J.J. Henry finished -14 and took 18% of the purse. It was his first PGA Tour win, and 35% of the $2,288,808 he earned that season.
How the 2006 Buick Championship purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 70% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2006 Buick 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 | J.J. Henry | USA | -14 | $774,000 | $792,000 +2% |
| T2 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -11 | $464,400 | $387,200 |
| T2 | Ryan Moore | USA | -11 | $464,400 | $387,200 |
| 4 | Nathan Green | Australia | -9 | $177,733 | $211,200 +19% |
| T5 | Bubba Dickerson | USA | -7 | $154,550 | |
| T5 | Shigeki Maruyama | Japan | -7 | $154,550 | |
| T5 | Stewart Cink | USA | -7 | $154,550 | |
| T5 | Woody Austin | USA | -7 | $154,550 | |
| T9 | David McKenzie | Australia | -6 | $116,100 | $101,829 |
| T9 | Joe Ogilvie | USA | -6 | $116,100 | $101,829 |
| T9 | Nick Watney | USA | -6 | $116,100 | $101,829 |
| T9 | Notah Begay III | USA | -6 | $116,100 | $101,829 |
| T9 | Peter Lonard | Australia | -6 | $116,100 | $101,829 |
| T9 | Skip Kendall | USA | -6 | $116,100 | $101,829 |
| T9 | Steve Flesch | USA | -6 | $116,100 | $101,829 |
| T16 | Brent Geiberger | USA | -5 | $66,650 | $66,000 |
| T16 | Brian Davis | England | -5 | $66,650 | $66,000 |
| T16 | Jason Bohn | USA | -5 | $66,650 | $66,000 |
| T16 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -5 | $66,650 | $66,000 |
| T16 | Trevor Immelman | South Africa | -5 | $66,650 | $66,000 |
| T21 | Ben Curtis | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Camilo Villegas | Colombia | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Corey Pavin | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | David Branshaw | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Harrison Frazar | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Justin Leonard | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Robert Gamez | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Ron Whittaker | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Scott Verplank | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T21 | Zach Johnson | USA | -4 | $39,160 | |
| T31 | B.J. Staten | USA | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Carl Pettersson | Sweden | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Darron Stiles | USA | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Frank Lickliter II | USA | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Heath Slocum | USA | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Kirk Triplett | USA | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Marco Dawson | USA | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Nick O'Hern | Australia | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T31 | Todd Fischer | USA | -3 | $25,499 | $23,907 |
| T40 | Jeff Gove | USA | -2 | $17,600 | |
| T40 | John Cook | USA | -2 | $17,600 | |
| T40 | Olin Browne | USA | -2 | $17,600 | |
| T40 | Paul Goydos | USA | -2 | $17,600 | |
| T44 | Billy Mayfair | USA | -1 | $14,080 | |
| T44 | K.J. Choi | South Korea | -1 | $14,080 | |
| T44 | Mike Sposa | USA | -1 | $14,080 | |
| T44 | Robert Damron | USA | -1 | $14,080 | |
| T48 | Billy Andrade | USA | E | $11,194 | |
| T48 | Chris Couch | USA | E | $11,194 | |
| T48 | Daisuke Maruyama | Japan | E | $11,194 | |
| T48 | D.J. Trahan | USA | E | $11,194 | |
| T48 | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | E | $11,194 | |
| T53 | Alex Cejka | Germany | +1 | $10,091 | |
| T53 | Doug Barron | USA | +1 | $10,091 | |
| T53 | Fred Funk | USA | +1 | $10,091 | |
| T53 | Greg Kraft | USA | +1 | $10,091 | |
| T53 | Mathias Gronberg | Sweden | +1 | $10,091 | |
| T53 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | +1 | $10,091 | |
| T59 | Bob Tway | USA | +2 | $9,636 | |
| T59 | Ryan Hietala | USA | +2 | $9,636 | |
| T59 | Tim Petrovic | USA | +2 | $9,636 | |
| T59 | Will MacKenzie | USA | +2 | $9,636 | |
| T63 | Patrick Sheehan | USA | +3 | $9,116 | $9,328 |
| T63 | Tag Ridings | USA | +3 | $9,116 | $9,328 |
| T63 | Tjaart van der Walt | South Africa | +3 | $9,116 | $9,328 |
| T66 | Kenny Perry | USA | +4 | $8,858 | $9,108 |
| T66 | Troy Matteson | USA | +4 | $8,858 | $9,108 |
| T68 | Alex Aragon | USA | +5 | $8,844 | |
| T68 | Joe Durant | USA | +5 | $8,844 | |
| T68 | John Huston | USA | +5 | $8,844 | |
| T68 | Shane Bertsch | USA | +5 | $8,844 | |
| T72 | Jeff Overton | USA | +9 | $8,580 | |
| T72 | Joey Sindelar | USA | +9 | $8,580 | |
| MC | Aaron Baddeley | Australia | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Magee | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Arjun Atwal | India | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Bart Bryant | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Glasson | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Haas | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Burns | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bob May | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Faxon | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Stegmaier | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Wetterich | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Bateman | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Gay | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Henninger | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Briny Baird | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bubba Watson | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Cameron Beckman | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Carlos Franco | Paraguay | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Warren | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Smith | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | D.A. Points | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Forsman | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Ellis | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | David Frost | South Africa | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Dudley Hart | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Duffy Waldorf | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Eric Axley | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Fran Marrello | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Gabriel Hjertstedt | Sweden | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Glen Day | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Greg Chalmers | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Henrik Bjornstad | Norway | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Hidemichi Tanaka | Japan | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ian Leggatt | Canada | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | James Driscoll | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | James McLean | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Gore | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Schultz | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jay Williamson | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Brehaut | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Maggert | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Kelly | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Smith | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim McGovern | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim St. Pierre | +8 | $0 | ||
| MC | Jimmy Walker | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | John Bushka | USA | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | John Engler, Jr. | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | John Riegger | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | John Rollins | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jon Mills | Canada | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | José Coceres | Argentina | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | J.P. Hayes | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Rose | England | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kent Jones | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Giancola | +11 | $0 | ||
| MC | Kevin Sutherland | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Kris Cox | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Larry Mize | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Len Mattiace | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Lucas Glover | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Brooks | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Wilson | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mathew Goggin | Australia | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Every | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Hansen | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Kuchar | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Allen | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Connell | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Laudien | USA | +20 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Martin | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Neal Lancaster | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Nicholas Thompson | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Omar Uresti | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Azinger | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Pete Jordan | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Uihlein | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Garrigus | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Tambellini | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Gutschewski | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Sean O'Hair | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Leaney | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Elkington | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Herron | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Vance Veazey | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Wes Short, Jr. | USA | +5 | $0 |
Travelers Championship winner's share over time
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2006 Buick Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2006 Buick Championship get?
J.J. Henry won $792,000 from a $4,400,000 purse.
What was the 2006 Buick Championship purse?
$4,400,000.
How much did last place get at the 2006 Buick Championship?
The smallest check was $8,580, to Joey Sindelar (T72).
How many players made the cut at the 2006 Buick Championship?
73 players made the cut and finished, and 87 players missed it.