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GOLF · 2005-06 SEASON

The 2005-06 golf money list

$175,418,341 won by 148 players in the 2005-06 season. Tiger Woods led it on $11,291,563.

The season is up 11.8% on 2004-05, and is the 21st biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 1.8% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 11.3% of it.

PAID OUT $175.4m
TOP EARNER $11.3m
PLAYERS PAID 148
OVER $1M 69
FROM THE MAJORS 11.3%

The twenty biggest earners of 2005-06

Prize money won across the season

148 players paid

Tiger Woods $11m Jim Furyk $7.2m Geoff Ogilvy $5.2m Adam Scott $5.2m Vijay Singh $4.6m Phil Mickelson $4.3m Trevor Immelman $4.0m Stuart Appleby $3.5m Luke Donald $3.4m David Toms $3.1m Rory Sabbatini $3.1m Rod Pampling $3.0m Stewart Cink $3.0m Davis Love III $3.0m Chad Campbell $2.9m Carl Pettersson $2.8m Zach Johnson $2.6m Retief Goosen $2.6m Lucas Glover $2.6m J.J. Henry $2.4m

Where the 2005-06 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 83.6%
  • The four majors 11.3%
  • Bonus pools 5.1%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2005-06 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

2005-06 against 2004-05

2004-05 comparison

# Player 2004-05 rank 2004-05 2005-06
01 Tiger Woods 01 $10.9m $11,291,563$11.3m
02 Jim Furyk 04 $4.5m $7,213,316$7.2m
03 Geoff Ogilvy 24 $2.0m $5,194,969$5.2m
04 Adam Scott 12 $2.8m $5,156,358$5.2m
05 Vijay Singh 02 $8.0m $4,602,416$4.6m
06 Phil Mickelson 03 $5.7m $4,256,505$4.3m
07 Trevor Immelman 75 $615k $4,043,356$4.0m
08 Stuart Appleby 19 $2.2m $3,470,457$3.5m
09 Luke Donald 07 $4.1m $3,391,658$3.4m
10 David Toms 05 $4.2m $3,131,187$3.1m

A blank in the 2004-05 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 2005-06 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2005-06 prize figure for

148 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2005-06
001 Tiger Woods United States $7.1m $2.9m $1.4m 5 $11,291,563$11.3m
002 Jim Furyk United States $6.2m $1000k 24 $7,213,316$7.2m
003 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $2.8m $1.6m $840k 96 $5,194,969$5.2m
004 Adam Scott Australia $4.3m $655k $177k 19 $5,156,358$5.2m
005 Vijay Singh Fiji $4.2m $393k 26 $4,602,416$4.6m
006 Phil Mickelson United States $2.3m $1.9m 6 $4,256,505$4.3m
007 Trevor Immelman South Africa $3.7m $109k $199k 188 $4,043,356$4.0m
008 Stuart Appleby Australia $3.4m $105k 98 $3,470,457$3.5m
009 Luke Donald England $2.6m $548k $214k 69 $3,391,658$3.4m
010 David Toms United States $2.8m $94k $220k 65 $3,131,187$3.1m
011 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $2.8m $89k $204k 74 $3,065,917$3.1m
012 Rod Pampling Australia $2.5m $190k $338k 163 $3,002,173$3.0m
013 Stewart Cink United States $2.5m $279k $230k 57 $2,985,911$3.0m
014 Davis Love III United States $2.6m $102k $205k 49 $2,952,206$3.0m
015 Chad Campbell United States $2.4m $387k $104k 108 $2,915,234$2.9m
016 Carl Pettersson Sweden $2.4m $227k $200k 126 $2,847,982$2.8m
017 Zach Johnson United States $2.4m $41k $167k 39 $2,618,917$2.6m
018 Retief Goosen South Africa $2.2m $455k 90 $2,617,453$2.6m
019 Lucas Glover United States $2.6m $19k 61 $2,587,982$2.6m
020 J.J. Henry United States $2.3m $23k $137k 161 $2,438,564$2.4m
021 K.J. Choi South Korea $2.2m $208k 89 $2,376,548$2.4m
022 Ernie Els South Africa $1.6m $707k 42 $2,326,220$2.3m
023 José María Olazábal Spain $1.7m $423k $177k 202 $2,297,922$2.3m
024 Jerry Kelly United States $1.7m $71k $338k 97 $2,075,300$2.1m
025 Mike Weir Canada $1.3m $608k $24k 100 $1,907,974$1.9m
026 Steve Stricker United States $1.4m $391k 52 $1,811,811$1.8m
027 Vaughn Taylor United States $1.8m $18k 150 $1,783,945$1.8m
028 Troy Matteson United States $1.8m 260 $1,778,597$1.8m
029 Tim Herron United States $1.6m $165k 151 $1,776,142$1.8m
030 Camilo Villegas Colombia $1.7m $17k $25k 115 $1,767,112$1.8m
031 Tom Lehman United States $1.7m 124 $1,692,081$1.7m
032 John Senden Australia $1.6m $36k $39k 133 $1,689,424$1.7m
033 Jason Bohn United States $1.6m $30k 168 $1,676,893$1.7m
034 Fred Funk United States $1.5m $118k $80k 123 $1,659,837$1.7m
035 Shaun Micheel United States $898k $734k 259 $1,632,842$1.6m
036 Justin Rose England $1.6m $23k 17 $1,629,288$1.6m
037 Padraig Harrington Ireland $1.0m $305k $259k 94 $1,598,425$1.6m
038 J.B. Holmes United States $1.4m $50k $80k 110 $1,567,604$1.6m
039 Sergio Garcia Spain $889k $672k 10 $1,560,733$1.6m
040 Richard Johnson Sweden $1.6m 310 $1,555,376$1.6m
041 Ian Poulter England $1.3m $297k 56 $1,553,906$1.6m
042 Charles Howell III United States $1.5m $37k 21 $1,553,105$1.6m
043 Daniel Chopra Sweden $1.5m $23k 276 $1,530,455$1.5m
044 Aaron Baddeley Australia $1.5m $14k 122 $1,516,513$1.5m
045 Robert Allenby Australia $1.2m $322k 103 $1,503,581$1.5m
046 John Rollins United States $1.5m 153 $1,498,828$1.5m
047 Ben Crane United States $1.3m $145k 128 $1,489,093$1.5m
048 Fred Couples United States $444k $336k $655k 93 $1,435,361$1.4m
049 Sean O'Hair United States $1.1m $292k 107 $1,411,387$1.4m
050 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.3m $71k 142 $1,408,418$1.4m
051 Bo Van Pelt United States $1.4m $29k 121 $1,389,927$1.4m
052 Chris Couch United States $1.4m 362 $1,356,731$1.4m
053 Bob Estes United States $1.3m 134 $1,340,244
054 Greg Owen England $1.3m $66k 279 $1,316,685
055 Eric Axley United States $1.3m 402 $1,274,580
056 Bernhard Langer Germany $562k $700k 201 $1,261,513
057 Nick Watney United States $1.2m 95 $1,243,816
058 Ted Purdy United States $1.1m $93k 289 $1,216,428
059 Heath Slocum United States $1.1m $41k 164 $1,180,681
060 Ryan Moore United States $957k $165k 83 $1,122,118
061 Charley Hoffman United States $1.1m $20k 76 $1,115,193
062 Hunter Mahan United States $1.1m $54k 82 $1,107,457
063 Ryan Palmer United States $1.1m $16k 85 $1,092,853
064 Brian Gay United States $1.0m 118 $1,037,600
065 D.J. Trahan United States $1.0m 218 $1,035,242
066 Bubba Watson United States $1.0m 30 $1,019,264
067 Ryuji Imada Japan $886k $132k 258 $1,018,140
068 Craig Barlow United States $954k $52k 333 $1,006,538
069 Henrik Stenson Sweden $393k $189k $420k 55 $1,002,303
070 Justin Leonard United States $752k $30k $215k 80 $996,756
071 Paul Goydos United States $890k 200 $890,392
072 Bill Haas United States $887k 92 $887,024
073 Will MacKenzie United States $880k 282 $879,965
074 Jason Gore United States $704k $13k $145k 300 $862,005
075 Peter Lonard Australia $753k $84k 254 $837,017
076 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $789k 148 $788,764
077 Brian Davis England $762k 183 $762,281
078 Olin Browne United States $712k $42k 269 $754,061
079 Pat Perez United States $720k 50 $719,507
080 Shane Bertsch United States $697k 419 $697,059
081 Rich Beem United States $617k $41k 246 $658,225
082 Lee Westwood England $544k $87k 70 $630,566
083 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $123k $500k 205 $623,504
084 Jonathan Kaye United States $579k $25k 233 $603,714
085 Tim Petrovic United States $602k 208 $601,928
086 Omar Uresti United States $584k 376 $583,704
087 Robert Garrigus United States $538k $40k 169 $577,595
088 Jerry Smith United States $568k 430 $568,213
089 Arjun Atwal India $551k 331 $550,535
090 Alex Cejka Germany $525k $25k 184 $550,484
091 Tag Ridings United States $498k 352 $498,242
092 Paul Casey England $76k $134k $285k 28 $494,401
093 Mark Wilson United States $444k $25k 177 $469,318
094 John Daly United States $192k $275k 212 $467,134
095 Carlos Franco Paraguay $454k 247 $454,385
096 D.A. Points United States $406k 211 $405,984
097 Scott Gutschewski United States $379k $25k 449 $404,488
098 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $290k $68k 63 $357,902
099 Cameron Beckman United States $288k $27k 250 $315,927
100 Hideto Tanihara Japan $311k 465 $310,831
101 Nicholas Thompson United States $265k 326 $264,717
102 James Driscoll United States $220k $5k 323 $224,904
103 Dicky Pride United States $175k $25k 321 $199,674
104 Chris Smith United States $183k 339 $183,411
105 Andres Romero Argentina $177k 253 $177,225
106 Jason Day Australia $175k 25 $174,508
107 Jay Haas United States $114k $50k 166 $163,399
108 Jimmy Walker United States $154k 104 $153,950
109 Greg Chalmers Australia $151k 223 $151,265
110 Kevin Na United States $146k 40 $146,099
111 Ken Duke United States $138k 229 $138,231
112 Scott Piercy United States $132k 117 $132,042
113 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $22k $86k 46 $108,282
114 Kevin Stadler United States $76k 251 $75,973
115 Michael Bradley United States $42k $25k 325 $66,790
116 Scott Hend Australia $19k $42k 480 $61,162
117 Parker McLachlin United States $35k $25k 421 $59,674
118 Neal Lancaster United States $55k 309 $54,680
119 David Hearn Canada $50k 240 $50,438
120 George McNeill United States $50k 207 $50,000
121 Marcus Fraser Australia $36k 584 $36,483
122 Chad Collins United States $29k $5k 374 $34,459
123 Matt Kuchar United States $30k 31 $30,297
124 Jason Dufner United States $29k 99 $29,459
125 Billy Hurley III United States $29k 338 $28,910
126 Yusaku Miyazato Japan $28k 641 $28,163
127 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark $28k 397 $27,619
128 John Merrick United States $27k 265 $27,500
129 Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe $25k 210 $25,000
130 Charlie Wi South Korea $25k 242 $25,000
131 Chris Stroud United States $25k 192 $25,000
132 Kyle Reifers United States $25k 368 $25,000
133 Ryan Armour United States $25k 280 $25,000
134 Steve Allan Australia $25k 386 $25,000
135 Steve Marino United States $25k 237 $25,000
136 Steve Wheatcroft United States $25k 407 $25,000
137 Tom Johnson United States $25k 618 $25,000
138 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño Spain $22k 431 $21,578
139 Rob Oppenheim United States $19k 451 $19,500
140 Steven Bowditch Australia $11k $5k 299 $16,160
141 Ricky Barnes United States $7k $5k 257 $11,947
142 Spencer Levin United States $12k 278 $11,520
143 Casey Wittenberg United States $11k 484 $10,868
144 Matt Every United States $9k 239 $8,505
145 Andres Gonzales United States $8k 427 $8,400
146 Scott Harrington United States $7k 463 $7,480
147 Brad Fritsch Canada $5k 485 $5,000
148 Chez Reavie United States $5k 125 $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.

2005-06 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2005-06 money split by the flag on the entry

20 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2005-06
01 United States 94 Tiger Woods $101,319,931$101.3m
02 Australia 14 Geoff Ogilvy $22,835,070$22.8m
03 England 7 Luke Donald $9,778,785$9.8m
04 South Africa 4 Trevor Immelman $9,095,311$9.1m
05 Sweden 5 Carl Pettersson $7,724,880$7.7m
06 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $4,602,416$4.6m
07 Spain 3 José María Olazábal $3,880,233$3.9m
08 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $3,065,917$3.1m
09 South Korea 2 K.J. Choi $2,401,548$2.4m
10 Canada 3 Mike Weir $1,963,412$2.0m
11 Germany 2 Bernhard Langer $1,811,997$1.8m
12 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $1,767,112$1.8m
13 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $1,598,425$1.6m
14 Japan 3 Ryuji Imada $1,357,134$1.4m
15 Argentina 2 Ángel Cabrera $800,729
16 India 1 Arjun Atwal $550,535
17 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $454,385
18 Northern Ireland 1 Graeme McDowell $357,902
19 Denmark 1 Søren Kjeldsen $27,619
20 Zimbabwe 1 Brendon de Jonge $25,000

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2005-06?

Tiger Woods, $11,291,563. That is 6.4% of everything the 148 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2005-06?

$175,418,341 to 148 players. The season is up 11.8% on 2004-05, and is the 21st biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2005-06?

69 of the 148 paid that season.

What share of 2005-06 golf money came from the majors?

11.3%. Regular tour purses paid 83.6%, bonus pools 5.1%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2005-06?

United States, $101,319,931 across 94 players, out of 20 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2005-06 field

The 2004-05 money list · The 2006-07 money list

Every season

By era

The 2005-06 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf