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2010 PGA Tour money list

The 2010 PGA Tour paid $276,061,580 in official prize money across 46 events. Matt Kuchar led the money list with $4,910,476, and the biggest single check was $1,710,000 at The Players Championship. See how much PGA Tour players made in 2010.

$274.8MTotal purse
46Official events
95Players over $1M
0Over $10M
38Different winners
239Earned $0

The 2010 money race

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

$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M$4.0M$5.0MMatt Kuchar · $4.9MJim Furyk · $4.8MErnie Els · $4.6MDustin Johnson · $4.5MSteve Stricker · $4.2M01/0702/1103/1104/0805/1306/1707/1508/1209/2311/11

2010 PGA Tour money list: top 25

The top 10 took 15% of all the money paid.

How the money was spread

605 players started at least one official event. The median player earned $23,400, and 239 players earned nothing. Each point on the curve is one player, from the top earner down to the last.

$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M$4.0M$5.0M$1M: 95 players aboveMedian $23K1st25%50%75%Last

Biggest checks of 2010

2010 FedEx Cup bonuses

Paid at the Tour Championship. Not official prize money.

2010 schedule, purses and winners

Multiple winners: Jim Furyk (3), Bill Haas (2), Steve Stricker (2), Dustin Johnson (2), Hunter Mahan (2), Ernie Els (2), Justin Rose (2).

DateEventWinnerPurseWinner's share
01/07Hyundai Tournament of Champions historyGeoff Ogilvy$5,600,000$1,120,000
01/14Sony Open in Hawaii historyRyan Palmer$5,500,000$990,000
01/20Bob Hope Classic historyBill Haas$5,000,000$900,000
01/28Farmers Insurance Open historyBen Crane$5,300,000$954,000
02/04Northern Trust Open Playoff historySteve Stricker$6,400,000$1,152,000
02/11AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am historyDustin Johnson$6,200,000$1,116,000
02/17World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship historyIan Poulter$8,500,000$1,400,000
02/18Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun historyCameron Beckman$3,600,000$648,000
02/25Waste Management Phoenix Open historyHunter Mahan$6,000,000$1,080,000
03/04The Honda Classic historyCamilo Villegas$5,600,000$1,008,000
03/11World Golf Championships-CA Championship historyErnie Els$8,500,000$1,400,000
03/11Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular historyDerek Lamely$3,500,000$630,000
03/18Transitions Championship historyJim Furyk$5,400,000$972,000
03/25Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard historyErnie Els$6,000,000$1,080,000
04/01Shell Houston Open historyAnthony Kim$5,800,000$1,044,000
04/08The Masters Major historyPhil Mickelson$7,500,000$1,350,000
04/15Verizon Heritage historyJim Furyk$5,700,000$1,026,000
04/22Zurich Classic of New Orleans historyJason Bohn$6,400,000$1,152,000
04/29Wells Fargo Championship historyRory McIlroy$6,500,000$1,170,000
05/06The Players Championship Players historyTim Clark$9,500,000$1,710,000
05/13Valero Texas Open historyAdam Scott$6,100,000$1,098,000
05/20HP Byron Nelson Championship historyJason Day$6,500,000$1,170,000
05/27Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial historyZach Johnson$6,200,000$1,116,000
06/03The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance historyJustin Rose$6,000,000$1,080,000
06/10St. Jude Classic presented by Smith & Nephew historyLee Westwood$5,600,000$1,008,000
06/17U.S. Open Championship Major historyGraeme McDowell$7,500,000$1,350,000
06/24Travelers Championship historyBubba Watson$6,000,000$1,080,000
07/01AT&T National historyJustin Rose$6,200,000$1,116,000
07/08John Deere Classic historySteve Stricker$4,400,000$792,000
07/15Reno-Tahoe Open historyMatt Bettencourt$3,000,000$540,000
07/15The Open Championship Major historyLouis Oosthuizen$7,000,000$1,305,593
07/22RBC Canadian Open historyCarl Pettersson$5,100,000$918,000
07/29The Greenbrier Classic historyStuart Appleby$6,000,000$1,080,000
08/05World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational historyHunter Mahan$8,500,000$1,400,000
08/05Turning Stone Resort Championship historyBill Lunde$4,000,000$720,000
08/12PGA Championship Major historyMartin Kaymer$7,500,000$1,350,000
08/19Wyndham Championship historyArjun Atwal$5,100,000$918,000
08/26The Barclays Playoff historyMatt Kuchar$7,500,000$1,350,000
09/03Deutsche Bank Championship Playoff historyCharley Hoffman$7,500,000$1,350,000
09/09BMW Championship Playoff historyDustin Johnson$7,500,000$1,350,000
09/23The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola Playoff historyJim Furyk$7,500,000$1,350,000
09/30Viking Classic historyBill Haas$3,600,000$648,000
10/01Ryder Cup Unofficial history———
10/07The McGladrey Classic historyHeath Slocum$4,000,000$720,000
10/14Frys.com Open historyRocco Mediate$5,000,000$900,000
10/21Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open historyJonathan Byrd$4,300,000$774,000
10/28CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia Unofficial historyBen Crane$6,000,000$1,000,000
11/03WGC-HSBC Champions Unofficial historyFrancesco Molinari$7,000,000$1,200,000
11/11Children's Miracle Network Classic historyRobert Garrigus$4,700,000$846,000
12/01PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament Unofficial historyBilly Mayfair$1,057,500$50,000
12/02Chevron World Challenge Unofficial historyGraeme McDowell$5,000,000$1,200,000

Full 2010 money list

All 366 players who earned official prize money.

#PlayerStartsCutsWinsPrize money
1Matt Kuchar26231$4,910,476
2Jim Furyk22183$4,809,622
3Ernie Els20172$4,558,861
4Dustin Johnson23202$4,473,122
5Steve Stricker19192$4,190,235
6Phil Mickelson20181$3,821,733
7Luke Donald20160$3,665,234
8Paul Casey17140$3,613,194
9Justin Rose22162$3,603,331
10Hunter Mahan25192$3,574,550
11Lee Westwood11101$3,564,954
12Tim Clark24201$3,530,002
13Jeff Overton26180$3,456,356
14Bo Van Pelt28230$3,336,258
15Retief Goosen19180$3,218,089
16Bubba Watson22161$3,198,998
17Camilo Villegas20181$3,035,523
18Ryan Palmer27141$2,985,296
19Robert Allenby23180$2,974,997
20Zach Johnson25221$2,916,993
21Bill Haas25182$2,905,136
22Jason Day24181$2,904,327
23Rickie Fowler28200$2,857,108
24Ben Crane24191$2,841,500
25Anthony Kim14101$2,574,921
26Charley Hoffman24171$2,559,646
27Rory McIlroy16121$2,554,280
28Nick Watney24220$2,536,714
29Adam Scott20161$2,489,402
30Geoff Ogilvy19131$2,393,045
31Heath Slocum25231$2,387,687
32J.B. Holmes26240$2,386,248
33Ryan Moore24160$2,374,823
34Martin Kaymer1071$2,356,460
35K.J. Choi22190$2,199,962
36Brendon de Jonge32240$2,167,978
37Martin Laird26180$2,137,928
38Ian Poulter15111$2,079,664
39Kevin Na26210$2,021,815
40Stuart Appleby31191$1,965,825
41Carl Pettersson29201$1,934,465
42Jason Bohn25161$1,904,763
43Sean O'Hair25170$1,859,040
44Graeme McDowell1071$1,848,637
45Vaughn Taylor26170$1,838,861
46Ricky Barnes28220$1,835,195
47Charl Schwartzel1190$1,710,845
48Freddie Jacobson24160$1,666,252
49Scott Verplank22160$1,653,190
50Brian Davis32180$1,640,516
51D.J. Trahan27180$1,619,693
52Brandt Snedeker26180$1,602,690
53David Toms25190$1,590,998
54Robert Garrigus22141$1,583,275
55Stewart Cink23190$1,573,636
56Charlie Wi27200$1,568,492
57Rory Sabbatini26140$1,546,808
58Jonathan Byrd26161$1,534,981
59Brian Gay30200$1,521,663
60Lucas Glover23160$1,511,275
61Arjun Atwal13101$1,507,143
62Marc Leishman26170$1,488,837
63Charles Howell III28230$1,482,211
64Steve Marino25170$1,479,239
65Kevin Streelman28170$1,472,349
66Louis Oosthuizen521$1,431,427
67Bryce Molder26160$1,428,438
68Padraig Harrington18120$1,381,453
69Michael Sim20130$1,338,926
70Vijay Singh24160$1,334,262
71Y.E. Yang21160$1,301,726
72Tiger Woods12100$1,294,765
73John Senden30210$1,274,058
74Alex Prugh28150$1,272,606
75Ángel Cabrera19140$1,266,440
76Matt Jones27170$1,215,743
77Davis Love III24150$1,214,472
78Spencer Levin31240$1,199,672
79John Rollins26140$1,182,736
80Tom Gillis27210$1,166,146
81Cameron Beckman2571$1,158,485
82Rocco Mediate25101$1,138,067
83Jerry Kelly29210$1,136,898
84Jason Dufner25180$1,121,695
85Paul Goydos25140$1,121,250
86Kris Blanks30150$1,109,178
87Bill Lunde28101$1,075,874
88J.J. Henry27180$1,035,688
89Robert Karlsson11100$1,030,920
90Tim Petrovic32190$1,028,960
91Ryuji Imada28160$1,028,869
92Justin Leonard27180$1,026,445
93Shaun Micheel21140$1,025,500
94Josh Teater31190$1,005,323
95Chris Riley24120$1,001,582
96Greg Chalmers27190$989,415
97Andres Romero21150$979,170
98D.A. Points29150$975,433
99Webb Simpson31170$972,962
100Derek Lamely28121$972,961
101Chad Campbell28200$971,154
102Kenny Perry20160$968,811
103Blake Adams26150$963,593
104Steve Elkington22150$955,084
105Graham DeLaet28150$954,011
106Pat Perez27180$947,588
107Chris Stroud27160$942,082
108Jimmy Walker27120$937,987
109Sergio Garcia15130$936,845
110Kevin Stadler28150$931,720
111David Duval24100$919,584
112Stephen Ames23170$916,527
113Alex Cejka28120$904,253
114Chris Couch23100$888,146
115Aaron Baddeley26200$879,317
116Boo Weekley27160$872,729
117Garrett Willis24150$871,763
118J.P. Hayes25140$862,523
119Matt Bettencourt32131$855,901
120Michael Connell25190$846,459
121Corey Pavin850$839,193
122Dean Wilson1890$832,640
123Kevin Sutherland25170$818,682
124Chad Collins26160$815,961
125Ben Curtis24140$812,136
126Grégory Havret210$810,000
127Jeff Maggert28110$801,579
128Roland Thatcher26100$796,157
129Mark Wilson28150$789,681
130Joe Durant19140$788,755
131Troy Merritt29120$786,977
132Edoardo Molinari870$770,018
133Johnson Wagner28130$753,802
134Briny Baird28150$753,577
135Troy Matteson28140$736,060
136Woody Austin29160$727,352
137Michael Allen1780$726,631
138Aron Price22130$713,737
139Bob Estes26120$701,158
140John Mallinger29100$684,687
141Henrik Stenson1590$683,070
142Richard S. Johnson27170$678,515
143Scott Piercy28150$676,432
144Paul Stankowski18130$666,591
145George McNeill28120$664,854
146Tom Pernice Jr.22140$662,730
147John Merrick31230$658,815
148Scott McCarron29150$642,543
149Billy Mayfair26130$642,231
150Joe Ogilvie32160$641,797
151Nathan Green27160$636,180
152Cameron Percy25110$620,262
153Jeff Quinney29160$605,866
154Lee Janzen26110$603,195
155Chris Tidland24140$588,291
156Charles Warren21110$574,616
157Francesco Molinari860$568,696
158Michael Letzig27160$563,729
159Mike Weir19110$559,092
160Will MacKenzie23130$557,504
161Alvaro Quiros960$549,764
162Nicholas Thompson29130$546,476
163Brian Stuard28110$536,497
164James Nitties30150$525,034
165Brett Wetterich17110$510,672
166James Driscoll26120$500,625
167Brett Quigley29190$497,296
168Mathew Goggin28130$483,537
169Peter Hanson770$479,575
170Oliver Wilson950$464,472
171Matt Every18110$456,847
172Steve Flesch25130$440,374
173Jarrod Lyle1890$422,760
174Trevor Immelman1980$422,171
175Jeev Milkha Singh19110$420,245
176Thongchai Jaidee840$414,185
177Chris DiMarco25190$409,205
178Steve Wheatcroft2790$408,595
179Jay Williamson24130$404,498
180Nick O'Hern1150$398,633
181Fred Couples740$397,406
182Tim Herron24150$391,502
183Miguel Angel Jiménez750$371,250
184Roger Tambellini26120$370,736
185Michael Bradley24140$360,845
186Tom Lehman960$356,785
187Bob Heintz330$355,047
188Ryo Ishikawa1060$336,430
189Mathias Gronberg2280$322,130
190Martin Flores26110$318,673
191Wen-Chong Liang430$315,436
192Daniel Chopra2880$311,405
193Ted Purdy30120$307,677
194Skip Kendall18110$304,439
195Simon Dyson860$304,321
196Cameron Tringale2250$302,618
197Rod Pampling26120$299,264
198Garth Mulroy1960$287,118
199Omar Uresti2790$283,455
200Greg Owen2790$268,835
201Yuta Ikeda1160$263,713
202Ross McGowan650$259,722
203Kirk Triplett1170$258,873
204Søren Kjeldsen760$246,989
205Mark Hensby1280$228,384
206Ken Duke530$220,777
207Ross Fisher1060$217,796
208Henrik Bjornstad2690$215,913
209Alistair Presnell110$214,300
210Harrison Frazar1740$201,280
211Cliff Kresge1780$199,584
212Rich Barcelo2590$188,892
213Kent Jones950$188,746
214Robert Rock110$186,239
215Craig Barlow1070$184,622
216Jeff Klauk1360$173,676
217Soren Hansen730$170,750
218Tim Wilkinson1540$160,706
219John Daly20100$158,587
220Anders Hansen620$151,000
221Tom Watson320$149,371
222Stephen Gallacher220$149,245
223Glen Day1360$147,776
224Craig Bowden2080$140,935
225Brenden Pappas2480$133,584
226Rich Beem1130$128,877
227Matt Weibring1040$128,328
228Carlos Franco1140$123,232
229David Lutterus2580$123,170
230Mark Calcavecchia1680$119,980
231Steve Lowery2560$118,602
232Simon Khan430$114,021
233Chez Reavie1560$112,994
234Vance Veazey2360$111,370
235Marco Dawson1050$108,160
236Robert Gamez810$101,700
237Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño320$99,633
238Gary Woodland830$95,815
239Sam Saunders720$95,226
240Alex Noren320$92,250
241Jeff Gove2250$92,155
242Jerod Turner2170$91,343
243Ignacio Garrido110$87,840
244David Horsey220$84,450
245S.Y. Noh520$81,422
246Fred Funk640$77,803
247Todd Hamilton2040$77,608
248Erik Compton750$77,245
249Jason Gore1050$77,213
250Chris Wilson2660$76,481
251Frank Lickliter II630$74,721
252Justin Bolli2330$73,990
253Liang Wen-Chong210$70,000
254Kevin Johnson2640$69,806
255Brent Delahoussaye2170$69,708
256Mike Small830$69,665
257John Huston1320$69,249
258Rhys Davies430$66,512
259Katsumasa Miyamoto210$63,500
260Shane Bertsch430$57,108
261Alejandro Cañizares220$55,956
262Brad Faxon2350$55,482
263Guy Boros630$54,833
264Chris Kirk110$54,480
265Gregory Bourdy220$54,475
266Parker McLachlin2030$53,291
267Andrew McLardy2150$53,106
268Greg Kraft2230$52,176
269Bradley Dredge110$48,000
270Marcel Siem110$48,000
271Mark Brooks1440$46,360
272Jamie Lovemark420$45,400
273Fran Quinn720$45,096
274Chris Wood510$45,000
275Kevin Chappell210$44,000
276John Ellis110$44,000
277Marcus Fraser110$44,000
278Darren Clarke220$43,275
279Kyle Stanley310$43,090
280James Kingston110$42,250
281Steve Allan210$42,000
282Hennie Otto110$40,750
283Dicky Pride520$40,120
284Jonathan Kaye630$38,989
285Kyung Kim220$38,102
286Michael Jonzon110$35,875
287Brandt Jobe110$35,317
288Bobby Gates210$34,722
289Toru Taniguchi220$34,720
290Shane Lowry210$33,792
291Colm Moriarty110$33,792
292Ben Fox320$33,540
293Fredrik Andersson Hed220$31,843
294Todd Fischer110$31,200
295Colin Montgomerie320$30,978
296Jim Carter530$29,285
297John Morse510$28,998
298Tag Ridings110$28,594
299Jhonattan Vegas110$26,483
300Chris Baryla710$24,254
301Eric Axley620$24,124
302Michael Putnam110$23,850
303Chris Smith1010$23,400
304Jason Allred110$23,385
305Jim Herman110$23,385
306Shigeki Maruyama410$22,440
307Len Mattiace610$22,200
308Michael Clark II620$21,045
309Adam Hadwin110$19,890
310Brock Mackenzie110$19,890
311Rob Grube110$19,890
312Phil Tataurangi410$19,449
313Danny Chia110$19,046
314Zane Scotland110$19,046
315Michael O'Neal210$18,424
316Hiroyuki Fujita410$18,368
317Peter Senior110$18,048
318Robert Damron410$17,446
319Drew Weaver210$17,366
320Hirofumi Miyase110$17,126
321Steven Tiley110$17,126
322Andrew Coltart110$16,742
323Gareth Maybin210$16,672
324Thomas Aiken110$16,358
325Erick Justesen210$15,651
326Danny Wax110$14,450
327Rob Labritz110$14,150
328Jason Schultz110$13,845
329Tom Byrum310$13,420
330Jeff Burns110$13,237
331Robin Freeman420$13,062
332Matthew Richardson110$13,023
333J.L. Lewis410$12,960
334Santiago Luna110$12,960
335Thomas Levet210$12,960
336Jon Mills110$12,818
337Jerry Richardson, Jr.110$12,724
338Phil Schmitt210$12,544
339Ty Tryon110$12,293
340Brad Adamonis410$12,060
341Alexandre Rocha110$12,040
342Pablo Martin210$11,707
343Jason Preeo110$11,707
344Chris Rogers210$11,704
345Casey Wittenberg110$11,200
346Ryuichi Oda210$11,165
347Tommy Armour III510$11,130
348Alex Hamilton210$10,836
349Seung-su Han110$10,812
350Aaron Goldberg300$10,615
351Andrew Svoboda100$10,556
352Mark Anderson100$10,203
353Marc Turnesa710$10,159
354Kevin Hayashi100$9,900
355Blake Trimble110$9,752
356Paul Azinger100$9,486
357Daniel Barbetti110$9,481
358Manuel Villegas210$9,481
359Peter Gustafsson110$9,481
360Jesper Parnevik510$9,165
361Billy Hurley III110$8,560
362Warren Schutte110$8,471
363Matt Hill510$7,305
364Spike McRoy410$6,840
365Jim Gallagher, Jr.300$6,552
366Willie Wood210$6,540

2010 PGA Tour money FAQ

Who led the 2010 PGA Tour money list?

Matt Kuchar, with $4,910,476 in official prize money.

How much prize money did the PGA Tour pay in 2010?

$276,061,580 across 46 official events, from total purses of $274,800,000.

How many PGA Tour players earned $1 million in 2010?

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

What was the biggest paycheck of 2010?

$1,710,000 to Tim Clark at The Players Championship.

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