Chez Reavie finished -17 and took 18% of the purse. It was his first PGA Tour win, and 62% of the $1,444,102 he earned that season.
How the 2008 RBC Canadian 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.
2008 RBC Canadian 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 | Chez Reavie | USA | -17 | $900,000 | $900,000 |
| 2 | Billy Mayfair | USA | -14 | $540,000 | $540,000 |
| T3 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -13 | $290,000 | $290,000 |
| T3 | Steve Marino | USA | -13 | $290,000 | $290,000 |
| T5 | Mike Weir | Canada | -12 | $190,000 | $182,500 |
| T5 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | -12 | $190,000 | $182,500 |
| T5 | Scott McCarron | USA | -12 | $190,000 | $182,500 |
| T8 | Anthony Kim | USA | -11 | $145,000 | |
| T8 | Glen Day | USA | -11 | $145,000 | |
| T8 | Kevin Na | USA | -11 | $145,000 | |
| T11 | Briny Baird | USA | -10 | $115,000 | |
| T11 | Carl Pettersson | Sweden | -10 | $115,000 | |
| T11 | Ken Duke | USA | -10 | $115,000 | |
| T14 | Bob Estes | USA | -9 | $82,500 | |
| T14 | Brian Davis | England | -9 | $82,500 | |
| T14 | Carlos Franco | Paraguay | -9 | $82,500 | |
| T14 | Charlie Wi | South Korea | -9 | $82,500 | |
| T14 | Jim Furyk | USA | -9 | $82,500 | |
| T14 | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | -9 | $82,500 | |
| T20 | Eric Axley | USA | -8 | $62,500 | |
| T20 | Fred Couples | USA | -8 | $62,500 | |
| T22 | John Huston | USA | -7 | $48,000 | $46,417 |
| T22 | Kent Jones | USA | -7 | $48,000 | $46,417 |
| T22 | Mark Wilson | USA | -7 | $48,000 | $46,417 |
| T22 | Martin Laird | Scotland | -7 | $48,000 | $46,417 |
| T22 | Omar Uresti | USA | -7 | $48,000 | $46,417 |
| T22 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -7 | $48,000 | $46,417 |
| T28 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -6 | $36,250 | |
| T28 | Corey Pavin | USA | -6 | $36,250 | |
| T30 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -5 | $29,714 | |
| T30 | Kevin Sutherland | USA | -5 | $29,714 | |
| T30 | Parker McLachlin | USA | -5 | $29,714 | |
| T30 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | -5 | $29,714 | |
| T30 | Shane Bertsch | USA | -5 | $29,714 | |
| T30 | Steve Flesch | USA | -5 | $29,714 | |
| T30 | Todd Hamilton | USA | -5 | $29,714 | |
| T37 | Bill Haas | USA | -4 | $21,500 | |
| T37 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -4 | $21,500 | |
| T37 | Mathias Gronberg | Sweden | -4 | $21,500 | |
| T37 | Steve Allan | Australia | -4 | $21,500 | |
| T37 | Todd Demsey | USA | -4 | $21,500 | |
| T37 | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | -4 | $21,500 | |
| T37 | Y.E. Yang | South Korea | -4 | $21,500 | |
| T44 | Bob Tway | USA | -3 | $16,500 | $16,000 |
| T44 | J.P. Hayes | USA | -3 | $16,500 | $16,000 |
| T44 | Robert Garrigus | USA | -3 | $16,500 | $16,000 |
| T44 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -3 | $16,500 | $16,000 |
| T48 | Ben Curtis | USA | -2 | $12,720 | |
| T48 | Chad Collins | USA | -2 | $12,720 | |
| T48 | Jason Day | Australia | -2 | $12,720 | |
| T48 | Jason Dufner | USA | -2 | $12,720 | |
| T48 | Joe Durant | USA | -2 | $12,720 | |
| T53 | Andrew Buckle | Australia | -1 | $11,575 | |
| T53 | Camilo Villegas | Colombia | -1 | $11,575 | |
| T53 | Frank Lickliter II | USA | -1 | $11,575 | |
| T53 | Nick Taylor | Canada | -1 | — | |
| T53 | Ryan Armour | USA | -1 | $11,575 | |
| T58 | Alex Cejka | Germany | E | $10,850 | $11,100 |
| T58 | Cliff Kresge | USA | E | $10,850 | $11,100 |
| T58 | David Hearn | Canada | E | $10,850 | $11,100 |
| T58 | Dudley Hart | USA | E | $10,850 | $11,100 |
| T58 | Ted Purdy | USA | E | $10,850 | $11,100 |
| T63 | Bryan DeCorso | Canada | +1 | $10,600 | |
| T63 | Jeff Quinney | USA | +1 | $10,600 | |
| T63 | Michael Letzig | USA | +1 | $10,600 | |
| T63 | Patrick Sheehan | USA | +1 | $10,600 | |
| T63 | Scott Sterling | USA | +1 | $10,600 | |
| 68 | Jason Allred | USA | +2 | $10,300 | |
| 69 | Nick Flanagan | Australia | +3 | $10,200 | |
| 70 | Jeff Maggert | USA | +4 | $10,100 | |
| 71 | Cameron Beckman | USA | +7 | $9,800 | $10,000 +2% |
| T72 | Cody Freeman | USA | +1 | $9,800 | |
| T72 | Jason Gore | USA | +1 | $9,800 | |
| T72 | Paul Claxton | USA | +1 | $9,800 | |
| 75 | Ian Leggatt | Canada | +2 | $9,500 | $9,600 +1% |
| 76 | John Senden | Australia | +3 | $9,400 | $9,500 +1% |
| T77 | Jon Mills | Canada | +4 | $9,300 | $9,350 |
| T77 | Larry Mize | USA | +4 | $9,300 | $9,350 |
| 79 | Jimmy Walker | USA | +5 | $9,200 | |
| 80 | Dustin Risdon | Canada | +7 | $9,100 | |
| MC | Adam Bland | Australia | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Adam Short | Canada | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Alejandro Cañizares | Spain | E | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Parr | Canada | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Andrade | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bo Van Pelt | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Heintz | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Sowards | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Adamonis | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Elder | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Fritsch | Canada | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Brandt Jobe | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brenden Pappas | South Africa | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Rumford | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Gay | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bubba Watson | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chang Wan Woo | +5 | $0 | ||
| MC | Charles Warren | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Woo | +5 | $0 | ||
| MC | Chris DiMarco | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Riley | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Stroud | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Barlow | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Kanada | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Forsman | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Im | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | David Lutterus | Australia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | David Morland IV | Canada | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Dean Wilson | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug LaBelle II | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Dustin Johnson | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Eric Landreville | Canada | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Gavin Coles | Australia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | George Bradford | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Harrison Frazar | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jacob Scriven | +8 | $0 | ||
| MC | Jay Williamson | USA | -71 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Gove | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Overton | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim McGovern | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Rutledge | Canada | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jin Park | South Korea | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | J.J. Henry | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | John Ellis | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mallinger | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Bolli | USA | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Kenneth Ferrie | England | E | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Stadler | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kyle Thompson | USA | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Janzen | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Len Mattiace | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Liang Wen-Chong | China | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Marc Turnesa | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Marco Dawson | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Jones | Australia | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Kuchar | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Allen | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Bradley | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Knight | Canada | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Nathan Green | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Watney | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Olin Browne | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Pat Perez | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard Johnson | Wales | E | $0 | |
| MC | Richard S. Johnson | Sweden | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ron Whittaker | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Ames | Canada | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Elkington | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tag Ridings | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Wilkinson | New Zealand | E | $0 | |
| MC | Todd Halpen | Canada | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Gainey | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Travis Perkins | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Troy Matteson | USA | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Webb Simpson | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Wesley Heffernan | Canada | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Will MacKenzie | USA | -1 | $0 |
RBC Canadian Open winner's share over time
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2008 RBC Canadian Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2008 RBC Canadian Open get?
Chez Reavie won $900,000 from a $5,000,000 purse.
What was the 2008 RBC Canadian Open purse?
$5,000,000.
How much did last place get at the 2008 RBC Canadian Open?
The smallest check was $9,100, to Dustin Risdon (80).
How many players made the cut at the 2008 RBC Canadian Open?
71 players made the cut and finished, and 77 players missed it.