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GOLF · 2002-03 SEASON

The 2002-03 golf money list

$119,008,453 won by 96 players in the 2002-03 season. Vijay Singh led it on $7,778,907.

The season is up 24.5% on 2001-02, and is the 24th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 1.2% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 11.2% of it.

PAID OUT $119.0m
TOP EARNER $7.8m
PLAYERS PAID 96
OVER $1M 37
FROM THE MAJORS 11.2%

The twenty biggest earners of 2002-03

Prize money won across the season

96 players paid

Vijay Singh $7.8m Tiger Woods $7.4m Davis Love III $7.3m Jim Furyk $5.3m Mike Weir $5.2m Chad Campbell $4.1m David Toms $3.7m Ernie Els $3.4m Retief Goosen $3.2m Justin Leonard $2.8m Jay Haas $2.7m Stuart Appleby $2.7m Fred Couples $2.6m Charles Howell III $2.6m Jonathan Kaye $2.5m Robert Allenby $2.4m Rory Sabbatini $2.3m K.J. Choi $2.3m Fred Funk $2.2m Tim Herron $2.2m

Where the 2002-03 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 83.1%
  • The four majors 11.2%
  • Bonus pools 5.7%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2002-03 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

2002-03 against 2001-02

2001-02 comparison

# Player 2001-02 rank 2001-02 2002-03
01 Vijay Singh 04 $3.9m $7,778,907$7.8m
02 Tiger Woods 01 $7.5m $7,373,413$7.4m
03 Davis Love III 14 $2.4m $7,281,896$7.3m
04 Jim Furyk 11 $2.6m $5,250,365$5.3m
05 Mike Weir 37 $881k $5,236,410$5.2m
06 Chad Campbell 40 $825k $4,054,564$4.1m
07 David Toms 03 $3.9m $3,710,905$3.7m
08 Ernie Els 05 $3.3m $3,371,237$3.4m
09 Retief Goosen 08 $2.8m $3,166,373$3.2m
10 Justin Leonard 09 $2.7m $2,835,525$2.8m

A blank in the 2001-02 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 2002-03 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2002-03 prize figure for

96 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2002-03
001 Vijay Singh Fiji $6.7m $850k $205k 26 $7,778,907$7.8m
002 Tiger Woods United States $6.2m $473k $700k 5 $7,373,413$7.4m
003 Davis Love III United States $5.7m $387k $1.2m 49 $7,281,896$7.3m
004 Jim Furyk United States $3.7m $1.4m $68k 24 $5,250,365$5.3m
005 Mike Weir Canada $3.3m $1.6m $318k 100 $5,236,410$5.2m
006 Chad Campbell United States $3.2m $759k $143k 108 $4,054,564$4.1m
007 David Toms United States $3.3m $385k 65 $3,710,905$3.7m
008 Ernie Els South Africa $2.7m $675k 42 $3,371,237$3.4m
009 Retief Goosen South Africa $2.9m $253k 90 $3,166,373$3.2m
010 Justin Leonard United States $2.4m $64k $385k 80 $2,835,525$2.8m
011 Jay Haas United States $2.3m $214k $165k 166 $2,728,545$2.7m
012 Stuart Appleby Australia $2.5m $130k $24k 98 $2,686,538$2.7m
013 Fred Couples United States $1.7m $105k $790k 93 $2,610,495$2.6m
014 Charles Howell III United States $2.4m $210k 21 $2,568,955$2.6m
015 Jonathan Kaye United States $2.3m $137k 233 $2,474,837$2.5m
016 Robert Allenby Australia $2.1m $72k $195k 103 $2,371,452$2.4m
017 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $1.6m $28k $700k 74 $2,304,701$2.3m
018 K.J. Choi South Korea $1.8m $157k $261k 89 $2,260,497$2.3m
019 Fred Funk United States $1.9m $208k $71k 123 $2,215,903$2.2m
020 Tim Herron United States $2.1m $98k 151 $2,176,390$2.2m
021 Jerry Kelly United States $2.1m $20k 97 $2,158,342$2.2m
022 Shaun Micheel United States $747k $1.1m $312k 259 $2,139,500$2.1m
023 Bob Estes United States $1.7m $114k 134 $1,824,414$1.8m
024 Phil Mickelson United States $1.1m $491k $170k 6 $1,793,137$1.8m
025 Stewart Cink United States $1.7m $71k 57 $1,781,885$1.8m
026 Tim Petrovic United States $1.6m $93k 208 $1,739,349$1.7m
027 John Rollins United States $1.6m $52k 153 $1,612,314$1.6m
028 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $1.4m $43k 96 $1,477,246$1.5m
029 Padraig Harrington Ireland $747k $214k $500k 94 $1,461,235$1.5m
030 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.2m $255k 142 $1,430,538$1.4m
031 Ben Crane United States $1.4m $15k 128 $1,419,070$1.4m
032 Peter Lonard Australia $1.2m $116k 254 $1,323,594
033 Alex Cejka Germany $880k $303k $100k 184 $1,282,883
034 Adam Scott Australia $1.1m $110k 19 $1,238,736
035 Tom Lehman United States $1.2m $19k 124 $1,173,237
036 Rich Beem United States $898k $116k $60k 246 $1,073,950
037 Rod Pampling Australia $967k $98k 163 $1,064,974
038 Aaron Baddeley Australia $977k $12k 122 $989,168
039 Carl Pettersson Sweden $977k 126 $977,076
040 Heath Slocum United States $816k 164 $815,812
041 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $387k $400k 148 $786,771
042 Paul Goydos United States $734k 200 $734,284
043 Carlos Franco Paraguay $599k $73k $36k 247 $707,856
044 Luke Donald England $653k $52k 69 $705,121
045 Sergio Garcia Spain $482k $184k 10 $666,386
046 J.J. Henry United States $660k 161 $660,341
047 Craig Barlow United States $639k 333 $638,721
048 Steve Allan Australia $616k 386 $616,325
049 Cameron Beckman United States $609k 250 $608,981
050 John Senden Australia $602k 133 $601,670
051 Justin Rose England $387k $213k 17 $599,874
052 Neal Lancaster United States $591k 309 $590,627
053 Pat Perez United States $556k $22k 50 $578,141
054 Richard Johnson Sweden $559k 310 $559,021
055 Bernhard Langer Germany $519k $37k 201 $555,981
056 Olin Browne United States $464k $15k $68k 269 $547,092
057 Mark Wilson United States $483k $5k 177 $487,502
058 Dicky Pride United States $443k $41k 321 $483,923
059 Chris Smith United States $466k $14k 339 $479,523
060 José María Olazábal Spain $304k $175k 202 $479,155
061 Brian Gay United States $434k $13k $25k 118 $472,647
062 Greg Chalmers Australia $403k $5k 223 $408,254
063 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $177k $195k $27k 205 $399,752
064 Steven Alker New Zealand $261k 517 $261,359
065 Matt Kuchar United States $176k $71k 31 $247,297
066 Brian Davis England $229k 183 $228,611
067 John Daly United States $207k $13k 212 $220,647
068 Jason Gore United States $209k 300 $208,801
069 Jay Don Blake United States $180k $14k 327 $194,293
070 Steve Stricker United States $151k 52 $150,590
071 Paul Casey England $125k $12k 28 $136,700
072 Hunter Mahan United States $106k $25k 82 $131,300
073 Trevor Immelman South Africa $95k $31k 188 $126,150
074 Nick Watney United States $73k 95 $73,255
075 Lee Westwood England $64k 70 $63,590
076 Michael Bradley United States $50k 325 $49,500
077 Tag Ridings United States $31k 352 $31,275
078 Ian Poulter England $31k 56 $30,859
079 Arjun Atwal India $25k 331 $25,000
080 Daniel Chopra Sweden $25k 276 $25,000
081 Ken Duke United States $25k 229 $25,000
082 Kevin Na United States $25k 40 $25,000
083 Omar Uresti United States $25k 376 $25,000
084 Scott Hend Australia $25k 480 $25,000
085 Troy Matteson United States $18k $5k 260 $23,135
086 D.J. Trahan United States $8k $5k 218 $12,880
087 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $10k 361 $9,900
088 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $10k 63 $9,620
089 Yusaku Miyazato Japan $9k 641 $8,775
090 Ryuji Imada Japan $8k 258 $7,600
091 Bill Lunde United States $5k 385 $5,000
092 Boo Weekley United States $5k 162 $5,000
093 D.A. Points United States $5k 211 $5,000
094 Jimmy Walker United States $5k 104 $5,000
095 Kyle Thompson United States $5k 624 $5,000
096 Scott Gutschewski United States $5k 449 $5,000

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.

2002-03 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2002-03 money split by the flag on the entry

18 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2002-03
01 United States 55 Tiger Woods $71,973,096$72.0m
02 Australia 11 Stuart Appleby $12,802,957$12.8m
03 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $7,778,907$7.8m
04 South Africa 3 Ernie Els $6,663,760$6.7m
05 Canada 1 Mike Weir $5,236,410$5.2m
06 Sweden 4 Carl Pettersson $2,347,868$2.3m
07 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $2,304,701$2.3m
08 South Korea 1 K.J. Choi $2,260,497$2.3m
09 Germany 2 Alex Cejka $1,838,864$1.8m
10 England 6 Luke Donald $1,764,755$1.8m
11 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $1,461,235$1.5m
12 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $1,145,541
13 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $707,856
14 Argentina 1 Ángel Cabrera $399,752
15 New Zealand 2 Steven Alker $271,259
16 India 1 Arjun Atwal $25,000
17 Japan 2 Yusaku Miyazato $16,375
18 Northern Ireland 1 Graeme McDowell $9,620

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2002-03?

Vijay Singh, $7,778,907. That is 6.5% of everything the 96 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2002-03?

$119,008,453 to 96 players. The season is up 24.5% on 2001-02, and is the 24th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2002-03?

37 of the 96 paid that season.

What share of 2002-03 golf money came from the majors?

11.2%. Regular tour purses paid 83.1%, bonus pools 5.7%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2002-03?

United States, $71,973,096 across 55 players, out of 18 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2002-03 field

The 2001-02 money list · The 2003-04 money list

Every season

By era

The 2002-03 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf