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GOLF · 2011-12 SEASON

The 2011-12 golf money list

$267,311,526 won by 244 players in the 2011-12 season. Rory McIlroy led it on $8,047,952.

The season is up 3.4% on 2010-11, and is the 14th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 2.7% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 10.0% of it.

PAID OUT $267.3m
TOP EARNER $8.0m
PLAYERS PAID 244
OVER $1M 95
FROM THE MAJORS 10.0%

The twenty biggest earners of 2011-12

Prize money won across the season

244 players paid

Rory McIlroy $8.0m Tiger Woods $6.6m Jason Dufner $5.6m Brandt Snedeker $5.3m Bubba Watson $5.1m Keegan Bradley $4.9m Nick Watney $4.7m Zach Johnson $4.7m Phil Mickelson $4.6m Justin Rose $4.5m Hunter Mahan $4.2m Matt Kuchar $4.0m Ernie Els $4.0m Carl Pettersson $3.9m Bo Van Pelt $3.9m Webb Simpson $3.9m Jim Furyk $3.8m Dustin Johnson $3.8m Robert Garrigus $3.7m Steve Stricker $3.7m

Where the 2011-12 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 82.0%
  • The four majors 10.0%
  • Bonus pools 8.0%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2011-12 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

2011-12 against 2010-11

2010-11 comparison

# Player 2010-11 rank 2010-11 2011-12
01 Rory McIlroy 37 $2.3m $8,047,952$8.0m
02 Tiger Woods 48 $1.9m $6,649,825$6.6m
03 Jason Dufner 29 $2.6m $5,628,304$5.6m
04 Brandt Snedeker 20 $3.6m $5,309,739$5.3m
05 Bubba Watson 18 $3.7m $5,146,497$5.1m
06 Keegan Bradley 06 $5.0m $4,895,408$4.9m
07 Nick Watney 04 $5.3m $4,723,891$4.7m
08 Zach Johnson 25 $2.9m $4,691,244$4.7m
09 Phil Mickelson 17 $3.8m $4,621,321$4.6m
10 Justin Rose 12 $4.2m $4,545,680$4.5m

A blank in the 2010-11 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 2011-12 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2011-12 prize figure for

244 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2011-12
001 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland $6.6m $1.5m 1 $8,047,952$8.0m
002 Tiger Woods United States $5.4m $726k $517k 5 $6,649,825$6.6m
003 Jason Dufner United States $4.4m $446k $759k 99 $5,628,304$5.6m
004 Brandt Snedeker United States $4.4m $562k $320k 60 $5,309,739$5.3m
005 Bubba Watson United States $3.0m $1.6m $501k 30 $5,146,497$5.1m
006 Keegan Bradley United States $3.4m $500k $985k 32 $4,895,408$4.9m
007 Nick Watney United States $2.9m $192k $1.7m 95 $4,723,891$4.7m
008 Zach Johnson United States $4.3m $223k $187k 39 $4,691,244$4.7m
009 Phil Mickelson United States $3.8m $437k $418k 6 $4,621,321$4.6m
010 Justin Rose England $3.6m $703k $255k 17 $4,545,680$4.5m
011 Hunter Mahan United States $3.7m $280k $143k 82 $4,161,693$4.2m
012 Matt Kuchar United States $3.3m $577k $133k 31 $4,035,565$4.0m
013 Ernie Els South Africa $1.8m $1.6m $538k 42 $3,990,618$4.0m
014 Carl Pettersson Sweden $3.1m $445k $378k 126 $3,916,656$3.9m
015 Bo Van Pelt United States $2.8m $244k $865k 121 $3,908,509$3.9m
016 Webb Simpson United States $2.0m $1.5m $460k 53 $3,896,758$3.9m
017 Jim Furyk United States $3.1m $543k $202k 24 $3,825,472$3.8m
018 Dustin Johnson United States $3.3m $143k $364k 4 $3,758,070$3.8m
019 Robert Garrigus United States $3.1m $73k $523k 169 $3,729,530$3.7m
020 Steve Stricker United States $3.0m $428k $247k 52 $3,667,521$3.7m
021 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa $2.4m $1.0m $190k 35 $3,650,995$3.7m
022 Luke Donald England $3.1m $393k $75k 69 $3,587,024$3.6m
023 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $1.1m $1.3m $1.2m 63 $3,561,779$3.6m
024 Rickie Fowler United States $2.9m $143k $279k 29 $3,345,459$3.3m
025 Scott Piercy United States $2.7m $19k $520k 117 $3,219,205$3.2m
026 Lee Westwood England $2.4m $571k $190k 70 $3,206,569$3.2m
027 Ian Poulter England $900k $816k $1.5m 56 $3,167,521$3.2m
028 Adam Scott Australia $1.6m $1.3m $215k 19 $3,114,557$3.1m
029 Ryan Moore United States $2.9m 83 $2,858,944$2.9m
030 John Huh United States $2.7m $15k $61k 222 $2,752,713$2.8m
031 Bill Haas United States $2.2m $160k $204k 92 $2,553,951$2.6m
032 Sergio Garcia Spain $2.3m $201k 10 $2,510,116$2.5m
033 Kyle Stanley United States $2.3m $32k $145k 159 $2,496,357$2.5m
034 Johnson Wagner United States $2.2m $80k 204 $2,305,007$2.3m
035 Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe $2.0m $17k $265k 210 $2,280,252$2.3m
036 Jonas Blixt Sweden $2.3m 232 $2,255,695$2.3m
037 Martin Laird Scotland $2.1m $61k $61k 127 $2,233,483$2.2m
038 Mark Wilson United States $2.1m $40k 177 $2,184,780$2.2m
039 Padraig Harrington Ireland $906k $641k $600k 94 $2,146,272$2.1m
040 Kevin Na United States $1.8m $210k $103k 40 $2,132,443$2.1m
041 Marc Leishman Australia $1.9m $52k $123k 27 $2,056,761$2.1m
042 John Senden Australia $1.7m $247k $136k 133 $2,053,151$2.1m
043 Matt Every United States $2.0m $15k 239 $1,972,166$2.0m
044 Charlie Wi South Korea $1.8m $53k $67k 242 $1,912,397$1.9m
045 Bud Cauley United States $1.8m $78k 160 $1,851,979$1.9m
046 Ben Crane United States $1.6m $124k $87k 128 $1,788,365$1.8m
047 Vijay Singh Fiji $1.4m $216k $140k 26 $1,726,305$1.7m
048 Seung-Yul Noh South Korea $1.6m $73k $87k 277 $1,716,751$1.7m
049 Jimmy Walker United States $1.6m $73k $46k 104 $1,684,919$1.7m
050 Sean O'Hair United States $1.1m $45k $505k 107 $1,665,981$1.7m
051 David Toms United States $1.3m $323k 65 $1,658,428$1.7m
052 Jonathan Byrd United States $1.5m $79k 142 $1,616,789$1.6m
053 Kevin Stadler United States $1.5m $56k 251 $1,602,536$1.6m
054 Charles Howell III United States $1.2m $116k $315k 21 $1,599,578$1.6m
055 Ryan Palmer United States $1.5m $50k 85 $1,551,215$1.6m
056 Tommy Gainey United States $1.5m 324 $1,540,749$1.5m
057 D.A. Points United States $1.5m 211 $1,533,361$1.5m
058 Ken Duke United States $1.5m $16k 229 $1,511,628$1.5m
059 John Rollins United States $1.5m 153 $1,489,155$1.5m
060 Chris Kirk United States $1.2m $265k 75 $1,462,562$1.5m
061 Jason Day Australia $1.1m $20k $289k 25 $1,432,399$1.4m
062 Michael Thompson United States $712k $696k 199 $1,408,374$1.4m
063 Ted Potter, Jr. United States $1.4m $19k 314 $1,383,170$1.4m
064 Charlie Beljan United States $1.4m 382 $1,373,528$1.4m
065 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $1.1m $235k 74 $1,363,820$1.4m
066 Brian Davis England $1.3m 183 $1,318,032
067 J.J. Henry United States $1.3m $26k 161 $1,297,802
068 Scott Stallings United States $1.2m $57k 149 $1,293,739
069 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $891k $365k $38k 96 $1,293,223
070 Greg Chalmers Australia $1.1m $66k $119k 223 $1,285,627
071 Spencer Levin United States $1.3m 278 $1,283,616
072 Cameron Tringale United States $1.2m $15k $54k 84 $1,279,237
073 Charley Hoffman United States $1.3m 76 $1,276,663
074 William McGirt United States $1.2m $43k 216 $1,272,447
075 Dicky Pride United States $1.3m 321 $1,259,712
076 Davis Love III United States $937k $53k $264k 49 $1,253,920
077 Troy Matteson United States $1.2m $32k $54k 260 $1,252,453
078 J.B. Holmes United States $1.2m $71k 110 $1,250,505
079 Brian Harman United States $1.1m $103k 44 $1,248,948
080 Aaron Baddeley Australia $1.1m $76k 122 $1,215,753
081 Pat Perez United States $991k $73k $150k 50 $1,214,053
082 Harris English United States $1.2m $20k 48 $1,186,003
083 Bryce Molder United States $1.2m 221 $1,166,115
084 Sangmoon Bae South Korea $1.1m $73k 302 $1,165,952
085 Greg Owen England $1.1m $20k 279 $1,151,622
086 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $1.1m $80k 46 $1,138,844
087 George McNeill United States $1.1m $16k 207 $1,119,535
088 Daniel Summerhays United States $1.1m 271 $1,111,521
089 John Merrick United States $1.1m 265 $1,084,628
090 Bob Estes United States $955k $55k $54k 134 $1,063,269
091 Graham DeLaet Canada $1.1m 220 $1,051,951
092 Martin Flores United States $1.0m 340 $1,035,569
093 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $683k $271k $72k 148 $1,025,994
094 David Hearn Canada $1.0m 240 $1,012,575
095 Josh Teater United States $1.0m 316 $1,011,430
096 Robert Allenby Australia $809k $185k 103 $993,677
097 Andres Romero Argentina $955k $16k 253 $970,919
098 K.J. Choi South Korea $801k $168k 89 $969,057
099 Brian Gay United States $961k 118 $960,658
100 Brendan Steele United States $841k $81k 140 $922,215
101 Chris Stroud United States $904k 192 $903,570
102 Chad Campbell United States $878k $17k 108 $895,199
103 Kevin Streelman United States $874k $20k 105 $893,736
104 Ricky Barnes United States $805k $71k 257 $876,408
105 Boo Weekley United States $848k 162 $848,347
106 Colt Knost United States $848k 364 $848,197
107 Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela $802k 130 $801,803
108 Jason Bohn United States $779k $17k 168 $795,549
109 Henrik Stenson Sweden $759k $32k 55 $791,107
110 Roberto Castro United States $755k 290 $755,095
111 Retief Goosen South Africa $370k $201k $180k 90 $751,174
112 Jason Kokrak United States $750k 62 $750,221
113 Jerry Kelly United States $646k $97k 97 $743,201
114 Ryo Ishikawa Japan $711k $16k 342 $727,051
115 Trevor Immelman South Africa $547k $70k $107k 188 $723,796
116 Gary Woodland United States $527k $66k $110k 67 $702,879
117 James Driscoll United States $687k 323 $687,338
118 Tim Herron United States $660k 151 $660,279
119 Kevin Chappell United States $458k $190k 155 $647,510
120 Rod Pampling Australia $604k $17k $5k 163 $625,893
121 Justin Leonard United States $540k $75k 80 $615,155
122 D.J. Trahan United States $611k 218 $611,142
123 Chez Reavie United States $565k $16k $25k 125 $605,617
124 Bill Lunde United States $594k 385 $593,598
125 Richard Lee United States $548k $27k 433 $575,233
126 Stewart Cink United States $457k $20k $97k 57 $574,673
127 Tim Petrovic United States $559k $5k 208 $563,862
128 Vaughn Taylor United States $547k $5k 150 $552,129
129 Bobby Gates United States $525k $25k 469 $550,293
130 Heath Slocum United States $518k $5k 164 $523,198
131 Russell Knox Scotland $513k $5k 156 $517,584
132 Billy Horschel United States $486k $27k 51 $513,677
133 Camilo Villegas Colombia $492k $5k 115 $496,729
134 John Daly United States $373k $116k 212 $488,505
135 Brendon Todd United States $474k $5k 144 $479,295
136 Billy Hurley III United States $474k $5k 338 $479,130
137 Scott Brown United States $479k 226 $478,763
138 Y.E. Yang South Korea $401k $53k 252 $454,276
139 Kyle Reifers United States $449k $5k 368 $453,960
140 Mark Anderson United States $441k $5k 473 $446,019
141 Erik Compton United States $360k $25k 367 $384,765
142 Stuart Appleby Australia $378k 98 $377,559
143 Danny Lee New Zealand $359k $5k 173 $364,112
144 Kevin Kisner United States $346k $5k 86 $351,216
145 Arjun Atwal India $349k 331 $348,770
146 Chris Couch United States $336k 362 $335,848
147 Patrick Reed United States $303k $25k 18 $327,977
148 John Peterson United States $50k $277k 436 $327,091
149 Matt Jones Australia $300k $25k 77 $325,254
150 Cameron Beckman United States $288k 250 $287,506
151 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $206k $77k 205 $283,385
152 Martin Kaymer Germany $138k $145k 119 $283,357
153 Daniel Chopra Sweden $192k $80k 276 $272,198
154 Miguel Angel Carballo Argentina $270k 516 $269,980
155 Ross Fisher England $46k $217k 416 $263,240
156 Jamie Donaldson Wales $13k $245k 429 $257,834
157 Thomas Aiken South Africa $35k $223k 508 $257,179
158 Ryuji Imada Japan $239k 258 $238,648
159 Steven Bowditch Australia $207k $25k 299 $231,768
160 Alex Cejka Germany $179k $39k $5k 184 $223,117
161 Fred Funk United States $45k $169k 123 $214,616
162 Rich Beem United States $165k $35k 246 $200,049
163 Francesco Molinari Italy $199k 146 $198,961
164 Michael Bradley United States $192k 325 $191,746
165 Derek Lamely United States $185k $5k 472 $190,479
166 Fred Couples United States $32k $157k 93 $188,378
167 Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark $176k 330 $176,243
168 Sung Kang South Korea $169k $5k 234 $174,439
169 Casey Wittenberg United States $164k 484 $163,594
170 Jay Haas United States $150k 166 $150,000
171 Alex Noren Sweden $140k $5k 139 $144,693
172 Steve Wheatcroft United States $135k 407 $135,196
173 Tom Lehman United States $47k $77k 124 $123,657
174 Jamie Lovemark United States $110k 306 $109,572
175 Anirban Lahiri India $47k $61k 54 $107,724
176 Scott Langley United States $29k $53k $25k 394 $107,630
177 Patrick Cantlay United States $106k 15 $105,526
178 Jim Herman United States $105k 274 $105,000
179 Shaun Micheel United States $104k 259 $103,559
180 Gaganjeet Bhullar India $103k 625 $102,500
181 Richard Johnson Sweden $100k 310 $99,515
182 Joost Luiten Netherlands $96k 497 $95,847
183 Steve Marino United States $85k 237 $85,040
184 Marcus Fraser Australia $15k $67k 584 $82,350
185 Branden Grace South Africa $41k $42k 38 $82,325
186 Steven Alker New Zealand $79k 517 $79,277
187 Shane Bertsch United States $74k $5k 419 $78,795
188 Andres Gonzales United States $79k 427 $78,780
189 Bernhard Langer Germany $77k 201 $76,667
190 Mike Weir Canada $70k 100 $70,000
191 Lucas Glover United States $67k 61 $67,112
192 James Morrison England $60k 626 $60,044
193 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark $60k 397 $60,000
194 Tom Lewis England $60k 457 $60,000
195 Morgan Hoffmann United States $53k $5k 319 $58,168
196 Paul Goydos United States $57k 200 $57,220
197 Paul Casey England $57k 28 $56,755
198 K.T. Kim South Korea $20k $34k 558 $54,215
199 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño Spain $53k 431 $53,483
200 D.H. Lee South Korea $50k 471 $50,000
201 Will MacKenzie United States $50k 282 $49,760
202 Kyle Thompson United States $45k 624 $45,460
203 Derek Ernst United States $20k $25k 432 $45,000
204 Marcel Siem Germany $35k 501 $34,750
205 Matteo Manassero Italy $32k 476 $31,979
206 Nicholas Thompson United States $25k $5k 326 $29,912
207 Omar Uresti United States $29k 376 $28,844
208 Shawn Stefani United States $28k 311 $27,650
209 Joseph Bramlett United States $22k $5k 356 $26,850
210 Jason Gore United States $27k 300 $26,700
211 Jonathan Randolph United States $27k 486 $26,700
212 Craig Barlow United States $27k 333 $26,538
213 Brad Fritsch Canada $25k 485 $25,000
214 Fabián Gómez Argentina $25k 389 $25,000
215 Tag Ridings United States $25k 352 $25,000
216 Kelly Kraft United States $25k 307 $24,994
217 Jesse Mueller United States $25k 778 $24,912
218 Ted Purdy United States $25k 289 $24,900
219 Neal Lancaster United States $22k 309 $22,184
220 Dale Whitnell England $19k 740 $19,292
221 José María Olazábal Spain $19k 202 $18,677
222 Marc Warren Scotland $19k 569 $18,593
223 Edoardo Molinari Italy $18k 475 $18,240
224 Rafa Cabrera Bello Spain $16k 273 $16,168
225 Sam Saunders United States $12k 393 $12,224
226 Emiliano Grillo Argentina $12k 113 $11,900
227 Ben Kohles United States $10k 350 $10,296
228 José de Jesús Rodríguez Mexico $8k 575 $8,362
229 Chase Wright United States $8k 553 $8,360
230 Eric Axley United States $7k 402 $7,215
231 Peter Lonard Australia $7k 254 $7,210
232 Adam Hadwin Canada $5k 116 $5,000
233 Andrew Loupe United States $5k 441 $5,000
234 Andrew Putnam United States $5k 152 $5,000
235 Andrew Svoboda United States $5k 461 $5,000
236 Ben Martin United States $5k 225 $5,000
237 Brian Stuard United States $5k 209 $5,000
238 Chad Collins United States $5k 374 $5,000
239 Chesson Hadley United States $5k 206 $5,000
240 Dawie van der Walt South Africa $5k 555 $5,000
241 Michael Putnam United States $5k 417 $5,000
242 Roger Sloan Canada $5k 399 $5,000
243 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $5k 361 $5,000
244 Vince Covello United States $5k 718 $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.

2011-12 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2011-12 money split by the flag on the entry

26 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2011-12
01 United States 150 Tiger Woods $176,215,524$176.2m
02 England 11 Justin Rose $17,435,779$17.4m
03 Australia 14 Adam Scott $15,095,182$15.1m
04 Northern Ireland 2 Rory McIlroy $11,609,731$11.6m
05 South Africa 8 Ernie Els $10,599,931$10.6m
06 Sweden 7 Carl Pettersson $8,505,858$8.5m
07 South Korea 8 Charlie Wi $6,497,087$6.5m
08 Scotland 3 Martin Laird $2,769,660$2.8m
09 Spain 4 Sergio Garcia $2,598,444$2.6m
10 Zimbabwe 1 Brendon de Jonge $2,280,252$2.3m
11 Canada 6 Graham DeLaet $2,169,526$2.2m
12 Ireland 1 Padraig Harrington $2,146,272$2.1m
13 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $1,726,305$1.7m
14 Argentina 5 Andres Romero $1,561,184$1.6m
15 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $1,363,820$1.4m
16 Japan 2 Ryo Ishikawa $965,699
17 Venezuela 1 Jhonattan Vegas $801,803
18 Germany 4 Martin Kaymer $617,891
19 India 3 Arjun Atwal $558,994
20 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $496,729
21 New Zealand 3 Danny Lee $448,389
22 Wales 1 Jamie Donaldson $257,834
23 Italy 3 Francesco Molinari $249,180
24 Denmark 2 Thorbjørn Olesen $236,243
25 Netherlands 1 Joost Luiten $95,847

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2011-12?

Rory McIlroy, $8,047,952. That is 3.0% of everything the 244 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2011-12?

$267,311,526 to 244 players. The season is up 3.4% on 2010-11, and is the 14th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2011-12?

95 of the 244 paid that season.

What share of 2011-12 golf money came from the majors?

10.0%. Regular tour purses paid 82.0%, bonus pools 8.0%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2011-12?

United States, $176,215,524 across 150 players, out of 26 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2011-12 field

The 2010-11 money list · The 2012-13 money list

Every season

By era

The 2011-12 top sixty

Elsewhere in golf