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GOLF · 1995-96 SEASON

The 1995-96 golf money list

$19,328,392 won by 40 players in the 1995-96 season. Tom Lehman led it on $2,390,159.

The season is up 54.6% on 1994-95, and is the 31st biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 0.2% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 12.4% of it.

PAID OUT $19.3m
TOP EARNER $2.4m
PLAYERS PAID 40
OVER $1M 6
FROM THE MAJORS 12.4%

The twenty biggest earners of 1995-96

Prize money won across the season

40 players paid

Tom Lehman $2.4m Phil Mickelson $1.7m Fred Couples $1.7m Steve Stricker $1.4m Davis Love III $1.3m Ernie Els $1.1m Justin Leonard $999k Tiger Woods $906k Vijay Singh $855k Michael Bradley $824k Fred Funk $823k Jim Furyk $752k Jay Haas $673k Tim Herron $485k Paul Goydos $447k Jay Don Blake $357k Jerry Kelly $347k John Daly $251k Olin Browne $234k Neal Lancaster $210k

Where the 1995-96 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 76.8%
  • The four majors 12.4%
  • Bonus pools 10.8%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 1995-96 and pays nothing into this season. It first paid anybody in 2021-22, and it has taken about a third of the sport's money every season since.

What the top ten did the season before

1995-96 against 1994-95

1994-95 comparison

# Player 1994-95 rank 1994-95 1995-96
01 Tom Lehman 02 $1.0m $2,390,159$2.4m
02 Phil Mickelson 10 $676k $1,697,799$1.7m
03 Fred Couples 06 $842k $1,670,900$1.7m
04 Steve Stricker 11 $464k $1,427,267$1.4m
05 Davis Love III 01 $1.5m $1,345,700
06 Ernie Els 05 $843k $1,106,944
07 Justin Leonard 07 $764k $998,640
08 Tiger Woods $906,171
09 Vijay Singh 03 $1.0m $855,140
10 Michael Bradley 16 $245k $824,258

A blank in the 1994-95 column is a player we hold no money for that season, which is usually a rookie year or a year out. Golf money moves harder than a salary does, because none of it is contracted: a player earns what the leaderboard says and nothing else.

The full 1995-96 golf money list

Every player we hold a 1995-96 prize figure for

40 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 1995-96
001 Tom Lehman United States $1.2m $586k $610k 124 $2,390,159$2.4m
002 Phil Mickelson United States $1.5m $244k 6 $1,697,799$1.7m
003 Fred Couples United States $1.1m $105k $422k 93 $1,670,900$1.7m
004 Steve Stricker United States $1.3m $42k $44k 52 $1,427,267$1.4m
005 Davis Love III United States $928k $283k $135k 49 $1,345,700
006 Ernie Els South Africa $572k $335k $200k 42 $1,106,944
007 Justin Leonard United States $831k $112k $55k 80 $998,640
008 Tiger Woods United States $791k $116k 5 $906,171
009 Vijay Singh Fiji $649k $206k 26 $855,140
010 Michael Bradley United States $801k $20k $3k 325 $824,258
011 Fred Funk United States $784k $30k $9k 123 $823,484
012 Jim Furyk United States $601k $138k $13k 24 $752,200
013 Jay Haas United States $474k $49k $150k 166 $673,019
014 Tim Herron United States $463k $13k $9k 151 $485,095
015 Paul Goydos United States $434k $4k $9k 200 $446,936
016 Jay Don Blake United States $347k $9k 327 $356,637
017 Jerry Kelly United States $337k $11k 97 $347,448
018 John Daly United States $132k $41k $77k 212 $250,687
019 Olin Browne United States $219k $5k $11k 269 $234,403
020 Neal Lancaster United States $200k $10k 309 $210,000
021 David Toms United States $205k 65 $205,188
022 Alex Cejka Germany $73k $62k $57k 184 $192,387
023 Dicky Pride United States $168k $8k 321 $175,663
024 Stuart Appleby Australia $164k $9k 98 $173,150
025 Omar Uresti United States $167k $5k 376 $171,797
026 Stewart Cink United States $76k $33k $40k 57 $148,665
027 Bob Estes United States $104k $19k 134 $123,100
028 Bernhard Langer Germany $18k $16k $50k 201 $84,183
029 Shane Bertsch United States $66k $3k 419 $68,517
030 Padraig Harrington Ireland $24k $24k 94 $47,775
031 Chris Smith United States $41k 339 $41,112
032 Mike Weir Canada $37k 100 $36,624
033 Robert Allenby Australia $7k $9k 103 $15,932
034 Retief Goosen South Africa $7k $5k 90 $12,863
035 Ken Duke United States $9k 229 $8,900
036 Steven Alker New Zealand $6k 517 $5,985
037 Jonathan Kaye United States $5k 233 $5,070
038 Arjun Atwal India $4k 331 $3,506
039 Shaun Micheel United States $3k 259 $3,000
040 Tim Petrovic United States $2k 208 $2,088

The career rank column is where each of these players sits on the all-time money list, which is the fastest way to tell a career year from a career. A player ranked well inside the top fifty on one season and nowhere near it overall had the year of his life.

1995-96 against every other season

What the tour paid the golfers we hold, year by year

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 1995-96 money split by the flag on the entry

9 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 1995-96
01 United States 29 Tom Lehman $16,793,903$16.8m
02 South Africa 2 Ernie Els $1,119,807
03 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $855,140
04 Germany 2 Alex Cejka $276,570
05 Australia 2 Stuart Appleby $189,082
06 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $47,775
07 Canada 1 Mike Weir $36,624
08 New Zealand 1 Steven Alker $5,985
09 India 1 Arjun Atwal $3,506

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 1995-96?

Tom Lehman, $2,390,159. That is 12.4% of everything the 40 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 1995-96?

$19,328,392 to 40 players. The season is up 54.6% on 1994-95, and is the 31st biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 1995-96?

6 of the 40 paid that season.

What share of 1995-96 golf money came from the majors?

12.4%. Regular tour purses paid 76.8%, bonus pools 10.8%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 1995-96?

United States, $16,793,903 across 29 players, out of 9 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 1995-96 field

The 1996-97 money list

Every season

By era

The 1995-96 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf