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2006 PGA Tour money list

The 2006 PGA Tour paid $253,169,219 in official prize money across 48 events. Tiger Woods led the money list with $9,941,563, and the biggest single check was $1,440,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2006.

$256.3MTotal purse
48Official events
91Players over $1M
0Over $10M
35Different winners
303Earned $0

The 2006 money race

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

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M$8.0M$10.0MTiger Woods · $9.9MJim Furyk · $7.2MAdam Scott · $5.0MVijay Singh · $4.6MGeoff Ogilvy · $4.4M01/0502/0903/0904/1305/1806/2207/2008/2409/2810/26

2006 PGA Tour money list: top 25

The top 10 took 19% of all the money paid.

How the money was spread

664 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $12,016, and 303 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 2006

2006 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Tiger Woods (8), Stuart Appleby (2), Geoff Ogilvy (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Jim Furyk (2), Ben Curtis (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
01/05Mercedes Championships historyStuart Appleby$5,400,000$1,080,000
01/12Sony Open in Hawaii historyDavid Toms$5,100,000$918,000
01/18Bob Hope Chrysler Classic historyChad Campbell$5,000,000$900,000
01/26Buick Invitational historyTiger Woods$5,100,000$918,000
02/02FBR Open historyJ.B. Holmes$5,200,000$936,000
02/09AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am historyArron Oberholser$5,400,000$972,000
02/16Nissan Open historyRory Sabbatini$5,100,000$918,000
02/22World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship historyGeoff Ogilvy$7,500,000$1,300,000
02/23Chrysler Classic of Tucson historyKirk Triplett$3,000,000$540,000
03/02Ford Championship at Doral historyTiger Woods$5,500,000$990,000
03/09The Honda Classic historyLuke Donald$5,500,000$990,000
03/16Bay Hill Invitational Presented by MasterCard historyRod Pampling$5,500,000$990,000
03/23The Players Championship Players historyStephen Ames$8,000,000$1,440,000
03/30BellSouth Classic historyPhil Mickelson$5,300,000$954,000
04/06Masters Tournament Major historyPhil Mickelson$7,000,000$1,260,000
04/13Verizon Heritage historyAaron Baddeley$5,300,000$954,000
04/20Shell Houston Open historyStuart Appleby$5,500,000$990,000
04/27Zurich Classic of New Orleans historyChris Couch$6,000,000$1,080,000
05/04Wachovia Championship historyJim Furyk$6,300,000$1,134,000
05/11EDS Byron Nelson Championship historyBrett Wetterich$6,200,000$1,116,000
05/18Bank of America Colonial historyTim Herron$6,000,000$1,080,000
05/25FedEx St. Jude Classic Playoff historyJeff Maggert$5,200,000$936,000
06/01The Memorial Tournament historyCarl Pettersson$5,750,000$1,035,000
06/08Barclays Classic Playoff historyVijay Singh$5,750,000$1,035,000
06/15U.S. Open Championship Major historyGeoff Ogilvy$6,250,000$1,225,000
06/22Booz Allen Classic historyBen Curtis$5,000,000$900,000
06/29Buick Championship historyJ.J. Henry$4,400,000$792,000
07/06Cialis Western Open historyTrevor Immelman$5,000,000$900,000
07/13John Deere Classic historyJohn Senden$4,000,000$720,000
07/20B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort historyJohn Rollins$3,000,000$540,000
07/20British Open Championship Major historyTiger Woods$6,750,000$1,338,480
07/27U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee historyCorey Pavin$4,000,000$720,000
08/03Buick Open historyTiger Woods$4,800,000$864,000
08/10The International history—$5,500,000—
08/17PGA Championship Major historyTiger Woods$6,500,000$1,224,000
08/24Reno-Tahoe Open historyWill MacKenzie$3,000,000$540,000
08/24World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational historyTiger Woods$7,500,000$1,300,000
09/01Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff historyTiger Woods$5,500,000$990,000
09/07Canadian Open historyJim Furyk$5,000,000$900,000
09/1484 Lumber Classic historyBen Curtis$4,600,000$828,000
09/21Valero Texas Open historyEric Axley$4,000,000$720,000
09/22Ryder Cup Unofficial history———
09/28Southern Farm Bureau Classic historyD.J. Trahan$3,000,000$540,000
09/28World Golf Championships-American Express Championship historyTiger Woods$7,500,000$1,300,000
10/05Chrysler Classic of Greensboro historyDavis Love III$5,000,000$900,000
10/12Frys.com Open historyTroy Matteson$4,000,000$720,000
10/19Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort historyJoe Durant$4,600,000$828,000
10/26Chrysler Championship historyK.J. Choi$5,300,000$954,000
11/02The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola Playoff historyAdam Scott$6,500,000$1,170,000
12/07WGC-World Cup Unofficial—$4,000,000—

Full 2006 money list

All 361 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Tiger Woods15138$9,941,563
2Jim Furyk25222$7,213,316
3Adam Scott19171$4,978,858
4Vijay Singh27251$4,602,416
5Geoff Ogilvy20172$4,354,969
6Phil Mickelson18182$4,256,505
7Trevor Immelman24191$3,844,189
8Stuart Appleby22192$3,406,107
9Luke Donald18161$3,177,408
10Brett Wetterich25161$3,023,185
11Rory Sabbatini24191$2,861,751
12David Toms21161$2,846,837
13Joe Durant28221$2,811,139
14Chad Campbell25201$2,811,067
15Davis Love III22171$2,726,306
16Carl Pettersson29201$2,647,982
17Retief Goosen17150$2,589,128
18Lucas Glover30220$2,575,310
19Stewart Cink25210$2,535,911
20Rod Pampling23201$2,527,173
21Brett Quigley33200$2,479,919
22Arron Oberholser22191$2,467,772
23Stephen Ames22131$2,395,155
24K.J. Choi26221$2,376,548
25Zach Johnson26200$2,349,125
26Tom Pernice Jr.32190$2,332,198
27J.J. Henry27181$2,288,808
28Ben Curtis26172$2,256,326
29Ernie Els17170$2,188,720
30José María Olazábal17140$2,120,422
31Tim Clark22190$1,974,931
32Mike Weir24200$1,883,724
33Steve Stricker16150$1,811,811
34Vaughn Taylor26180$1,783,945
35Troy Matteson32181$1,778,597
36Tim Herron27151$1,776,142
37Camilo Villegas28180$1,742,112
38Jerry Kelly31180$1,737,800
39Scott Verplank25200$1,729,319
40Jason Bohn29230$1,676,893
41Frank Lickliter II28190$1,655,678
42John Senden27191$1,637,474
43Shaun Micheel28180$1,617,882
44Justin Rose27200$1,603,438
45Fred Funk29250$1,579,837
46Richard S. Johnson30170$1,555,376
47Ian Poulter15130$1,553,906
48Charles Howell III29200$1,553,105
49Nathan Green29230$1,541,303
50Chris DiMarco27160$1,537,926
51Sergio Garcia16120$1,523,333
52Dean Wilson34220$1,519,857
53Daniel Chopra32210$1,519,015
54Aaron Baddeley24141$1,516,513
55Robert Allenby22180$1,503,581
56John Rollins28181$1,498,828
57Ben Crane27180$1,477,048
58Jeff Maggert26141$1,430,376
59Sean O'Hair30200$1,411,387
60Jonathan Byrd20120$1,408,418
61Bo Van Pelt28230$1,389,927
62J.B. Holmes25151$1,384,479
63Billy Mayfair29180$1,367,998
64Chris Couch28101$1,356,731
65Bob Estes25170$1,340,244
66Padraig Harrington15120$1,339,675
67Greg Owen23150$1,316,685
68Bart Bryant26190$1,316,131
69Jesper Parnevik24170$1,308,310
70Eric Axley28161$1,274,580
71Corey Pavin23121$1,264,222
72Jeff Sluman30210$1,252,025
73Nick Watney28190$1,243,816
74Ted Purdy32170$1,216,428
75Woody Austin31220$1,179,321
76Heath Slocum30170$1,168,636
77Shigeki Maruyama30190$1,154,115
78Steve Lowery30190$1,124,950
79Charley Hoffman28210$1,115,193
80Hunter Mahan29210$1,107,457
81Steve Flesch32250$1,098,615
82Tom Lehman20130$1,098,081
83Ryan Moore21120$1,096,268
84Ryan Palmer29200$1,092,853
85Mathew Goggin2590$1,076,142
86Brian Gay32220$1,037,600
87D.J. Trahan33131$1,035,242
88Joe Ogilvie28170$1,029,248
89Billy Andrade23140$1,026,852
90Ángel Cabrera1290$1,021,421
91Ryuji Imada32210$1,005,468
92Charles Warren27190$997,941
93Nick O'Hern15100$995,235
94Craig Barlow22150$903,413
95David Howell13110$897,477
96Paul Goydos24110$890,392
97Bill Haas29180$875,364
98Will MacKenzie28151$867,293
99Kent Jones31180$860,766
100Harrison Frazar28170$851,622
101Peter Lonard22180$837,017
102Bubba Watson26140$835,014
103Henrik Stenson1080$821,678
104Kenny Perry22160$818,698
105Joey Sindelar29150$802,507
106Brandt Jobe27180$802,432
107Freddie Jacobson18100$788,764
108Fred Couples16100$780,361
109Kirk Triplett17101$766,593
110Dudley Hart30150$762,736
111Brian Davis27180$762,281
112Justin Leonard26160$760,856
113Briny Baird24150$759,297
114Stephen Leaney27140$746,747
115Jeff Gove28150$729,127
116Pat Perez2490$719,507
117Jason Gore28140$717,005
118David Branshaw29200$706,346
119Mark Calcavecchia27220$705,315
120Paul Azinger31160$702,090
121J.P. Hayes1980$701,433
122Shane Bertsch33190$697,059
123Olin Browne29220$689,711
124Darren Clarke1160$660,898
125Mathias Gronberg29150$659,042
126Rich Beem26150$658,225
127Bubba Dickerson31180$650,314
128Kevin Sutherland28190$648,501
129John Cook23110$644,505
130Colin Montgomerie830$638,749
131Daisuke Maruyama24150$637,874
132Lee Westwood1480$630,566
133Brian Bateman2590$611,878
134Brent Geiberger29190$590,478
135Omar Uresti2180$583,704
136Duffy Waldorf27180$581,651
137Jeff Overton27190$577,132
138Jerry Smith28170$568,213
139Jonathan Kaye31160$566,394
140Arjun Atwal33150$550,535
141Bernhard Langer23140$546,553
142Marco Dawson27160$545,076
143Brad Faxon26130$543,681
144Robert Garrigus27150$537,595
145Bob May20110$537,547
146Alex Cejka29160$525,484
147Lee Janzen28110$524,198
148José Coceres1370$522,592
149Kris Cox27120$517,836
150Tim Petrovic29150$516,678
151Paul Casey760$516,479
152Michael Campbell1050$515,983
153Robert Gamez30160$493,641
154Henrik Bjornstad30170$491,043
155Tag Ridings32170$486,912
156Michael Allen25170$470,946
157Miguel Angel Jiménez870$458,511
158Chris Riley26150$457,914
159Carlos Franco29130$454,385
160Robert Damron31130$451,299
161Skip Kendall22140$439,934
162J.L. Lewis17110$438,669
163John Huston26120$431,025
164Mark Wilson23150$429,358
165David McKenzie27120$425,228
166Wes Short, Jr.32140$422,506
167D.A. Points27120$405,984
168Todd Fischer34160$395,817
169Doug Barron27100$388,226
170Scott Gutschewski1870$379,488
171Jeff Brehaut32150$374,344
172Graeme McDowell1580$357,902
173Danny Ellis23100$352,800
174Tommy Armour III2890$352,446
175Patrick Sheehan34160$342,934
176Anthony Kim220$338,067
177Paul Stankowski22130$319,597
178David Duval24110$318,276
179Hideto Tanihara220$310,830
180Steve Jones26140$308,360
181Ron Whittaker27130$300,033
182Cameron Beckman1680$288,427
183Craig Parry1570$283,282
184Bob Tway24140$278,826
185Jay Delsing1450$264,787
186Steve Elkington18100$255,197
187Mark Hensby1780$251,883
188Gabriel Hjertstedt1670$251,235
189Nicholas Thompson31140$243,817
190B.J. Staten1860$242,088
191Robert Karlsson550$234,283
192Thomas Bjørn760$234,273
193John Riegger2150$230,765
194James Driscoll31110$219,904
195Larry Mize1780$217,971
196Tjaart van der Walt2080$214,018
197Charl Schwartzel760$211,282
198Greg Kraft25120$209,384
199Nick Price1750$208,938
200Mark Brooks3590$207,958
201Shingo Katayama640$207,262
202Vance Veazey22100$207,077
203Mark O'Meara1870$203,667
204Paul McGinley940$199,984
205Ian Leggatt2990$193,653
206John Daly2180$192,134
207Matt Hansen2490$187,252
208Chris Smith21120$183,410
209Kenneth Ferrie310$183,255
210Andres Romero210$177,225
211Scott McCarron1670$175,727
212Dicky Pride960$174,674
213Anthony Wall320$172,891
214Kevin Stadler650$170,972
215Todd Hamilton2780$165,152
216Jay Haas850$163,398
217Thomas Levet1990$163,110
218Jason Day640$162,848
219Darron Stiles1470$157,559
220Jimmy Walker2090$153,950
221Thongchai Jaidee210$150,000
222Jason Schultz27100$147,424
223Kevin Na1350$146,099
224Rocco Mediate2080$145,899
225Ken Duke220$138,231
226Glen Day1230$134,580
227Loren Roberts430$134,572
228Paul Broadhurst430$133,097
229Scott Piercy640$132,042
230S.K. Ho210$128,891
231Bill Glasson1660$127,932
232Mike Sposa2490$120,966
233Greg Chalmers2760$117,990
234Dan Forsman1560$117,126
235Notah Begay III1230$116,034
236Johan Edfors420$111,000
237Matt Gogel1330$108,230
238John Bickerton430$104,828
239Roger Tambellini2460$101,725
240Tom Byrum1130$101,094
241Grant Waite920$96,950
242Brian Henninger1270$96,453
243Alex Aragon2560$94,504
244Ryan Hietala2270$87,772
245Jay Williamson1960$86,150
246Thaworn Wiratchant320$86,046
247Michael Connell2130$85,726
248Jyoti Randhawa210$85,000
249Brett Rumford110$83,655
250Mikko Ilonen110$83,655
251Robert Rock110$83,655
252Simon Dyson220$77,578
253Peter Hedblom210$74,252
254Roland Thatcher110$74,250
255John Engler, Jr.2670$72,694
256Scott Gump1040$72,248
257Hidemichi Tanaka3270$69,435
258Brendan Jones1030$68,760
259Len Mattiace2260$66,540
260Jon Mills2660$65,494
261Richard Green420$64,250
262Scott Hend620$61,162
263Louis Oosthuizen210$61,000
264Garrett Willis1040$60,541
265David Frost740$56,960
266Phil Tataurangi2040$55,792
267Neal Lancaster1850$54,680
268Lee Slattery110$54,097
269Stephen Gangluff220$53,584
270Anders Hansen110$53,100
271Andrew Magee1850$52,711
272Donnie Hammond1250$52,693
273Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño520$52,578
274Jason Allred210$52,500
275David Hearn110$50,438
276Bob Burns1030$49,170
277Peter Jacobsen420$46,256
278Simon Khan210$45,546
279Tetsuji Hiratsuka110$44,000
280Michael Bradley620$41,790
281Stephen Dodd310$41,750
282Mike Small940$40,256
283Marcus Fraser110$36,483
284Gary Hallberg420$35,692
285Toru Taniguchi210$35,500
286Gregory Bourdy110$35,500
287Niclas Fasth410$35,000
288Shiv Kapur310$35,000
289Parker McLachlin220$34,674
290Gavin Coles530$34,674
291Blaine McCallister1040$32,190
292Ben Crenshaw220$32,060
293Tatsuhiko Takahashi110$30,750
294Matt Kuchar920$30,297
295Jason Dufner210$29,459
296Chad Collins110$29,459
297Lee Williams110$29,459
298Jason Caron110$29,260
299Don Yrene220$29,239
300Billy Hurley III620$28,910
301Yusaku Miyazato210$28,162
302Willie Wood1120$27,774
303Søren Kjeldsen110$27,619
304Jim McGovern820$26,070
305Hank Kuehne920$24,677
306Andrew Marshall110$21,578
307Simon Wakefield110$21,578
308Tom Watson210$21,578
309Boyd Summerhays1220$20,794
310Phillip Archer110$20,482
311Yasuharu Imano210$20,400
312Scott Sterling110$20,280
313Rob Oppenheim210$19,500
314Keiichiro Fukabori410$19,148
315Andrew Buckle210$18,497
316Spike McRoy910$18,225
317Marco Ruiz110$18,125
318James McLean420$16,760
319Jeev Milkha Singh210$16,676
320Franklin Langham110$16,642
321David Edwards310$16,364
322John Mallinger310$16,354
323Craig Stadler410$16,259
324Esteban Toledo210$15,567
325Azuma Yano110$14,007
326David Peoples410$13,988
327Guy Boros520$13,750
328Joey Snyder III610$13,432
329Stuart Deane110$13,140
330Jim Kane110$12,725
331Will Moore210$12,168
332Chris Parra110$12,152
333Craig Perks1810$11,880
334Joel Edwards320$11,760
335Patrick Damron110$11,660
336Scott Parel110$11,660
337Spencer Levin110$11,520
338Steven Bowditch2120$11,160
339Madalitso Muthiya310$11,100
340Casey Wittenberg110$10,868
341Brent Delahoussaye110$10,550
342Joel Kribel200$10,476
343Sonny Skinner110$9,646
344Scott Miller310$9,588
345Kaname Yokoo210$9,180
346Chris Starkjohann110$8,976
347Matt Every310$8,505
348Andres Gonzales110$8,400
349David Gossett710$7,480
350Scott Harrington110$7,480
351David Roesch110$7,400
352Ricky Barnes210$6,947
353Eli Zackheim110$6,810
354Mike Hulbert610$6,540
355Jin Park110$6,450
356Jim Gallagher, Jr.410$6,390
357Michael Clark II410$6,390
358Wayne Levi110$6,390
359Chip Beck110$6,180
360David Berganio Jr210$6,060
361Phil Schmitt210$5,460

2006 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2006 PGA Tour money list?

Tiger Woods, with $9,941,563 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2006?

$253,169,219 across 48 official events, from total purses of $256,300,000.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2006?

91. Of those, 2 earned over $5 million and 0 over $10 million.

What was the biggest paycheck of 2006?

$1,440,000 to Stephen Ames at The Players Championship.

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