Stewart Cink finished -18 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 5th PGA Tour win, and 27% of the $3,979,301 he earned that season.
How the 2008 Travelers Championship purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 65% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2008 Travelers 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 | Stewart Cink | USA | -18 | $1,080,000 | $1,080,000 |
| T2 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -17 | $648,000 | $528,000 |
| T2 | Tommy Armour III | USA | -17 | $648,000 | $528,000 |
| 4 | Heath Slocum | USA | -16 | $288,000 | $288,000 |
| 5 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | -14 | $240,000 | $240,000 |
| T6 | Brad Adamonis | USA | -13 | $201,000 | $194,250 |
| T6 | Bubba Watson | USA | -13 | $201,000 | $194,250 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | USA | -13 | $201,000 | $194,250 |
| T6 | Michael Allen | USA | -13 | $201,000 | $194,250 |
| T10 | Corey Pavin | USA | -12 | $150,000 | |
| T10 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -12 | $150,000 | |
| T10 | Michael Letzig | USA | -12 | $150,000 | |
| T13 | Ben Curtis | USA | -11 | $120,000 | $106,000 |
| T13 | Brian Davis | England | -11 | $120,000 | $106,000 |
| T13 | Chris DiMarco | USA | -11 | $120,000 | $106,000 |
| T13 | John Huston | USA | -11 | $120,000 | $106,000 |
| T13 | Tag Ridings | USA | -11 | $120,000 | $106,000 |
| T13 | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | -11 | $120,000 | $106,000 |
| T19 | Bill Haas | USA | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T19 | Briny Baird | USA | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T19 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T19 | Jon Mills | Canada | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T19 | Justin Rose | England | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T19 | Lucas Glover | USA | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T19 | Nick O'Hern | Australia | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T19 | Tim Herron | USA | -10 | $65,250 | |
| T27 | Chad Campbell | USA | -9 | $40,800 | |
| T27 | David Toms | USA | -9 | $40,800 | |
| T27 | Jason Day | Australia | -9 | $40,800 | |
| T27 | Ken Duke | USA | -9 | $40,800 | |
| T27 | Kevin Sutherland | USA | -9 | $40,800 | |
| T27 | Scott McCarron | USA | -9 | $40,800 | |
| T27 | Steve Elkington | Australia | -9 | $40,800 | |
| T34 | Bob Estes | USA | -8 | $32,400 | |
| T34 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -8 | $32,400 | |
| T34 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | -8 | $32,400 | |
| T37 | Carl Pettersson | Sweden | -7 | $25,800 | |
| T37 | Craig Kanada | USA | -7 | $25,800 | |
| T37 | Fred Funk | USA | -7 | $25,800 | |
| T37 | Greg Kraft | USA | -7 | $25,800 | |
| T37 | Joe Ogilvie | USA | -7 | $25,800 | |
| T37 | Peter Lonard | Australia | -7 | $25,800 | |
| T37 | Webb Simpson | USA | -7 | $25,800 | |
| 44 | Larry Mize | USA | -6 | $21,000 | |
| T45 | Bob Sowards | USA | -5 | $16,817 | |
| T45 | Brenden Pappas | South Africa | -5 | $16,817 | |
| T45 | Jason Gore | USA | -5 | $16,817 | |
| T45 | Johnson Wagner | USA | -5 | $16,817 | |
| T45 | Kent Jones | USA | -5 | $16,817 | |
| T45 | Steve Lowery | USA | -5 | $16,817 | |
| T45 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | -5 | $16,817 | |
| T52 | Andrew Buckle | Australia | -4 | $13,851 | |
| T52 | Jason Allred | USA | -4 | $13,851 | |
| T52 | John Mallinger | USA | -4 | $13,851 | |
| T52 | John Rollins | USA | -4 | $13,851 | |
| T52 | Kevin Na | USA | -4 | $13,851 | |
| T52 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -4 | $13,851 | |
| T52 | Olin Browne | USA | -4 | $13,851 | |
| T59 | J.J. Henry | USA | -3 | $13,320 | |
| T59 | Michael Thompson | USA | -3 | — | |
| 61 | Brett Rumford | Australia | -2 | $12,900 | $13,200 +2% |
| T62 | Billy Mayfair | USA | -1 | $12,900 | |
| T62 | Harrison Frazar | USA | -1 | $12,900 | |
| T62 | Notah Begay III | USA | -1 | $12,900 | |
| T62 | Steve Marino | USA | -1 | $12,900 | |
| T66 | Billy Andrade | USA | E | $12,480 | |
| T66 | Charlie Wi | South Korea | E | $12,480 | |
| T66 | Dudley Hart | USA | E | $12,480 | |
| 69 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | +2 | $12,240 | |
| 70 | Chris Stroud | USA | +3 | $12,120 | |
| T71 | Jim McGovern | USA | +4 | $11,880 | $11,940 |
| T71 | Peter Karmis | Greece | +4 | $11,880 | $11,940 |
| MC | Andrew Gruss | USA | +21 | $0 | |
| MC | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Heintz | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Tway | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Elder | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Faxon | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Brandt Jobe | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brent Geiberger | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Quigley | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brett Wetterich | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Bateman | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Gay | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Cameron Beckman | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Carlos Franco | Paraguay | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chad Collins | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Warren | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chez Reavie | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Cliff Kresge | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Cody Freeman | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | David Lutterus | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Doug LaBelle II | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Eric Axley | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Fran Quinn | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Frank Lickliter II | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Gavin Coles | Australia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | George McNeill | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | James Driscoll | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jason Dufner | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jay Williamson | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | J.B. Holmes | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Gove | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Maggert | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Overton | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Kelly | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jimmy Walker | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jin Park | South Korea | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Durant | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Riegger | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jonathan Kaye | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | José Coceres | Argentina | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | J.P. Hayes | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Justin Bolli | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kenneth Ferrie | England | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kevin Stadler | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Kyle Thompson | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Janzen | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Len Mattiace | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Luke List | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Marc Turnesa | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Brooks | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Hensby | Australia | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Martin Laird | Scotland | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mathias Gronberg | Sweden | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Jones | Australia | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Nathan Green | Australia | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick Flanagan | Australia | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Omar Uresti | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Patrick Sheehan | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Claxton | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Stankowski | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | P.H. Horgan III | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard Johnson | Wales | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Richard S. Johnson | Sweden | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Gamez | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Garrigus | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Pampling | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ron Whittaker | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Armour | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Moore | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Palmer | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Sterling | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Shane Bertsch | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Shigeki Maruyama | Japan | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Leaney | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Allan | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Sokol | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ted Purdy | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Petrovic | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Wilkinson | New Zealand | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Todd Demsey | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Scherrer | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Gainey | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Travis Perkins | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Troy Matteson | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Woody Austin | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Y.E. Yang | South Korea | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Zach Johnson | USA | E | $0 |
Travelers Championship winner's share over time
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2008 Travelers Championship payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2008 Travelers Championship get?
Stewart Cink won $1,080,000 from a $6,000,000 purse.
What was the 2008 Travelers Championship purse?
$6,000,000.
How much did last place get at the 2008 Travelers Championship?
The smallest check was $11,940, to Peter Karmis (T71).
How many players made the cut at the 2008 Travelers Championship?
72 players made the cut and finished, and 87 players missed it.