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GOLF · 2010-11 SEASON

The 2010-11 golf money list

$258,472,972 won by 215 players in the 2010-11 season. Luke Donald led it on $6,683,214.

The season is up 10.9% on 2009-10, and is the 15th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 2.6% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 9.7% of it.

PAID OUT $258.5m
TOP EARNER $6.7m
PLAYERS PAID 215
OVER $1M 89
FROM THE MAJORS 9.7%

The twenty biggest earners of 2010-11

Prize money won across the season

215 players paid

Luke Donald $6.7m Webb Simpson $6.4m Matt Kuchar $5.9m Nick Watney $5.3m Hunter Mahan $5.0m Keegan Bradley $5.0m Gary Woodland $4.7m K.J. Choi $4.7m Bill Haas $4.3m Dustin Johnson $4.3m Steve Stricker $4.2m Justin Rose $4.2m Jason Day $4.1m Adam Scott $4.0m David Toms $4.0m Bo Van Pelt $3.9m Phil Mickelson $3.8m Bubba Watson $3.7m Freddie Jacobson $3.6m Brandt Snedeker $3.6m

Where the 2010-11 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 80.2%
  • The four majors 9.7%
  • Bonus pools 10.2%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2010-11 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

2010-11 against 2009-10

2009-10 comparison

# Player 2009-10 rank 2009-10 2010-11
01 Luke Donald 05 $4.6m $6,683,214$6.7m
02 Webb Simpson 89 $973k $6,415,153$6.4m
03 Matt Kuchar 03 $5.2m $5,864,690$5.9m
04 Nick Watney 26 $2.8m $5,302,548$5.3m
05 Hunter Mahan 08 $3.9m $4,963,906$5.0m
06 Keegan Bradley $4,957,933$5.0m
07 Gary Woodland 146 $121k $4,745,107$4.7m
08 K.J. Choi 33 $2.4m $4,684,024$4.7m
09 Bill Haas 22 $3.1m $4,310,003$4.3m
10 Dustin Johnson 02 $5.3m $4,272,828$4.3m

A blank in the 2009-10 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 2010-11 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2010-11 prize figure for

215 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2010-11
001 Luke Donald England $6.1m $586k 69 $6,683,214$6.7m
002 Webb Simpson United States $6.0m $220k $232k 53 $6,415,153$6.4m
003 Matt Kuchar United States $4.0m $265k $1.6m 31 $5,864,690$5.9m
004 Nick Watney United States $5.0m $159k $192k 95 $5,302,548$5.3m
005 Hunter Mahan United States $4.5m $81k $418k 82 $4,963,906$5.0m
006 Keegan Bradley United States $2.3m $1.4m $1.2m 32 $4,957,933$5.0m
007 Gary Woodland United States $2.9m $327k $1.5m 67 $4,745,107$4.7m
008 K.J. Choi South Korea $4.1m $299k $249k 89 $4,684,024$4.7m
009 Bill Haas United States $3.8m $262k $258k 92 $4,310,003$4.3m
010 Dustin Johnson United States $3.5m $803k 4 $4,272,828$4.3m
011 Steve Stricker United States $3.5m $541k $253k 52 $4,245,285$4.2m
012 Justin Rose England $3.2m $205k $747k 17 $4,161,580$4.2m
013 Jason Day Australia $2.3m $1.6m $155k 25 $4,117,647$4.1m
014 Adam Scott Australia $2.7m $1.0m $220k 19 $3,984,797$4.0m
015 David Toms United States $3.5m $401k $114k 65 $3,972,090$4.0m
016 Bo Van Pelt United States $1.9m $390k $1.7m 121 $3,931,571$3.9m
017 Phil Mickelson United States $2.9m $847k 6 $3,768,879$3.8m
018 Bubba Watson United States $3.3m $154k $196k 30 $3,663,970$3.7m
019 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $2.3m $220k $1.1m 148 $3,601,595$3.6m
020 Brandt Snedeker United States $3.1m $291k $145k 60 $3,585,776$3.6m
021 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $748k $1.9m $606k 46 $3,210,892$3.2m
022 Aaron Baddeley Australia $3.1m $24k $63k 122 $3,140,473$3.1m
023 Jonathan Byrd United States $2.9m $213k 142 $3,124,027$3.1m
024 Rickie Fowler United States $2.3m $347k $278k 29 $2,899,786$2.9m
025 Zach Johnson United States $1.8m $157k $943k 39 $2,865,931$2.9m
026 Charles Howell III United States $2.6m $108k $103k 21 $2,859,723$2.9m
027 Martin Laird Scotland $2.2m $93k $363k 127 $2,685,209$2.7m
028 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $2.3m $86k $303k 74 $2,668,668$2.7m
029 Jason Dufner United States $1.5m $865k $182k 99 $2,580,726$2.6m
030 Y.E. Yang South Korea $2.0m $563k 252 $2,558,165$2.6m
031 John Senden Australia $2.2m $132k $250k 133 $2,544,811$2.5m
032 Mark Wilson United States $2.1m $71k $300k 177 $2,448,337$2.4m
033 Spencer Levin United States $2.2m $80k $68k 278 $2,388,038$2.4m
034 Brendan Steele United States $1.9m $81k $420k 140 $2,382,617$2.4m
035 Kevin Na United States $2.2m $188k 40 $2,350,662$2.4m
036 Chez Reavie United States $2.2m $31k $85k 125 $2,349,796$2.3m
037 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland $259k $1.6m $416k 1 $2,321,859$2.3m
038 Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela $1.8m $17k $431k 130 $2,284,914$2.3m
039 Vijay Singh Fiji $2.0m $175k 26 $2,192,250$2.2m
040 Scott Stallings United States $2.0m $181k 149 $2,138,037$2.1m
041 Ryan Palmer United States $1.5m $442k $175k 85 $2,112,890$2.1m
042 Bryce Molder United States $2.1m $17k 221 $2,101,073$2.1m
043 Tommy Gainey United States $2.0m $68k 324 $2,077,491$2.1m
044 D.A. Points United States $1.8m $188k $83k 211 $2,035,056$2.0m
045 Ryan Moore United States $1.9m $117k 83 $2,018,493$2.0m
046 Steve Marino United States $1.9m $32k 237 $1,975,076$2.0m
047 Chris Kirk United States $1.8m $40k $85k 75 $1,941,856$1.9m
048 Tiger Woods United States $330k $331k $1.3m 5 $1,940,238$1.9m
049 Lucas Glover United States $1.6m $164k $121k 61 $1,906,694$1.9m
050 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $1.5m $331k $36k 96 $1,854,134$1.9m
051 Camilo Villegas Colombia $1.4m $22k $456k 115 $1,844,293$1.8m
052 Robert Allenby Australia $1.5m $75k $245k 103 $1,840,696$1.8m
053 Jerry Kelly United States $1.4m $51k $352k 97 $1,803,964$1.8m
054 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $959k $130k $696k 63 $1,785,148$1.8m
055 Jim Furyk United States $1.4m $124k $229k 24 $1,758,440$1.8m
056 Ben Crane United States $1.6m $36k $114k 128 $1,738,788$1.7m
057 Sean O'Hair United States $1.5m $15k $135k 107 $1,632,645$1.6m
058 Carl Pettersson Sweden $1.6m $50k 126 $1,602,883$1.6m
059 Kyle Stanley United States $1.5m $29k $63k 159 $1,586,657$1.6m
060 Cameron Tringale United States $1.3m $265k 84 $1,581,034$1.6m
061 Sergio Garcia Spain $951k $573k 10 $1,524,091$1.5m
062 Robert Garrigus United States $1.1m $380k 169 $1,503,923$1.5m
063 Charley Hoffman United States $1.3m $86k $45k 76 $1,470,957$1.5m
064 Ian Poulter England $698k $85k $683k 56 $1,464,951$1.5m
065 George McNeill United States $1.5m 207 $1,458,110$1.5m
066 Jimmy Walker United States $1.4m $85k 104 $1,448,861$1.4m
067 Scott Piercy United States $1.3m $76k 117 $1,406,957$1.4m
068 Brian Davis England $1.2m $81k $109k 183 $1,402,289$1.4m
069 Andres Romero Argentina $1.4m $22k 253 $1,388,476$1.4m
070 Paul Goydos United States $1.4m 200 $1,384,277$1.4m
071 John Rollins United States $1.4m $17k 153 $1,370,071$1.4m
072 Kevin Chappell United States $975k $364k 155 $1,339,640
073 J.B. Holmes United States $1.2m $140k 110 $1,334,203
074 Kevin Streelman United States $1.3m $34k 105 $1,327,049
075 Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe $1.1m $51k $108k 210 $1,294,339
076 Pat Perez United States $1.3m 50 $1,282,791
077 Paul Casey England $517k $73k $658k 28 $1,248,720
078 Trevor Immelman South Africa $869k $297k $80k 188 $1,245,604
079 Johnson Wagner United States $1.2m $17k 204 $1,237,696
080 Chad Campbell United States $853k $293k $82k 108 $1,228,424
081 Charlie Wi South Korea $1.2m 242 $1,160,434
082 Davis Love III United States $697k $346k $100k 49 $1,142,758
083 Ricky Barnes United States $836k $130k $158k 257 $1,124,167
084 Chris Stroud United States $1.1m 192 $1,096,499
085 Brian Gay United States $1.1m $19k 118 $1,087,355
086 Ernie Els South Africa $925k $24k $132k 42 $1,080,872
087 Stewart Cink United States $862k $47k $167k 57 $1,076,037
088 Justin Leonard United States $932k $103k 80 $1,034,692
089 Chris Couch United States $1.0m 362 $1,005,796
090 Lee Westwood England $206k $765k 70 $970,446
091 Ryuji Imada Japan $967k 258 $966,659
092 Michael Bradley United States $920k $16k 325 $935,934
093 Michael Thompson United States $935k 199 $935,265
094 Troy Matteson United States $933k 260 $933,447
095 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa $504k $214k $203k 35 $920,965
096 Tim Herron United States $909k 151 $909,135
097 Retief Goosen South Africa $720k $76k $100k 90 $896,360
098 Marc Leishman Australia $871k $25k 27 $895,559
099 Greg Chalmers Australia $875k 223 $874,716
100 David Hearn Canada $869k 240 $869,072
101 J.J. Henry United States $843k $22k 161 $865,267
102 Alex Cejka Germany $302k $43k $513k 184 $857,402
103 Martin Kaymer Germany $177k $168k $513k 119 $856,709
104 Stuart Appleby Australia $657k $159k 98 $816,150
105 Padraig Harrington Ireland $756k $47k 94 $802,839
106 Kevin Stadler United States $780k 251 $779,992
107 Heath Slocum United States $616k $163k 164 $779,036
108 Arjun Atwal India $690k $80k 331 $770,237
109 James Driscoll United States $768k 323 $768,053
110 Josh Teater United States $757k 316 $757,002
111 D.J. Trahan United States $756k 218 $755,526
112 Bud Cauley United States $717k $19k 160 $735,150
113 John Merrick United States $718k 265 $718,486
114 Sung Kang South Korea $661k $41k 234 $702,382
115 Bobby Gates United States $667k $32k 469 $699,235
116 Rod Pampling Australia $669k 163 $668,768
117 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $345k $268k $42k 205 $655,360
118 Vaughn Taylor United States $610k $26k 150 $635,521
119 Steven Bowditch Australia $621k $5k 299 $626,378
120 Bill Lunde United States $596k $30k 385 $626,006
121 Bob Estes United States $594k $25k 134 $619,104
122 Matt Jones Australia $602k $5k 77 $607,392
123 Billy Horschel United States $533k 51 $533,024
124 William McGirt United States $478k $25k 216 $502,946
125 Shane Bertsch United States $489k $5k 419 $493,584
126 Adam Hadwin Canada $400k $41k 116 $440,752
127 Fred Couples United States $310k $128k 93 $437,670
128 Edoardo Molinari Italy $165k $232k $36k 475 $433,724
129 Tim Petrovic United States $428k 208 $428,011
130 Henrik Stenson Sweden $232k $96k $100k 55 $427,799
131 Jason Bohn United States $399k 168 $399,072
132 Tag Ridings United States $383k $5k 352 $387,670
133 Michael Putnam United States $355k $31k 417 $386,078
134 Fabián Gómez Argentina $382k 389 $381,730
135 Boo Weekley United States $280k $82k 162 $361,197
136 Bio Kim South Korea $346k 579 $345,588
137 Cameron Beckman United States $344k 250 $344,065
138 Ben Martin United States $340k 225 $340,080
139 Daniel Summerhays United States $302k $25k 271 $326,899
140 Colt Knost United States $297k $25k 364 $321,817
141 Derek Lamely United States $301k 472 $301,146
142 Oliver Wilson England $300k 525 $300,000
143 Kevin Kisner United States $270k $25k 86 $295,170
144 K.T. Kim South Korea $196k $95k 558 $291,309
145 Cameron Percy Australia $290k 329 $290,319
146 Ross Fisher England $14k $149k $100k 416 $263,385
147 Matt Every United States $261k 239 $261,122
148 Jim Herman United States $197k $53k 274 $249,345
149 Tom Lehman United States $165k $72k 124 $237,362
150 Alex Prugh United States $237k 411 $237,083
151 Scott Gutschewski United States $230k 449 $229,758
152 Rich Beem United States $223k 246 $222,585
153 Richard Johnson Sweden $212k 310 $212,106
154 John Daly United States $208k 212 $207,963
155 Shaun Micheel United States $192k $15k 259 $206,450
156 Chad Collins United States $202k 374 $201,780
157 Francesco Molinari Italy $118k $40k $36k 146 $194,387
158 Will MacKenzie United States $188k 282 $188,394
159 Andres Gonzales United States $187k 427 $186,847
160 Joost Luiten Netherlands $20k $166k 497 $186,095
161 Joseph Bramlett United States $179k 356 $178,728
162 Jay Haas United States $167k 166 $166,667
163 Seung-Yul Noh South Korea $119k $32k 277 $151,570
164 Troy Merritt United States $151k 171 $151,475
165 Ryo Ishikawa Japan $144k 342 $143,636
166 Matteo Manassero Italy $75k $58k 476 $133,283
167 Sam Saunders United States $133k 393 $132,525
168 Martin Piller United States $127k 464 $126,765
169 Peter Lonard Australia $106k 254 $106,305
170 Yuta Ikeda Japan $14k $58k $32k 577 $103,647
171 Jamie Donaldson Wales $100k 429 $100,000
172 Erik Compton United States $96k 367 $95,542
173 Alex Noren Sweden $65k $28k 139 $92,708
174 Dicky Pride United States $64k $5k 321 $69,213
175 Morgan Hoffmann United States $69k 319 $69,131
176 Sangmoon Bae South Korea $37k $25k 302 $62,351
177 Jason Gore United States $51k $5k 300 $56,290
178 Brendon Todd United States $50k 144 $50,000
179 Craig Barlow United States $50k 333 $49,688
180 SSP Chawrasia India $41k 691 $41,000
181 José de Jesús Rodríguez Mexico $41k 575 $40,500
182 Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark $41k 330 $40,500
183 Jamie Lovemark United States $35k 306 $34,693
184 Ted Purdy United States $33k 289 $33,090
185 Brian Harman United States $25k 44 $25,000
186 Charlie Beljan United States $25k 382 $25,000
187 Greg Owen England $25k 279 $25,000
188 Harris English United States $25k 48 $25,000
189 Mark Anderson United States $25k 473 $25,000
190 Richard Lee United States $25k 433 $25,000
191 Roberto Castro United States $25k 290 $25,000
192 Omar Uresti United States $18k $5k 376 $23,349
193 Mike Weir Canada $23k 100 $23,312
194 Patrick Reed United States $20k 18 $20,058
195 Marcel Siem Germany $20k 501 $19,763
196 Billy Hurley III United States $13k $5k 338 $17,780
197 Daniel Chopra Sweden $15k 276 $15,411
198 Brad Fritsch Canada $10k $5k 485 $15,348
199 Parker McLachlin United States $14k 421 $13,697
200 Steve Allan Australia $13k 386 $13,380
201 Fred Funk United States $12k 123 $11,880
202 Brian Stuard United States $12k 209 $11,820
203 Julián Etulain Argentina $11k 518 $11,261
204 Jonathan Kaye United States $11k 233 $10,834
205 Graham DeLaet Canada $10k 220 $10,472
206 José María Olazábal Spain $6k 202 $6,330
207 Andrew Svoboda United States $5k 461 $5,000
208 Chris Wilson United States $5k 690 $5,000
209 Luke List United States $5k 154 $5,000
210 Nicholas Thompson United States $5k 326 $5,000
211 Rob Oppenheim United States $5k 451 $5,000
212 Ryan Yip Canada $5k 743 $5,000
213 Shawn Stefani United States $5k 311 $5,000
214 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $5k 361 $5,000
215 Willy Wilcox United States $5k 423 $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.

2010-11 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2010-11 money split by the flag on the entry

26 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2010-11
01 United States 135 Webb Simpson $168,205,579$168.2m
02 Australia 15 Jason Day $22,381,525$22.4m
03 England 9 Luke Donald $16,519,585$16.5m
04 South Korea 8 K.J. Choi $9,955,823$10.0m
05 South Africa 5 Charl Schwartzel $7,354,693$7.4m
06 Sweden 6 Freddie Jacobson $5,952,502$6.0m
07 Northern Ireland 2 Rory McIlroy $4,107,007$4.1m
08 Scotland 1 Martin Laird $2,685,209$2.7m
09 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $2,668,668$2.7m
10 Argentina 4 Andres Romero $2,436,827$2.4m
11 Venezuela 1 Jhonattan Vegas $2,284,914$2.3m
12 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $2,192,250$2.2m
13 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $1,844,293$1.8m
14 Germany 3 Alex Cejka $1,733,874$1.7m
15 Spain 2 Sergio Garcia $1,530,421$1.5m
16 Canada 6 David Hearn $1,363,956$1.4m
17 Zimbabwe 1 Brendon de Jonge $1,294,339
18 Japan 3 Ryuji Imada $1,213,942
19 India 2 Arjun Atwal $811,237
20 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $802,839
21 Italy 3 Edoardo Molinari $761,394
22 Netherlands 1 Joost Luiten $186,095
23 Wales 1 Jamie Donaldson $100,000
24 Mexico 1 José de Jesús Rodríguez $40,500
25 Denmark 1 Thorbjørn Olesen $40,500

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2010-11?

Luke Donald, $6,683,214. That is 2.6% of everything the 215 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2010-11?

$258,472,972 to 215 players. The season is up 10.9% on 2009-10, and is the 15th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2010-11?

89 of the 215 paid that season.

What share of 2010-11 golf money came from the majors?

9.7%. Regular tour purses paid 80.2%, bonus pools 10.2%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2010-11?

United States, $168,205,579 across 135 players, out of 26 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2010-11 field

The 2009-10 money list · The 2011-12 money list

Every season

By era

The 2010-11 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf