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GOLF · 2001-02 SEASON

The 2001-02 golf money list

$95,609,449 won by 86 players in the 2001-02 season. Tiger Woods led it on $7,537,625.

The season is up 28.0% on 2000-01, and is the 25th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 1.0% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 13.6% of it.

PAID OUT $95.6m
TOP EARNER $7.5m
PLAYERS PAID 86
OVER $1M 28
FROM THE MAJORS 13.6%

The twenty biggest earners of 2001-02

Prize money won across the season

86 players paid

Tiger Woods $7.5m Phil Mickelson $5.0m David Toms $3.9m Vijay Singh $3.9m Ernie Els $3.3m Rich Beem $3.2m Jerry Kelly $3.0m Retief Goosen $2.8m Justin Leonard $2.7m Charles Howell III $2.7m Jim Furyk $2.6m Fred Funk $2.4m Sergio Garcia $2.4m Davis Love III $2.4m K.J. Choi $2.3m Robert Allenby $2.1m Bob Estes $2.1m José María Olazábal $2.0m John Rollins $2.0m Padraig Harrington $1.8m

Where the 2001-02 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 80.9%
  • The four majors 13.6%
  • Bonus pools 5.6%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2001-02 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

2001-02 against 2000-01

2000-01 comparison

# Player 2000-01 rank 2000-01 2001-02
01 Tiger Woods 01 $6.8m $7,537,625$7.5m
02 Phil Mickelson 02 $4.4m $5,006,971$5.0m
03 David Toms 04 $3.9m $3,932,239$3.9m
04 Vijay Singh 03 $4.0m $3,925,313$3.9m
05 Ernie Els 07 $2.8m $3,291,895$3.3m
06 Rich Beem 40 $461k $3,168,365$3.2m
07 Jerry Kelly 19 $1.5m $3,039,389$3.0m
08 Retief Goosen 17 $1.6m $2,759,504$2.8m
09 Justin Leonard 15 $1.8m $2,738,235$2.7m
10 Charles Howell III 18 $1.5m $2,702,747$2.7m

A blank in the 2000-01 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 2001-02 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2001-02 prize figure for

86 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2001-02
001 Tiger Woods United States $4.3m $2.6m $625k 5 $7,537,625$7.5m
002 Phil Mickelson United States $3.3m $1.0m $695k 6 $5,006,971$5.0m
003 David Toms United States $3.4m $58k $473k 65 $3,932,239$3.9m
004 Vijay Singh Fiji $3.4m $382k $169k 26 $3,925,313$3.9m
005 Ernie Els South Africa $1.9m $1.4m 42 $3,291,895$3.3m
006 Rich Beem United States $1.9m $990k $230k 246 $3,168,365$3.2m
007 Jerry Kelly United States $2.8m $103k $93k 97 $3,039,389$3.0m
008 Retief Goosen South Africa $1.8m $772k $143k 90 $2,759,504$2.8m
009 Justin Leonard United States $2.3m $481k 80 $2,738,235$2.7m
010 Charles Howell III United States $2.5m $179k 21 $2,702,747$2.7m
011 Jim Furyk United States $2.2m $149k $190k 24 $2,553,250$2.6m
012 Fred Funk United States $2.1m $235k $57k 123 $2,440,571$2.4m
013 Sergio Garcia Spain $1.7m $659k 10 $2,401,993$2.4m
014 Davis Love III United States $1.8m $237k $300k 49 $2,356,160$2.4m
015 K.J. Choi South Korea $2.2m $36k $112k 89 $2,317,407$2.3m
016 Robert Allenby Australia $1.9m $251k 103 $2,115,771$2.1m
017 Bob Estes United States $1.9m $83k $133k 134 $2,067,100$2.1m
018 José María Olazábal Spain $1.7m $295k 202 $1,987,027$2.0m
019 John Rollins United States $2.0m 153 $1,956,565$2.0m
020 Padraig Harrington Ireland $162k $645k $1000k 94 $1,806,797$1.8m
021 Stuart Appleby Australia $1.2m $552k 98 $1,729,459$1.7m
022 Peter Lonard Australia $1.1m $270k $100k 254 $1,513,113$1.5m
023 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.5m 142 $1,462,713$1.5m
024 Pat Perez United States $1.4m $10k 50 $1,451,726$1.5m
025 Chris Smith United States $1.3m $24k $30k 339 $1,391,094$1.4m
026 Matt Kuchar United States $1.2m $130k 31 $1,367,725$1.4m
027 Luke Donald England $1.0m $69k 69 $1,088,205
028 Jonathan Kaye United States $1.1m 233 $1,082,803
029 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $937k $57k 74 $994,164
030 Stewart Cink United States $722k $172k $74k 57 $967,962
031 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $957k 96 $957,184
032 Tim Herron United States $939k $16k 151 $954,917
033 Brian Gay United States $915k $12k 118 $926,735
034 Fred Couples United States $620k $27k $280k 93 $926,703
035 Ben Crane United States $921k 128 $921,076
036 Cameron Beckman United States $896k $12k 250 $907,740
037 Mike Weir Canada $758k $86k $38k 100 $881,390
038 Tom Lehman United States $815k $54k 124 $868,632
039 Heath Slocum United States $808k $57k 164 $864,615
040 Chad Campbell United States $825k 108 $825,474
041 Neal Lancaster United States $760k $53k 309 $813,230
042 Tim Petrovic United States $797k 208 $797,206
043 Steve Stricker United States $689k $101k 52 $789,713
044 Bernhard Langer Germany $413k $147k $220k 201 $779,395
045 Rod Pampling Australia $777k 163 $776,903
046 Jay Haas United States $620k $102k 166 $722,782
047 Carlos Franco Paraguay $652k 247 $652,147
048 Shaun Micheel United States $641k 259 $641,450
049 Greg Chalmers Australia $641k 223 $640,898
050 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $456k $176k 205 $632,546
051 Olin Browne United States $616k 269 $615,828
052 John Daly United States $550k $43k 212 $593,595
053 John Senden Australia $579k 133 $578,613
054 J.J. Henry United States $559k $11k 161 $569,875
055 Craig Barlow United States $529k 333 $528,569
056 Jay Don Blake United States $495k 327 $495,066
057 Paul Goydos United States $407k $25k 200 $432,345
058 Steve Allan Australia $360k $4k 386 $363,655
059 Bryce Molder United States $348k 221 $348,028
060 Adam Scott Australia $144k $195k 19 $339,157
061 Jerry Smith United States $270k 430 $269,953
062 Dicky Pride United States $143k 321 $142,556
063 Bo Van Pelt United States $139k 121 $139,357
064 Boo Weekley United States $95k 162 $95,206
065 Justin Rose England $95k 17 $94,816
066 Lee Westwood England $75k $20k 70 $94,710
067 Zach Johnson United States $57k 39 $57,000
068 Paul Casey England $56k 28 $55,921
069 Carl Pettersson Sweden $22k $25k 126 $46,728
070 Alex Cejka Germany $35k 184 $35,000
071 James Driscoll United States $34k 323 $34,293
072 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $32k 63 $31,910
073 Ken Duke United States $23k $4k 229 $27,163
074 Mark Wilson United States $25k 177 $25,000
075 Richard Johnson Sweden $25k 310 $25,000
076 Erik Compton United States $22k 367 $22,438
077 Trevor Immelman South Africa $22k 188 $21,728
078 Lucas Glover United States $16k $4k 61 $20,349
079 Michael Bradley United States $18k 325 $18,363
080 Aaron Baddeley Australia $16k 122 $16,380
081 Ian Poulter England $16k 56 $16,223
082 D.A. Points United States $4k 211 $4,000
083 George McNeill United States $4k 207 $4,000
084 Kyle Thompson United States $4k 624 $4,000
085 Ryan Palmer United States $4k 85 $4,000
086 Ted Purdy United States $4k 289 $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.

2001-02 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2001-02 money split by the flag on the entry

15 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2001-02
01 United States 54 Tiger Woods $62,638,497$62.6m
02 Australia 10 Robert Allenby $9,031,133$9.0m
03 South Africa 3 Ernie Els $6,073,127$6.1m
04 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $4,389,020$4.4m
05 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $3,925,313$3.9m
06 South Korea 1 K.J. Choi $2,317,407$2.3m
07 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $1,806,797$1.8m
08 England 5 Luke Donald $1,349,875
09 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $994,164
10 Canada 1 Mike Weir $881,390
11 Germany 2 Bernhard Langer $814,395
12 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $652,147
13 Argentina 1 Ángel Cabrera $632,546
14 Sweden 2 Carl Pettersson $71,728
15 Northern Ireland 1 Graeme McDowell $31,910

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2001-02?

Tiger Woods, $7,537,625. That is 7.9% of everything the 86 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2001-02?

$95,609,449 to 86 players. The season is up 28.0% on 2000-01, and is the 25th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2001-02?

28 of the 86 paid that season.

What share of 2001-02 golf money came from the majors?

13.6%. Regular tour purses paid 80.9%, bonus pools 5.6%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2001-02?

United States, $62,638,497 across 54 players, out of 15 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2001-02 field

The 2000-01 money list · The 2002-03 money list

Every season

By era

The 2001-02 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf