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2005 PGA Tour money list

The 2005 PGA Tour paid $246,346,497 in official prize money across 48 events. Tiger Woods led the money list with $10,628,024, and the biggest single check was $1,440,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2005.

$249.6MTotal purse
48Official events
79Players over $1M
1Over $10M
32Different winners
291Earned $0

The 2005 money race

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

$0$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10.0M$12.5MTiger Woods · $10.6MVijay Singh · $8.0MPhil Mickelson · $5.6MJim Furyk · $4.3MDavid Toms · $3.9M01/0602/1003/1004/1405/1906/2307/2108/2509/2911/03

2005 PGA Tour money list: top 25

The top 10 took 20% of all the money paid.

How the money was spread

667 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $12,090, and 291 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

$0$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10.0M$12.5M$1M: 79 players aboveMedian $12K1st25%50%75%Last

Biggest checks of 2005

2005 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Tiger Woods (6), Vijay Singh (4), Phil Mickelson (4), Justin Leonard (2), Padraig Harrington (2), Kenny Perry (2), Bart Bryant (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
01/06Mercedes Championships historyStuart Appleby$5,300,000$1,060,000
01/13Sony Open in Hawaii historyVijay Singh$4,800,000$864,000
01/20Buick Invitational historyTiger Woods$4,800,000$864,000
01/26Bob Hope Chrysler Classic historyJustin Leonard$4,700,000$846,000
02/03FBR Open historyPhil Mickelson$5,200,000$936,000
02/10AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am historyPhil Mickelson$5,300,000$954,000
02/17Nissan Open historyAdam Scott$4,800,000$864,000
02/23WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship historyDavid Toms$7,500,000$1,300,000
02/24Chrysler Classic of Tucson historyGeoff Ogilvy$3,000,000$540,000
03/03Ford Championship at Doral historyTiger Woods$5,500,000$990,000
03/10The Honda Classic historyPadraig Harrington$5,500,000$990,000
03/17Bay Hill Invitational Presented by MasterCard historyKenny Perry$5,000,000$900,000
03/24The Players Championship Players historyFred Funk$8,000,000$1,440,000
03/31BellSouth Classic historyPhil Mickelson$5,000,000$900,000
04/07Masters Tournament Major historyTiger Woods$7,000,000$1,260,000
04/14MCI Heritage historyPeter Lonard$5,200,000$936,000
04/21Shell Houston Open historyVijay Singh$5,000,000$900,000
04/28Zurich Classic of New Orleans historyTim Petrovic$5,500,000$990,000
05/05Wachovia Championship historyVijay Singh$6,000,000$1,080,000
05/12EDS Byron Nelson Championship historyTed Purdy$6,200,000$1,116,000
05/19Bank of America Colonial historyKenny Perry$5,600,000$1,008,000
05/26FedEx St. Jude Classic Playoff historyJustin Leonard$4,900,000$882,000
06/02The Memorial Tournament historyBart Bryant$5,500,000$990,000
06/09Booz Allen Classic historySergio Garcia$5,000,000$900,000
06/16U.S. Open Championship Major historyMichael Campbell$6,250,000$1,170,000
06/23Barclays Classic Playoff historyPadraig Harrington$5,750,000$1,035,000
06/30Cialis Western Open historyJim Furyk$5,000,000$900,000
07/07John Deere Classic historySean O'Hair$4,000,000$720,000
07/14British Open Championship Major historyTiger Woods$6,754,555$1,261,584
07/14B.C. Open historyJason Bohn$3,000,000$540,000
07/21U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee historyBen Crane$3,800,000$684,000
07/28Buick Open historyVijay Singh$4,600,000$828,000
08/04The International history—$5,000,000—
08/11PGA Championship Major historyPhil Mickelson$6,250,000$1,170,000
08/18WGC-NEC Invitational historyTiger Woods$7,500,000$1,300,000
08/18Reno-Tahoe Open historyVaughn Taylor$3,000,000$540,000
08/25Buick Championship historyBrad Faxon$4,300,000$774,000
09/02Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff historyOlin Browne$5,500,000$990,000
09/08Bell Canadian Open historyMark Calcavecchia$5,000,000$900,000
09/1584 Lumber Classic historyJason Gore$4,400,000$792,000
09/22The Presidents Cup Unofficial history———
09/22Valero Texas Open historyRobert Gamez$3,500,000$630,000
09/29Chrysler Classic of Greensboro historyK.J. Choi$5,000,000$900,000
10/06WGC-American Express Championship historyTiger Woods$7,500,000$1,300,000
10/13Michelin Championship at Las Vegas historyWes Short, Jr.$4,000,000$720,000
10/20Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort historyLucas Glover$4,400,000$792,000
10/27Chrysler Championship historyCarl Pettersson$5,300,000$954,000
11/03Southern Farm Bureau Classic historyHeath Slocum$3,000,000$540,000
11/03The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola Playoff historyBart Bryant$6,500,000$1,170,000

Full 2005 money list

All 376 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Tiger Woods21196$10,628,024
2Vijay Singh30264$8,017,336
3Phil Mickelson20194$5,569,604
4Jim Furyk26231$4,255,369
5David Toms24181$3,927,263
6Kenny Perry23192$3,607,155
7Chris DiMarco23170$3,562,548
8Bart Bryant26192$3,249,136
9Sergio Garcia19171$3,213,375
10Fred Funk30231$2,830,046
11Justin Leonard23172$2,665,131
12Davis Love III23160$2,658,779
13Padraig Harrington15112$2,615,731
14Retief Goosen18160$2,594,106
15Adam Scott19181$2,592,255
16Scott Verplank25210$2,580,213
17Luke Donald17160$2,459,062
18Ben Crane20171$2,433,267
19Sean O'Hair28231$2,432,544
20Chad Campbell27220$2,391,432
21Stuart Appleby24191$2,202,506
22Ted Purdy34271$2,198,368
23Mark Calcavecchia26191$2,185,310
24Billy Mayfair30260$2,163,830
25Tim Clark25210$2,148,162
26Tim Herron28230$2,103,550
27Olin Browne28191$2,099,303
28Lucas Glover27161$2,050,068
29Shigeki Maruyama29220$1,933,049
30Carl Pettersson33191$1,921,226
31Geoff Ogilvy25211$1,919,751
32Peter Lonard27171$1,897,998
33Jason Bohn28181$1,888,568
34Charles Howell III28200$1,874,329
35Vaughn Taylor32191$1,827,574
36Fred Couples21150$1,804,179
37Zach Johnson30210$1,796,441
38Joe Ogilvie29200$1,790,610
39John Daly25160$1,759,921
40K.J. Choi23171$1,754,574
41José María Olazábal15130$1,754,427
42Brad Faxon22131$1,671,597
43Michael Campbell551$1,661,810
44Tom Lehman20150$1,655,416
45Stewart Cink25220$1,628,049
46Ernie Els13110$1,627,184
47Bo Van Pelt33230$1,606,082
48Tom Pernice Jr.31220$1,597,357
49Heath Slocum28211$1,593,385
50Brandt Jobe26210$1,593,149
51Tim Petrovic31151$1,549,354
52Darren Clarke13110$1,465,921
53Rod Pampling25200$1,451,940
54Colin Montgomerie650$1,450,736
55Jonathan Kaye23160$1,416,109
56Steve Elkington20150$1,410,350
57Jerry Kelly31210$1,352,487
58Greg Owen23180$1,340,953
59Justin Rose27210$1,320,691
60Mark Hensby21160$1,312,637
61Mike Weir22130$1,290,842
62Pat Perez28180$1,258,087
63Ryan Palmer31170$1,207,377
64Robert Allenby30170$1,184,458
65Woody Austin30210$1,177,095
66Billy Andrade26160$1,120,835
67Robert Gamez28171$1,115,364
68Kevin Na31140$1,095,204
69Jeff Sluman28200$1,087,506
70Graeme McDowell14100$1,086,859
71Bob Tway25170$1,060,462
72Joey Sindelar29230$1,060,238
73Dudley Hart28180$1,051,339
74Joe Durant25150$1,039,699
75J.L. Lewis30190$1,031,159
76Wes Short, Jr.1671$1,029,640
77Carlos Franco24140$1,029,267
78Charles Warren30140$1,007,276
79Aaron Baddeley26160$1,006,006
80Harrison Frazar30200$980,083
81Brett Quigley30170$974,092
82Arjun Atwal17160$963,768
83Stephen Ames23180$959,665
84Bernhard Langer19140$952,451
85Ian Poulter20100$946,890
86J.J. Henry31200$942,347
87Steve Lowery31160$938,824
88Jeff Brehaut22120$931,061
89Arron Oberholser20130$921,796
90Rory Sabbatini26150$920,988
91Bob Estes25220$891,477
92Nick O'Hern12100$889,202
93Tag Ridings30160$881,462
94Joey Snyder III30190$880,821
95Loren Roberts18110$874,330
96Jason Gore861$871,135
97Freddie Jacobson23140$868,525
98John Senden28210$855,325
99Brian Davis23150$854,460
100John Rollins29180$852,147
101James Driscoll25110$849,891
102Scott McCarron23140$847,517
103Kevin Sutherland25190$845,875
104Dean Wilson27170$821,903
105Daniel Chopra33180$820,743
106D.J. Trahan27130$791,254
107Thomas Bjørn850$769,267
108Steve Flesch29150$764,106
109Stephen Leaney28170$758,057
110Robert Damron28160$739,836
111Jesper Parnevik23170$732,845
112Doug Barron24110$731,990
113Corey Pavin22140$725,056
114Jeff Maggert24160$724,780
115Trevor Immelman1390$716,517
116David Howell1260$696,950
117Rocco Mediate24160$696,250
118Richard S. Johnson1690$689,364
119Ryan Moore14100$686,250
120Rich Beem2570$686,192
121Brian Gay32180$680,062
122Todd Fischer34150$664,098
123Patrick Sheehan34210$664,038
124Hidemichi Tanaka33180$662,051
125Jonathan Byrd30210$653,398
126Ryuji Imada25140$650,221
127Craig Barlow25140$647,737
128Tommy Armour III29220$636,643
129Kent Jones31170$629,944
130Craig Parry15100$629,887
131Nick Price16110$626,736
132John Huston30140$623,220
133Briny Baird32170$613,841
134Nick Watney30140$605,369
135Kirk Triplett1890$598,145
136Ben Curtis2480$594,670
137Michael Allen30150$591,829
138Hunter Mahan33180$589,567
139Brett Wetterich27100$576,029
140Todd Hamilton30170$559,495
141Mark Wilson24110$558,168
142Paul McGinley660$547,184
143Hank Kuehne29110$546,817
144Tjaart van der Walt1990$544,058
145Omar Uresti27160$538,238
146Neal Lancaster31170$532,185
147J.P. Hayes22100$531,704
148Marco Dawson23180$526,264
149Alex Cejka30140$510,082
150Henrik Stenson440$501,986
151Lee Westwood15120$501,267
152Brendan Jones27140$498,817
153Darron Stiles25130$489,477
154Paul Goydos1590$486,362
155Thomas Levet2090$485,343
156Jay Haas16120$485,109
157Andrew Magee28120$477,579
158Shaun Micheel28110$477,052
159Frank Lickliter II32180$475,381
160Scott Gutschewski26150$472,687
161Brian Bateman31170$461,017
162Chris Smith32140$454,375
163Ángel Cabrera1170$451,028
164Cameron Beckman30150$439,357
165Duffy Waldorf27150$438,662
166Lee Janzen25110$422,748
167Tom Gillis27120$421,050
168Steve Allan31170$406,503
169Matt Kuchar2190$402,786
170Mathias Gronberg18110$401,140
171Steve Stricker21100$397,640
172Phillip Price24120$384,665
173Jay Williamson16100$382,653
174D.A. Points32140$381,540
175John Cook2590$374,185
176Glen Day26130$370,221
177Franklin Langham30130$369,536
178Richard Green1190$365,807
179Gavin Coles22130$359,523
180Scott Hend2790$356,247
181Bob Heintz2490$355,488
182Matt Gogel27100$344,151
183Kevin Stadler32130$338,838
184Hunter Haas27130$327,425
185Roland Thatcher25120$326,299
186Tom Byrum27140$323,953
187Brent Geiberger20100$309,559
188Miguel Angel Jiménez970$281,398
189Brenden Pappas15100$279,340
190Will MacKenzie24120$275,529
191Mark Brooks28100$273,668
192José Coceres2170$269,705
193Paul Claxton29110$269,701
194Chris Riley24110$268,735
195Craig Stadler650$256,110
196D.J. Brigman25110$250,349
197Charlie Wi22110$250,081
198Paul Azinger22100$246,489
199Dennis Paulson2480$232,147
200Jay Delsing1170$230,851
201Michael Putnam530$229,733
202Chris Anderson2470$225,847
203Paul Gow26120$219,459
204Dan Forsman1690$214,135
205Len Mattiace3390$209,638
206Justin Bolli2390$207,400
207Scott Dunlap320$204,500
208Craig Bowden1560$199,911
209Carl Paulson1360$198,214
210David Hearn24100$197,453
211Paul Casey1040$195,193
212Mark O'Meara21110$190,970
213Larry Mize1780$187,969
214Nick Faldo530$184,649
215Mario Tiziani22110$181,618
216Peter Jacobsen1150$180,583
217Skip Kendall3170$180,561
218Jason Allred2880$176,436
219Spike McRoy1240$173,919
220Craig Perks2660$171,379
221Michael Long25100$170,618
222Glen Hnatiuk2070$170,112
223Jaxon Brigman220$162,961
224Bill Haas640$159,586
225Jimmy Walker930$155,850
226Danny Briggs2870$148,836
227Jeff Hart2290$135,165
228Shingo Katayama530$131,020
229David Peoples1240$127,907
230Per-Ulrik Johansson730$126,640
231Peter Hedblom110$123,857
232Kenneth Ferrie320$120,250
233Nick Dougherty540$118,417
234Steve Jones1970$114,344
235Joel Kribel210$112,360
236David Frost1030$111,258
237Stephen Dodd420$109,500
238Bill Glasson2070$108,426
239Niclas Fasth320$107,500
240Andre Stolz1230$104,775
241Jim Carter2460$104,138
242Tom Kite1230$103,429
243Matt Davidson2060$98,906
244Chris Couch110$96,667
245Thongchai Jaidee430$92,654
246Rob Rashell2560$84,391
247Spencer Levin730$78,082
248Charl Schwartzel310$77,000
249Bradley Dredge110$77,000
250Esteban Toledo620$76,887
251Bradley Hughes2060$76,819
252Jyoti Randhawa220$72,500
253John Elliott2460$67,819
254Casey Wittenberg940$67,548
255Yasuharu Imano110$66,000
256Michael Harris220$65,430
257Blaine McCallister950$64,253
258Ian Leggatt1130$63,283
259Hideto Tanihara1960$62,832
260David Edwards930$62,459
261Mike Springer520$59,269
262Tom Purtzer110$58,240
263Nick Flanagan110$56,946
264Scott Drummond110$56,946
265Tadahiro Takayama110$56,946
266Peter Tomasulo220$55,027
267Garrett Willis730$52,251
268Peter Hanson320$51,891
269Matt Hendrix110$51,429
270S.K. Ho320$50,169
271Scott Piercy430$47,140
272Sandy Lyle410$46,433
273Euan Walters1720$46,365
274Simon Yates110$46,000
275Bob Burns1550$44,407
276Marc Cayeux110$42,250
277Steve Webster220$39,586
278Toru Taniguchi710$38,880
279Grant Waite630$38,855
280Simon Dyson210$38,548
281Danny Ellis740$36,956
282Dicky Pride520$36,931
283Stephen Gallacher410$36,500
284Scott Simpson930$35,556
285Joakim Haeggman410$35,000
286Notah Begay III1140$34,545
287Kazuhiko Hosokawa110$34,500
288Neil Cheetham110$33,000
289Warren Abery110$32,500
290Scott Hoch210$31,130
291Marcel Siem110$29,150
292Gene Sauers720$29,091
293Guy Boros530$27,765
294Tom Scherrer220$27,333
295Hiroyuki Fujita110$26,243
296Maarten Lafeber210$26,243
297Simon Khan110$26,243
298Soren Hansen110$26,243
299Tom Watson210$26,243
300Brad Lardon420$25,332
301Michael Bradley520$25,254
302John Riegger420$23,328
303Y.E. Yang420$22,856
304Steve Schneiter110$22,300
305Mike Small220$21,900
306Kevin Streelman210$21,695
307Sean Murphy310$21,120
308John Morgan1100$21,030
309Donnie Hammond310$20,150
310Bob Sowards720$19,162
311Paul Lawrie110$19,154
312Hal Sutton1020$18,320
313James McLean510$18,000
314Søren Kjeldsen110$17,667
315Greg Norman110$17,522
316John Bickerton110$17,522
317Tino Schuster110$17,522
318Robin Freeman820$17,258
319David Smail110$16,383
320Robert Rock110$16,383
321Camilo Villegas210$16,300
322Erik Compton110$15,895
323Patrik Sjöland110$15,770
324Jonathan Lomas110$15,223
325Keiichiro Fukabori110$15,223
326Graeme Storm110$14,806
327Steve Marino110$14,542
328Tripp Isenhour720$14,448
329Stephen Gangluff110$14,161
330John Mallinger110$13,553
331Ronald Philo110$12,750
332Brandt Snedeker210$12,731
333Steve Pate810$12,402
334Jason Hartwick110$12,090
335Dick Mast310$12,053
336Kelly Grunewald110$11,935
337Paul Sheehan110$11,715
338Darrell Kestner110$11,700
339Kevin Johnson110$11,330
340Steve Collins110$11,250
341Eric Axley210$11,100
342Colby Beckstrom210$11,095
343Charley Hoffman110$10,656
344Casey Martin100$10,547
345Chris Nallen110$10,547
346Don Yrene210$10,452
347Ted Tryba210$10,437
348Doug Tewell100$10,088
349John Maginnes1710$10,080
350Chris Starkjohann410$9,917
351Rick Heath110$9,735
352Ahmad Bateman110$9,625
353Camilo Benedetti110$9,600
354Gregory Meyer110$8,928
355Nick Gilliam310$8,926
356Jason Knutzon110$8,920
357Mike Standly210$8,904
358Steven Bowditch110$8,299
359Brian Watts610$8,170
360Jim McGovern210$7,932
361Gavin Flint110$7,932
362David Duval1910$7,630
363Akio Sadakata210$7,315
364Brian Henninger210$7,236
365Gary Hallberg110$7,160
366David Lundstrom210$7,000
367Rich Barcelo310$6,945
368Brad Fabel110$6,926
369Wayne Levi110$6,926
370Ben Portie110$6,780
371P.H. Horgan III210$6,540
372Mike Heinen710$6,300
373Ryan Dillon110$6,060
374Mike Hulbert410$6,030
375Trevor Dodds210$5,820
376Dave Rummells210$5,640

2005 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2005 PGA Tour money list?

Tiger Woods, with $10,628,024 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2005?

$246,346,497 across 48 official events, from total purses of $249,604,555.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2005?

79. Of those, 3 earned over $5 million and 1 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2005?

$1,440,000 to Fred Funk at The Players Championship.

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