Bruce Lietzke finished -10 and took 18% of the purse. That $45,000 is worth about $164,431 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1981 Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 67% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1981 Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego 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 | Bruce Lietzke | -10 | $45,000 | $45,000 |
| T2 | Tom Jenkins | -10 | $27,000 | $22,000 |
| T2 | Ray Floyd | -10 | $27,000 | $22,000 |
| T4 | George Burns | -9 | $11,000 | $10,333 |
| T4 | Gary Hallberg | -9 | $11,000 | $10,333 |
| T4 | Jeff Mitchell | -9 | $11,000 | $10,333 |
| T7 | Jack Renner | -8 | $7,021 | $7,792 |
| T7 | Jim Simons | -8 | $7,021 | $7,792 |
| T7 | Craig Stadler | -8 | $7,021 | $7,792 |
| T10 | Ron Streck | -7 | $6,000 | |
| T10 | Johnny Miller | -7 | $6,000 | |
| T10 | Tom Kite | -7 | $6,000 | |
| T10 | Keith Fergus | -7 | $6,000 | |
| T14 | John Cook | -6 | $4,250 | |
| T14 | Miller Barber | -6 | $4,250 | |
| T14 | Andy Bean | -6 | $4,250 | |
| T14 | Leonard Thompson | -6 | $4,250 | |
| T14 | Scott Simpson | -6 | $4,250 | |
| T19 | Howard Twitty | -5 | $2,925 | |
| T19 | Fuzzy Zoeller | -5 | $2,925 | |
| T19 | Terry Diehl | -5 | $2,925 | |
| T19 | Bruce Douglass | -5 | $2,925 | |
| T19 | Bruce Fleisher | -5 | $2,925 | |
| T19 | Wayne Levi | -5 | $2,925 | |
| T25 | Bob Eastwood | -4 | $1,868 | |
| T25 | Doug Black | -4 | $1,868 | |
| T25 | Bill Calfee | -4 | $1,868 | |
| T25 | J. C. Snead | -4 | $1,868 | |
| T25 | Tim Simpson | -4 | $1,868 | |
| T25 | Bill Sander | -4 | $1,868 | |
| T25 | Cesar Sanudo | -4 | $1,868 | |
| T32 | Scott Watkins | -3 | $1,447 | |
| T32 | Tom Watson | -3 | $1,447 | |
| T32 | Nick Faldo | -3 | $1,447 | |
| T32 | Bob Murphy | -3 | $1,447 | |
| T36 | Gene Littler | -2 | $1,102 | $1,152 |
| T36 | Jay Haas | -2 | $1,102 | $1,152 |
| T36 | Barney Thompson | -2 | $1,102 | $1,152 |
| T36 | John Schroeder | -2 | $1,102 | $1,152 |
| T36 | Greg Powers | -2 | $1,102 | $1,152 |
| T36 | Tom Purtzer | -2 | $1,102 | $1,152 |
| T42 | Calvin Peete | -1 | $875 | |
| T42 | Mike McCullough | -1 | $875 | |
| T42 | Mark O'Meara | -1 | $875 | |
| T42 | Pat Fitzsimons | -1 | $875 | |
| T42 | Bud Allin | -1 | $875 | |
| T47 | George Archer | E | $642 | |
| T47 | Frank Beard | E | $642 | |
| T47 | Brad Bryant | E | $642 | |
| T47 | Gary McCord | E | $642 | |
| T47 | Billy Kratzert | E | $642 | |
| T47 | Phil Rodgers | E | $642 | |
| T47 | Jim Thorpe | E | $642 | |
| T54 | Bill Britton | +1 | $572 | |
| T54 | Jim Chancey | +1 | $572 | |
| T54 | Bruce Devlin | +1 | $572 | |
| T54 | Rod Curl | +1 | $572 | |
| T58 | Jim Colbert | +2 | $550 | |
| T58 | Bob Gilder | +2 | $550 | |
| T58 | Don Levin | +2 | $550 | |
| T58 | Larry Ziegler | +2 | $550 | |
| T58 | Loren Roberts | +2 | $550 | |
| T63 | Vance Heafner | +3 | $530 | |
| T63 | Buddy Gardner | +3 | $530 | |
| T63 | Chip Beck | +3 | $530 | |
| 66 | Lennie Clements | +4 | $520 | |
| T67 | Grier Jones | +6 | $510 | |
| T67 | Gary Koch | +6 | $510 | |
| T67 | Mark Pfeil | +6 | $510 | |
| 70 | Doug Sanders | +7 | $495 | $500 +1% |
| 71 | Arnie Dokka | +9 | $495 | |
| 72 | Bob Beauchemin | +10 | $490 | |
| MC | Woody Blackburn | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Booros | E | $0 | |
| MC | Wally Armstrong | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Perry Arthur | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Stanton Altgelt | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Don Bies | E | $0 | |
| MC | Pete Brown | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Clampett | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Casper | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Antonio Cerdá | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Calvin | E | $0 | |
| MC | Richie Adham | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Dent | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Couples | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Clint Doyle | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | R.W. Eaks | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Edwards | E | $0 | |
| MC | James Ferriell | +26 | $0 | |
| MC | Forrest Fezler | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Jacobsen | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Barry Jaeckel | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ted Goin | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Eichelberger | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Gibby Gilbert | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Gove | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | David Graham | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Lou Graham | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Halldorson | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Phillip Hancock | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Harmon | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Barry Harwell | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Hewes | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Hill | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Hill | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Lon Hinkle | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Hoch | E | $0 | |
| MC | Keith Lyford | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Maltbie | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Darrell Kestner | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mazza | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry McGee | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Pat McGowan | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Artie McNickle | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Melnyk | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Sale Omohundro | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Nichols | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Nicolette | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Norris | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Andy North | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Nuckolls | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Brent Murray | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Orville Moody | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Morley | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Skip Dunaway | E | $0 | |
| MC | D.A. Weibring | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Valentine | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Wadkins | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Walzel | E | $0 | |
| MC | Alan Tapie | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Mick Soli | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Shaw | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Curtis Sifford | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Pancratz | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Curtis Strange | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Smith | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Smith | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Jimmy Powell | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Rogers | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Rohde | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Curtis Worley | E | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Tewell | +3 | $0 | |
| DQ | Jim Nelford | +2 | Not known | |
| — | Dwight Nevil | Not known | ||
| — | Peter Oosterhuis | Not known | ||
| — | Lindy Miller | Not known | ||
| — | Craig Metz | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Loeffler | Not known | ||
| — | Lyn Lott | Not known | ||
| — | David Lundstrom | Not known | ||
| — | Pat Lindsey | Not known | ||
| — | John Lister | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Holland | Not known | ||
| — | Morris Hatalsky | Not known | ||
| — | Thomas Gray | Not known | ||
| — | Joe Hager | Not known | ||
| — | Jaime Gonzalez | Not known | ||
| — | Bunky Henry | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Jones | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Johnson | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Klein | Not known | ||
| — | David Eger | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Ferenz | Not known | ||
| — | Charlie Gibson | Not known | ||
| — | Dan Frickey | Not known | ||
| — | Dale Douglass | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Cole | Not known | ||
| — | Frank Conner | Not known | ||
| — | John Calabria | Not known | ||
| — | Rex Caldwell | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Campbell | Not known | ||
| — | Jon Chaffee | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Brownlee | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Byman | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Barr | Not known | ||
| — | Beau Baugh | Not known | ||
| — | John Adams | Not known | ||
| — | Billy Peterson | Not known | ||
| — | Rod Funseth | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Fowler | Not known | ||
| — | William Rogers | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Bakken | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Eissele | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Sabo | Not known | ||
| — | Dana Quigley | Not known | ||
| — | Sammy Rachels | Not known | ||
| — | Victor Regalado | Not known | ||
| — | Robert Seligman | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Peck | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Stegner | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Storey | Not known | ||
| — | Allan Strange | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Spradlin | Not known | ||
| — | Lance Ten Broeck | Not known | ||
| — | Joe Tesori | Not known | ||
| — | David Thore | Not known | ||
| — | Jim White | Not known | ||
| — | John Jacobs | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Lytle | Not known | ||
| — | John Traub | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Tredway | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| WD | George Cadle | +5 | Not known |
Farmers Insurance Open winner's share over time
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1981 Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1981 Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open get?
Bruce Lietzke won $45,000 from a $250,000 purse.
What was the 1981 Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open purse?
$250,000.
How much did last place get at the 1981 Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open?
The smallest check was $490, to Bob Beauchemin (72).
How many players made the cut at the 1981 Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open?
72 players made the cut and finished, and 73 players missed it.