Ted Purdy finished -15 and took 18% of the purse. It was his first PGA Tour win, and 51% of the $2,198,368 he earned that season.
How the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship 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.
2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | Country | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Purdy | USA | -15 | $1,044,000 | $1,116,000 +7% |
| 2 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -14 | $510,400 | $669,600 +31% |
| T3 | Bob Tway | USA | -11 | $322,400 | |
| T3 | Doug Barron | USA | -11 | $322,400 | |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | -11 | $322,400 | |
| T6 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | -10 | $200,725 | |
| T6 | Omar Uresti | USA | -10 | $200,725 | |
| T6 | Scott Verplank | USA | -10 | $200,725 | |
| T6 | Shigeki Maruyama | Japan | -10 | $200,725 | |
| T10 | Ernie Els | South Africa | -9 | $148,800 | |
| T10 | Jaxon Brigman | USA | -9 | $148,800 | |
| T10 | J.J. Henry | USA | -9 | $148,800 | |
| T10 | Mark Brooks | USA | -9 | $148,800 | |
| T14 | John Rollins | USA | -8 | $92,800 | $108,500 |
| T14 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -8 | $92,800 | $108,500 |
| T14 | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | -8 | $92,800 | $108,500 |
| T14 | Skip Kendall | USA | -8 | $92,800 | $108,500 |
| T18 | Brett Wetterich | USA | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | Corey Pavin | USA | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | Heath Slocum | USA | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | Jim Furyk | USA | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | J.P. Hayes | USA | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | Luke Donald | England | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | Todd Hamilton | USA | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T18 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -7 | $70,267 | |
| T27 | Billy Mayfair | USA | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T27 | Jay Williamson | USA | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T27 | John Senden | Australia | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T27 | Kevin Sutherland | USA | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T27 | Mark O'Meara | USA | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T27 | Rod Pampling | Australia | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T27 | Stephen Leaney | Australia | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T27 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | -6 | $39,440 | $41,269 |
| T35 | Craig Perks | New Zealand | -5 | $30,566 | |
| T35 | James Driscoll | USA | -5 | $30,566 | |
| T35 | Ryuji Imada | Japan | -5 | $30,566 | |
| T35 | Scott McCarron | USA | -5 | $30,566 | |
| T35 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | -5 | $30,566 | |
| T40 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T40 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T40 | Ian Leggatt | Canada | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T40 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T40 | John Cook | USA | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T40 | Mark Wilson | USA | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T40 | Stewart Cink | USA | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T40 | Trevor Immelman | South Africa | -4 | $22,320 | |
| T48 | Ben Crane | USA | -3 | $14,577 | $15,583 |
| T48 | Briny Baird | USA | -3 | $14,577 | $15,583 |
| T48 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -3 | $14,577 | $15,583 |
| T48 | John Daly | USA | -3 | $14,577 | $15,583 |
| T48 | Justin Rose | England | -3 | $14,577 | $15,583 |
| T48 | Kenny Perry | USA | -3 | $14,577 | $15,583 |
| T54 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | -2 | $13,224 | $14,322 |
| T54 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -2 | $13,224 | $14,322 |
| T56 | Chad Campbell | USA | -1 | $14,074 | |
| T56 | Steve Elkington | Australia | -1 | $14,074 | |
| T58 | Brandt Jobe | USA | E | $13,578 | |
| T58 | Jim Carter | USA | E | $13,578 | |
| T58 | Justin Leonard | USA | E | $13,578 | |
| T58 | Paul Gow | Australia | E | $13,578 | |
| T58 | Robert Allenby | Australia | E | $13,578 | |
| T58 | Tom Gillis | USA | E | $13,578 | |
| T64 | Harrison Frazar | USA | +1 | $12,958 | |
| T64 | Steve Lowery | USA | +1 | $12,958 | |
| T64 | Steve Stricker | USA | +1 | $12,958 | |
| T64 | Todd Fischer | USA | +1 | $12,958 | |
| 68 | Daniel Chopra | Sweden | +2 | $12,648 | |
| 69 | Gavin Coles | Australia | +3 | $12,524 | |
| 70 | Hunter Mahan | USA | +4 | $12,400 | |
| 71 | Pat Perez | USA | +5 | $12,276 | |
| T72 | Brendan Jones | Australia | +6 | $11,252 | $12,090 |
| T72 | Jason Hartwick | +6 | $11,252 | $12,090 | |
| 74 | Glen Day | USA | +8 | $11,904 | |
| T75 | Mark Hensby | Australia | +9 | $11,020 | $11,718 |
| T75 | Tim Petrovic | USA | +9 | $11,020 | $11,718 |
| MC | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Alex Cejka | Germany | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Arron Oberholser | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bart Bryant | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Estes | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Faxon | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Bateman | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Gay | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Madison | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Carl Paulson | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Carl Pettersson | Sweden | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Howell III | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Warren | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Wi | South Korea | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Riley | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Smith | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Clark Dennis | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Colby Beckstrom | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Barlow | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | D.A. Points | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Briggs | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Darron Stiles | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Dean Larsson | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Dean Wilson | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | D.J. Brigman | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | D.J. Trahan | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Dudley Hart | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Duffy Waldorf | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Frank Lickliter II | USA | -70 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Funk | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Glen Hnatiuk | Canada | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Hal Sutton | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Hank Kuehne | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Hidemichi Tanaka | Japan | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Hunter Haas | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jamie Elliott | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Allred | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Bohn | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | J.L. Lewis | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Joey Snyder III | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | John Elliott | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Huston | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Bolli | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Kent Jones | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Na | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Stadler | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Len Mattiace | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Lindy Miller | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Marco Dawson | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Mario Tiziani | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Gogel | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Weibring | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Allen | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Long | New Zealand | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Neal Lancaster | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Watney | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Notah Begay III | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Patrick Sheehan | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Claxton | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Perry Arthur | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Lonard | Australia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Phillip Price | Wales | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Retief Goosen | South Africa | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Rich Beem | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Damron | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Gamez | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Palmer | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Gutschewski | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Hend | Australia | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Shaun Micheel | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Jones | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Tag Ridings | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Levet | France | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Tiger Woods | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Herron | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Byrum | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Armour III | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Zach Johnson | USA | +1 | $0 |
AT&T Byron Nelson winner's share over time
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2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship get?
Ted Purdy won $1,116,000 from a $6,200,000 purse.
What was the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship purse?
$6,200,000.
How much did last place get at the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship?
The smallest check was $11,718, to Tim Petrovic (T75).
How many players made the cut at the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship?
76 players made the cut and finished, and 80 players missed it.