2003 PGA Tour Money List: Prize Money & Top Earners

The 2003 money race

Cumulative prize money for the season's top five, event by event.

How the money was spread

693 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $0, and 348 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

Biggest checks of 2003

Davis Love III · The Players… 2003$1.2M

Ben Curtis · British Open… 2003$1.1M

Mike Weir · Masters Tournament 2003$1.1M

Jim Furyk · U.S. Open… 2003$1.1M

Shaun Micheel · PGA Championship 2003$1.1M

Chad Campbell · The Tour Championship 2003$1.1M

Tiger Woods · WGC-Accenture Match… 2003$1.1M

Darren Clarke · WGC-NEC Invitational 2003$1.1M

Tiger Woods · WGC-American Express… 2003$1.1M

David Toms · Wachovia Championship 2003$1.0M

2003 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Tiger Woods (5), Vijay Singh (4), Mike Weir (3), Davis Love III (3), Kenny Perry (3), Ernie Els (2), David Toms (2), Jim Furyk (2).

Date	Event	Winner	Purse	Winner's share
01/09	Mercedes Championships history	Ernie Els	$5,000,000	$1,000,000
01/16	Sony Open in Hawaii history	Ernie Els	$4,500,000	$810,000
01/23	Phoenix Open history	Vijay Singh	$4,000,000	$720,000
01/29	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic history	Mike Weir	$4,500,000	$810,000
02/06	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am history	Davis Love III	$5,000,000	$900,000
02/13	Buick Invitational history	Tiger Woods	$4,500,000	$810,000
02/20	Nissan Open history	Mike Weir	$4,500,000	$810,000
02/27	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship history	Tiger Woods	$6,000,000	$1,050,000
02/27	Chrysler Classic of Tucson history	Frank Lickliter II	$3,000,000	$540,000
03/06	Ford Championship at Doral history	Scott Hoch	$5,000,000	$900,000
03/13	The Honda Classic history	Justin Leonard	$5,000,000	$900,000
03/20	Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires history	Tiger Woods	$4,500,000	$810,000
03/27	The Players Championship Players history	Davis Love III	$6,500,000	$1,170,000
04/03	BellSouth Classic history	Ben Crane	$4,000,000	$720,000
04/10	Masters Tournament Major history	Mike Weir	$6,000,000	$1,080,000
04/17	MCI Heritage history	Davis Love III	$4,500,000	$810,000
04/24	Shell Houston Open history	Fred Couples	$4,500,000	$810,000
05/01	HP Classic of New Orleans history	Steve Flesch	$5,000,000	$900,000
05/08	Wachovia Championship history	David Toms	$5,600,000	$1,008,000
05/15	EDS Byron Nelson Championship history	Vijay Singh	$5,600,000	$1,008,000
05/22	Bank of America Colonial history	Kenny Perry	$5,000,000	$900,000
05/29	The Memorial Tournament history	Kenny Perry	$5,000,000	$900,000
06/05	FBR Capital Open history	Rory Sabbatini	$4,500,000	$810,000
06/12	U.S. Open Championship Major history	Jim Furyk	$6,000,000	$1,080,000
06/19	Buick Classic history	Jonathan Kaye	$5,000,000	$900,000
06/26	FedEx St. Jude Classic Playoff history	David Toms	$4,500,000	$810,000
07/03	100th Western Open presented by Golf Digest history	Tiger Woods	$4,500,000	$810,000
07/10	Greater Milwaukee Open history	Kenny Perry	$3,500,000	$630,000
07/17	British Open Championship Major history	Ben Curtis	$5,883,110	$1,112,720
07/17	B.C. Open history	Craig Stadler	$3,000,000	$540,000
07/24	Greater Hartford Open history	Peter Jacobsen	$4,000,000	$720,000
07/31	Buick Open history	Jim Furyk	$4,000,000	$720,000
08/07	The International history	—	$5,000,000	—
08/14	PGA Championship Major history	Shaun Micheel	$6,000,000	$1,080,000
08/21	WGC-NEC Invitational history	Darren Clarke	$6,000,000	$1,050,000
08/21	Reno Tahoe Open history	Kirk Triplett	$3,000,000	$540,000
08/29	Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff history	Adam Scott	$5,000,000	$900,000
09/04	Bell Canadian Open history	Bob Tway	$4,200,000	$756,000
09/11	John Deere Classic history	Vijay Singh	$3,500,000	$630,000
09/18	84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania history	J.L. Lewis	$4,000,000	$720,000
09/25	Valero Texas Open history	Tommy Armour III	$3,500,000	$630,000
10/02	WGC-American Express Championship history	Tiger Woods	$6,000,000	$1,050,000
10/02	Southern Farm Bureau Classic history	John Huston	$3,000,000	$540,000
10/08	Las Vegas Invitational history	Stuart Appleby	$4,000,000	$720,000
10/16	Chrysler Classic of Greensboro history	Shigeki Maruyama	$4,500,000	$810,000
10/23	Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort history	Vijay Singh	$4,000,000	$720,000
10/30	Chrysler Championship history	Retief Goosen	$4,800,000	$864,000
11/06	The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola Playoff history	Chad Campbell	$6,000,000	$1,080,000
11/20	The Presidents Cup Unofficial history	—	—	—

Full 2003 money list

All 345 players who earned official prize money.

#	Player	Starts	Cuts	Wins	Prize money
1	Vijay Singh	31	25	4	$7,133,907
2	Tiger Woods	19	18	5	$6,673,413
3	Jim Furyk	27	25	2	$5,182,865
4	Davis Love III	24	19	3	$5,181,896
5	Mike Weir	21	19	3	$4,907,360
6	Kenny Perry	26	24	3	$4,400,122
7	Chad Campbell	29	24	1	$3,891,064
8	David Toms	25	18	2	$3,689,905
9	Ernie Els	17	16	2	$3,197,487
10	Retief Goosen	18	16	1	$2,726,373
11	Brad Faxon	28	22	0	$2,718,445
12	Jay Haas	25	19	0	$2,563,545
13	Stuart Appleby	27	18	1	$2,562,538
14	Bob Tway	25	16	1	$2,476,600
15	Jonathan Kaye	26	17	1	$2,463,587
16	Justin Leonard	22	17	1	$2,438,350
17	Charles Howell III	30	28	0	$2,423,955
18	Scott Verplank	26	23	0	$2,306,714
19	Nick Price	18	16	0	$2,271,111
20	Steve Flesch	33	20	1	$2,269,630
21	Tim Herron	28	21	0	$2,176,390
22	Jerry Kelly	31	23	0	$2,158,342
23	Fred Funk	32	24	0	$2,144,653
24	Chris Riley	30	18	0	$2,137,633
25	Briny Baird	37	23	0	$2,115,019
26	Chris DiMarco	27	22	0	$2,110,630
27	Robert Allenby	24	19	0	$2,051,452
28	J.L. Lewis	32	18	1	$2,039,259
29	Darren Clarke	15	13	1	$2,003,181
30	Kirk Triplett	25	20	1	$2,001,561
31	K.J. Choi	31	24	0	$1,912,163
32	Rocco Mediate	26	18	0	$1,832,656
33	Bob Estes	25	22	0	$1,824,414
34	Shaun Micheel	27	20	1	$1,816,050
35	Fred Couples	20	16	1	$1,793,495
36	Adam Scott	14	11	1	$1,744,236
37	Stewart Cink	28	22	0	$1,701,885
38	Tim Petrovic	34	20	0	$1,698,849
39	Shigeki Maruyama	29	17	1	$1,669,292
40	Jeff Sluman	32	22	0	$1,609,748
41	Rory Sabbatini	28	20	1	$1,604,701
42	John Huston	24	17	1	$1,565,119
43	Robert Gamez	31	25	0	$1,519,804
44	Woody Austin	31	22	0	$1,497,706
45	Phil Mickelson	24	19	0	$1,449,387
46	Ben Curtis	23	13	1	$1,434,911
47	Jonathan Byrd	30	21	0	$1,430,538
48	Ben Crane	33	19	1	$1,419,070
49	John Rollins	29	16	0	$1,412,314
50	Frank Lickliter II	31	16	1	$1,330,336
51	Peter Lonard	29	21	0	$1,323,594
52	Geoff Ogilvy	27	15	0	$1,322,246
53	Brenden Pappas	32	18	0	$1,307,809
54	Loren Roberts	25	21	0	$1,297,739
55	Tim Clark	28	16	0	$1,253,690
56	Padraig Harrington	11	9	0	$1,239,235
57	Scott McCarron	26	15	0	$1,226,349
58	Len Mattiace	28	21	0	$1,221,476
59	Scott Hoch	19	8	1	$1,198,250
60	Tom Pernice Jr.	31	20	0	$1,189,541
61	Duffy Waldorf	24	18	0	$1,179,005
62	Peter Jacobsen	23	14	1	$1,162,726
63	Alex Cejka	32	19	0	$1,155,883
64	Dan Forsman	28	21	0	$1,140,209
65	Tom Lehman	25	18	0	$1,132,737
66	Lee Janzen	24	15	0	$1,122,301
67	Mark Calcavecchia	24	18	0	$1,121,069
68	Joe Durant	28	19	0	$1,119,002
69	Kevin Sutherland	27	21	0	$1,092,918
70	Hidemichi Tanaka	31	25	0	$1,024,678
71	Rod Pampling	26	15	0	$1,024,474
72	Skip Kendall	31	24	0	$1,022,244
73	Rich Beem	27	14	0	$1,013,950
74	Stephen Ames	27	19	0	$1,005,959
75	Carl Pettersson	27	15	0	$977,076
76	Aaron Baddeley	23	14	0	$959,668
77	Hal Sutton	24	16	0	$939,719
78	Tommy Armour III	25	10	1	$932,984
79	Steve Lowery	28	14	0	$899,793
80	Hank Kuehne	23	13	0	$872,139
81	Freddie Jacobson	8	7	0	$853,592
82	Stephen Leaney	8	6	0	$842,361
83	Billy Mayfair	31	20	0	$842,186
84	Heath Slocum	33	17	0	$804,262
85	Matt Gogel	24	11	0	$797,410
86	Glen Day	30	19	0	$788,557
87	David Gossett	30	17	0	$769,840
88	Harrison Frazar	26	16	0	$762,701
89	Brett Quigley	27	18	0	$753,794
90	Jeff Maggert	24	16	0	$747,166
91	Justin Rose	11	9	0	$744,529
92	Cliff Kresge	33	18	0	$734,667
93	Paul Goydos	26	17	0	$723,734
94	Paul Stankowski	24	12	0	$719,436
95	Luke Donald	27	17	0	$705,121
96	Brandt Jobe	22	16	0	$691,604
97	Joey Sindelar	29	17	0	$691,328
98	David Peoples	35	18	0	$674,222
99	Carlos Franco	29	19	0	$672,022
100	Billy Andrade	29	19	0	$659,694
101	Dean Wilson	29	13	0	$654,345
102	Thomas Bjørn	8	4	0	$650,733
103	Sergio Garcia	19	11	0	$642,886
104	Niclas Fasth	13	10	0	$639,982
105	Jeff Brehaut	31	21	0	$639,919
106	Craig Barlow	29	17	0	$638,721
107	Jay Williamson	32	17	0	$627,132
108	Todd Fischer	31	15	0	$621,398
109	Arron Oberholser	27	15	0	$619,865
110	Patrick Sheehan	32	18	0	$618,019
111	Marco Dawson	30	11	0	$601,729
112	Cameron Beckman	30	17	0	$598,881
113	Tom Byrum	32	17	0	$590,720
114	Brent Geiberger	17	9	0	$588,533
115	J.J. Henry	31	17	0	$585,341
116	J.P. Hayes	26	13	0	$585,331
117	Craig Stadler	11	4	1	$584,830
118	David Frost	26	15	0	$583,177
119	Robert Damron	33	15	0	$580,087
120	Andrew Magee	26	18	0	$578,558
121	Pat Perez	35	16	0	$578,141
122	Neal Lancaster	35	19	0	$573,127
123	Jesper Parnevik	32	18	0	$570,587
124	Notah Begay III	30	15	0	$565,572
125	Richard S. Johnson	28	16	0	$559,021
126	Steve Allan	18	7	0	$558,075
127	Bernhard Langer	21	13	0	$555,981
128	John Senden	33	20	0	$543,420
129	Per-Ulrik Johansson	32	15	0	$484,577
130	Dicky Pride	23	13	0	$483,923
131	Pat Bates	35	18	0	$482,803
132	Mark Wilson	29	10	0	$482,502
133	Spike McRoy	35	16	0	$480,773
134	Chris Smith	30	15	0	$479,523
135	Esteban Toledo	36	18	0	$476,245
136	Glen Hnatiuk	28	16	0	$470,929
137	Thomas Levet	25	16	0	$470,021
138	Olin Browne	33	21	0	$469,992
139	Kent Jones	22	12	0	$469,737
140	Garrett Willis	32	16	0	$467,213
141	Dennis Paulson	15	9	0	$452,648
142	Brian Gay	39	14	0	$437,547
143	Mike Heinen	29	15	0	$432,417
144	Aaron Barber	33	13	0	$425,277
145	John Morgan	28	0	0	$422,917
146	Tom Gillis	25	10	0	$421,550
147	José María Olazábal	15	8	0	$420,905
148	David Sutherland	27	11	0	$410,942
149	Greg Chalmers	32	16	0	$391,079
150	Mark O'Meara	24	10	0	$388,349
151	Dudley Hart	26	13	0	$381,735
152	Ángel Cabrera	13	8	0	$372,252
153	Carl Paulson	32	18	0	$365,177
154	Corey Pavin	25	18	0	$358,911
155	Craig Perks	27	11	0	$357,763
156	Phil Tataurangi	15	6	0	$354,083
157	Mike Grob	26	13	0	$348,976
158	Chris Anderson	31	15	0	$342,028
159	José Coceres	23	11	0	$337,682
160	Darron Stiles	28	15	0	$334,518
161	John Maginnes	30	13	0	$308,928
162	Trevor Immelman	12	7	0	$307,150
163	John Riegger	18	10	0	$300,602
164	Scott Laycock	24	10	0	$300,342
165	Toshi Izawa	6	4	0	$296,000
166	Nick Faldo	7	6	0	$283,383
167	Gene Sauers	29	12	0	$278,644
168	Mike Sposa	24	10	0	$276,447
169	Phillip Price	8	5	0	$270,451
170	Brian Davis	4	3	0	$270,111
171	Eduardo Romero	11	6	0	$267,598
172	Paul Gow	21	9	0	$264,927
173	Bob Burns	28	14	0	$261,474
174	Steven Alker	29	13	0	$261,359
175	Ian Leggatt	32	10	0	$260,264
176	Kenichi Kuboya	30	14	0	$257,282
177	Craig Parry	16	10	0	$257,281
178	Paul Lawrie	7	5	0	$255,974
179	Donnie Hammond	28	18	0	$255,414
180	Mathew Goggin	28	15	0	$240,988
181	Paul Casey	6	4	0	$238,450
182	Doug Barron	31	12	0	$224,589
183	Mark Brooks	36	13	0	$224,314
184	Paul Azinger	29	10	0	$222,643
185	Anthony Painter	30	12	0	$220,714
186	John Daly	26	7	0	$220,647
187	Jim Carter	33	14	0	$218,061
188	Brent Schwarzrock	27	10	0	$216,561
189	Dave Stockton, Jr.	30	7	0	$214,876
190	Michael Clark II	21	5	0	$210,177
191	Jason Gore	30	11	0	$208,801
192	Brian Bateman	25	9	0	$202,975
193	Jay Don Blake	27	10	0	$194,293
194	Bill Glasson	13	7	0	$193,579
195	Steve Pate	16	4	0	$192,518
196	Deane Pappas	24	13	0	$189,955
197	Matt Kuchar	22	8	0	$176,047
198	Brian Henninger	17	11	0	$166,003
199	Jeff Gallagher	11	5	0	$163,900
200	Hennie Otto	3	3	0	$162,593
201	Jason Caron	28	7	0	$161,342
202	Jay Delsing	11	5	0	$159,654
203	Colin Montgomerie	13	5	0	$159,607
204	Steve Elkington	16	6	0	$154,124
205	Grant Waite	18	6	0	$150,999
206	Todd Barranger	31	7	0	$144,525
207	Joel Edwards	24	7	0	$143,382
208	Steve Stricker	22	7	0	$139,340
209	Lee Westwood	7	5	0	$136,590
210	Andy Miller	26	12	0	$134,930
211	Brian Watts	13	5	0	$134,905
212	Bob May	8	6	0	$134,308
213	Ignacio Garrido	5	2	0	$133,250
214	David Edwards	13	8	0	$129,370
215	Mathias Gronberg	4	2	0	$128,013
216	Brandel Chamblee	17	6	0	$126,092
217	Ty Tryon	22	4	0	$125,875
218	David Berganio Jr	21	6	0	$124,065
219	Tom Scherrer	15	7	0	$122,431
220	Gary Evans	2	2	0	$121,413
221	Greg Norman	9	3	0	$119,799
222	Willie Wood	12	6	0	$118,280
223	James McLean	22	5	0	$117,182
224	Jim McGovern	11	4	0	$115,148
225	Vance Veazey	27	7	0	$111,157
226	Tom Watson	4	2	0	$108,017
227	Michael Campbell	14	5	0	$107,814
228	Akio Sadakata	29	11	0	$107,730
229	Hunter Mahan	9	5	0	$106,300
230	Tom Carter	9	2	0	$105,143
231	Ian Poulter	4	4	0	$103,693
232	Russ Cochran	5	2	0	$103,400
233	Pierre Fulke	3	2	0	$103,045
234	Danny Ellis	11	7	0	$101,443
235	Guy Boros	6	3	0	$95,612
236	Larry Mize	19	4	0	$93,713
237	Shingo Katayama	5	3	0	$91,499
238	David Duval	21	4	0	$84,708
239	Kenneth Staton	21	7	0	$83,386
240	Stan Utley	11	6	0	$79,046
241	Bart Bryant	10	6	0	$78,966
242	John Cook	10	4	0	$78,930
243	Scott Simpson	18	4	0	$78,153
244	Brad Elder	19	5	0	$74,341
245	Nick Watney	8	1	0	$73,255
246	Greg Kraft	10	6	0	$71,756
247	Ken Green	17	3	0	$70,633
248	Steve Jones	12	5	0	$68,756
249	Paul McGinley	3	2	0	$68,330
250	Mark Foster	2	2	0	$68,205
251	Blaine McCallister	8	4	0	$65,820
252	Jason Buha	26	5	0	$63,033
253	Mike Standly	9	4	0	$62,991
254	Todd Hamilton	3	2	0	$62,600
255	Kaname Yokoo	22	5	0	$56,088
256	Kelly Gibson	13	5	0	$55,651
257	Robin Freeman	13	4	0	$54,651
258	Mike Springer	9	4	0	$53,452
259	Peter Fowler	1	1	0	$52,324
260	Robert Karlsson	3	2	0	$52,000
261	Alastair Forsyth	3	2	0	$51,431
262	Michael Bradley	5	1	0	$49,500
263	David Howell	2	1	0	$46,071
264	Peter O'Malley	3	2	0	$45,300
265	Raphael Jacquelin	2	2	0	$44,839
266	Gavin Coles	27	5	0	$44,100
267	Cameron Yancey	25	5	0	$43,810
268	Andrew Oldcorn	1	1	0	$41,330
269	S.K. Ho	1	1	0	$41,330
270	Jeff Klein	25	4	0	$40,680
271	Joel Kribel	19	3	0	$39,120
272	Michael Muehr	7	3	0	$35,376
273	Robert-Jan Derksen	2	1	0	$33,750
274	Barry Cheesman	2	1	0	$32,910
275	Chris Downes	1	1	0	$32,910
276	Arjun Atwal	1	1	0	$32,500
277	Gary Nicklaus	6	2	0	$32,300
278	Tag Ridings	10	1	0	$31,275
279	Yasuharu Imano	3	1	0	$31,275
280	Taichi Teshima	1	1	0	$31,083
281	Jyoti Randhawa	2	1	0	$30,000
282	Soren Hansen	2	1	0	$30,000
283	Matt Peterson	2	1	0	$29,962
284	Adam Mednickson	1	1	0	$29,849
285	Gary Murphy	1	1	0	$29,849
286	Marco Ruiz	1	1	0	$29,849
287	Brad Bryant	4	2	0	$29,536
288	Søren Kjeldsen	2	1	0	$28,625
289	Thongchai Jaidee	1	1	0	$27,375
290	Philip Golding	2	1	0	$26,250
291	Gary Hallberg	8	3	0	$24,417
292	Steen Tinning	2	1	0	$23,375
293	Kevin Na	2	1	0	$23,375
294	John Morse	8	2	0	$22,361
295	Jim Gallagher, Jr.	9	2	0	$22,245
296	Jarrod Moseley	2	1	0	$21,125
297	Kelly Mitchum	3	2	0	$20,795
298	Keith Fergus	7	2	0	$20,455
299	Patrick Moore	6	2	0	$19,411
300	Richard Zokol	14	2	0	$19,155
301	Fulton Allem	18	2	0	$19,091
302	Anthony Wall	1	1	0	$18,859
303	Markus Brier	1	1	0	$18,859
304	Troy Matteson	3	2	0	$18,135
305	Mario Tiziani	2	1	0	$17,780
306	Brian Claar	3	1	0	$17,500
307	D.A. Weibring	2	2	0	$17,289
308	Brad Lardon	10	1	0	$16,400
309	David Lynn	1	1	0	$16,214
310	Mark McNulty	1	1	0	$16,214
311	Jeff Quinney	2	1	0	$14,550
312	Mike Small	1	1	0	$14,430
313	Dave Rummells	7	1	0	$14,280
314	Katsuyoshi Tomori	1	1	0	$13,988
315	Nolan Henke	6	2	0	$13,970
316	Ian Woosnam	2	1	0	$13,432
317	Ryan Dillon	1	1	0	$13,334
318	Gabriel Hjertstedt	9	1	0	$12,780
319	Michael Flynn	1	1	0	$12,600
320	Charles Warren	2	1	0	$11,984
321	Danny Briggs	1	1	0	$11,712
322	Mark Walker	1	1	0	$11,536
323	Todd Rose	1	1	0	$11,100
324	Alan Morin	4	1	0	$10,150
325	Tim Wilkinson	1	1	0	$9,900
326	Joe Acosta Jr	3	1	0	$9,765
327	Chip Sullivan	2	1	0	$9,675
328	Graeme McDowell	3	1	0	$9,620
329	Michael Harris	1	1	0	$9,450
330	Phil Blackmar	1	1	0	$9,225
331	Derek Gillespie	1	1	0	$8,988
332	Jon Mills	1	1	0	$8,988
333	Mark Hensby	1	1	0	$8,880
334	Yusaku Miyazato	3	1	0	$8,775
335	Andy Bean	3	1	0	$8,550
336	David Morland IV	1	1	0	$8,022
337	D.J. Trahan	6	1	0	$7,880
338	Ryuji Imada	1	1	0	$7,600
339	Scott Dunlap	1	1	0	$7,600
340	Edward Fryatt	1	1	0	$7,280
341	Trevor Dodds	3	1	0	$6,720
342	Pete Jordan	1	1	0	$6,720
343	Mike Hulbert	14	1	0	$6,300
344	David Ogrin	4	1	0	$5,700
345	Dan Halldorson	5	1	0	$5,640

2003 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2003 PGA Tour money list?

Vijay Singh, with $7,133,907 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2003?

$220,832,408 across 48 official events, from total purses of $224,583,110.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2003?

74. Of those, 4 earned over $5 million and 0 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2003?

$1,170,000 to Davis Love III at The Players Championship.