Ed Sneed finished -9 and took 18% of the purse. That $63,000 is worth about $216,904 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1982 Michelob-Houston Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 63% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1982 Michelob-Houston Open prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Sneed | -9 | $47,250 | $63,000 +33% |
| 2 | Bob Shearer | -9 | $23,100 | $37,800 +64% |
| 3 | Danny Edwards | -8 | $23,800 | |
| 4 | George Burns | -7 | $11,550 | $16,800 +45% |
| T5 | Tom Kite | -6 | $13,300 | |
| T5 | Tommy Valentine | -6 | $13,300 | |
| T7 | Peter Oosterhuis | -5 | $11,288 | |
| T7 | Scott Hoch | -5 | $11,288 | |
| T9 | Jay Haas | -4 | $7,350 | $9,450 |
| T9 | Jim Dent | -4 | $7,350 | $9,450 |
| T9 | Ron Streck | -4 | $7,350 | $9,450 |
| T12 | Lennie Clements | -3 | $7,700 | |
| T12 | Peter Jacobsen | -3 | $7,700 | |
| T14 | Pat McGowan | -2 | $6,125 | |
| T14 | David Graham | -2 | $6,125 | |
| T14 | Antonio Cerdá | -2 | $6,125 | |
| T14 | Woody Blackburn | -2 | $6,125 | |
| T18 | Bobby Clampett | -1 | $3,423 | $4,260 |
| T18 | Fred Couples | -1 | $3,423 | $4,260 |
| T18 | Ed Dougherty | -1 | $3,423 | $4,260 |
| T18 | Dan Halldorson | -1 | $3,423 | $4,260 |
| T18 | Mike Sullivan | -1 | $3,423 | $4,260 |
| T18 | Payne Stewart | -1 | $3,423 | $4,260 |
| T18 | Jack Renner | -1 | $3,423 | $4,260 |
| T25 | Hal Sutton | E | $2,672 | |
| T25 | Bob Gilder | E | $2,672 | |
| T25 | Thomas Gray | E | $2,672 | |
| T25 | Steve Melnyk | E | $2,672 | |
| T25 | Allen Miller | E | $2,672 | |
| T25 | Dave Eichelberger | E | $2,672 | |
| T31 | Hale Irwin | +1 | $2,076 | |
| T31 | Bruce Lietzke | +1 | $2,076 | |
| T31 | Hubert Green | +1 | $2,076 | |
| T31 | Ken Green | +1 | $2,076 | |
| T31 | Mike Nicolette | +1 | $2,076 | |
| T36 | Andy North | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T36 | Victor Regalado | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T36 | Tom Purtzer | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T36 | Scott Simpson | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T36 | Gibby Gilbert | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T36 | Gil Morgan | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T36 | Jodie Mudd | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T36 | Wally Armstrong | +2 | $1,542 | |
| T44 | Gavan Levenson | +3 | $1,088 | |
| T44 | Mike Reid | +3 | $1,088 | |
| T44 | Curtis Strange | +3 | $1,088 | |
| T44 | Leonard Thompson | +3 | $1,088 | |
| T44 | D.A. Weibring | +3 | $1,088 | |
| T49 | Fuzzy Zoeller | +4 | $848 | |
| T49 | Bill Rogers | +4 | $848 | |
| T49 | Ed Fiori | +4 | $848 | |
| T49 | Andy Bean | +4 | $848 | |
| T49 | Jim Booros | +4 | $848 | |
| T49 | Rod Curl | +4 | $848 | |
| T49 | Ron Commans | +4 | $848 | |
| 56 | Mark Pfeil | +5 | $798 | |
| T57 | Jet Ozaki | +6 | $788 | |
| T57 | Skeeter Heath | +6 | $788 | |
| T59 | Frank Conner | +7 | $774 | |
| T59 | Gay Brewer | +7 | $774 | |
| 61 | Morris Hatalsky | +8 | $763 | |
| T62 | John Mahaffey | +9 | $746 | |
| T62 | Beau Baugh | +9 | $746 | |
| T62 | George Archer | +9 | $746 | |
| T62 | David Edwards | +9 | $746 | |
| T66 | Terry Diehl | +11 | $541 | $724 |
| T66 | Steve Hart | +11 | $541 | $724 |
| 68 | Jack Newton | +12 | $714 | |
| 69 | Jack Ferenz | +15 | $525 | $707 +35% |
| 70 | Mike Donald | +16 | $700 | |
| MC | Jay Cudd | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Keith Fergus | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Forrest Fezler | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Elder | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Epps | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Stanton Altgelt | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Tommy Aycock | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Miller Barber | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Barr | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ray Barr Jr. | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Chip Beck | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Britton | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Bryant | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Booker | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Buttner | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Byman | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Brannan | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Brauch | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Rex Caldwell | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Calfee | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Barry Harwell | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Phillip Hancock | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Billy Glisson | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Vance Heafner | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Heard | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Hill | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Babe Hiskey | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Fleisher | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Eric Batten | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Gibson | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Lou Graham | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Graham | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Maltbie | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mazza | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Blaine McCallister | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Larry Mize | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Murphy | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Nelford | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Rik Massengale | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Wayne Levi | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Kenny Knox | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Pat Lindsey | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Steven Liebler | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Gene Littler | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Barry Jaeckel | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Jenkins | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Jones | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Jones | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Kiely | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Pohl | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Greg Powers | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Proben | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Clarence Rose | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Don Reese | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Sanders | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | David Sann | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Cesar Sanudo | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | John Schroeder | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Howard Twitty | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Skip Dunaway | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Weiskopf | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Wadkins | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Watkins | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Calvin Peete | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Steger | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Lance Ten Broeck | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Trevino | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Krenkel | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Burton | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Randy Hartzell | +15 | $0 | |
| DQ | Charlie MacK | Not known | ||
| DQ | Don Levin | Not known | ||
| DQ | Roger Calvin | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Campbell | Not known | ||
| — | George Cadle | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Calcavecchia | Not known | ||
| — | Rick Borg | Not known | ||
| — | Michael Burke Jr. | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Bertoncino | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Black | Not known | ||
| — | Ronnie Black | Not known | ||
| — | Billy Bassler | Not known | ||
| — | Butch Baird | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Barber | Not known | ||
| — | Perry Arthur | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Anton | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Ackerman | Not known | ||
| — | Tommy Armour III | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Cole | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Chain | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Koch | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Loeffler | Not known | ||
| — | John Lister | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Inskeep | Not known | ||
| — | Mark McCumber | Not known | ||
| — | Don Massengale | Not known | ||
| — | Buzz Fly | Not known | ||
| — | Buddy Gardner | Not known | ||
| — | Gene George | Not known | ||
| — | Bunky Henry | Not known | ||
| — | Joe Hager | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Gravley | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| — | Robert Thompson | Not known | ||
| — | Rocky Thompson | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Thomsen | Not known | ||
| — | David Thore | Not known | ||
| — | John Traub | Not known | ||
| — | Alan Tapie | Not known | ||
| — | DeWitt Weaver | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Woodard | Not known | ||
| — | Kermit Zarley | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Guttenberg | Not known | ||
| — | Richard Zokol | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Cochran | Not known | ||
| — | Ralph Terry | Not known | ||
| — | Joe Haase | Not known | ||
| — | Jerry Impellittiere | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Perry | Not known | ||
| — | Burt Baine | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Selser | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Shaw | Not known | ||
| — | Larry Rinker | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Sander | Not known | ||
| — | R. H. Sikes | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Simpson | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Smith | Not known | ||
| — | Mick Soli | Not known | ||
| — | Lonnie Nielsen | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Norris | Not known | ||
| — | Rod Nuckolls | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Pancratz | Not known | ||
| — | Rick Pearson | Not known | ||
| WD | Lon Hinkle | +3 | Not known | |
| WD | Gary McCord | +4 | Not known | |
| WD | Mike Morley | +5 | Not known | |
| WD | Mike Holland | +3 | Not known | |
| WD | John Adams | +11 | Not known |
Houston Open winner's share over time
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1982 Michelob-Houston Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1982 Michelob-Houston Open get?
Ed Sneed won $63,000 from a $350,000 purse.
What was the 1982 Michelob-Houston Open purse?
$350,000.
How much did last place get at the 1982 Michelob-Houston Open?
The smallest check was $700, to Mike Donald (70).
How many players made the cut at the 1982 Michelob-Houston Open?
70 players made the cut and finished, and 70 players missed it.