Tiger Woods finished -18 and took 20% of the purse. It was his 49th PGA Tour win, and 13% of the $9,941,563 he earned that season.
How the 2006 British Open Championship purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 62% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2006 British Open 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 | Tiger Woods | USA | -18 | $1,261,584 | $1,338,480 +6% |
| 2 | Chris DiMarco | USA | -16 | $753,446 | $799,370 +6% |
| 3 | Ernie Els | South Africa | -13 | $424,908 | $511,225 +20% |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | USA | -12 | $390,390 | |
| T5 | Hideto Tanihara | Japan | -11 | $214,060 | $296,510 |
| T5 | Sergio Garcia | Spain | -11 | $214,060 | $296,510 |
| 7 | Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | -10 | $237,952 | |
| T8 | Adam Scott | Australia | -9 | $177,225 | |
| T8 | Andres Romero | Argentina | -9 | $177,225 | |
| T8 | Carl Pettersson | Sweden | -9 | $177,225 | |
| T11 | Anthony Wall | England | -8 | $116,959 | $128,891 |
| T11 | Ben Crane | USA | -8 | $116,959 | $128,891 |
| T11 | S.K. Ho | South Korea | -8 | $116,959 | $128,891 |
| T14 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | -7 | $105,034 | |
| T14 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -7 | $105,034 | |
| T16 | Brett Rumford | Australia | -6 | $83,655 | |
| T16 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | -6 | $83,655 | |
| T16 | Mikko Ilonen | Finland | -6 | $83,655 | |
| T16 | Peter Lonard | Australia | -6 | $83,655 | |
| T16 | Robert Allenby | Australia | -6 | $83,655 | |
| T16 | Robert Rock | England | -6 | $83,655 | |
| T22 | Charl Schwartzel | South Africa | -5 | $65,762 | |
| T22 | Greg Owen | England | -5 | $65,762 | |
| T22 | Mark Hensby | Australia | -5 | $65,762 | |
| T22 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -5 | $65,762 | |
| T26 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -4 | $54,097 | |
| T26 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -4 | $54,097 | |
| T26 | Lee Slattery | England | -4 | $54,097 | |
| T26 | Paul Broadhurst | England | -4 | $54,097 | |
| T26 | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | -4 | $54,097 | |
| T31 | Lee Westwood | England | -3 | $45,546 | |
| T31 | Scott Verplank | USA | -3 | $45,546 | |
| T31 | Simon Khan | England | -3 | $45,546 | |
| T31 | Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand | -3 | $45,546 | |
| T35 | John Senden | Australia | -2 | $36,483 | |
| T35 | Luke Donald | England | -2 | $36,483 | |
| T35 | Marcus Fraser | Australia | -2 | $36,483 | |
| T35 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | -2 | $36,483 | |
| T35 | Robert Karlsson | Sweden | -2 | $36,483 | |
| T35 | Rod Pampling | Australia | -2 | $36,483 | |
| T41 | Brandt Jobe | USA | -1 | $26,243 | $27,619 |
| T41 | Jeff Sluman | USA | -1 | $26,243 | $27,619 |
| T41 | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | -1 | $26,243 | $27,619 |
| T41 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | Spain | -1 | $26,243 | $27,619 |
| T41 | Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | -1 | $26,243 | $27,619 |
| T41 | Stephen Ames | Canada | -1 | $26,243 | $27,619 |
| T41 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | -1 | $26,243 | $27,619 |
| T48 | Andrew Marshall | England | E | $21,578 | |
| T48 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | Spain | E | $21,578 | |
| T48 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | E | $21,578 | |
| T48 | John Bickerton | England | E | $21,578 | |
| T48 | Marius Thorp | Norway | E | — | |
| T48 | Simon Dyson | England | E | $21,578 | |
| T48 | Simon Wakefield | England | E | $21,578 | |
| T48 | Tom Watson | USA | E | $21,578 | |
| T56 | David Duval | USA | +1 | $19,148 | |
| T56 | José María Olazábal | Spain | +1 | $19,148 | |
| T56 | Keiichiro Fukabori | Japan | +1 | $19,148 | |
| T56 | Mike Weir | Canada | +1 | $19,148 | |
| T56 | Tim Clark | South Africa | +1 | $19,148 | |
| T61 | Andrew Buckle | Australia | +2 | $18,497 | |
| T61 | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | +2 | $18,497 | |
| T63 | Marco Ruiz | Paraguay | +3 | $18,125 | |
| T63 | Mark O'Meara | USA | +3 | $18,125 | |
| 65 | Chad Campbell | USA | +4 | $17,846 | |
| T66 | Fred Funk | USA | +6 | $16,996 | $17,568 |
| T66 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | +6 | $16,996 | $17,568 |
| T68 | Edoardo Molinari | Italy | +7 | — | |
| T68 | Todd Hamilton | USA | +7 | $17,289 | |
| 70 | Bart Bryant | USA | +8 | $17,103 | |
| 71 | Paul Casey | England | +10 | $16,917 | |
| MC | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Bland | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Frayne | +8 | $0 | ||
| MC | Arron Oberholser | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Barry Lane | England | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Bunny | Australia | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Curtis | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bernhard Langer | Germany | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Andrade | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Bo Van Pelt | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bradley Dredge | Wales | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bradley Hughes | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Quigley | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Wetterich | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Vaughan | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Carlos Rodiles | Spain | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Denison | +10 | $0 | ||
| MC | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Darren Parris | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | David Howell | England | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | David Smail | New Zealand | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Davis Love III | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Couples | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Day | England | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Lockerbie | England | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Ian Poulter | England | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jamie Donaldson | Wales | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jarrod Lyle | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | J.B. Holmes | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Maggert | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Payne | England | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | J.J. Henry | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Johan Edfors | Sweden | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | John Daly | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jon Bevan | England | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Julien Guerrier | France | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Kenneth Ferrie | England | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Kenny Perry | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | K.J. Choi | South Korea | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Lucas Glover | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Pilkington | Wales | E | $0 | |
| MC | Markus Brier | Austria | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mathew Goggin | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Wright | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Dougherty | England | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Faldo | England | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Ludwell | England | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick O'Hern | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Niclas Fasth | Sweden | E | $0 | |
| MC | Padraig Harrington | Ireland | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Lawrie | Scotland | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul McGinley | Ireland | E | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Hedblom | Sweden | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Phillip Price | Wales | E | $0 | |
| MC | Rich Beem | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Richard Green | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard Sterne | South Africa | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Ross Wellington | South Africa | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Sam Little | England | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Drummond | Scotland | E | $0 | |
| MC | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Shaun Micheel | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Shingo Katayama | Japan | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Shiv Kapur | India | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Dodd | Wales | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Elkington | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Stewart Cink | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Stuart Appleby | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Tatsuhiko Ichihara | +8 | $0 | ||
| MC | Ted Purdy | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Aiken | South Africa | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Herron | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Lehman | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Toshinori Muto | Japan | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Unho Park | Australia | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Vijay Singh | Fiji | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Warren Abery | South Africa | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Warren Bladon | England | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Wayne Perske | Australia | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Yasuharu Imano | Japan | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Zach Johnson | USA | +2 | $0 |
The Open winner's share over time
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2006 British Open Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2006 British Open Championship get?
Tiger Woods won $1,338,480 from a $6,750,000 purse.
What was the 2006 British Open Championship purse?
$6,750,000.
How much did last place get at the 2006 British Open Championship?
The smallest check was $16,917, to Paul Casey (71).
How many players made the cut at the 2006 British Open Championship?
71 players made the cut and finished, and 85 players missed it.