Larry Nelson finished -7 and took 18% of the purse. That $54,000 is worth about $197,318 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1981 Greater Greensboro Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 66% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1981 Greater Greensboro 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 | Larry Nelson | -7 | $45,000 | $54,000 +20% |
| 2 | Mark Hayes | -7 | $16,500 | $32,400 +96% |
| 3 | Nick Faldo | -6 | $20,400 | |
| 4 | Lee Trevino | -5 | $14,400 | |
| T5 | George Burns | -2 | $11,400 | |
| T5 | Ben Crenshaw | -2 | $11,400 | |
| T7 | Ed Fiori | -1 | $7,531 | $8,121 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | -1 | $7,531 | $8,121 |
| T7 | Bobby Walzel | -1 | $7,531 | $8,121 |
| T7 | Dan Pohl | -1 | $7,531 | $8,121 |
| T7 | Bill Rogers | -1 | $7,531 | $8,121 |
| T7 | Bob Shearer | -1 | $7,531 | $8,121 |
| T7 | Dave Stockton | -1 | $7,531 | $8,121 |
| T14 | Craig Stadler | E | $5,550 | |
| T14 | Isao Aoki | E | $5,550 | |
| T16 | Rod Curl | +1 | $4,800 | |
| T16 | Bruce Fleisher | +1 | $4,800 | |
| T16 | Danny Edwards | +1 | $4,800 | |
| T19 | Antonio Cerdá | +2 | $3,765 | |
| T19 | Mike Morley | +2 | $3,765 | |
| T19 | Jerry Pate | +2 | $3,765 | |
| T19 | Lanny Wadkins | +2 | $3,765 | |
| T23 | Bobby Wadkins | +3 | $2,670 | |
| T23 | Jim Simons | +3 | $2,670 | |
| T23 | Vance Heafner | +3 | $2,670 | |
| T23 | Joe Inman | +3 | $2,670 | |
| T23 | Tom Jenkins | +3 | $2,670 | |
| T28 | Billy Kratzert | +4 | $1,952 | |
| T28 | Bob Gilder | +4 | $1,952 | |
| T28 | Bill Calfee | +4 | $1,952 | |
| T28 | Jim Dent | +4 | $1,952 | |
| T28 | George Archer | +4 | $1,952 | |
| T28 | John Schroeder | +4 | $1,952 | |
| T28 | Jack Renner | +4 | $1,952 | |
| T35 | Victor Regalado | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Tim Simpson | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Leonard Thompson | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Tom Weiskopf | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | John Fought | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Scott Hoch | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Barry Jaeckel | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Jeff Mitchell | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Gary Player | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T35 | Bob Murphy | +5 | $1,324 | |
| T45 | Peter Oosterhuis | +6 | $826 | |
| T45 | Calvin Peete | +6 | $826 | |
| T45 | Wayne Levi | +6 | $826 | |
| T45 | Peter Jacobsen | +6 | $826 | |
| T45 | David Edwards | +6 | $826 | |
| T45 | Seve Ballesteros | +6 | $826 | |
| T45 | Barney Thompson | +6 | $826 | |
| T45 | Tom Purtzer | +6 | $826 | |
| T53 | Ron Streck | +7 | $702 | |
| T53 | Greg Norman | +7 | $702 | |
| T55 | Andy North | +8 | $681 | |
| T55 | Lee Elder | +8 | $681 | |
| T55 | Frank Conner | +8 | $681 | |
| T55 | Charlie Gibson | +8 | $681 | |
| T59 | Tim Norris | +9 | $654 | |
| T59 | Pat McGowan | +9 | $654 | |
| T59 | Lou Graham | +9 | $654 | |
| T59 | Doug Tewell | +9 | $654 | |
| T59 | J. C. Snead | +9 | $654 | |
| T64 | Skip Dunaway | +10 | $520 | $630 |
| T64 | Fred Couples | +10 | $520 | $630 |
| T64 | Bud Allin | +10 | $520 | $630 |
| T67 | Eddie Pearce | +11 | $609 | |
| T67 | Mark Pfeil | +11 | $609 | |
| T67 | D.A. Weibring | +11 | $609 | |
| T67 | Cesar Sanudo | +11 | $609 | |
| T71 | Doug Black | +12 | $591 | |
| T71 | Roger Calvin | +12 | $591 | |
| T73 | Bobby Clampett | +13 | $573 | |
| T73 | Gary Hallberg | +13 | $573 | |
| T73 | Jack Lewis Jr. | +13 | $573 | |
| T73 | Dana Quigley | +13 | $573 | |
| T77 | Bob Byman | +14 | $558 | |
| MC | George Cadle | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Rex Caldwell | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Woody Blackburn | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Britton | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Bryant | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Aaron | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | John Adams | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Wally Armstrong | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Devlin | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Terry Diehl | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Ed Dougherty | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Douglass | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Halldorson | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Phillip Hancock | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Hardin | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Forrest Fezler | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Al Geiberger | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Lennie Clements | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Barr | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Eastwood | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | David Eger | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Eichelberger | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Pat Lindsey | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Loeffler | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Lyn Lott | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Lye | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Maltbie | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Rik Massengale | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Terry Mauney | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mazza | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark McCumber | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Jaime Gonzalez | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Holland | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Hill | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Lon Hinkle | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Morris Hatalsky | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Allen Miller | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Newton | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Lonnie Nielsen | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark O'Meara | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Greg Powers | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Simpson | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mick Soli | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Storey | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Allan Strange | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Howard Twitty | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Wintz | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Fuzzy Zoeller | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Thorpe | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | John Traub | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Trivisonno | +10 | $0 | |
| DQ | Jim Sears | Not known | ||
| DQ | Mike Smith | Not known | ||
| DQ | Bill Sander | Not known | ||
| DQ | Artie McNickle | +2 | Not known | |
| — | Bobby Mitchell | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Hawkes | Not known | ||
| — | Brent Murray | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Pancratz | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Paschal | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Peck | Not known | ||
| — | Rod Nuckolls | Not known | ||
| — | Thomas Gray | Not known | ||
| — | Jerry Heard | Not known | ||
| — | Keith Lyford | Not known | ||
| — | Don Levin | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Johnson | Not known | ||
| — | Darrell Kestner | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Klein | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Ferenz | Not known | ||
| — | Dan Frickey | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Harmon | Not known | ||
| — | Barry Harwell | Not known | ||
| — | Clint Doyle | Not known | ||
| — | Ben Duncan | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Barber | Not known | ||
| — | Jon Chaffee | Not known | ||
| — | Richie Adham | Not known | ||
| — | Stanton Altgelt | Not known | ||
| — | Chip Beck | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Rohde | Not known | ||
| — | Loren Roberts | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Preston | Not known | ||
| — | Jimmy Powell | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Spradlin | Not known | ||
| — | Tommy Valentine | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Lytle | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Fowler | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Watkins | Not known | ||
| — | Dennis Trixler | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Tredway | Not known | ||
| — | David Thore | Not known | ||
| — | Lance Ten Broeck | Not known | ||
| WD | Buddy Gardner | +2 | Not known | |
| WD | Frank Beard | +7 | Not known | |
| WD | Steve Melnyk | E | Not known |
Wyndham Championship winner's share over time
This year is labeled. Full tournament history →
1981 Greater Greensboro Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1981 Greater Greensboro Open get?
Larry Nelson won $54,000 from a $300,000 purse.
What was the 1981 Greater Greensboro Open purse?
$300,000.
How much did last place get at the 1981 Greater Greensboro Open?
The smallest check was $558, to Bob Byman (T77).
How many players made the cut at the 1981 Greater Greensboro Open?
77 players made the cut and finished, and 53 players missed it.