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GOLF · 2000-01 SEASON

The 2000-01 golf money list

$74,723,423 won by 76 players in the 2000-01 season. Tiger Woods led it on $6,846,111.

The season is up 22.1% on 1999-00, and is the 26th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 0.7% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 11.5% of it.

PAID OUT $74.7m
TOP EARNER $6.8m
PLAYERS PAID 76
OVER $1M 25
FROM THE MAJORS 11.5%

The twenty biggest earners of 2000-01

Prize money won across the season

76 players paid

Tiger Woods $6.8m Phil Mickelson $4.4m Vijay Singh $4.0m David Toms $3.9m Davis Love III $3.3m Sergio Garcia $2.9m Ernie Els $2.8m Mike Weir $2.8m Bob Estes $2.8m Jim Furyk $2.7m Robert Allenby $2.3m Bernhard Langer $2.0m Tom Lehman $1.9m Stewart Cink $1.8m Justin Leonard $1.8m Steve Stricker $1.7m Retief Goosen $1.6m Charles Howell III $1.5m Jerry Kelly $1.5m Brian Gay $1.3m

Where the 2000-01 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 82.5%
  • The four majors 11.5%
  • Bonus pools 6.0%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2000-01 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

2000-01 against 1999-00

1999-00 comparison

# Player 1999-00 rank 1999-00 2000-01
01 Tiger Woods 01 $10.2m $6,846,111$6.8m
02 Phil Mickelson 02 $4.9m $4,403,883$4.4m
03 Vijay Singh 05 $3.0m $3,975,829$4.0m
04 David Toms 10 $2.0m $3,932,845$3.9m
05 Davis Love III 04 $3.3m $3,304,463$3.3m
06 Sergio Garcia 15 $1.6m $2,946,135$2.9m
07 Ernie Els 03 $3.5m $2,836,456$2.8m
08 Mike Weir 06 $2.6m $2,825,436$2.8m
09 Bob Estes 25 $539k $2,795,477$2.8m
10 Jim Furyk 12 $1.9m $2,673,234$2.7m

A blank in the 1999-00 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 2000-01 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2000-01 prize figure for

76 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2000-01
001 Tiger Woods United States $4.5m $1.2m $1.2m 5 $6,846,111$6.8m
002 Phil Mickelson United States $3.3m $1.1m 6 $4,403,883$4.4m
003 Vijay Singh Fiji $3.2m $275k $535k 26 $3,975,829$4.0m
004 David Toms United States $2.8m $980k $141k 65 $3,932,845$3.9m
005 Davis Love III United States $3.0m $193k $135k 49 $3,304,463$3.3m
006 Sergio Garcia Spain $2.7m $183k $48k 10 $2,946,135$2.9m
007 Ernie Els South Africa $1.8m $489k $500k 42 $2,836,456$2.8m
008 Mike Weir Canada $2.6m $175k $48k 100 $2,825,436$2.8m
009 Bob Estes United States $2.7m $90k 134 $2,795,477$2.8m
010 Jim Furyk United States $2.2m $345k $133k 24 $2,673,234$2.7m
011 Robert Allenby Australia $2.2m $102k 103 $2,309,029$2.3m
012 Bernhard Langer Germany $1.4m $408k $220k 201 $2,030,363$2.0m
013 Tom Lehman United States $1.8m $124k 124 $1,907,660$1.9m
014 Stewart Cink United States $1.4m $367k $82k 57 $1,825,528$1.8m
015 Justin Leonard United States $1.6m $163k 80 $1,783,842$1.8m
016 Steve Stricker United States $1.5m $158k 52 $1,676,229$1.7m
017 Retief Goosen South Africa $149k $978k $500k 90 $1,626,985$1.6m
018 Charles Howell III United States $1.5m $44k 21 $1,520,632$1.5m
019 Jerry Kelly United States $1.5m $14k 97 $1,491,607$1.5m
020 Brian Gay United States $1.3m $44k 118 $1,299,361
021 Fred Funk United States $1.2m $29k 123 $1,237,004
022 J.J. Henry United States $1.1m 161 $1,073,847
023 Cameron Beckman United States $1.1m 250 $1,071,343
024 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $1.0m $13k 74 $1,038,590
025 Stuart Appleby Australia $888k $116k 98 $1,004,528
026 John Daly United States $829k $140k 212 $968,914
027 Tim Herron United States $922k $24k 151 $945,441
028 Chris Smith United States $903k $29k 339 $932,810
029 Olin Browne United States $773k $43k $66k 269 $881,886
030 K.J. Choi South Korea $771k $29k 89 $800,326
031 Greg Chalmers Australia $678k $14k 223 $692,170
032 Jonathan Kaye United States $653k $30k 233 $683,210
033 Neal Lancaster United States $658k 309 $657,580
034 Jay Haas United States $565k $55k 166 $620,141
035 Jerry Smith United States $592k 430 $592,030
036 Matt Kuchar United States $573k 31 $572,669
037 Fred Couples United States $320k $66k $180k 93 $565,984
038 Carlos Franco Paraguay $427k $60k $77k 247 $563,165
039 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $525k 96 $525,338
040 Rich Beem United States $461k 246 $460,565
041 José María Olazábal Spain $330k $129k 202 $458,678
042 Jay Don Blake United States $437k 327 $436,576
043 Craig Barlow United States $414k 333 $414,139
044 Padraig Harrington Ireland $146k $94k $137k 94 $377,926
045 Shaun Micheel United States $327k $24k $25k 259 $376,095
046 Paul Goydos United States $376k 200 $375,557
047 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $62k $275k 205 $337,105
048 Chad Campbell United States $259k 108 $259,200
049 Lee Westwood England $47k $29k $141k 70 $218,071
050 Bryce Molder United States $211k 221 $211,105
051 Dicky Pride United States $206k $4k 321 $210,022
052 Steve Allan Australia $157k $25k 386 $181,686
053 Jason Gore United States $180k 300 $180,451
054 Peter Lonard Australia $66k $26k $25k 254 $116,172
055 Luke Donald England $81k $25k 69 $105,747
056 Adam Scott Australia $78k $15k 19 $93,026
057 Alex Cejka Germany $57k $4k 184 $61,310
058 Michael Bradley United States $48k $4k 325 $51,885
059 Pat Perez United States $50k 50 $50,000
060 Omar Uresti United States $47k 376 $47,450
061 Heath Slocum United States $46k 164 $45,670
062 Greg Owen England $44k 279 $43,630
063 Justin Rose England $31k 17 $30,756
064 Ben Crane United States $26k 128 $25,833
065 Aaron Baddeley Australia $19k 122 $19,435
066 Mark Wilson United States $14k $4k 177 $17,727
067 Jimmy Walker United States $13k 104 $13,164
068 Steven Alker New Zealand $9k $4k 517 $12,550
069 Tim Petrovic United States $11k 208 $11,443
070 Paul Casey England $9k 28 $8,580
071 Jonathan Byrd United States $8k 142 $8,400
072 James Driscoll United States $7k 323 $7,208
073 Lucas Glover United States $6k 61 $6,180
074 Chris Couch United States $4k 362 $4,000
075 D.A. Points United States $4k 211 $4,000
076 Tag Ridings United States $4k 352 $4,000

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.

2000-01 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2000-01 money split by the flag on the entry

14 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2000-01
01 United States 49 Tiger Woods $49,484,401$49.5m
02 Australia 8 Robert Allenby $4,941,384$4.9m
03 South Africa 2 Ernie Els $4,463,441$4.5m
04 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $3,975,829$4.0m
05 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $3,404,813$3.4m
06 Canada 1 Mike Weir $2,825,436$2.8m
07 Germany 2 Bernhard Langer $2,091,673$2.1m
08 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $1,038,590
09 South Korea 1 K.J. Choi $800,326
10 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $563,165
11 England 5 Lee Westwood $406,784
12 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $377,926
13 Argentina 1 Ángel Cabrera $337,105
14 New Zealand 1 Steven Alker $12,550

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2000-01?

Tiger Woods, $6,846,111. That is 9.2% of everything the 76 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2000-01?

$74,723,423 to 76 players. The season is up 22.1% on 1999-00, and is the 26th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2000-01?

25 of the 76 paid that season.

What share of 2000-01 golf money came from the majors?

11.5%. Regular tour purses paid 82.5%, bonus pools 6.0%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2000-01?

United States, $49,484,401 across 49 players, out of 14 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2000-01 field

The 1999-00 money list · The 2001-02 money list

Every season

By era

The 2000-01 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf