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GOLF · 2007-08 SEASON

The 2007-08 golf money list

$202,573,242 won by 162 players in the 2007-08 season. Vijay Singh led it on $7,951,094.

The season is up 4.4% on 2006-07, and is the 19th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 2.0% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 10.8% of it.

PAID OUT $202.6m
TOP EARNER $8.0m
PLAYERS PAID 162
OVER $1M 79
FROM THE MAJORS 10.8%

The twenty biggest earners of 2007-08

Prize money won across the season

162 players paid

Vijay Singh $8.0m Tiger Woods $5.9m Phil Mickelson $5.4m Sergio Garcia $4.9m Camilo Villegas $4.8m Padraig Harrington $4.6m Jim Furyk $4.3m Hunter Mahan $4.2m Stewart Cink $4.1m Justin Leonard $4.1m Robert Allenby $3.7m Steve Stricker $3.4m K.J. Choi $3.3m Ryuji Imada $3.2m Mike Weir $3.2m Geoff Ogilvy $2.9m Boo Weekley $2.8m Trevor Immelman $2.8m Ernie Els $2.6m Stuart Appleby $2.6m

Where the 2007-08 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 82.7%
  • The four majors 10.8%
  • Bonus pools 6.5%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2007-08 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

2007-08 against 2006-07

2006-07 comparison

# Player 2006-07 rank 2006-07 2007-08
01 Vijay Singh 03 $5.0m $7,951,094$8.0m
02 Tiger Woods 01 $12.2m $5,875,000$5.9m
03 Phil Mickelson 02 $5.8m $5,383,875$5.4m
04 Sergio Garcia 09 $3.7m $4,858,224$4.9m
05 Camilo Villegas 30 $2.1m $4,840,141$4.8m
06 Padraig Harrington 15 $2.9m $4,613,551$4.6m
07 Jim Furyk 06 $4.7m $4,340,714$4.3m
08 Hunter Mahan 16 $2.9m $4,203,855$4.2m
09 Stewart Cink 21 $2.6m $4,142,634$4.1m
10 Justin Leonard 26 $2.1m $4,118,542$4.1m

A blank in the 2006-07 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 2007-08 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2007-08 prize figure for

162 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2007-08
001 Vijay Singh Fiji $6.4m $152k $1.4m 26 $7,951,094$8.0m
002 Tiger Woods United States $3.6m $2.2m $100k 5 $5,875,000$5.9m
003 Phil Mickelson United States $4.5m $668k $195k 6 $5,383,875$5.4m
004 Sergio Garcia Spain $4.1m $771k 10 $4,858,224$4.9m
005 Camilo Villegas Colombia $3.9m $524k $418k 115 $4,840,141$4.8m
006 Padraig Harrington Ireland $1.2m $3.2m $300k 94 $4,613,551$4.6m
007 Jim Furyk United States $3.0m $485k $885k 24 $4,340,714$4.3m
008 Hunter Mahan United States $2.1m $87k $2.0m 82 $4,203,855$4.2m
009 Stewart Cink United States $3.4m $557k $163k 57 $4,142,634$4.1m
010 Justin Leonard United States $3.7m $242k $175k 80 $4,118,542$4.1m
011 Robert Allenby Australia $3.3m $348k $100k 103 $3,706,700$3.7m
012 Steve Stricker United States $2.2m $272k $928k 52 $3,365,804$3.4m
013 K.J. Choi South Korea $2.5m $137k $630k 89 $3,313,442$3.3m
014 Ryuji Imada Japan $2.9m $87k $215k 258 $3,243,863$3.2m
015 Mike Weir Canada $2.8m $257k $175k 100 $3,195,135$3.2m
016 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $2.6m $233k 96 $2,880,099$2.9m
017 Boo Weekley United States $2.2m $224k $445k 162 $2,843,751$2.8m
018 Trevor Immelman South Africa $1.1m $1.4m $250k 188 $2,816,199$2.8m
019 Ernie Els South Africa $2.2m $355k $50k 42 $2,587,290$2.6m
020 Stuart Appleby Australia $2.2m $301k $100k 98 $2,584,630$2.6m
021 Carl Pettersson Sweden $2.3m $239k 126 $2,512,538$2.5m
022 J.B. Holmes United States $2.1m $102k $330k 110 $2,496,131$2.5m
023 Chad Campbell United States $2.3m $87k 108 $2,404,770$2.4m
024 D.J. Trahan United States $2.0m $346k 218 $2,304,368$2.3m
025 Ken Duke United States $2.1m $137k 229 $2,238,885$2.2m
026 Adam Scott Australia $1.8m $222k $250k 19 $2,229,160$2.2m
027 Brian Gay United States $2.1m $79k 118 $2,205,513$2.2m
028 Henrik Stenson Sweden $286k $952k $900k 55 $2,138,118$2.1m
029 Steve Marino United States $2.1m $15k 237 $2,094,267$2.1m
030 Sean O'Hair United States $1.9m $191k 107 $2,089,857$2.1m
031 Andres Romero Argentina $1.5m $534k 253 $2,064,612$2.1m
032 Brandt Snedeker United States $879k $653k $413k 60 $1,943,942$1.9m
033 Nicholas Thompson United States $1.8m $57k 326 $1,869,329$1.9m
034 Dustin Johnson United States $1.8m $24k 4 $1,789,895$1.8m
035 Pat Perez United States $1.7m $51k 50 $1,756,038$1.8m
036 Jerry Kelly United States $1.7m $87k 97 $1,739,900$1.7m
037 Retief Goosen South Africa $1.1m $342k $300k 90 $1,731,965$1.7m
038 Daniel Chopra Sweden $1.6m $36k $100k 276 $1,730,690$1.7m
039 Ian Poulter England $495k $993k $225k 56 $1,713,214$1.7m
040 Rod Pampling Australia $1.6m $122k 163 $1,702,952$1.7m
041 Zach Johnson United States $1.5m $108k $87k 39 $1,702,623$1.7m
042 Davis Love III United States $1.6m $96k 49 $1,695,237$1.7m
043 Luke Donald England $1.5m $230k 69 $1,686,650$1.7m
044 Aaron Baddeley Australia $1.5m $186k 122 $1,665,587$1.7m
045 Paul Goydos United States $1.6m $39k 200 $1,640,737$1.6m
046 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $1.5m $49k $78k 74 $1,636,777$1.6m
047 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $1.5m $132k 148 $1,597,423$1.6m
048 Mark Wilson United States $1.6m 177 $1,578,337$1.6m
049 Lee Westwood England $867k $684k 70 $1,550,880$1.6m
050 Charles Howell III United States $1.4m $18k $100k 21 $1,549,232$1.5m
051 Bubba Watson United States $1.4m $98k 30 $1,533,523$1.5m
052 Charlie Wi South Korea $1.3m $177k 242 $1,515,395$1.5m
053 Heath Slocum United States $1.2m $253k 164 $1,491,916$1.5m
054 Ben Crane United States $1.5m $20k 128 $1,488,505$1.5m
055 Peter Lonard Australia $1.4m $14k 254 $1,462,894$1.5m
056 Ryan Palmer United States $1.5m 85 $1,453,183$1.5m
057 Matt Kuchar United States $1.4m $24k 31 $1,447,638$1.4m
058 Chez Reavie United States $1.4m $15k 125 $1,444,102$1.4m
059 Johnson Wagner United States $1.4m $37k 204 $1,431,001$1.4m
060 George McNeill United States $1.4m 207 $1,361,531$1.4m
061 Paul Casey England $667k $490k $200k 28 $1,356,414$1.4m
062 Kevin Streelman United States $1.3m $20k 105 $1,352,705$1.4m
063 Cameron Beckman United States $1.3m 250 $1,312,837
064 John Merrick United States $1.1m $237k 265 $1,312,005
065 Parker McLachlin United States $1.3m 421 $1,311,839
066 Fred Couples United States $949k $348k 93 $1,296,781
067 John Senden Australia $1.2m $25k 133 $1,269,083
068 Ryan Moore United States $1.2m 83 $1,214,900
069 Troy Matteson United States $1.2m 260 $1,212,018
070 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $1.2m 361 $1,167,607
071 Tim Herron United States $1.2m 151 $1,164,999
072 Brian Davis England $1.2m 183 $1,151,558
073 Justin Rose England $816k $232k $50k 17 $1,097,854
074 Vaughn Taylor United States $1.1m 150 $1,053,423
075 Kevin Na United States $1.0m 40 $1,041,059
076 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.0m 142 $1,039,584
077 John Rollins United States $973k $43k 153 $1,016,032
078 Alex Cejka Germany $894k $115k 184 $1,008,998
079 Bill Haas United States $1.0m 92 $1,000,939
080 Lucas Glover United States $981k $18k 61 $998,491
081 Tim Petrovic United States $959k 208 $958,577
082 Charley Hoffman United States $946k 76 $945,702
083 J.J. Henry United States $931k 161 $931,162
084 Will MacKenzie United States $911k 282 $911,194
085 Bo Van Pelt United States $904k 121 $903,967
086 Eric Axley United States $738k $161k 402 $899,215
087 Richard Johnson Sweden $884k 310 $884,367
088 Nick Watney United States $688k $190k 95 $878,173
089 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $734k $134k 205 $868,182
090 Jason Bohn United States $867k 168 $866,786
091 Martin Laird Scotland $853k 127 $852,752
092 Shane Bertsch United States $841k 419 $841,248
093 Bob Estes United States $829k 134 $829,395
094 David Toms United States $646k $153k 65 $799,114
095 Jason Gore United States $780k $5k 300 $784,664
096 Robert Garrigus United States $757k $25k 169 $781,732
097 Matt Jones Australia $776k 77 $775,899
098 Jason Day Australia $767k $5k 25 $772,393
099 Steve Allan Australia $744k $5k 386 $748,970
100 Rich Beem United States $717k $13k 246 $730,001
101 James Driscoll United States $709k 323 $708,549
102 Tom Lehman United States $602k $75k 124 $676,651
103 Kevin Stadler United States $578k $21k 251 $598,945
104 Tag Ridings United States $568k 352 $568,494
105 Tommy Gainey United States $562k 324 $562,205
106 Chris Stroud United States $482k $29k 192 $511,155
107 Y.E. Yang South Korea $462k $25k 252 $486,726
108 Carlos Franco Paraguay $379k 247 $378,769
109 Ryan Armour United States $355k 280 $354,508
110 Omar Uresti United States $346k 376 $346,285
111 Chad Collins United States $340k 374 $339,959
112 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $183k $157k 63 $339,545
113 Fred Funk United States $257k $68k 123 $324,783
114 Jason Dufner United States $284k $25k 99 $309,138
115 Jimmy Walker United States $282k $25k 104 $307,249
116 Ted Purdy United States $248k $25k 289 $273,207
117 Dicky Pride United States $183k 321 $182,890
118 Olin Browne United States $167k $5k 269 $172,029
119 Casey Wittenberg United States $168k 484 $167,520
120 Shaun Micheel United States $158k 259 $157,828
121 Kyle Thompson United States $154k 624 $154,447
122 Martin Kaymer Germany $38k $115k 119 $152,638
123 Bernhard Langer Germany $147k 201 $147,250
124 Michael Bradley United States $138k $5k 325 $143,454
125 Ross Fisher England $33k $100k 416 $133,267
126 Craig Barlow United States $130k 333 $129,732
127 D.A. Points United States $111k $16k 211 $126,918
128 Alex Noren Sweden $75k 139 $75,485
129 Neal Lancaster United States $70k $5k 309 $75,138
130 Webb Simpson United States $38k $25k 53 $63,460
131 José María Olazábal Spain $60k 202 $60,200
132 John Daly United States $56k 212 $56,017
133 Ryan Blaum United States $54k 409 $54,250
134 Jonathan Kaye United States $41k 233 $41,375
135 Chris Kirk United States $24k $13k 75 $37,724
136 Derek Fathauer United States $38k 403 $37,500
137 Oliver Wilson England $36k 525 $35,709
138 Graham DeLaet Canada $35k 220 $35,167
139 Thomas Aiken South Africa $33k 508 $33,267
140 Michael Thompson United States $33k 199 $32,625
141 Chris Smith United States $23k $5k 339 $27,775
142 Gary Woodland United States $25k 67 $25,000
143 Tyler Aldridge United States $25k 542 $25,000
144 Yusaku Miyazato Japan $21k 641 $20,670
145 Spencer Levin United States $16k $5k 278 $20,518
146 Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela $20k 130 $19,828
147 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $16k 46 $16,250
148 Colt Knost United States $16k 364 $16,129
149 Andrew Svoboda United States $15k 461 $15,189
150 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa $14k 35 $13,700
151 David Hearn Canada $11k 240 $11,100
152 Derek Lamely United States $10k 472 $10,494
153 Chip Deason United States $10k 823 $10,350
154 Erik Compton United States $10k 367 $10,074
155 Scott Piercy United States $8k 117 $7,630
156 Brian Stuard United States $5k 209 $5,000
157 Bryce Molder United States $5k 221 $5,000
158 Daniel Summerhays United States $5k 271 $5,000
159 Jim Herman United States $5k 274 $5,000
160 Jonas Blixt Sweden $5k 232 $5,000
161 Matt Every United States $5k 239 $5,000
162 Steve Wheatcroft United States $5k 407 $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.

2007-08 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2007-08 money split by the flag on the entry

20 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2007-08
01 United States 106 Tiger Woods $115,125,371$115.1m
02 Australia 11 Robert Allenby $19,798,367$19.8m
03 Sweden 7 Carl Pettersson $8,943,621$8.9m
04 England 8 Ian Poulter $8,725,546$8.7m
05 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $7,951,094$8.0m
06 South Africa 6 Trevor Immelman $7,198,671$7.2m
07 South Korea 3 K.J. Choi $5,315,563$5.3m
08 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $4,918,424$4.9m
09 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $4,840,141$4.8m
10 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $4,613,551$4.6m
11 Japan 2 Ryuji Imada $3,264,533$3.3m
12 Canada 3 Mike Weir $3,241,402$3.2m
13 Argentina 2 Andres Romero $2,932,794$2.9m
14 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $1,636,777$1.6m
15 Germany 3 Alex Cejka $1,308,886
16 New Zealand 1 Tim Wilkinson $1,167,607
17 Scotland 1 Martin Laird $852,752
18 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $378,769
19 Northern Ireland 1 Graeme McDowell $339,545
20 Venezuela 1 Jhonattan Vegas $19,828

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2007-08?

Vijay Singh, $7,951,094. That is 3.9% of everything the 162 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2007-08?

$202,573,242 to 162 players. The season is up 4.4% on 2006-07, and is the 19th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2007-08?

79 of the 162 paid that season.

What share of 2007-08 golf money came from the majors?

10.8%. Regular tour purses paid 82.7%, bonus pools 6.5%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2007-08?

United States, $115,125,371 across 106 players, out of 20 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2007-08 field

The 2006-07 money list · The 2008-09 money list

Every season

By era

The 2007-08 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf