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2008 PGA Tour money list

The 2008 PGA Tour paid $281,105,051 in official prize money across 48 events. Vijay Singh led the money list with $6,601,094, and the biggest single check was $1,710,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2008.

$278.9MTotal purse
48Official events
105Players over $1M
0Over $10M
37Different winners
250Earned $0

The 2008 money race

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

2008 PGA Tour money list: top 25

The top 10 took 17% of all the money paid.

How the money was spread

625 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $23,554, and 250 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

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Biggest checks of 2008

2008 FedEx Cup bonuses

Paid at the Tour Championship. Not official prize money.

2008 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Tiger Woods (4), Kenny Perry (3), Vijay Singh (3), Phil Mickelson (2), Anthony Kim (2), Padraig Harrington (2), Camilo Villegas (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
01/03Mercedes-Benz Championship historyDaniel Chopra$5,500,000$1,100,000
01/10Sony Open in Hawaii historyK.J. Choi$5,300,000$954,000
01/16Bob Hope Chrysler Classic historyD.J. Trahan$5,100,000$918,000
01/24Buick Invitational historyTiger Woods$5,200,000$936,000
01/31FBR Open historyJ.B. Holmes$6,000,000$1,080,000
02/07AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am historySteve Lowery$6,000,000$1,080,000
02/14Northern Trust Open Playoff historyPhil Mickelson$6,200,000$1,116,000
02/20World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship historyTiger Woods$8,000,000$1,350,000
02/21Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun historyBrian Gay$3,500,000$630,000
02/28The Honda Classic historyErnie Els$5,500,000$990,000
03/06PODS Championship historySean O'Hair$5,300,000$954,000
03/13Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard historyTiger Woods$5,800,000$1,044,000
03/20World Golf Championships-CA Championship historyGeoff Ogilvy$8,000,000$1,350,000
03/20Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular historyGreg Kraft$3,500,000$630,000
03/27Zurich Classic of New Orleans historyAndres Romero$6,200,000$1,116,000
04/03Shell Houston Open historyJohnson Wagner$5,600,000$1,008,000
04/10Masters Tournament Major historyTrevor Immelman$7,000,000$1,350,000
04/17Verizon Heritage historyBoo Weekley$5,500,000$990,000
04/24EDS Byron Nelson Championship historyAdam Scott$6,400,000$1,152,000
05/01Wachovia Championship historyAnthony Kim$6,400,000$1,152,000
05/08The Players Championship Players historySergio Garcia$9,500,000$1,710,000
05/15AT&T Classic historyRyuji Imada$5,500,000$990,000
05/22Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial historyPhil Mickelson$6,100,000$1,098,000
05/29The Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley historyKenny Perry$6,000,000$1,080,000
06/05Stanford St. Jude Championship Playoff historyJustin Leonard$6,000,000$1,080,000
06/12U.S. Open Championship Major historyTiger Woods$7,000,000$1,350,000
06/19Travelers Championship historyStewart Cink$6,000,000$1,080,000
06/26Buick Open historyKenny Perry$5,000,000$900,000
07/03AT&T National historyAnthony Kim$6,000,000$1,080,000
07/10John Deere Classic historyKenny Perry$4,200,000$756,000
07/17British Open Championship Major historyPadraig Harrington$8,600,000$1,498,875
07/17U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee historyRichard S. Johnson$4,000,000$720,000
07/24RBC Canadian Open historyChez Reavie$5,000,000$900,000
07/31World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational historyVijay Singh$8,000,000$1,350,000
07/31Legends Reno-Tahoe Open historyParker McLachlin$3,000,000$540,000
08/07PGA Championship Major historyPadraig Harrington$7,500,000$1,350,000
08/14Wyndham Championship historyCarl Pettersson$5,100,000$918,000
08/21The Barclays Playoff historyVijay Singh$7,000,000$1,260,000
08/29Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff historyVijay Singh$7,000,000$1,260,000
09/04BMW Championship Playoff historyCamilo Villegas$7,000,000$1,260,000
09/18Viking Classic historyWill MacKenzie$3,600,000$648,000
09/18Ryder Cup Unofficial history———
09/25The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola Playoff historyCamilo Villegas$7,000,000$1,260,000
10/02Turning Stone Resort Championship historyDustin Johnson$6,000,000$1,080,000
10/09Valero Texas Open historyZach Johnson$4,500,000$810,000
10/16Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open historyMarc Turnesa$4,100,000$738,000
10/23Frys.com Open historyCameron Beckman$5,000,000$900,000
10/30Ginn sur Mer ClassicRyan Palmer$4,600,000$828,000
11/06Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart historyDavis Love III$4,600,000$828,000
12/03PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament Unofficial historyHarrison Frazar$1,057,500—
12/18Chevron World Challenge presented by Bank of America Unofficial history—$5,750,000—

Full 2008 money list

All 375 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Vijay Singh23183$6,601,094
2Tiger Woods864$5,775,000
3Phil Mickelson21192$5,188,875
4Sergio Garcia19181$4,858,224
5Kenny Perry26223$4,663,794
6Anthony Kim23182$4,656,265
7Camilo Villegas23192$4,422,641
8Padraig Harrington15122$4,313,551
9Stewart Cink23191$3,979,301
10Justin Leonard25241$3,943,542
11Robert Allenby28270$3,606,700
12Jim Furyk26230$3,455,714
13Ryuji Imada26151$3,029,363
14Mike Weir26200$3,020,135
15Geoff Ogilvy20141$2,880,099
16K.J. Choi21161$2,683,442
17Ben Curtis22180$2,615,798
18Kevin Sutherland26220$2,581,311
19Trevor Immelman23141$2,566,199
20Ernie Els16111$2,537,290
21Carl Pettersson29251$2,512,538
22Stuart Appleby23210$2,484,630
23Steve Stricker22160$2,438,304
24Chad Campbell28190$2,404,770
25Boo Weekley24191$2,398,751
26D.J. Trahan27191$2,304,368
27Stephen Ames24190$2,285,707
28Ken Duke33240$2,238,885
29Dudley Hart26150$2,218,817
30Hunter Mahan27180$2,208,855
31Brian Gay31201$2,205,513
32J.B. Holmes27181$2,166,130
33Woody Austin30240$2,146,431
34Steve Marino33270$2,094,267
35Sean O'Hair25151$2,089,857
36Andres Romero20151$2,064,612
37Briny Baird30260$2,039,808
38Jeff Quinney28160$1,999,371
39Adam Scott15111$1,979,160
40Mathew Goggin29180$1,969,962
41Henrik Stenson980$1,937,992
42Nicholas Thompson37200$1,869,329
43Dustin Johnson31161$1,789,895
44Pat Perez28210$1,756,038
45Billy Mayfair29210$1,750,683
46Tim Clark29190$1,722,030
47Bart Bryant23170$1,719,153
48Rod Pampling28130$1,702,952
49Davis Love III23161$1,695,237
50Aaron Baddeley22160$1,665,587
51Jerry Kelly31150$1,652,400
52Paul Goydos25130$1,640,737
53Daniel Chopra27151$1,630,690
54Zach Johnson26191$1,615,123
55Freddie Jacobson26150$1,597,423
56Mark Wilson29240$1,578,337
57Rory Sabbatini23170$1,559,277
58Lee Westwood1070$1,550,880
59Bubba Watson29190$1,533,523
60Brandt Snedeker26180$1,531,442
61Steve Lowery26111$1,524,275
62Charlie Wi28210$1,515,395
63Tommy Armour III28130$1,501,256
64Heath Slocum29220$1,491,916
65Ben Crane26180$1,488,505
66Ian Poulter15120$1,488,214
67Peter Lonard31160$1,462,894
68Luke Donald1270$1,456,650
69Ryan Palmer22121$1,453,183
70Charles Howell III31200$1,449,232
71Matt Kuchar27160$1,447,638
72Chez Reavie30201$1,444,102
73Retief Goosen18130$1,431,965
74Johnson Wagner26141$1,431,001
75Rocco Mediate27160$1,420,875
76Nick O'Hern27170$1,370,771
77George McNeill29190$1,361,532
78Scott Verplank24180$1,359,620
79Kevin Streelman32230$1,352,705
80Dean Wilson32210$1,350,002
81Tom Pernice Jr.31220$1,336,277
82Marc Turnesa29131$1,329,920
83Cameron Beckman31141$1,312,837
84John Merrick29190$1,312,005
85Parker McLachlin28171$1,311,839
86Steve Elkington25170$1,291,114
87John Senden28190$1,269,083
88Steve Flesch29170$1,265,059
89Ryan Moore25110$1,214,900
90Troy Matteson30160$1,212,018
91Greg Kraft22101$1,204,559
92John Mallinger30200$1,201,433
93Tim Wilkinson29170$1,167,607
94Michael Letzig29140$1,166,976
95Tim Herron28190$1,164,999
96Paul Casey16120$1,156,414
97Brian Davis34200$1,151,558
98Cliff Kresge28130$1,068,207
99Vaughn Taylor32180$1,053,423
100Justin Rose15100$1,047,854
101Kevin Na30190$1,041,059
102Jonathan Byrd27170$1,039,584
103Joe Ogilvie29190$1,035,831
104John Rollins28180$1,016,032
105Bill Haas31180$1,000,939
106Lucas Glover26190$998,491
107Robert Karlsson880$985,685
108Michael Allen28180$981,263
109Tim Petrovic32160$958,577
110Scott McCarron2280$952,070
111Fred Couples18120$949,281
112Charley Hoffman29160$945,702
113J.J. Henry34190$931,162
114Corey Pavin20130$924,282
115Nathan Green30170$912,867
116Will MacKenzie2291$911,194
117Bo Van Pelt32190$903,967
118Eric Axley35190$899,215
119Alex Cejka25110$893,998
120Jeff Overton34190$890,489
121Richard S. Johnson2191$884,367
122Brett Quigley27150$878,216
123Nick Watney28210$878,173
124Ángel Cabrera17100$868,182
125Jason Bohn1570$866,786
126Brad Adamonis30140$862,413
127Martin Laird29190$852,752
128Shane Bertsch29190$841,248
129Bob Estes28170$829,395
130Patrick Sheehan35260$805,897
131Joe Durant28170$802,568
132Charles Warren2990$800,694
133David Toms21160$799,114
134Bob Tway21140$785,641
135Mark Calcavecchia25110$784,810
136Jason Gore33150$779,664
137Matt Jones31150$775,899
138Jason Day29120$767,393
139Jay Williamson34160$758,862
140Robert Garrigus29170$756,732
141Steve Allan2170$743,970
142Rich Beem29160$730,001
143Miguel Angel Jiménez860$725,946
144James Driscoll28140$708,549
145Tom Lehman1880$676,651
146Jesper Parnevik30150$635,819
147Scott Sterling28150$624,822
148Kevin Stadler30140$598,945
149Chris DiMarco29130$590,744
150Tag Ridings29140$568,494
151Tommy Gainey2450$562,205
152Frank Lickliter II32210$548,113
153Todd Hamilton28170$537,958
154Greg Norman410$509,618
155Lee Janzen28140$500,155
156John Huston18100$496,876
157Jon Mills32140$489,510
158Chris Stroud29120$482,405
159Mark Hensby2890$480,483
160Y.E. Yang29150$461,726
161Justin Bolli28130$458,022
162Gavin Coles16110$455,003
163Arron Oberholser1270$454,881
164Roland Thatcher1550$445,212
165Jeff Maggert28150$444,484
166Harrison Frazar23130$444,059
167Marco Dawson21120$439,964
168Glen Day19120$435,263
169Niclas Fasth1070$391,690
170Chris Riley1790$388,850
171Brett Rumford2690$386,419
172Brenden Pappas2480$384,072
173Nick Flanagan29140$379,036
174Carlos Franco25120$378,768
175Craig Kanada23100$363,597
176Ryan Armour32120$354,508
177Omar Uresti24110$346,285
178Chad Collins24110$339,959
179Doug LaBelle II22100$338,132
180Jeev Milkha Singh540$319,349
181J.P. Hayes2770$312,152
182Kent Jones23110$304,432
183Bob Heintz1760$301,015
184Brandt Jobe2070$293,214
185Jeff Gove1870$290,410
186John Riegger24130$289,501
187Kenneth Ferrie25100$288,772
188Tom Scherrer2070$288,390
189Jason Dufner1680$284,138
190Jimmy Walker24110$282,249
191Brad Elder2390$270,365
192Michael Sim860$269,864
193Graeme McDowell440$269,545
194Bob Sowards2280$263,327
195Fred Funk1470$257,283
196Anders Hansen640$251,892
197Robert Gamez26120$249,944
198Ted Purdy2590$248,207
199Mathias Gronberg30120$245,281
200Billy Andrade24100$243,490
201José Coceres1460$240,392
202Graeme Storm320$231,600
203Brian Bateman1860$227,470
204Jin Park30120$227,102
205Richard Sterne860$226,294
206David Howell320$226,243
207Richard Green970$224,310
208Colin Montgomerie740$221,534
209Darren Clarke210$220,000
210Todd Demsey25130$217,417
211Richard Johnson2970$200,210
212Alastair Forsyth220$194,416
213Larry Mize1660$190,804
214Liang Wen-Chong640$184,353
215Nick Dougherty850$183,062
216Dicky Pride1450$182,890
217Soren Hansen960$179,966
218Garrett Willis1150$176,815
219Andrew Buckle1580$170,264
220Dan Forsman1160$169,106
221Casey Wittenberg420$167,520
222Olin Browne27110$167,029
223Brent Geiberger1220$165,600
224Brendan Jones540$163,186
225Grégory Havret220$162,185
226Alejandro Cañizares16100$162,115
227Shigeki Maruyama1880$160,175
228Stephen Leaney1880$157,963
229Shaun Micheel1660$157,828
230Paul Stankowski1350$156,077
231Kyle Thompson2680$154,447
232Martin Kaymer850$154,388
233Bernhard Langer210$147,250
234Prayad Marksaeng420$141,560
235Michael Bradley1460$138,454
236Jim McGovern27110$136,088
237Ross Fisher630$130,767
238David Lutterus2370$129,886
239Craig Barlow1560$129,732
240D.A. Points330$126,918
241Søren Kjeldsen310$125,000
242Toru Taniguchi730$122,620
243Brett Wetterich1460$121,675
244Peter Hanson440$117,784
245Paul Claxton2370$116,678
246David Duval2050$114,974
247Bob May430$114,085
248Esteban Toledo330$111,305
249Jason Allred2370$100,596
250Mark Brooks1760$99,582
251Daisuke Maruyama420$98,596
252Oliver Wilson420$95,709
253Robert Damron840$94,612
254Bradley Dredge110$90,000
255Mark Brown220$88,000
256Tom Byrum1260$87,782
257Craig Parry430$86,311
258James Kingston530$84,250
259Shingo Katayama520$76,375
260Alex Noren110$75,485
261Jean Van de Velde110$75,485
262Paul Waring110$75,485
263Simon Wakefield110$75,485
264Richard Finch220$73,284
265Neal Lancaster950$70,138
266Cody Freeman2650$68,673
267Ian Leggatt530$62,481
268José María Olazábal520$60,200
269Pablo Martin320$60,142
270Paul McGinley110$60,000
271Ron Whittaker2240$59,977
272John Daly1840$56,017
273Ryan Blaum110$54,250
274Louis Oosthuizen320$51,325
275Pablo Larrazábal320$50,686
276Anton Haig220$49,780
277Michael Campbell720$48,054
278Jay Delsing810$48,000
279Rob Grube110$48,000
280Andrew McLardy210$47,000
281Chip Sullivan630$45,559
282Alvaro Quiros220$45,066
283S.S.P. Chawrasia110$44,750
284Hidemasa Hoshino110$44,250
285Paul Azinger1020$42,590
286Jonathan Kaye830$41,375
287Chapchai Nirat110$40,250
288Paul Sheehan110$40,250
289Tom Gillis320$38,915
290Webb Simpson630$38,460
291Steve Webster310$38,250
292Chris Kirk320$37,724
293Scott Strange310$37,000
294Travis Perkins2330$36,583
295Mark Brown110$35,750
296Robert Dinwiddie110$35,709
297Len Mattiace1140$35,333
298Joey Sindelar520$34,351
299J.L. Lewis1730$34,003
300Ariel Cañete110$33,267
301Gregory Bourdy110$33,267
302Simon Khan110$33,267
303Thomas Aiken110$33,267
304Kirk Triplett940$32,794
305Michael Thompson430$32,625
306Guy Boros620$31,565
307Notah Begay III930$27,872
308Ian Woosnam110$26,250
309John Morse730$25,705
310Stephen Poole110$25,143
311Sandy Lyle210$24,750
312Jarrod Lyle110$23,985
313David Frost310$23,554
314Anthony Wall110$23,554
315Chris Smith510$22,775
316Diego Vanegas110$22,775
317Yusaku Miyazato110$20,670
318Jonathan Lomas110$20,385
319Jhonattan Vegas110$19,828
320David Horsey110$19,785
321Jean-Baptiste Gonnet110$19,785
322Jose-Filipe Lima110$18,686
323Martin Wiegele110$18,686
324Phillip Archer210$17,187
325Chih-Bing Lam110$16,787
326Charl Schwartzel110$16,250
327Colt Knost510$16,129
328Spike McRoy520$15,641
329Spencer Levin110$15,518
330Robert Floyd310$15,264
331Stuart Deane210$15,214
332Andrew Dresser110$15,189
333Andrew Svoboda110$15,189
334Justin Hicks110$14,306
335Hiroyuki Fujita110$14,150
336Ross McGowan110$13,718
337Bubba Dickerson110$13,640
338Grant Waite800$12,540
339Ronnie Black210$12,295
340Jonathan Moore210$12,265
341Andrew Magee310$12,238
342Peter Karmis110$11,940
343Kiyoshi Miyazato110$11,925
344Nick Price110$11,900
345Gabriel Hjertstedt410$11,495
346Fulton Allem100$11,468
347Mitsuhiro Tateyama110$11,448
348Scott Hoch110$11,385
349John Douma110$11,150
350David Hearn210$11,100
351Mark O'Meara510$10,920
352Pete Jordan110$10,725
353Bryan DeCorso110$10,600
354Alan Morin210$10,505
355Derek Lamely110$10,494
356Chip Deason110$10,350
357Reid Edstrom110$10,340
358Erik Compton110$10,074
359Keiichiro Fukabori100$9,805
360Deane Pappas310$9,573
361Rod Perry110$9,154
362Dustin Risdon100$9,100
363Mike Ruiz110$8,692
364Jon Turcott210$8,360
365Skip Kendall610$7,910
366Scott Piercy210$7,630
367Jim Gallagher, Jr.710$7,520
368Casey Bourque100$7,462
369Duffy Waldorf410$7,350
370Miguel Suarez110$7,350
371Bob Burns710$6,650
372Wilfredo Morales100$6,545
373Dennis Paulson210$6,420
374Ted Schulz110$6,420
375Rick Fehr110$5,940

2008 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2008 PGA Tour money list?

Vijay Singh, with $6,601,094 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2008?

$281,105,051 across 48 official events, from total purses of $278,900,000.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2008?

105. Of those, 3 earned over $5 million and 0 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2008?

$1,710,000 to Sergio Garcia at The Players Championship.

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