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GOLF · 2006-07 SEASON

The 2006-07 golf money list

$194,108,833 won by 149 players in the 2006-07 season. Tiger Woods led it on $12,217,052.

The season is up 10.7% on 2005-06, and is the 20th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 1.9% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 11.2% of it.

PAID OUT $194.1m
TOP EARNER $12.2m
PLAYERS PAID 149
OVER $1M 72
FROM THE MAJORS 11.2%

The twenty biggest earners of 2006-07

Prize money won across the season

149 players paid

Tiger Woods $12m Phil Mickelson $5.8m Vijay Singh $5.0m Steve Stricker $4.9m Zach Johnson $4.8m Jim Furyk $4.7m K.J. Choi $4.6m Rory Sabbatini $4.6m Sergio Garcia $3.7m Aaron Baddeley $3.4m Adam Scott $3.4m Boo Weekley $3.0m Geoff Ogilvy $2.9m Charles Howell III $2.9m Padraig Harrington $2.9m Hunter Mahan $2.9m Brandt Snedeker $2.8m Justin Rose $2.8m Ernie Els $2.7m Heath Slocum $2.6m

Where the 2006-07 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 84.5%
  • The four majors 11.2%
  • Bonus pools 4.3%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2006-07 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

2006-07 against 2005-06

2005-06 comparison

# Player 2005-06 rank 2005-06 2006-07
01 Tiger Woods 01 $11.3m $12,217,052$12.2m
02 Phil Mickelson 06 $4.3m $5,819,988$5.8m
03 Vijay Singh 05 $4.6m $4,953,376$5.0m
04 Steve Stricker 26 $1.8m $4,948,077$4.9m
05 Zach Johnson 17 $2.6m $4,831,088$4.8m
06 Jim Furyk 02 $7.2m $4,724,046$4.7m
07 K.J. Choi 21 $2.4m $4,587,859$4.6m
08 Rory Sabbatini 11 $3.1m $4,550,040$4.6m
09 Sergio Garcia 39 $1.6m $3,721,185$3.7m
10 Aaron Baddeley 44 $1.5m $3,441,119$3.4m

A blank in the 2005-06 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 2006-07 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2006-07 prize figure for

149 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2006-07
001 Tiger Woods United States $8.3m $2.5m $1.4m 5 $12,217,052$12.2m
002 Phil Mickelson United States $5.7m $99k 6 $5,819,988$5.8m
003 Vijay Singh Fiji $4.4m $280k $225k 26 $4,953,376$5.0m
004 Steve Stricker United States $4.3m $371k $285k 52 $4,948,077$4.9m
005 Zach Johnson United States $2.5m $1.4m $909k 39 $4,831,088$4.8m
006 Jim Furyk United States $3.3m $868k $570k 24 $4,724,046$4.7m
007 K.J. Choi South Korea $4.2m $368k 89 $4,587,859$4.6m
008 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $4.0m $562k 74 $4,550,040$4.6m
009 Sergio Garcia Spain $2.8m $925k 10 $3,721,185$3.7m
010 Aaron Baddeley Australia $3.3m $142k 122 $3,441,119$3.4m
011 Adam Scott Australia $3.2m $231k 19 $3,413,185$3.4m
012 Boo Weekley United States $2.3m $269k $400k 162 $3,013,211$3.0m
013 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $2.6m $322k 96 $2,943,203$2.9m
014 Charles Howell III United States $2.7m $84k $65k 21 $2,897,091$2.9m
015 Padraig Harrington Ireland $861k $1.8m $210k 94 $2,868,283$2.9m
016 Hunter Mahan United States $2.4m $506k 82 $2,858,995$2.9m
017 Brandt Snedeker United States $2.7m $154k 60 $2,836,643$2.8m
018 Justin Rose England $2.0m $670k $120k 17 $2,825,875$2.8m
019 Ernie Els South Africa $1.8m $908k 42 $2,705,715$2.7m
020 Heath Slocum United States $2.1m $51k $400k 164 $2,584,379$2.6m
021 Stewart Cink United States $2.0m $443k $69k 57 $2,551,896$2.6m
022 John Rollins United States $2.4m $116k 153 $2,488,891$2.5m
023 Luke Donald England $2.0m $237k $195k 69 $2,385,053$2.4m
024 Robert Allenby Australia $2.2m 103 $2,219,538$2.2m
025 Henrik Stenson Sweden $1.8m $109k $285k 55 $2,182,554$2.2m
026 Justin Leonard United States $2.1m $69k 80 $2,147,998$2.1m
027 David Toms United States $1.6m $480k 65 $2,095,837$2.1m
028 Bubba Watson United States $1.4m $249k $440k 30 $2,094,807$2.1m
029 Jerry Kelly United States $1.5m $496k $95k 97 $2,073,034$2.1m
030 Camilo Villegas Colombia $1.8m $108k $205k 115 $2,071,961$2.1m
031 Carl Pettersson Sweden $1.9m $150k 126 $2,040,938$2.0m
032 Mike Weir Canada $1.6m $366k $29k 100 $2,015,053$2.0m
033 Ken Duke United States $1.8m $154k 229 $1,927,102$1.9m
034 Sean O'Hair United States $1.9m $41k 107 $1,921,226$1.9m
035 John Senden Australia $1.6m $338k 133 $1,899,558$1.9m
036 Trevor Immelman South Africa $1.5m $266k $97k 188 $1,898,647$1.9m
037 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.8m $73k 142 $1,854,906$1.9m
038 Nick Watney United States $1.8m $41k 95 $1,838,629$1.8m
039 Stuart Appleby Australia $1.4m $411k 98 $1,803,385$1.8m
040 Daniel Chopra Sweden $1.8m 276 $1,755,110$1.8m
041 Chad Campbell United States $1.7m $33k 108 $1,701,242$1.7m
042 Charley Hoffman United States $1.6m $41k 76 $1,689,366$1.7m
043 Pat Perez United States $1.5m $168k 50 $1,678,295$1.7m
044 Lucas Glover United States $1.5m $158k 61 $1,664,167$1.7m
045 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $320k $1.3m 205 $1,661,106$1.7m
046 Mark Wilson United States $1.6m 177 $1,637,112$1.6m
047 Rod Pampling Australia $1.4m $111k $95k 163 $1,570,970$1.6m
048 Bo Van Pelt United States $1.6m 121 $1,559,181$1.6m
049 Ryan Moore United States $1.5m $34k 83 $1,554,901$1.6m
050 Ian Poulter England $1.1m $282k $120k 56 $1,551,390$1.6m
051 George McNeill United States $1.5m $16k 207 $1,504,627$1.5m
052 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $1.5m 148 $1,469,541$1.5m
053 Ryuji Imada Japan $1.4m 258 $1,414,864$1.4m
054 Fred Funk United States $1.2m $45k $95k 123 $1,334,376
055 Vaughn Taylor United States $1.1m $181k 150 $1,313,353
056 Brian Davis England $1.3m $23k 183 $1,289,207
057 Troy Matteson United States $1.3m $13k 260 $1,282,421
058 Robert Garrigus United States $1.3m 169 $1,260,010
059 Peter Lonard Australia $1.3m 254 $1,259,881
060 Paul Goydos United States $1.2m 200 $1,229,355
061 Steve Marino United States $1.2m 237 $1,179,165
062 Bernhard Langer Germany $1.2m 201 $1,153,603
063 Charlie Wi South Korea $1.1m 242 $1,145,975
064 Retief Goosen South Africa $379k $665k $97k 90 $1,141,386
065 Will MacKenzie United States $1.1m $14k 282 $1,116,507
066 Brian Gay United States $1.1m 118 $1,114,571
067 D.J. Trahan United States $1.1m 218 $1,106,373
068 Jason Gore United States $1.1m 300 $1,105,985
069 J.J. Henry United States $942k $147k 161 $1,088,660
070 Tim Petrovic United States $1.1m 208 $1,052,447
071 Davis Love III United States $963k $54k 49 $1,016,489
072 Johnson Wagner United States $1.0m 204 $1,013,024
073 José María Olazábal Spain $932k $48k 202 $979,249
074 Bill Haas United States $967k 92 $967,443
075 Tim Herron United States $906k $45k 151 $951,200
076 Shaun Micheel United States $872k $76k 259 $948,195
077 Alex Cejka Germany $868k $71k 184 $939,053
078 Cameron Beckman United States $902k 250 $902,258
079 Matt Kuchar United States $886k 31 $886,146
080 Tom Lehman United States $843k $38k 124 $880,824
081 Bob Estes United States $861k $17k 134 $878,051
082 J.B. Holmes United States $874k 110 $874,216
083 Rich Beem United States $765k $103k 246 $868,658
084 Ryan Armour United States $863k 280 $862,979
085 Kevin Na United States $857k 40 $856,669
086 Kevin Stadler United States $786k $25k 251 $810,876
087 Ted Purdy United States $759k 289 $758,734
088 Paul Casey England $133k $421k $195k 28 $748,270
089 Lee Westwood England $132k $156k $420k 70 $708,280
090 Chris Stroud United States $673k $35k 192 $708,106
091 John Merrick United States $649k $25k 265 $674,438
092 Andres Romero Argentina $596k $71k 253 $667,164
093 Parker McLachlin United States $628k $25k 421 $652,582
094 Fred Couples United States $43k $572k 93 $615,585
095 Jason Dufner United States $558k $17k 99 $574,992
096 Steve Allan Australia $568k $5k 386 $573,059
097 Jason Bohn United States $528k 168 $527,512
098 Ryan Palmer United States $525k 85 $524,988
099 Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe $447k $5k 210 $452,172
100 Eric Axley United States $441k 402 $440,911
101 Greg Owen England $427k $5k 279 $431,601
102 Michael Putnam United States $404k $19k 417 $422,359
103 Dicky Pride United States $416k 321 $415,792
104 Richard Johnson Sweden $378k $25k 310 $402,951
105 Tag Ridings United States $352k $25k 352 $376,590
106 Chris Couch United States $355k 362 $355,386
107 John Daly United States $214k $35k $72k 212 $321,001
108 Olin Browne United States $280k $25k 269 $304,605
109 Ben Crane United States $278k 128 $278,252
110 Kyle Reifers United States $276k 368 $276,369
111 Bryce Molder United States $258k 221 $257,593
112 Scott Gutschewski United States $252k 449 $252,179
113 Neal Lancaster United States $229k 309 $229,053
114 Tom Johnson United States $191k 618 $190,926
115 Carlos Franco Paraguay $108k $57k 247 $165,021
116 Craig Barlow United States $154k 333 $154,214
117 Steve Wheatcroft United States $153k 407 $153,246
118 Arjun Atwal India $135k 331 $135,015
119 Y.E. Yang South Korea $10k $43k $25k 252 $78,480
120 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $32k $45k 46 $77,803
121 Omar Uresti United States $64k 376 $64,350
122 Jerry Smith United States $63k 430 $63,335
123 Fabrizio Zanotti Paraguay $26k $32k 643 $57,900
124 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $7k $45k 63 $52,768
125 Chris Smith United States $50k 339 $50,381
126 Kyle Thompson United States $43k 624 $42,900
127 Shane Bertsch United States $40k 419 $39,760
128 Michael Bradley United States $32k 325 $31,889
129 Francesco Molinari Italy $29k 146 $29,000
130 Colt Knost United States $27k 364 $27,483
131 Marcus Fraser Australia $25k 584 $25,016
132 Dustin Johnson United States $25k 4 $25,000
133 Kevin Streelman United States $25k 105 $25,000
134 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $25k 361 $25,000
135 Tommy Gainey United States $25k 324 $25,000
136 Hideto Tanihara Japan $23k 465 $22,500
137 Matt Every United States $12k $5k 239 $17,420
138 Bill Lunde United States $12k $5k 385 $17,093
139 Yusaku Miyazato Japan $14k 641 $13,537
140 Ricky Barnes United States $13k 257 $12,540
141 David Hearn Canada $11k 240 $10,850
142 Brady Schnell United States $9k 646 $9,102
143 Ryan Blaum United States $9k 409 $8,800
144 Tony Finau United States $8k 34 $7,960
145 Andres Gonzales United States $7k 427 $7,120
146 D.H. Lee South Korea $5k 471 $5,000
147 Greg Chalmers Australia $5k 223 $5,000
148 Miguel Angel Carballo Argentina $5k 516 $5,000
149 Spencer Levin United States $5k 278 $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.

2006-07 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2006-07 money split by the flag on the entry

21 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2006-07
01 United States 95 Tiger Woods $117,559,584$117.6m
02 Australia 11 Aaron Baddeley $19,153,914$19.2m
03 England 7 Justin Rose $9,939,676$9.9m
04 Sweden 5 Henrik Stenson $7,851,094$7.9m
05 South Africa 4 Ernie Els $5,823,551$5.8m
06 South Korea 4 K.J. Choi $5,817,314$5.8m
07 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $4,953,376$5.0m
08 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $4,700,434$4.7m
09 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $4,550,040$4.6m
10 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $2,868,283$2.9m
11 Argentina 3 Ángel Cabrera $2,333,270$2.3m
12 Germany 2 Bernhard Langer $2,092,656$2.1m
13 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $2,071,961$2.1m
14 Canada 2 Mike Weir $2,025,903$2.0m
15 Japan 3 Ryuji Imada $1,450,901$1.5m
16 Zimbabwe 1 Brendon de Jonge $452,172
17 Paraguay 2 Carlos Franco $222,921
18 India 1 Arjun Atwal $135,015
19 Northern Ireland 1 Graeme McDowell $52,768
20 Italy 1 Francesco Molinari $29,000
21 New Zealand 1 Tim Wilkinson $25,000

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2006-07?

Tiger Woods, $12,217,052. That is 6.3% of everything the 149 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2006-07?

$194,108,833 to 149 players. The season is up 10.7% on 2005-06, and is the 20th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2006-07?

72 of the 149 paid that season.

What share of 2006-07 golf money came from the majors?

11.2%. Regular tour purses paid 84.5%, bonus pools 4.3%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2006-07?

United States, $117,559,584 across 95 players, out of 21 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2006-07 field

The 2005-06 money list · The 2007-08 money list

Every season

By era

The 2006-07 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf