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GOLF · 2004-05 SEASON

The 2004-05 golf money list

$156,885,337 won by 128 players in the 2004-05 season. Tiger Woods led it on $10,870,524.

The season is up 10.7% on 2003-04, and is the 22nd biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 1.6% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 9.8% of it.

PAID OUT $156.9m
TOP EARNER $10.9m
PLAYERS PAID 128
OVER $1M 53
FROM THE MAJORS 9.8%

The twenty biggest earners of 2004-05

Prize money won across the season

128 players paid

Tiger Woods $11m Vijay Singh $8.0m Phil Mickelson $5.7m Jim Furyk $4.5m David Toms $4.2m Fred Funk $4.2m Luke Donald $4.1m Retief Goosen $3.5m Sergio Garcia $3.2m Padraig Harrington $3.1m Davis Love III $2.8m Adam Scott $2.8m Justin Leonard $2.7m Ben Crane $2.5m Sean O'Hair $2.5m Chad Campbell $2.4m Fred Couples $2.3m Olin Browne $2.2m Stuart Appleby $2.2m Ted Purdy $2.2m

Where the 2004-05 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 85.8%
  • The four majors 9.8%
  • Bonus pools 4.4%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2004-05 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

2004-05 against 2003-04

2003-04 comparison

# Player 2003-04 rank 2003-04 2004-05
01 Tiger Woods 02 $6.9m $10,870,524$10.9m
02 Vijay Singh 01 $11.1m $8,017,336$8.0m
03 Phil Mickelson 04 $5.8m $5,699,605$5.7m
04 Jim Furyk 49 $932k $4,460,369$4.5m
05 David Toms 19 $2.4m $4,202,013$4.2m
06 Fred Funk 22 $2.2m $4,179,296$4.2m
07 Luke Donald 20 $2.3m $4,055,562$4.1m
08 Retief Goosen 06 $3.9m $3,494,106$3.5m
09 Sergio Garcia 08 $3.6m $3,247,125$3.2m
10 Padraig Harrington 12 $2.7m $3,118,231$3.1m

A blank in the 2003-04 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 2004-05 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2004-05 prize figure for

128 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2004-05
001 Tiger Woods United States $7.1m $3.5m $243k 5 $10,870,524$10.9m
002 Vijay Singh Fiji $7.2m $771k 26 $8,017,336$8.0m
003 Phil Mickelson United States $4.3m $1.4m 6 $5,699,605$5.7m
004 Jim Furyk United States $4.1m $130k $205k 24 $4,460,369$4.5m
005 David Toms United States $3.7m $220k $240k 65 $4,202,013$4.2m
006 Fred Funk United States $2.8m $75k $1.3m 123 $4,179,296$4.2m
007 Luke Donald England $2.0m $453k $1.6m 69 $4,055,562$4.1m
008 Retief Goosen South Africa $2.5m $945k 90 $3,494,106$3.5m
009 Sergio Garcia Spain $2.6m $590k $34k 10 $3,247,125$3.2m
010 Padraig Harrington Ireland $2.6m $502k 94 $3,118,231$3.1m
011 Davis Love III United States $2.2m $474k $160k 49 $2,818,779$2.8m
012 Adam Scott Australia $2.4m $145k $200k 19 $2,792,255$2.8m
013 Justin Leonard United States $2.5m $214k 80 $2,665,131$2.7m
014 Ben Crane United States $2.4m $22k $70k 128 $2,527,329$2.5m
015 Sean O'Hair United States $2.4m $94k 107 $2,461,482$2.5m
016 Chad Campbell United States $2.2m $180k 108 $2,391,432$2.4m
017 Fred Couples United States $1.2m $558k $485k 93 $2,289,179$2.3m
018 Olin Browne United States $2.1m $60k $71k 269 $2,243,178$2.2m
019 Stuart Appleby Australia $2.0m $157k 98 $2,202,506$2.2m
020 Ted Purdy United States $2.0m $183k 289 $2,198,368$2.2m
021 Tim Herron United States $1.9m $230k $81k 151 $2,184,800$2.2m
022 Charles Howell III United States $2.0m $114k 21 $2,074,329$2.1m
023 Lucas Glover United States $2.1m 61 $2,050,068$2.1m
024 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $1.5m $460k $100k 96 $2,031,676$2.0m
025 Carl Pettersson Sweden $2.0m 126 $1,993,851$2.0m
026 Zach Johnson United States $1.7m $82k $158k 39 $1,954,441$2.0m
027 John Daly United States $1.7m $105k $161k 212 $1,921,171$1.9m
028 Peter Lonard Australia $1.9m $43k $23k 254 $1,920,998$1.9m
029 Jason Bohn United States $1.9m $32k 168 $1,888,568$1.9m
030 Vaughn Taylor United States $1.8m $41k 150 $1,827,574$1.8m
031 K.J. Choi South Korea $1.6m $176k $27k 89 $1,792,874$1.8m
032 José María Olazábal Spain $1.3m $440k 202 $1,764,227$1.8m
033 Stewart Cink United States $1.5m $214k $23k 57 $1,756,049$1.8m
034 Tim Petrovic United States $1.7m 208 $1,711,229$1.7m
035 Tom Lehman United States $1.5m $192k 124 $1,655,416$1.7m
036 Bo Van Pelt United States $1.5m $102k $45k 121 $1,651,082$1.7m
037 Ernie Els South Africa $1.5m $150k 42 $1,627,184$1.6m
038 Rod Pampling Australia $1.4m $252k 163 $1,613,815$1.6m
039 Heath Slocum United States $1.6m $15k 164 $1,606,185$1.6m
040 Justin Rose England $1.4m $100k 17 $1,465,191$1.5m
041 Jonathan Kaye United States $1.4m $28k 233 $1,416,109$1.4m
042 Mike Weir Canada $1.1m $279k 100 $1,363,467$1.4m
043 Greg Owen England $1.3m $15k 279 $1,352,878$1.4m
044 Jerry Kelly United States $1.2m $127k 97 $1,352,487$1.4m
045 Ryan Palmer United States $1.2m $48k 85 $1,280,002
046 Pat Perez United States $1.0m $218k 50 $1,258,087
047 Kevin Na United States $1.1m $100k 40 $1,195,204
048 Robert Allenby Australia $1.2m $19k 103 $1,184,458
049 Jason Gore United States $851k $20k $189k 300 $1,060,385
050 Carlos Franco Paraguay $1.0m $13k $24k 247 $1,053,517
051 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $896k $25k $93k 74 $1,013,488
052 Aaron Baddeley Australia $1.0m 122 $1,006,006
053 Arjun Atwal India $964k $40k 331 $1,003,768
054 Bernhard Langer Germany $602k $350k 201 $952,451
055 Ian Poulter England $760k $187k 56 $946,890
056 J.J. Henry United States $927k $15k 161 $942,347
057 Daniel Chopra Sweden $893k 276 $893,368
058 Tag Ridings United States $892k 352 $891,812
059 Bob Estes United States $726k $165k 134 $891,477
060 Ryan Moore United States $686k $185k 83 $871,250
061 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $817k $51k 148 $868,525
062 John Senden Australia $855k 133 $855,325
063 Brian Davis England $854k 183 $854,460
064 John Rollins United States $830k $22k 153 $852,147
065 James Driscoll United States $850k 323 $849,891
066 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $687k $128k 63 $814,359
067 D.J. Trahan United States $806k 218 $806,304
068 Jonathan Byrd United States $726k 142 $726,023
069 Craig Barlow United States $710k $10k 333 $720,362
070 Rich Beem United States $701k 246 $701,242
071 Brian Gay United States $690k 118 $689,862
072 Richard Johnson Sweden $689k 310 $689,363
073 Ryuji Imada Japan $562k $88k 258 $650,221
074 Nick Watney United States $605k $26k 95 $631,619
075 Trevor Immelman South Africa $214k $401k 188 $614,867
076 Hunter Mahan United States $590k $25k 82 $614,567
077 Alex Cejka Germany $510k $87k 184 $597,582
078 Mark Wilson United States $573k 177 $573,218
079 Jay Haas United States $463k $22k $66k 166 $551,359
080 Omar Uresti United States $527k $12k $5k 376 $543,238
081 Neal Lancaster United States $532k 309 $532,185
082 Lee Westwood England $383k $118k 70 $501,267
083 Shaun Micheel United States $487k 259 $487,402
084 Paul Goydos United States $486k 200 $486,362
085 Scott Gutschewski United States $470k $15k 449 $485,487
086 Cameron Beckman United States $474k $5k 250 $479,107
087 Chris Smith United States $454k 339 $454,375
088 D.A. Points United States $401k $32k 211 $433,040
089 Steve Allan Australia $374k $44k 386 $418,428
090 Matt Kuchar United States $403k 31 $402,786
091 Steve Stricker United States $398k $5k 52 $402,640
092 Kevin Stadler United States $368k $5k 251 $372,775
093 Scott Hend Australia $356k $5k 480 $361,247
094 Will MacKenzie United States $276k $25k 282 $300,529
095 Charlie Wi South Korea $250k 242 $250,081
096 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $206k $36k 205 $242,028
097 Michael Putnam United States $230k 417 $229,733
098 David Hearn Canada $197k 240 $197,453
099 Paul Casey England $182k $13k 28 $195,193
100 Bill Haas United States $160k $25k 92 $184,586
101 Jimmy Walker United States $156k 104 $155,850
102 Chris Couch United States $97k 362 $96,667
103 Spencer Levin United States $78k 278 $78,082
104 Casey Wittenberg United States $28k $40k 484 $67,548
105 Hideto Tanihara Japan $63k 465 $62,832
106 Henrik Stenson Sweden $54k 55 $53,919
107 J.B. Holmes United States $50k 110 $50,000
108 Scott Piercy United States $47k 117 $47,140
109 Dicky Pride United States $37k 321 $36,931
110 Marcel Siem Germany $29k 501 $29,150
111 Michael Bradley United States $25k 325 $25,254
112 Robert Garrigus United States $25k 169 $25,000
113 Y.E. Yang South Korea $7k $15k 252 $22,856
114 Kevin Streelman United States $22k 105 $21,695
115 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark $18k 397 $17,667
116 Camilo Villegas Colombia $16k 115 $16,300
117 Erik Compton United States $16k 367 $15,895
118 Steve Marino United States $15k 237 $14,542
119 Brandt Snedeker United States $13k 60 $12,731
120 Eric Axley United States $11k 402 $11,100
121 Charley Hoffman United States $11k 76 $10,656
122 Steven Bowditch Australia $8k 299 $8,299
123 Jay Don Blake United States $5k 327 $5,000
124 John Merrick United States $5k 265 $5,000
125 Johnson Wagner United States $5k 204 $5,000
126 Parker McLachlin United States $5k 421 $5,000
127 Ryan Armour United States $5k 280 $5,000
128 Tom Johnson United States $5k 618 $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.

2004-05 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2004-05 money split by the flag on the entry

19 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2004-05
01 United States 81 Tiger Woods $96,656,687$96.7m
02 Australia 11 Adam Scott $14,395,013$14.4m
03 England 7 Luke Donald $9,371,441$9.4m
04 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $8,017,336$8.0m
05 South Africa 3 Retief Goosen $5,736,157$5.7m
06 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $5,011,352$5.0m
07 Sweden 5 Carl Pettersson $4,499,026$4.5m
08 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $3,118,231$3.1m
09 South Korea 3 K.J. Choi $2,065,811$2.1m
10 Germany 3 Bernhard Langer $1,579,183$1.6m
11 Canada 2 Mike Weir $1,560,920$1.6m
12 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $1,053,517
13 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $1,013,488
14 India 1 Arjun Atwal $1,003,768
15 Northern Ireland 1 Graeme McDowell $814,359
16 Japan 2 Ryuji Imada $713,053
17 Argentina 1 Ángel Cabrera $242,028
18 Denmark 1 Søren Kjeldsen $17,667
19 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $16,300

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2004-05?

Tiger Woods, $10,870,524. That is 6.9% of everything the 128 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2004-05?

$156,885,337 to 128 players. The season is up 10.7% on 2003-04, and is the 22nd biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2004-05?

53 of the 128 paid that season.

What share of 2004-05 golf money came from the majors?

9.8%. Regular tour purses paid 85.8%, bonus pools 4.4%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2004-05?

United States, $96,656,687 across 81 players, out of 19 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2004-05 field

The 2003-04 money list · The 2005-06 money list

Every season

By era

The 2004-05 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf