John Cook finished -7 and took 18% of the purse. That $40,500 is worth about $147,988 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am 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 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am 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 | John Cook | -7 | $54,000 | $40,500 -25% |
| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | -7 | $32,400 | $14,850 |
| T2 | Bobby Clampett | -7 | $32,400 | $14,850 |
| T2 | Hale Irwin | -7 | $32,400 | $14,850 |
| T2 | Barney Thompson | -7 | $32,400 | $14,850 |
| T6 | Tom Watson | -6 | $7,042 | |
| T6 | Mike Reid | -6 | $7,042 | |
| T6 | Jerry Pate | -6 | $7,042 | |
| T6 | Brad Bryant | -6 | $7,042 | |
| T6 | Andy Bean | -6 | $7,042 | |
| T11 | Danny Edwards | -5 | $7,200 | $4,612 |
| T11 | Ray Floyd | -5 | $7,200 | $4,612 |
| T11 | Larry Nelson | -5 | $7,200 | $4,612 |
| T11 | Tom Kite | -5 | $7,200 | $4,612 |
| T11 | Jack Nicklaus | -5 | $7,200 | $4,612 |
| T11 | Larry Ziegler | -5 | $7,200 | $4,612 |
| T17 | Johnny Miller | -4 | $4,800 | $3,488 |
| T17 | Jim Colbert | -4 | $4,800 | $3,488 |
| T19 | Lennie Clements | -3 | $2,727 | |
| T19 | Barry Jaeckel | -3 | $2,727 | |
| T19 | Bob Eastwood | -3 | $2,727 | |
| T19 | Bruce Fleisher | -3 | $2,727 | |
| T19 | Greg Powers | -3 | $2,727 | |
| T24 | Mick Soli | -2 | $1,918 | |
| T24 | Hubert Green | -2 | $1,918 | |
| T24 | Gary Hallberg | -2 | $1,918 | |
| T24 | Gay Brewer | -2 | $1,918 | |
| T28 | Chip Beck | -1 | $1,530 | |
| T28 | George Cadle | -1 | $1,530 | |
| T28 | Bruce Devlin | -1 | $1,530 | |
| T28 | Mark Lye | -1 | $1,530 | |
| T28 | Jim Nelford | -1 | $1,530 | |
| T33 | Jerry McGee | E | $1,243 | |
| T33 | Gary Koch | E | $1,243 | |
| T33 | George Burns | E | $1,243 | |
| T33 | Bud Allin | E | $1,243 | |
| T37 | Stanton Altgelt | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Nick Faldo | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Keith Fergus | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Billy Kratzert | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Wayne Levi | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Mark Hayes | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Gil Morgan | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Lanny Wadkins | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Leonard Thompson | +1 | $900 | |
| T37 | Alan Tapie | +1 | $900 | |
| T47 | Curtis Strange | +2 | $595 | |
| T47 | Mike Sullivan | +2 | $595 | |
| T47 | Fuzzy Zoeller | +2 | $595 | |
| T47 | Bill Rogers | +2 | $595 | |
| T47 | Don Bies | +2 | $595 | |
| T52 | George Archer | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Wally Armstrong | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Mike Morley | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Jeff Mitchell | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Pat McGowan | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Phillip Hancock | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Tom Jenkins | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Jack Renner | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | Mark Pfeil | +3 | $512 | |
| T52 | D.A. Weibring | +3 | $512 | |
| T62 | Howard Twitty | +4 | $475 | |
| T62 | Tommy Valentine | +4 | $475 | |
| T62 | Bobby Wadkins | +4 | $475 | |
| T62 | Scott Simpson | +4 | $475 | |
| T62 | Lon Hinkle | +4 | $475 | |
| T62 | David Graham | +4 | $475 | |
| T68 | Lou Graham | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Jay Haas | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Grier Jones | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Mike McCullough | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Tim Norris | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Andy North | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Michael Brannan | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Bruce Douglass | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Dan Pohl | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| T68 | Bobby Pancratz | +5 | $612 | $439 |
| MC | Jimmy Powell | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Don Pooley | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Loren Roberts | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Sammy Rachels | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Simpson | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Stadler | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Ed Sabo | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Sanders | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Cesar Sanudo | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | John Schroeder | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Lance Ten Broeck | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Shaw | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Stockton | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Storey | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Walzel | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Watkins | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Dennis Trixler | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Thorpe | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim White | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Wynn | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Funseth | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | David Edwards | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Gardner Dickinson | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Terry Diehl | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Curl | +21 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Dent | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Ed Fiori | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Ferenz | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Eichelberger | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Elder | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Fought | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Frickey | +21 | $0 | |
| MC | Buddy Gardner | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Gibson | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Gibby Gilbert | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Gilder | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Brownlee | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Campbell | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Jon Chaffee | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Byman | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Aaron | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Adams | +20 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Barr | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Black | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Nuckolls | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark O'Meara | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Peck | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Calvin Peete | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Nichols | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Gove | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Melnyk | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mahaffey | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Majure | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mazza | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Jacobsen | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Hoch | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Gene Littler | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Loeffler | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Lyn Lott | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Halldorson | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Vance Heafner | +10 | $0 | |
| DQ | Frank Beard | Not known | ||
| DQ | Jim Chancey | Not known | ||
| DQ | Allen Miller | Not known | ||
| DQ | John Jacobs | +6 | Not known | |
| DQ | Tom Weiskopf | +5 | Not known | |
| DQ | Allan Strange | +9 | Not known | |
| DQ | Johnny Pott | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Nicolette | Not known | ||
| — | Victor Regalado | Not known | ||
| — | Dana Quigley | Not known | ||
| — | Phil Rodgers | Not known | ||
| — | Robert Seligman | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Sander | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Rohde | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Stegner | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Spradlin | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Smith | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Smith | Not known | ||
| — | Ron Streck | Not known | ||
| — | David Thore | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Lytle | Not known | ||
| — | Curtis Worley | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Dunaway | Not known | ||
| — | John Traub | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Tredway | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Fowler | Not known | ||
| — | William Rogers | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Eissele | Not known | ||
| — | Antonio Cerdá | Not known | ||
| — | John Calabria | Not known | ||
| — | Rex Caldwell | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Calfee | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Beauchemin | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Britton | Not known | ||
| — | Pete Brown | Not known | ||
| — | Woody Blackburn | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Booros | Not known | ||
| — | Beau Baugh | Not known | ||
| — | Richie Adham | Not known | ||
| — | Perry Arthur | Not known | ||
| — | Ted Goin | Not known | ||
| — | Jaime Gonzalez | Not known | ||
| — | Pat Fitzsimons | Not known | ||
| — | Forrest Fezler | Not known | ||
| — | Frank Conner | Not known | ||
| — | Fred Couples | Not known | ||
| — | David Eger | Not known | ||
| — | Dale Douglass | Not known | ||
| — | Clint Doyle | Not known | ||
| — | R.W. Eaks | Not known | ||
| — | Bunky Henry | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Hewes | Not known | ||
| — | Babe Hiskey | Not known | ||
| — | Barry Harwell | Not known | ||
| — | Joe Hager | Not known | ||
| — | Thomas Gray | Not known | ||
| — | David Lundstrom | Not known | ||
| — | Don Levin | Not known | ||
| — | Pat Lindsey | Not known | ||
| — | John Lister | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Holland | Not known | ||
| — | Darrell Kestner | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Johnson | Not known | ||
| — | Gary McCord | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| — | Keith Lyford | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Klein | Not known | ||
| — | Craig Metz | Not known | ||
| — | Lindy Miller | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Mitchell | Not known | ||
| — | Artie McNickle | Not known | ||
| — | Dwight Nevil | Not known | ||
| — | Brent Murray | Not known | ||
| — | Peter Oosterhuis | Not known | ||
| WD | Orville Moody | +5 | Not known | |
| WD | Roger Calvin | +23 | Not known |
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am winner's share over time
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1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am get?
John Cook won $40,500 from a $225,000 purse.
What was the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am purse?
$225,000.
How much did last place get at the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am?
The smallest check was $439, to Bobby Pancratz (T68).
How many players made the cut at the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am?
77 players made the cut and finished, and 62 players missed it.