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GOLF · 2009-10 SEASON

The 2009-10 golf money list

$233,017,425 won by 195 players in the 2009-10 season. Ernie Els led it on $5,652,075.

The season is up 1.9% on 2008-09, and is the 17th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 2.3% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 10.2% of it.

PAID OUT $233.0m
TOP EARNER $5.7m
PLAYERS PAID 195
OVER $1M 85
FROM THE MAJORS 10.2%

The twenty biggest earners of 2009-10

Prize money won across the season

195 players paid

Ernie Els $5.7m Dustin Johnson $5.3m Matt Kuchar $5.2m Jim Furyk $5.0m Luke Donald $4.6m Steve Stricker $4.5m Paul Casey $4.2m Hunter Mahan $3.9m Ben Crane $3.9m Phil Mickelson $3.9m Justin Rose $3.7m Bubba Watson $3.7m Graeme McDowell $3.6m Retief Goosen $3.6m Lee Westwood $3.4m Robert Allenby $3.4m Rickie Fowler $3.4m Bo Van Pelt $3.3m Camilo Villegas $3.3m Rory McIlroy $3.1m

Where the 2009-10 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 81.5%
  • The four majors 10.2%
  • Bonus pools 8.3%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2009-10 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

2009-10 against 2008-09

2008-09 comparison

# Player 2008-09 rank 2008-09 2009-10
01 Ernie Els 22 $2.9m $5,652,075$5.7m
02 Dustin Johnson 17 $3.1m $5,280,289$5.3m
03 Matt Kuchar 25 $2.7m $5,180,477$5.2m
04 Jim Furyk 04 $5.3m $4,984,622$5.0m
05 Luke Donald 36 $2.2m $4,630,734$4.6m
06 Steve Stricker 02 $6.9m $4,485,235$4.5m
07 Paul Casey 24 $2.8m $4,158,908$4.2m
08 Hunter Mahan 14 $3.3m $3,947,550$3.9m
09 Ben Crane 48 $1.7m $3,897,000$3.9m
10 Phil Mickelson 03 $6.5m $3,865,733$3.9m

A blank in the 2008-09 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 2009-10 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2009-10 prize figure for

195 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2009-10
001 Ernie Els South Africa $3.9m $660k $1.1m 42 $5,652,075$5.7m
002 Dustin Johnson United States $3.9m $571k $807k 4 $5,280,289$5.3m
003 Matt Kuchar United States $4.4m $521k $270k 31 $5,180,477$5.2m
004 Jim Furyk United States $4.6m $167k $175k 24 $4,984,622$5.0m
005 Luke Donald England $3.5m $149k $966k 69 $4,630,734$4.6m
006 Steve Stricker United States $4.0m $168k $295k 52 $4,485,235$4.5m
007 Paul Casey England $3.0m $567k $546k 28 $4,158,908$4.2m
008 Hunter Mahan United States $3.3m $285k $373k 82 $3,947,550$3.9m
009 Ben Crane United States $2.7m $95k $1.1m 128 $3,897,000$3.9m
010 Phil Mickelson United States $2.0m $1.8m $44k 6 $3,865,733$3.9m
011 Justin Rose England $3.6m $135k 17 $3,738,331$3.7m
012 Bubba Watson United States $2.4m $810k $457k 30 $3,655,665$3.7m
013 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $175k $1.4m $2.0m 63 $3,610,337$3.6m
014 Retief Goosen South Africa $2.9m $337k $378k 90 $3,595,803$3.6m
015 Lee Westwood England $1.7m $1.7m 70 $3,399,954$3.4m
016 Robert Allenby Australia $2.8m $128k $405k 103 $3,380,497$3.4m
017 Rickie Fowler United States $2.8m $103k $505k 29 $3,362,308$3.4m
018 Bo Van Pelt United States $3.2m $108k 121 $3,336,258$3.3m
019 Camilo Villegas Colombia $2.7m $286k $256k 115 $3,291,273$3.3m
020 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland $1.7m $829k $550k 1 $3,104,280$3.1m
021 Zach Johnson United States $2.4m $495k $183k 39 $3,099,493$3.1m
022 Bill Haas United States $2.8m $58k $186k 92 $3,091,136$3.1m
023 Ryan Palmer United States $2.9m $37k $97k 85 $3,082,046$3.1m
024 Jason Day Australia $2.7m $194k $86k 25 $2,990,577$3.0m
025 Ian Poulter England $1.8m $236k $805k 56 $2,884,664$2.9m
026 Nick Watney United States $2.0m $536k $233k 95 $2,769,714$2.8m
027 J.B. Holmes United States $2.2m $146k $360k 110 $2,746,248$2.7m
028 Adam Scott Australia $2.3m $168k $181k 19 $2,670,852$2.7m
029 Ryan Moore United States $2.2m $190k $238k 83 $2,612,323$2.6m
030 Charley Hoffman United States $2.6m 76 $2,559,646$2.6m
031 Martin Laird Scotland $2.1m $17k $403k 127 $2,540,928$2.5m
032 Heath Slocum United States $2.2m $150k $93k 164 $2,480,187$2.5m
033 K.J. Choi South Korea $1.8m $379k $220k 89 $2,419,712$2.4m
034 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $2.3m $58k 96 $2,393,045$2.4m
035 Brian Davis England $1.6m $26k $625k 183 $2,265,516$2.3m
036 Ricky Barnes United States $1.5m $288k $341k 257 $2,176,445$2.2m
037 Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe $2.1m $61k 210 $2,167,978$2.2m
038 Kevin Na United States $2.0m $63k $72k 40 $2,093,815$2.1m
039 Tiger Woods United States $550k $744k $796k 5 $2,090,479$2.1m
040 Carl Pettersson Sweden $1.9m $59k $140k 126 $2,074,465$2.1m
041 Stuart Appleby Australia $1.9m $69k $79k 98 $2,044,825$2.0m
042 Sean O'Hair United States $1.5m $376k $183k 107 $2,041,540$2.0m
043 Martin Kaymer Germany $49k $1.7m $225k 119 $1,987,793$2.0m
044 David Toms United States $1.4m $213k $357k 65 $1,948,498$1.9m
045 Jason Bohn United States $1.9m $37k 168 $1,941,263$1.9m
046 D.J. Trahan United States $1.6m $14k $238k 218 $1,857,193$1.9m
047 Vaughn Taylor United States $1.8m 150 $1,838,861$1.8m
048 Stewart Cink United States $1.4m $141k $205k 57 $1,778,636$1.8m
049 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $1.7m 148 $1,666,252$1.7m
050 Arjun Atwal India $1.5m $152k 331 $1,659,643$1.7m
051 Charlie Wi South Korea $1.6m $78k 242 $1,646,492$1.6m
052 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $1.5m $86k 74 $1,633,058$1.6m
053 Brandt Snedeker United States $1.4m $203k 60 $1,602,690$1.6m
054 Robert Garrigus United States $1.6m 169 $1,583,275$1.6m
055 Kevin Streelman United States $1.5m $93k 105 $1,564,849$1.6m
056 Charles Howell III United States $1.5m $17k $75k 21 $1,557,211$1.6m
057 Marc Leishman Australia $1.5m $35k $56k 27 $1,544,837$1.5m
058 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.5m 142 $1,534,981$1.5m
059 Brian Gay United States $1.5m $14k 118 $1,521,663$1.5m
060 Lucas Glover United States $1.4m $78k 61 $1,511,275$1.5m
061 Steve Marino United States $1.3m $167k 237 $1,479,239$1.5m
062 Padraig Harrington Ireland $1.3m $84k $77k 94 $1,458,653$1.5m
063 Bryce Molder United States $1.3m $138k 221 $1,428,438$1.4m
064 Y.E. Yang South Korea $1.1m $243k $105k 252 $1,406,976$1.4m
065 Davis Love III United States $970k $244k $136k 49 $1,350,722$1.4m
066 Vijay Singh Fiji $1.2m $94k 26 $1,334,262
067 John Senden Australia $1.3m $21k $59k 133 $1,333,558
068 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa $1.3m 35 $1,305,593
069 Alex Prugh United States $1.3m 411 $1,272,606
070 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $1.1m $178k 205 $1,266,440
071 Jerry Kelly United States $955k $182k $125k 97 $1,261,898
072 Matt Jones Australia $1.2m 77 $1,215,743
073 Spencer Levin United States $1.2m 278 $1,199,672
074 John Rollins United States $1.2m 153 $1,182,736
075 Cameron Beckman United States $1.2m 250 $1,158,485
076 Jason Dufner United States $761k $361k 99 $1,121,695
077 Paul Goydos United States $1.1m 200 $1,121,250
078 Boo Weekley United States $873k $247k 162 $1,119,396
079 Bill Lunde United States $1.1m $29k 385 $1,104,874
080 Justin Leonard United States $873k $154k $72k 80 $1,098,945
081 J.J. Henry United States $1.0m 161 $1,035,688
082 Tim Petrovic United States $1.0m 208 $1,028,960
083 Ryuji Imada Japan $1.0m 258 $1,028,869
084 Shaun Micheel United States $925k $101k 259 $1,025,500
085 Josh Teater United States $1.0m 316 $1,005,323
086 Greg Chalmers Australia $989k 223 $989,415
087 Andres Romero Argentina $979k 253 $979,170
088 D.A. Points United States $865k $110k 211 $975,433
089 Webb Simpson United States $973k 53 $972,962
090 Derek Lamely United States $973k 472 $972,961
091 Chad Campbell United States $932k $39k 108 $971,154
092 Graham DeLaet Canada $954k 220 $954,011
093 Pat Perez United States $948k 50 $947,588
094 Chris Stroud United States $919k $23k 192 $942,082
095 Jimmy Walker United States $938k 104 $937,987
096 Sergio Garcia Spain $741k $196k 10 $936,845
097 Kevin Stadler United States $932k 251 $931,720
098 Alex Cejka Germany $727k $178k 184 $904,253
099 Chris Couch United States $888k 362 $888,146
100 Henrik Stenson Sweden $234k $449k $200k 55 $883,070
101 Aaron Baddeley Australia $879k 122 $879,317
102 Chad Collins United States $816k 374 $815,961
103 Mark Wilson United States $790k 177 $789,681
104 Troy Merritt United States $787k 171 $786,977
105 Johnson Wagner United States $754k $5k 204 $758,802
106 Richard Johnson Sweden $662k $16k $76k 310 $754,515
107 Troy Matteson United States $689k $47k 260 $736,060
108 Bob Estes United States $701k 134 $701,158
109 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $350k $327k 46 $676,845
110 Scott Piercy United States $676k 117 $676,432
111 George McNeill United States $665k 207 $664,854
112 John Merrick United States $659k $5k 265 $663,815
113 Mike Weir Canada $518k $41k $86k 100 $645,342
114 Edoardo Molinari Italy $528k $109k 475 $636,518
115 Cameron Percy Australia $620k $5k 329 $625,262
116 Will MacKenzie United States $558k $5k 282 $562,504
117 Nicholas Thompson United States $546k $5k 326 $551,476
118 Brian Stuard United States $536k 209 $536,497
119 Trevor Immelman South Africa $226k $196k $110k 188 $532,171
120 James Driscoll United States $501k $25k 323 $525,625
121 Fred Couples United States $127k $270k $118k 93 $515,406
122 Matt Every United States $457k 239 $456,847
123 Steve Wheatcroft United States $392k $17k 407 $408,595
124 Tim Herron United States $392k 151 $391,502
125 Michael Bradley United States $361k 325 $360,845
126 Francesco Molinari Italy $275k $83k 146 $358,196
127 Tom Lehman United States $253k $104k 124 $356,785
128 Cameron Tringale United States $303k $30k 84 $332,618
129 Martin Flores United States $319k $5k 340 $323,673
130 Daniel Chopra Sweden $311k 276 $311,405
131 Ted Purdy United States $308k 289 $307,677
132 Rod Pampling Australia $299k 163 $299,264
133 Omar Uresti United States $283k 376 $283,455
134 Greg Owen England $269k $5k 279 $273,835
135 Ken Duke United States $221k 229 $220,777
136 Craig Barlow United States $172k $13k 333 $184,622
137 Ross Fisher England $33k $34k $110k 416 $176,582
138 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $161k $5k 361 $165,706
139 Fred Funk United States $63k $15k $86k 123 $164,053
140 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark $35k $124k 397 $158,989
141 John Daly United States $137k $21k 212 $158,587
142 Ryo Ishikawa Japan $57k $92k 342 $149,180
143 Seung-Yul Noh South Korea $81k $53k 277 $134,422
144 Rich Beem United States $129k 246 $128,877
145 Carlos Franco Paraguay $123k $5k 247 $128,232
146 Gary Woodland United States $96k $25k 67 $120,815
147 Chez Reavie United States $113k 125 $112,994
148 Yuta Ikeda Japan $27k $72k 577 $98,463
149 Sam Saunders United States $95k 393 $95,226
150 Oliver Wilson England $91k 525 $90,722
151 Jason Gore United States $54k $23k $5k 300 $82,213
152 Erik Compton United States $77k 367 $77,245
153 Chris Wilson United States $76k 690 $76,481
154 Kyle Stanley United States $43k $25k 159 $68,090
155 Marcus Fraser Australia $59k 584 $59,500
156 Shane Bertsch United States $57k 419 $57,108
157 Chris Kirk United States $54k 75 $54,480
158 Parker McLachlin United States $53k 421 $53,291
159 Michael Putnam United States $24k $25k 417 $48,850
160 Marcel Siem Germany $48k 501 $48,000
161 Jamie Lovemark United States $45k 306 $45,400
162 Kevin Chappell United States $44k 155 $44,000
163 Steve Allan Australia $42k 386 $42,000
164 Dicky Pride United States $40k 321 $40,120
165 Jonathan Kaye United States $39k 233 $38,989
166 K.T. Kim South Korea $38k 558 $38,102
167 Ben Martin United States $38k 225 $37,500
168 William McGirt United States $38k 216 $37,500
169 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño Spain $37k 431 $37,133
170 Bobby Gates United States $35k 469 $34,722
171 Shane Lowry Ireland $34k 66 $33,792
172 Tag Ridings United States $29k 352 $28,594
173 Jim Herman United States $23k $5k 274 $28,385
174 Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela $26k 130 $26,483
175 Andres Gonzales United States $25k 427 $25,000
176 Billy Horschel United States $25k 51 $25,000
177 Joseph Bramlett United States $25k 356 $25,000
178 Michael Thompson United States $25k 199 $25,000
179 Scott Stallings United States $25k 149 $25,000
180 Eric Axley United States $7k $17k 402 $24,124
181 Chris Smith United States $23k 339 $23,400
182 Rafa Cabrera Bello Spain $23k 273 $23,385
183 Adam Hadwin Canada $20k 116 $19,890
184 Danny Chia Malaysia $19k 712 $19,046
185 Thomas Aiken South Africa $16k 508 $16,358
186 Casey Wittenberg United States $11k 484 $11,200
187 Seungsu Han United States $11k 661 $10,812
188 Andrew Svoboda United States $11k 461 $10,556
189 Mark Anderson United States $10k 473 $10,203
190 Billy Hurley III United States $9k 338 $8,560
191 Danny Lee New Zealand $5k 173 $5,000
192 James Hahn United States $5k 197 $5,000
193 Josh Geary New Zealand $5k 876 $5,000
194 Ryan Armour United States $5k 280 $5,000
195 Tyrone Van Aswegen South Africa $5k 400 $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.

2009-10 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2009-10 money split by the flag on the entry

25 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2009-10
01 United States 122 Dustin Johnson $136,394,083$136.4m
02 England 9 Luke Donald $21,619,246$21.6m
03 Australia 14 Robert Allenby $20,468,692$20.5m
04 South Africa 7 Ernie Els $11,783,845$11.8m
05 Northern Ireland 2 Graeme McDowell $6,714,617$6.7m
06 Sweden 5 Carl Pettersson $5,689,707$5.7m
07 South Korea 5 K.J. Choi $5,645,704$5.6m
08 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $3,291,273$3.3m
09 Germany 3 Martin Kaymer $2,940,046$2.9m
10 Scotland 1 Martin Laird $2,540,928$2.5m
11 Argentina 2 Ángel Cabrera $2,245,610$2.2m
12 Zimbabwe 1 Brendon de Jonge $2,167,978$2.2m
13 India 1 Arjun Atwal $1,659,643$1.7m
14 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $1,633,058$1.6m
15 Canada 3 Graham DeLaet $1,619,243$1.6m
16 Ireland 2 Padraig Harrington $1,492,445$1.5m
17 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $1,334,262
18 Japan 3 Ryuji Imada $1,276,512
19 Spain 3 Sergio Garcia $997,363
20 Italy 2 Edoardo Molinari $994,714
21 New Zealand 3 Tim Wilkinson $175,706
22 Denmark 1 Søren Kjeldsen $158,989
23 Paraguay 1 Carlos Franco $128,232
24 Venezuela 1 Jhonattan Vegas $26,483
25 Malaysia 1 Danny Chia $19,046

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2009-10?

Ernie Els, $5,652,075. That is 2.4% of everything the 195 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2009-10?

$233,017,425 to 195 players. The season is up 1.9% on 2008-09, and is the 17th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2009-10?

85 of the 195 paid that season.

What share of 2009-10 golf money came from the majors?

10.2%. Regular tour purses paid 81.5%, bonus pools 8.3%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2009-10?

United States, $136,394,083 across 122 players, out of 25 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2009-10 field

The 2008-09 money list · The 2010-11 money list

Every season

By era

The 2009-10 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf