Tiger Woods finished -20 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 69th PGA Tour win, and 9% of the $10,507,663 he earned that season.
How the 2009 Buick Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 67% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
2009 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 | -20 | $900,000 | $918,000 +2% |
| T2 | Greg Chalmers | Australia | -17 | $440,000 | $380,800 |
| T2 | John Senden | Australia | -17 | $440,000 | $380,800 |
| T2 | Roland Thatcher | USA | -17 | $440,000 | $380,800 |
| 5 | Y.E. Yang | South Korea | -16 | $204,000 | |
| T6 | Ben Crane | USA | -15 | $177,225 | |
| T6 | Michael Letzig | USA | -15 | $177,225 | |
| T8 | Bob Heintz | USA | -14 | $132,600 | |
| T8 | Brian Vranesh | USA | -14 | $132,600 | |
| T8 | Jimmy Walker | USA | -14 | $132,600 | |
| T8 | John Rollins | USA | -14 | $132,600 | |
| T8 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -14 | $132,600 | |
| T8 | Woody Austin | USA | -14 | $132,600 | |
| T14 | Charles Warren | USA | -13 | $89,250 | |
| T14 | J.P. Hayes | USA | -13 | $89,250 | |
| T14 | Justin Leonard | USA | -13 | $89,250 | |
| T14 | Troy Matteson | USA | -13 | $89,250 | |
| T18 | Bill Haas | USA | -12 | $62,074 | |
| T18 | Bill Lunde | USA | -12 | $62,074 | |
| T18 | Billy Mayfair | USA | -12 | $62,074 | |
| T18 | Matt Jones | Australia | -12 | $62,074 | |
| T18 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -12 | $62,074 | |
| T18 | Paul Goydos | USA | -12 | $62,074 | |
| T18 | Tim Herron | USA | -12 | $62,074 | |
| T25 | Chad Campbell | USA | -11 | $40,833 | $41,650 |
| T25 | Jim Furyk | USA | -11 | $40,833 | $41,650 |
| T25 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -11 | $40,833 | $41,650 |
| T28 | Bob Estes | USA | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | James Nitties | Australia | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jason Bohn | USA | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jason Day | Australia | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jason Gore | USA | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Nathan Green | Australia | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Scott Piercy | USA | -10 | $34,750 | $31,790 |
| T37 | Brian Gay | USA | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Greg Owen | England | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Heath Slocum | USA | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Jeff Klauk | USA | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Jeff Quinney | USA | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Kris Blanks | USA | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Leif Olson | USA | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Marc Leishman | Australia | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T37 | Mark Hensby | Australia | -9 | $20,910 | |
| T46 | Brett Quigley | USA | -8 | $13,872 | |
| T46 | Kevin Na | USA | -8 | $13,872 | |
| T46 | Matt Bettencourt | USA | -8 | $13,872 | |
| T46 | Nick Watney | USA | -8 | $13,872 | |
| T46 | Rory Sabbatini | Slovakia | -8 | $13,872 | |
| T46 | Tom Byrum | USA | -8 | $13,872 | |
| T52 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -7 | $11,893 | |
| T52 | Mark Brooks | USA | -7 | $11,893 | |
| T52 | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | -7 | $11,893 | |
| T52 | Matt Harmon | USA | -7 | $11,893 | |
| T52 | Tom Pernice Jr. | USA | -7 | $11,893 | |
| T57 | Charlie Wi | South Korea | -6 | $11,271 | |
| T57 | Chris Stroud | USA | -6 | $11,271 | |
| T57 | Corey Pavin | USA | -6 | $11,271 | |
| T57 | Craig Barlow | USA | -6 | $11,271 | |
| T57 | Kent Jones | USA | -6 | $11,271 | |
| T57 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | -6 | $11,271 | |
| T63 | Darron Stiles | USA | -5 | $10,600 | $10,710 |
| T63 | David Duval | USA | -5 | $10,600 | $10,710 |
| T63 | Guy Boros | USA | -5 | $10,600 | $10,710 |
| T63 | Rocco Mediate | USA | -5 | $10,600 | $10,710 |
| T63 | Steve Lowery | USA | -5 | $10,600 | $10,710 |
| T68 | Aron Price | Australia | -4 | $10,302 | |
| T68 | Michael Bradley | USA | -4 | $10,302 | |
| T68 | Spencer Levin | USA | -4 | $10,302 | |
| 71 | Carlos Franco | Paraguay | -3 | $10,098 | |
| 72 | Patrick Sheehan | USA | E | $9,800 | $9,996 +2% |
| MC | Aaron Watkins | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Andres Romero | Argentina | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Andrew Ruthkoski | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Arjun Atwal | India | E | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Andrade | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Adamonis | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Faxon | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brandt Snedeker | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brendon de Jonge | Zimbabwe | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Brendon Todd | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Brian Bateman | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Casey Wittenberg | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chez Reavie | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris Baryla | Canada | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Chris DiMarco | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Colt Knost | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | D.A. Points | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Daniel Chopra | Sweden | E | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Lee | New Zealand | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | David Gossett | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | David Mathis | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | David Peoples | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Dean Wilson | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Derek Fathauer | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Dicky Pride | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Eric Axley | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Frank Lickliter II | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Glen Day | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Greg Kraft | USA | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | James Driscoll | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | James Oh | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jamie Lovemark | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jay Williamson | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Maggert | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim McGovern | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jimmy Chestnut | +5 | $0 | ||
| MC | J.J. Henry | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Durant | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Ogilvie | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | John Daly | USA | +20 | $0 | |
| MC | John Merrick | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Johnson Wagner | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ken Duke | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | K.J. Choi | South Korea | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Janzen | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Marc Turnesa | USA | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Martin Laird | Scotland | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Hill | Canada | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Matt Weibring | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Matthew Borchert | USA | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Nicholas Thompson | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Nick O'Hern | Australia | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Omar Uresti | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Stankowski | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Lonard | Australia | E | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Tomasulo | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Randall Hutchison | USA | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Rick Price | USA | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Ricky Barnes | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Gamez | USA | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Robert Garrigus | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Pampling | Australia | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Brehm | USA | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Moore | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Ryan Palmer | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Cashell | -1 | $0 | ||
| MC | Scott Gutschewski | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Hebert | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott McCarron | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Sterling | USA | -3 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Verplank | USA | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Shaun Micheel | USA | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Stephen Leaney | Australia | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Allan | Australia | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Flesch | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Tag Ridings | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ted Purdy | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Todd Hamilton | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Gainey | USA | E | $0 | |
| MC | Troy Kelly | USA | -1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tyler Aldridge | USA | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Webb Simpson | USA | -2 | $0 | |
| MC | Will Collins | USA | -2 | $0 |
Buick Open winner's share over time
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2009 Buick Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 2009 Buick Open get?
Tiger Woods won $918,000 from a $5,100,000 purse.
What was the 2009 Buick Open purse?
$5,100,000.
How much did last place get at the 2009 Buick Open?
The smallest check was $9,996, to Patrick Sheehan (72).
How many players made the cut at the 2009 Buick Open?
72 players made the cut and finished, and 84 players missed it.