiger Woods$6,200,000$1,116,000
06/07FedEx St. Jude Classic Playoff historyDustin Johnson$5,600,000$1,008,000
06/14U.S. Open Golf Championship Major historyWebb Simpson$8,000,000$1,440,000
06/21Travelers Championship historyMarc Leishman$6,000,000$1,080,000
06/28AT&T National historyTiger Woods$6,500,000$1,170,000
07/05The Greenbrier Classic historyTed Potter Jr.$6,100,000$1,098,000
07/12John Deere Classic historyZach Johnson$4,600,000$828,000
07/19The Open Championship Major historyErnie Els$8,000,000$1,405,890
07/19True South Classic historyScott Stallings$3,000,000$540,000
07/26RBC Canadian Open historyScott Piercy$5,200,000$936,000
08/02World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational historyKeegan Bradley$8,500,000$1,400,000
08/02Reno-Tahoe Open history—$3,000,000—
08/09PGA Championship Major historyRory McIlroy$8,000,000$1,445,000
08/16Wyndham Championship historySergio Garcia$5,200,000$936,000
08/23The Barclays Playoff historyNick Watney$8,000,000$1,440,000
08/31Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff historyRory McIlroy$8,000,000$1,440,000
09/06BMW Championship Playoff historyRory McIlroy$8,000,000$1,440,000
09/20Tour Championship by Coca-Cola Playoff historyBrandt Snedeker$8,000,000$1,440,000
09/28Ryder Cup Unofficial history———
10/04Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open historyRyan Moore$4,500,000$810,000
10/11Frys.com Open historyJonas Blixt$5,000,000$900,000
10/18The McGladrey Classic historyTommy Gainey$4,000,000$720,000
10/25CIMB Classic Unofficial historyNick Watney$6,100,000$1,300,000
11/01World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions UnofficialIan Poulter$7,000,000$1,200,000
11/08Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic historyCharlie Beljan$4,700,000$846,000
11/28PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament Unofficial historyDong-hwan Lee$1,057,500$50,000
11/29World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual Unofficial historyGraeme McDowell$4,000,000$1,000,000

Full 2012 money list

All 364 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Rory McIlroy16134$8,047,952
2Tiger Woods19163$6,133,158
3Brandt Snedeker23192$4,989,739
4Jason Dufner22212$4,869,304
5Bubba Watson19161$4,644,997
6Zach Johnson25242$4,504,244
7Justin Rose19171$4,290,930
8Phil Mickelson22181$4,203,821
9Hunter Mahan23202$4,019,193
10Keegan Bradley25211$3,910,658
11Matt Kuchar22211$3,903,065
12Jim Furyk24200$3,623,805
13Carl Pettersson26201$3,538,656
14Luke Donald17161$3,512,024
15Louis Oosthuizen19140$3,460,995
16Ernie Els22191$3,453,118
17Webb Simpson22181$3,436,758
18Steve Stricker19181$3,420,021
19Dustin Johnson20171$3,393,820
20Robert Garrigus26190$3,206,530
21Rickie Fowler23201$3,066,293
22Nick Watney26231$3,044,224
23Bo Van Pelt24200$3,043,509
24Lee Westwood15140$3,016,569
25Adam Scott16150$2,899,557
26Ryan Moore24201$2,858,944
27Scott Piercy28191$2,699,205
28John Huh28221$2,692,113
29Sergio Garcia16141$2,510,116
30Ben Curtis19121$2,494,153
31Graeme McDowell16130$2,408,279
32Kyle Stanley27161$2,351,857
33Bill Haas23181$2,349,951
34Jonas Blixt21141$2,255,695
35Johnson Wagner27171$2,225,007
36Martin Laird22160$2,172,883
37Mark Wilson25161$2,144,780
38Kevin Na25180$2,029,943
39Brendon de Jonge31260$2,015,252
40Matt Every25150$1,972,166
41Marc Leishman23191$1,933,761
42John Senden22190$1,916,651
43Charlie Wi25180$1,845,397
44Bud Cauley28210$1,774,479
45Ian Poulter15150$1,715,271
46Ben Crane23150$1,701,365
47David Toms19120$1,658,428
48Jimmy Walker28220$1,638,419
49Jonathan Byrd21150$1,616,789
50S.Y. Noh27230$1,612,351
51Vijay Singh27230$1,586,305
52Jeff Overton29220$1,563,670
53Tommy Gainey32161$1,540,749
54D.A. Points30150$1,533,361
55Ken Duke30220$1,511,628
56Peter Hanson1190$1,511,221
57Padraig Harrington17140$1,505,772
58Ryan Palmer24160$1,501,215
59John Rollins25130$1,479,255
60Kevin Stadler24160$1,471,036
61Michael Thompson25150$1,408,374
62Tim Clark20110$1,407,028
63Ted Potter Jr.25131$1,383,170
64Charlie Beljan2181$1,365,988
65Brian Davis29160$1,318,032
66Scott Stallings27121$1,293,739
67Charles Howell III29200$1,284,578
68Spencer Levin25160$1,283,616
69Charley Hoffman27150$1,276,663
70Geoff Ogilvy20180$1,255,223
71Dicky Pride18110$1,247,712
72Tom Gillis23150$1,238,058
73Blake Adams32210$1,234,345
74William McGirt30170$1,228,947
75Cameron Tringale26180$1,225,737
76Aaron Baddeley22160$1,215,753
77Troy Matteson31170$1,198,953
78Harris English27220$1,186,003
79Chris Kirk26190$1,175,362
80Greg Chalmers25200$1,166,627
81Sangmoon Bae25160$1,165,952
82Sean O'Hair24190$1,160,981
83Bryce Molder24150$1,160,055
84Greg Owen27180$1,151,622
85Brian Harman30200$1,146,448
86Jason Day17130$1,143,233
87Charl Schwartzel16130$1,138,844
88Rory Sabbatini29120$1,128,820
89George McNeill25171$1,119,535
90J.B. Holmes24180$1,113,505
91Daniel Summerhays26140$1,111,522
92Pat Perez22180$1,064,053
93Graham DeLaet23160$1,051,951
94Martin Flores30170$1,035,569
95John Merrick25140$1,029,128
96David Hearn28190$1,012,575
97Bob Estes23160$1,009,769
98John Mallinger24120$1,002,852
99Davis Love III20110$989,753
100K.J. Choi21160$969,057
101Freddie Jacobson18150$953,494
102Brian Gay27160$950,758
103Josh Teater29180$910,930
104Chris Stroud28140$903,570
105Chad Campbell27140$895,199
106Kevin Streelman26180$893,736
107Ryo Ishikawa18100$871,051
108David Lynn110$865,000
109Colt Knost28100$848,197
110Boo Weekley24110$841,536
111Robert Allenby27100$808,927
112Jhonattan Vegas25130$801,803
113Henrik Stenson15110$791,107
114Will Claxton28210$780,969
115Troy Kelly2290$779,292
116Ricky Barnes27170$774,208
117Andres Romero21110$766,919
118J.J. Henry27160$757,802
119Roberto Castro26190$755,095
120Jason Bohn27110$755,049
121Brendan Steele23130$753,965
122Jason Kokrak26100$742,680
123David Mathis28110$736,765
124Harrison Frazar1970$730,203
125James Driscoll27140$687,338
126Jeff Maggert27140$682,742
127Nicolas Colsaerts980$677,011
128Tim Herron27160$660,279
129Jerry Kelly26150$645,701
130Trevor Immelman24130$617,296
131Rod Pampling25160$614,083
132Billy Mayfair27150$607,961
133Gary Woodland22130$592,879
134Kevin Chappell28160$592,010
135D.J. Trahan2690$588,942
136Gary Christian27160$585,257
137Chez Reavie26150$580,617
138Martin Kaymer860$576,356
139Retief Goosen1290$571,174
140Tim Petrovic1650$558,862
141Bill Lunde24140$548,598
142Vaughn Taylor25130$547,129
143Bobby Gates28140$525,293
144Heath Slocum28160$510,658
145Russell Knox22110$502,684
146Camilo Villegas24150$491,729
147Nick O'Hern25110$482,805
148Richard H. Lee23100$481,732
149Scott Brown2370$478,763
150Billy Hurley III2670$474,130
151Chris DiMarco28110$468,298
152Brendon Todd2880$464,395
153Billy Horschel16130$463,977
154Stewart Cink21130$463,373
155Y.E. Yang20130$454,276
156Francesco Molinari870$453,961
157Kyle Reifers27160$448,960
158Mark Anderson24120$441,019
159Justin Leonard25110$426,155
160JJ Killeen32150$396,857
161Roland Thatcher2070$396,801
162Robert Karlsson17110$393,340
163Kris Blanks2490$390,059
164Miguel Angel Jiménez650$386,803
165Hunter Haas2390$381,964
166Joe Durant1350$378,178
167John Daly1490$374,505
168Jarrod Lyle750$363,685
169Paul Lawrie660$360,640
170Nathan Green21130$360,531
171Erik Compton25140$353,195
172Danny Lee25110$352,302
173Brandt Jobe18100$344,332
174Arjun Atwal26100$342,410
175Kevin Kisner2390$339,856
176Chris Couch2090$335,848
177Stuart Appleby23120$328,059
178Jamie Donaldson440$320,334
179John Peterson830$319,551
180Matt Bettencourt3090$303,876
181Patrick Reed1170$302,977
182Matt Jones1880$300,254
183Alexandre Rocha2070$290,658
184Luke Guthrie430$284,672
185Ángel Cabrera2070$283,385
186Garth Mulroy19100$277,632
187Thomas Bjørn970$270,506
188Cameron Beckman25130$265,306
189Miguel Angel Carballo24100$263,170
190Mathew Goggin2290$259,604
191Simon Dyson850$257,456
192Thomas Aiken420$257,179
193Gavin Coles22120$247,561
194Rocco Mediate22110$242,354
195Lee Janzen1170$241,189
196Ryuji Imada2790$238,648
197Anders Hansen730$232,900
198Alex Cejka1160$218,117
199Robert Rock630$212,625
200Steven Bowditch1740$206,768
201Branden Grace650$205,325
202Rich Beem930$200,049
203Scott Dunlap1970$199,020
204Stephen Ames2070$193,686
205Daniel Chopra2060$192,198
206Michael Bradley2380$191,746
207Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño760$190,233
208Fred Couples430$188,378
209Derek Lamely2560$185,479
210Alvaro Quiros840$182,800
211Alex Noren430$178,193
212Thorbjørn Olesen220$176,243
213Kyung Kim1050$175,590
214Duffy Waldorf1070$174,433
215Rafa Cabrera Bello640$169,668
216Sung Kang2970$169,439
217Casey Wittenberg110$163,594
218Briny Baird1360$154,110
219Chris Riley1180$153,781
220Joe Ogilvie1770$152,376
221Lee Slattery320$147,339
222Joost Luiten330$139,347
223Zack Miller1230$137,112
224Alejandro Cañizares310$129,962
225Patrick Sheehan2070$129,590
226Todd Hamilton930$127,339
227Matteo Manassero320$126,979
228Frank Lickliter II820$125,683
229Steve Wheatcroft2150$125,296
230Mark Calcavecchia310$124,343
231Woody Austin720$122,472
232Michael Allen320$121,895
233Aaron Watkins210$118,969
234Darren Clarke730$117,310
235Hunter Hamrick530$115,979
236Joey Snyder III810$112,800
237Jamie Lovemark1660$109,572
238Tommy Biershenk2690$107,266
239Jim Herman210$105,000
240Shaun Micheel1160$103,559
241Tom Pernice Jr.2260$102,907
242Edward Loar2250$97,947
243Marc Turnesa1040$95,648
244Garrett Willis1460$95,014
245Richard S. Johnson620$92,705
246Patrick Cantlay970$91,726
247Marcus Fraser320$91,350
248Raphael Jacquelin210$86,348
249Steve Marino620$85,040
250Scott Langley430$82,630
251Matthew Baldwin220$79,999
252Marco Dawson2180$79,727
253Steven Alker110$79,277
254Marcel Siem320$79,250
255Andres Gonzales110$78,780
256Juvic Pagunsan220$77,839
257Kenny Perry540$76,544
258Tadd Fujikawa110$69,025
259Lucas Glover1740$67,112
260Shane Bertsch1650$66,255
261Yoshinori Fujimoto220$64,573
262Pablo Larrazábal320$62,930
263Skip Kendall540$62,390
264Jeev Milkha Singh320$60,589
265James Morrison110$60,044
266Toshinori Muto320$59,964
267Corey Pavin220$59,120
268Stephen Gangluff2240$58,702
269Paul Goydos620$57,220
270Paul Casey920$56,755
271Kent Jones620$54,644
272Alistair Presnell110$53,168
273Morgan Hoffmann110$53,168
274Tadahiro Takayama410$52,340
275Will MacKenzie530$49,760
276Danny Willett110$49,000
277Hennie Otto110$49,000
278Paul Stankowski740$47,793
279Anirban Lahiri110$47,124
280Tom Lehman210$46,990
281Bernd Wiesberger210$46,500
282Ross Fisher220$45,740
283Kyle Thompson2130$45,460
284Fred Funk420$45,449
285George Coetzee410$45,000
286Kyung-tae Kim110$45,000
287Jbe Kruger210$44,250
288Jeff Quinney110$43,310
289Willie Wood110$42,000
290Michael Hoey310$41,625
291Tom Lewis210$41,000
292Oliver Bekker110$40,750
293Tetsuji Hiratsuka110$38,000
294Robert Gamez730$37,221
295Anthony Kim1020$33,960
296Richard Sterne110$32,023
297Steve LeBrun110$31,979
298Brett Quigley110$31,858
299Scott Verplank910$31,168
300Robert Damron620$30,673
301Jeff Curl320$28,890
302Omar Uresti420$28,844
303Tom Watson320$28,470
304Shawn Stefani110$27,650
305Jason Gore810$26,700
306Jonathan Randolph110$26,700
307David Duval1620$26,696
308Craig Barlow620$26,538
309Hank Kuehne1220$26,342
310Kelly Kraft1030$24,994
311Hiroyuki Fujita310$24,912
312Nicholas Thompson210$24,912
313Jesse Mueller110$24,912
314Justin Hicks210$23,180
315Rafael Echenique110$23,180
316Simon Khan110$23,180
317Bart Bryant610$23,134
318Kevin Sutherland420$22,886
319Neal Lancaster810$22,184
320Joseph Bramlett110$21,850
321Matt McQuillan1120$20,852
322Derek Ernst110$20,000
323Esteban Toledo110$19,980
324Darron Stiles110$19,955
325Jae-Bum Park110$19,955
326Brett Wetterich620$19,717
327Dale Whitnell110$19,292
328José María Olazábal520$18,677
329Marc Warren110$18,593
330Ted Purdy320$18,540
331Dustin Morris110$18,512
332Edoardo Molinari110$18,240
333Adilson da Silva110$17,964
334Derek Tolan110$17,780
335Brendan Jones310$17,339
336Carl Paulson210$16,943
337Len Mattiace210$16,650
338Glen Day210$16,650
339Thongchai Jaidee310$16,636
340Warren Bennett110$16,636
341Toru Taniguchi410$15,150
342Fran Quinn510$12,932
343Gene Sauers110$12,900
344Peter Tomasulo310$12,827
345Doug LaBelle II110$12,540
346Randall Hutchison110$12,461
347Sam Saunders400$12,224
348Emiliano Grillo110$11,900
349Koumei Oda210$11,880
350Diego Velasquez100$11,284
351Alex Aragon100$10,725
352Jonathan Fly110$10,528
353Jesper Parnevik310$10,340
354Ben Kohles110$10,296
355Matt Hill210$9,932
356Mathias Gronberg110$9,246
357José de Jesús Rodríguez110$8,362
358Chase Wright110$8,360
359Mark Brooks310$7,215
360Eric Axley210$7,215
361Guy Boros110$7,215
362Steve Lowery110$7,215
363Peter Lonard410$7,210
364Kirk Triplett310$7,141

2012 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2012 PGA Tour money list?

Rory McIlroy, with $8,047,952 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2012?

$276,580,011 across 45 official events, from total purses of $278,500,000.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2012?

98. Of those, 2 earned over $5 million and 0 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2012?

$1,710,000 to Matt Kuchar at The Players Championship.

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