Phil Mickelson finished -4 and took 19% of the purse. It was his 27th PGA Tour win, and 21% of the $5,569,604 he earned that season.
How the 2005 PGA Championship purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 68% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2005 PGA 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 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -4 | $1,125,000 | $1,170,000 +4% |
| T2 | Steve Elkington | Australia | -3 | $550,000 | $572,000 |
| T2 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | -3 | $550,000 | $572,000 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | USA | -2 | $267,500 | $286,000 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | USA | -2 | $267,500 | $286,000 |
| T6 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | -1 | $196,000 | $201,500 |
| T6 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | -1 | $196,000 | $201,500 |
| T6 | Pat Perez | USA | -1 | $196,000 | $201,500 |
| T6 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | -1 | $196,000 | $201,500 |
| T10 | David Toms | USA | E | $131,800 | |
| T10 | Dudley Hart | USA | E | $131,800 | |
| T10 | Steve Flesch | USA | E | $131,800 | |
| T10 | Ted Purdy | USA | E | $131,800 | |
| T10 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | E | $131,800 | |
| T15 | Charles Howell III | USA | +1 | $102,500 | |
| T15 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | +1 | $102,500 | |
| T17 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | +2 | $76,857 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Joe Ogilvie | USA | +2 | $76,857 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Lee Westwood | England | +2 | $76,857 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Tim Clark | South Africa | +2 | $76,857 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Trevor Immelman | South Africa | +2 | $76,857 | $82,500 |
| T17 | Zach Johnson | USA | +2 | $76,857 | $82,500 |
| T23 | Kenny Perry | USA | +3 | $56,400 | |
| T23 | Paul McGinley | Ireland | +3 | $56,400 | |
| T23 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | +3 | $56,400 | |
| T23 | Shingo Katayama | Japan | +3 | $56,400 | |
| T23 | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | +3 | $56,400 | |
| T28 | Arron Oberholser | USA | +4 | $41,500 | |
| T28 | Bob Estes | USA | +4 | $41,500 | |
| T28 | Chad Campbell | USA | +4 | $41,500 | |
| T28 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | +4 | $41,500 | |
| T28 | Stewart Cink | USA | +4 | $41,500 | |
| T28 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | +4 | $41,500 | |
| T34 | Ben Curtis | USA | +5 | $31,917 | |
| T34 | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | +5 | $31,917 | |
| T34 | Jason Bohn | USA | +5 | $31,917 | |
| T34 | Jerry Kelly | USA | +5 | $31,917 | |
| T34 | Jim Furyk | USA | +5 | $31,917 | |
| T34 | Scott Verplank | USA | +5 | $31,917 | |
| T40 | Adam Scott | Australia | +6 | $22,300 | |
| T40 | Ben Crane | USA | +6 | $22,300 | |
| T40 | John Rollins | USA | +6 | $22,300 | |
| T40 | K.J. Choi | South Korea | +6 | $22,300 | |
| T40 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | Spain | +6 | $22,300 | |
| T40 | Patrick Sheehan | USA | +6 | $22,300 | |
| T40 | Steve Schneiter | USA | +6 | $22,300 | |
| T47 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Fred Funk | USA | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Greg Owen | England | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Heath Slocum | USA | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Ian Poulter | England | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | J.L. Lewis | USA | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | José María Olazábal | Spain | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Mike Weir | Canada | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Ryan Palmer | USA | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Todd Hamilton | USA | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T47 | Y.E. Yang | South Korea | +7 | $15,371 | |
| T59 | Carlos Franco | Paraguay | +8 | $13,343 | |
| T59 | Mark Hensby | Australia | +8 | $13,343 | |
| T59 | Paul Casey | England | +8 | $13,343 | |
| T59 | Peter Hanson | Sweden | +8 | $13,343 | |
| T59 | Scott McCarron | USA | +8 | $13,343 | |
| T59 | Sean O'Hair | USA | +8 | $13,343 | |
| T59 | Steve Webster | England | +8 | $13,343 | |
| T66 | Chris Riley | USA | +9 | $12,350 | $12,750 |
| T66 | Luke Donald | England | +9 | $12,350 | $12,750 |
| T66 | Ronald Philo | USA | +9 | $12,350 | $12,750 |
| T66 | Woody Austin | USA | +9 | $12,350 | $12,750 |
| T70 | Fred Couples | USA | +10 | $12,000 | $12,450 |
| T70 | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | +10 | $12,000 | $12,450 |
| T72 | Joe Durant | USA | +11 | $11,800 | $12,250 |
| T72 | Stephen Ames | Canada | +11 | $11,800 | $12,250 |
| T74 | John Daly | USA | +12 | $12,050 | |
| T74 | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | +12 | $12,050 | |
| 76 | Mike Small | USA | +15 | $11,900 | |
| 77 | Kevin Sutherland | USA | +16 | $11,800 | |
| 78 | Darrell Kestner | USA | +19 | $11,700 | |
| 79 | Hal Sutton | USA | +20 | $11,600 | |
| MC | Alan Morin | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Alex Cejka | Germany | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Arjun Atwal | India | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Bart Bryant | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Andrade | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Mayfair | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Ford | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Tway | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Faxon | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brent Geiberger | USA | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Melton | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Quigley | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Davis | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Chip Johnson | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris DiMarco | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Starkjohann | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Wiemers | +11 | $0 | ||
| MC | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Parry | Australia | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Thomas | USA | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Tentis | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | David Duval | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | David Howell | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Don Berry | USA | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Hunter Mahan | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jay Haas | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Jean-François Remesy | France | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Coston | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Maggert | USA | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Martin | USA | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Sluman | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Yurkiewicz | +5 | $0 | ||
| MC | Jonathan Kaye | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Leonard | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Kelly Mitchum | USA | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Na | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Janzen | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Loren Roberts | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Lucas Glover | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Maarten Lafeber | Netherlands | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Brooks | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Mielke | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Allen | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Reid | +157 | $0 | ||
| MC | Mike Reid | USA | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Dougherty | England | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick O'Hern | Australia | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Niclas Fasth | Sweden | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Azinger | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Lonard | Australia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Rich Beem | USA | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Rich Steinmetz | USA | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard Green | Australia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard S. Johnson | Sweden | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Rob Moss | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Allenby | Australia | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Pampling | Australia | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Spence | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Shaun Micheel | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Shigeki Maruyama | Japan | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | S.K. Ho | South Korea | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Dodd | Wales | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Gallacher | Scotland | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Leaney | Australia | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Levet | France | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Thongchai Jaidee | Thailand | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Fleming | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Herron | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Petrovic | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Thelen | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Weinhart | USA | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Lehman | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Toru Taniguchi | Japan | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Travis Long | +7 | $0 | ||
| MC | Wayne Grady | Australia | +16 | $0 |
PGA Championship winner's share over time
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2005 PGA Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2005 PGA Championship get?
Phil Mickelson won $1,170,000 from a $6,250,000 purse.
What was the 2005 PGA Championship purse?
$6,250,000.
How much did last place get at the 2005 PGA Championship?
The smallest check was $11,600, to Hal Sutton (79).
How many players made the cut at the 2005 PGA Championship?
79 players made the cut and finished, and 78 players missed it.