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GOLF · 2003-04 SEASON

The 2003-04 golf money list

$141,670,892 won by 116 players in the 2003-04 season. Vijay Singh led it on $11,110,166.

The season is up 19.0% on 2002-03, and is the 23rd biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 1.4% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 11.3% of it.

PAID OUT $141.7m
TOP EARNER $11.1m
PLAYERS PAID 116
OVER $1M 46
FROM THE MAJORS 11.3%

The twenty biggest earners of 2003-04

Prize money won across the season

116 players paid

Vijay Singh $11m Tiger Woods $6.9m Ernie Els $5.8m Phil Mickelson $5.8m Stewart Cink $4.7m Retief Goosen $3.9m Adam Scott $3.8m Sergio Garcia $3.6m Davis Love III $3.2m Stuart Appleby $2.9m Mike Weir $2.8m Padraig Harrington $2.7m Jay Haas $2.7m John Daly $2.7m Rory Sabbatini $2.7m Chad Campbell $2.6m Zach Johnson $2.5m Jerry Kelly $2.5m David Toms $2.4m Luke Donald $2.3m

Where the 2003-04 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 82.1%
  • The four majors 11.3%
  • Bonus pools 6.6%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2003-04 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

2003-04 against 2002-03

2002-03 comparison

# Player 2002-03 rank 2002-03 2003-04
01 Vijay Singh 01 $7.8m $11,110,166$11.1m
02 Tiger Woods 02 $7.4m $6,925,472$6.9m
03 Ernie Els 08 $3.4m $5,787,225$5.8m
04 Phil Mickelson 24 $1.8m $5,784,823$5.8m
05 Stewart Cink 25 $1.8m $4,670,270$4.7m
06 Retief Goosen 09 $3.2m $3,885,573$3.9m
07 Adam Scott 34 $1.2m $3,774,984$3.8m
08 Sergio Garcia 45 $666k $3,589,215$3.6m
09 Davis Love III 03 $7.3m $3,247,592$3.2m
10 Stuart Appleby 12 $2.7m $2,949,235$2.9m

A blank in the 2002-03 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 2003-04 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2003-04 prize figure for

116 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2003-04
001 Vijay Singh Fiji $9.5m $1.4m $205k 26 $11,110,166$11.1m
002 Tiger Woods United States $5.0m $383k $1.6m 5 $6,925,472$6.9m
003 Ernie Els South Africa $3.9m $1.9m 42 $5,787,225$5.8m
004 Phil Mickelson United States $3.2m $2.6m 6 $5,784,823$5.8m
005 Stewart Cink United States $4.2m $280k $220k 57 $4,670,270$4.7m
006 Retief Goosen South Africa $2.4m $1.5m 90 $3,885,573$3.9m
007 Adam Scott Australia $3.5m $180k $50k 19 $3,774,984$3.8m
008 Sergio Garcia Spain $2.9m $367k $350k 10 $3,589,215$3.6m
009 Davis Love III United States $2.6m $489k $173k 49 $3,247,592$3.2m
010 Stuart Appleby Australia $2.8m $182k 98 $2,949,235$2.9m
011 Mike Weir Canada $2.3m $435k 100 $2,761,536$2.8m
012 Padraig Harrington Ireland $1.7m $186k $821k 94 $2,703,526$2.7m
013 Jay Haas United States $1.8m $267k $610k 166 $2,681,626$2.7m
014 John Daly United States $2.4m $320k 212 $2,679,507$2.7m
015 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $2.5m $18k $173k 74 $2,672,897$2.7m
016 Chad Campbell United States $2.2m $47k $357k 108 $2,622,485$2.6m
017 Zach Johnson United States $2.4m $48k $130k 39 $2,547,185$2.5m
018 Jerry Kelly United States $2.4m $94k 97 $2,496,222$2.5m
019 David Toms United States $2.2m $203k 65 $2,357,531$2.4m
020 Luke Donald England $1.6m $47k $700k 69 $2,346,268$2.3m
021 Fred Couples United States $1.2m $190k $920k 93 $2,316,109$2.3m
022 Fred Funk United States $1.9m $212k $141k 123 $2,244,481$2.2m
023 K.J. Choi South Korea $1.3m $768k $23k 89 $2,100,775$2.1m
024 Carlos Franco Paraguay $1.9m $34k $55k 247 $2,010,395$2.0m
025 Charles Howell III United States $1.5m $224k $60k 21 $1,763,485$1.8m
026 Rod Pampling Australia $1.7m $68k 163 $1,737,725$1.7m
027 Tim Herron United States $1.6m $120k 151 $1,727,577$1.7m
028 Justin Leonard United States $857k $674k $188k 80 $1,718,523$1.7m
029 Jonathan Kaye United States $1.7m 233 $1,695,332$1.7m
030 Ted Purdy United States $1.6m $21k 289 $1,657,876$1.7m
031 Ryan Palmer United States $1.6m 85 $1,592,344$1.6m
032 Bo Van Pelt United States $1.4m $122k $22k 121 $1,575,908$1.6m
033 Robert Allenby Australia $1.2m $336k 103 $1,513,537$1.5m
034 Carl Pettersson Sweden $1.3m $33k 126 $1,367,962$1.4m
035 Tom Lehman United States $1.3m 124 $1,343,277
036 Tim Petrovic United States $1.1m $91k $148k 208 $1,340,854
037 Alex Cejka Germany $1.2m $74k $20k 184 $1,333,483
038 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $1.1m $174k $48k 148 $1,306,548
039 Kevin Na United States $901k $395k 40 $1,296,158
040 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $1.2m $47k 96 $1,236,910
041 Justin Rose England $1.2m $70k 17 $1,236,764
042 Vaughn Taylor United States $1.2m 150 $1,176,434
043 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.1m 142 $1,133,165
044 Heath Slocum United States $1.1m 164 $1,066,837
045 Bob Estes United States $933k $113k 134 $1,046,064
046 Ben Crane United States $885k $152k 128 $1,036,958
047 Shaun Micheel United States $759k $191k $27k 259 $976,919
048 Bernhard Langer Germany $645k $298k 201 $943,589
049 Jim Furyk United States $668k $23k $240k 24 $931,675
050 J.J. Henry United States $833k $16k $71k 161 $920,073
051 Daniel Chopra Sweden $700k $63k $148k 276 $910,753
052 Hunter Mahan United States $778k $35k 82 $813,089
053 Cameron Beckman United States $779k $22k 250 $801,273
054 John Rollins United States $715k $23k $29k 153 $767,457
055 Pat Perez United States $693k $31k 50 $723,724
056 Neal Lancaster United States $701k 309 $701,239
057 John Senden Australia $698k 133 $698,203
058 Chris Smith United States $693k 339 $692,785
059 Peter Lonard Australia $633k $42k 254 $675,189
060 Brian Gay United States $645k $27k 118 $672,194
061 Olin Browne United States $597k $75k 269 $672,034
062 Steve Allan Australia $648k 386 $648,480
063 Aaron Baddeley Australia $633k 122 $632,876
064 Tag Ridings United States $623k 352 $623,262
065 Craig Barlow United States $596k $25k 333 $620,820
066 Matt Kuchar United States $509k $110k 31 $619,257
067 Jason Bohn United States $568k $25k 168 $592,930
068 Paul Casey England $257k $261k $70k 28 $587,939
069 Lucas Glover United States $557k $25k 61 $582,454
070 Scott Hend Australia $531k $25k 480 $556,263
071 Lee Westwood England $97k $430k 70 $526,899
072 José María Olazábal Spain $449k $46k 202 $495,050
073 Arjun Atwal India $486k $5k 331 $491,052
074 Richard Johnson Sweden $461k $5k 310 $466,183
075 Steve Stricker United States $441k 52 $440,906
076 Bill Haas United States $315k $93k 92 $407,759
077 Greg Chalmers Australia $402k 223 $402,380
078 Omar Uresti United States $346k $25k 376 $370,797
079 Mark Wilson United States $300k $25k 177 $325,317
080 Jason Dufner United States $318k 99 $317,770
081 Trevor Immelman South Africa $39k $71k $200k 188 $309,560
082 Ken Duke United States $301k 229 $301,309
083 Rich Beem United States $214k $17k $22k 246 $251,999
084 Ian Poulter England $50k $126k $70k 56 $246,318
085 Camilo Villegas Colombia $238k 115 $237,984
086 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $128k $109k 205 $237,839
087 Dicky Pride United States $230k $5k 321 $235,329
088 Brian Davis England $110k $50k 183 $160,250
089 Michael Bradley United States $106k 325 $106,336
090 Chris Couch United States $100k 362 $100,283
091 Casey Wittenberg United States $86k 484 $85,670
092 Ricky Barnes United States $86k 257 $85,520
093 Y.E. Yang South Korea $71k 252 $71,250
094 Hideto Tanihara Japan $42k $25k 465 $66,729
095 Brandt Snedeker United States $54k 60 $54,215
096 Kevin Stadler United States $34k $15k 251 $49,541
097 Jay Don Blake United States $42k 327 $41,555
098 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $30k $5k 361 $34,820
099 Sean O'Hair United States $27k 107 $26,500
100 D.J. Trahan United States $25k 218 $25,000
101 David Hearn Canada $25k 240 $25,000
102 Will MacKenzie United States $25k 282 $25,000
103 Paul Goydos United States $19k 200 $19,366
104 Charley Hoffman United States $11k 76 $11,296
105 Erik Compton United States $11k 367 $11,050
106 Bryce Molder United States $11k 221 $10,716
107 Chris Stroud United States $10k 192 $10,350
108 Scott Gutschewski United States $10k 449 $9,858
109 Chez Reavie United States $8k 125 $7,840
110 Boo Weekley United States $5k 162 $5,000
111 Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe $5k 210 $5,000
112 Chad Collins United States $5k 374 $5,000
113 Jerry Smith United States $5k 430 $5,000
114 Kyle Thompson United States $5k 624 $5,000
115 Shane Bertsch United States $5k 419 $5,000
116 Troy Matteson United States $5k 260 $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.

2003-04 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2003-04 money split by the flag on the entry

19 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2003-04
01 United States 74 Tiger Woods $76,816,562$76.8m
02 Australia 11 Adam Scott $14,825,782$14.8m
03 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $11,110,166$11.1m
04 South Africa 3 Ernie Els $9,982,358$10.0m
05 England 6 Luke Donald $5,104,438$5.1m
06 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $4,084,265$4.1m
07 Sweden 4 Carl Pettersson $4,051,446$4.1m
08 Canada 2 Mike Weir $2,786,536$2.8m
09 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $2,703,526$2.7m
10 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $2,672,897$2.7m
11 Germany 2 Alex Cejka $2,277,072$2.3m
12 South Korea 2 K.J. Choi $2,172,025$2.2m
13 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $2,010,395$2.0m
14 India 1 Arjun Atwal $491,052
15 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $237,984
16 Argentina 1 Ángel Cabrera $237,839
17 Japan 1 Hideto Tanihara $66,729
18 New Zealand 1 Tim Wilkinson $34,820
19 Zimbabwe 1 Brendon de Jonge $5,000

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2003-04?

Vijay Singh, $11,110,166. That is 7.8% of everything the 116 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2003-04?

$141,670,892 to 116 players. The season is up 19.0% on 2002-03, and is the 23rd biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2003-04?

46 of the 116 paid that season.

What share of 2003-04 golf money came from the majors?

11.3%. Regular tour purses paid 82.1%, bonus pools 6.6%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2003-04?

United States, $76,816,562 across 74 players, out of 19 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2003-04 field

The 2002-03 money list · The 2004-05 money list

Every season

By era

The 2003-04 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf