Tiger Woods finished -24 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 50th PGA Tour win, and 9% of the $9,941,563 he earned that season.
How the 2006 Buick Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 59% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2006 Buick Open 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 | -24 | $828,000 | $864,000 +4% |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | USA | -21 | $404,800 | $518,400 +28% |
| 3 | Joe Durant | USA | -20 | $326,400 | |
| T4 | Scott Verplank | USA | -19 | $220,800 | $198,400 |
| T4 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -19 | $220,800 | $198,400 |
| T4 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -19 | $220,800 | $198,400 |
| T7 | Brett Quigley | USA | -18 | $144,600 | |
| T7 | Harrison Frazar | USA | -18 | $144,600 | |
| T7 | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | -18 | $144,600 | |
| T7 | Woody Austin | USA | -18 | $144,600 | |
| T11 | Camilo Villegas | Colombia | -17 | $105,600 | |
| T11 | Craig Barlow | USA | -17 | $105,600 | |
| T11 | Kenny Perry | USA | -17 | $105,600 | |
| T11 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | -17 | $105,600 | |
| T15 | Brian Gay | USA | -16 | $76,800 | |
| T15 | Lucas Glover | USA | -16 | $76,800 | |
| T15 | Robert Allenby | Australia | -16 | $76,800 | |
| T15 | Skip Kendall | USA | -16 | $76,800 | |
| T15 | Stephen Ames | Canada | -16 | $76,800 | |
| T20 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -14 | $53,952 | |
| T20 | David McKenzie | Australia | -14 | $53,952 | |
| T20 | Jay Delsing | USA | -14 | $53,952 | |
| T20 | John Rollins | USA | -14 | $53,952 | |
| T20 | Mike Weir | Canada | -14 | $53,952 | |
| T25 | Charles Warren | USA | -13 | $39,200 | |
| T25 | Fred Funk | USA | -13 | $39,200 | |
| T25 | Greg Kraft | USA | -13 | $39,200 | |
| T28 | Brad Faxon | USA | -12 | $32,640 | |
| T28 | Dicky Pride | USA | -12 | $32,640 | |
| T28 | J.J. Henry | USA | -12 | $32,640 | |
| T28 | Kent Jones | USA | -12 | $32,640 | |
| T28 | Paul Goydos | USA | -12 | $32,640 | |
| T33 | Bob Tway | USA | -11 | $24,823 | |
| T33 | Danny Ellis | USA | -11 | $24,823 | |
| T33 | Jeff Sluman | USA | -11 | $24,823 | |
| T33 | Michael Connell | USA | -11 | $24,823 | |
| T33 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | -11 | $24,823 | |
| T33 | Shane Bertsch | USA | -11 | $24,823 | |
| T33 | Zach Johnson | USA | -11 | $24,823 | |
| T40 | Bart Bryant | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Corey Pavin | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | James Driscoll | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Jeff Brehaut | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Jeff Overton | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Jimmy Walker | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Mark O'Meara | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Mark Wilson | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Stephen Leaney | Australia | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T40 | Steve Lowery | USA | -10 | $16,387 | |
| T50 | David Branshaw | USA | -9 | $11,095 | $11,808 |
| T50 | John Daly | USA | -9 | $11,095 | $11,808 |
| T50 | Nathan Green | Australia | -9 | $11,095 | $11,808 |
| T53 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -8 | $11,059 | |
| T53 | Frank Lickliter II | USA | -8 | $11,059 | |
| T53 | Kris Cox | USA | -8 | $11,059 | |
| T53 | Nick Watney | USA | -8 | $11,059 | |
| T53 | Todd Fischer | USA | -8 | $11,059 | |
| T58 | Bob Estes | USA | -7 | $9,982 | $10,704 |
| T58 | Jeff Gove | USA | -7 | $9,982 | $10,704 |
| T60 | Bob May | USA | -6 | $10,320 | |
| T60 | Brian Bateman | USA | -6 | $10,320 | |
| T60 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | -6 | $10,320 | |
| T60 | Olin Browne | USA | -6 | $10,320 | |
| T60 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -6 | $10,320 | |
| T60 | Steve Flesch | USA | -6 | $10,320 | |
| 66 | John Cook | USA | -5 | $9,430 | $9,984 +6% |
| T67 | Alex Cejka | Germany | -4 | $9,792 | |
| T67 | Arron Oberholser | USA | -4 | $9,792 | |
| T67 | J.P. Hayes | USA | -4 | $9,792 | |
| T70 | Bill Haas | USA | -3 | $9,154 | $9,456 |
| T70 | Duffy Waldorf | USA | -3 | $9,154 | $9,456 |
| T70 | Rod Pampling | Australia | -3 | $9,154 | $9,456 |
| T70 | Ryuji Imada | Japan | -3 | $9,154 | $9,456 |
| T74 | Alex Aragon | USA | -1 | $9,168 | |
| T74 | Brent Geiberger | USA | -1 | $9,168 | |
| T76 | Ian Leggatt | Canada | E | $8,602 | $8,928 |
| T76 | John Engler, Jr. | USA | E | $8,602 | $8,928 |
| T76 | John Riegger | USA | E | $8,602 | $8,928 |
| 79 | Bubba Dickerson | USA | +1 | $8,736 | |
| MC | Andrew Magee | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Ruthkoski | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Crane | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Ben Curtis | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Glasson | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Billy McKay | USA | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | B.J. Staten | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Boyd Summerhays | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Brendan Jones | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Wetterich | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Davis | England | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian McCann | Canada | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Briny Baird | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Couch | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris DiMarco | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | D.A. Points | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Daisuke Maruyama | Japan | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Chopra | Sweden | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Darron Stiles | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | David Toms | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | D.J. Trahan | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Doug Barron | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Dudley Hart | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Eric Axley | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Greg Chalmers | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | Heath Slocum | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Henrik Bjornstad | Norway | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Hidemichi Tanaka | Japan | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Hunter Mahan | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ian Ziska | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | James Lepp | -2 | $0 | ||
| MC | Jason Bohn | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Schultz | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jay Williamson | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | J.B. Holmes | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Roth | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Smith | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Joey Sindelar | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | John Dal Corobbo | USA | -72 | $0 | |
| MC | John Huston | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jon Mills | Canada | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Leonard | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Korey Mahoney | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Janzen | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Len Mattiace | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Lianwei Zhang | China | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Madalitso Muthiya | Zambia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Marco Dawson | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Brooks | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Mathew Goggin | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mathias Gronberg | Sweden | E | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Hansen | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Sposa | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Nate Gilchrist | +6 | $0 | ||
| MC | Neal Lancaster | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Nicholas Thompson | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Omar Uresti | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Pat Perez | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Patrick Sheehan | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Azinger | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Damron | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Garrigus | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Rocco Mediate | USA | -72 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Tambellini | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ron Whittaker | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Hietala | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Moore | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Elkington | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Steven Bowditch | Australia | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Tag Ridings | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Ted Purdy | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Levet | France | E | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Petrovic | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tjaart van der Walt | South Africa | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Gillis | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Armour III | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Troy Matteson | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Wes Short, Jr. | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Will MacKenzie | USA | E | $0 |
Buick Open winner's share over time
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2006 Buick Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2006 Buick Open get?
Tiger Woods won $864,000 from a $4,800,000 purse.
What was the 2006 Buick Open purse?
$4,800,000.
How much did last place get at the 2006 Buick Open?
The smallest check was $8,736, to Bubba Dickerson (79).
How many players made the cut at the 2006 Buick Open?
79 players made the cut and finished, and 80 players missed it.