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GOLF · 2014-15 SEASON

The 2014-15 golf money list

$309,071,480 won by 275 players in the 2014-15 season. Jordan Spieth led it on $13,030,465.

The season is up 5.6% on 2013-14, and is the 12th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold. It is 3.1% of every dollar the tour has paid the golfers we hold, and the four majors accounted for 12.0% of it.

PAID OUT $309.1m
TOP EARNER $13.0m
PLAYERS PAID 275
OVER $1M 102
FROM THE MAJORS 12.0%

The twenty biggest earners of 2014-15

Prize money won across the season

275 players paid

Where the 2014-15 money came from

Every dollar on this list, by what paid it

Three sources

  • Tour purses 85.1%
  • The four majors 12.0%
  • Bonus pools 2.9%
  • LIV Golf 0.0%

LIV Golf did not exist in 2014-15 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

2014-15 against 2013-14

2013-14 comparison

# Player 2013-14 rank 2013-14 2014-15
01 Jordan Spieth 13 $4.4m $13,030,465$13.0m
02 Jason Day 06 $5.2m $9,938,330$9.9m
03 Bubba Watson 02 $6.5m $7,289,297$7.3m
04 Rickie Fowler 11 $4.8m $5,915,930$5.9m
05 Justin Rose 16 $4.2m $5,605,177$5.6m
06 Dustin Johnson 14 $4.4m $5,509,467$5.5m
07 Henrik Stenson 50 $1.9m $5,155,070$5.2m
08 Rory McIlroy 01 $8.4m $5,113,312$5.1m
09 Zach Johnson 15 $4.4m $4,928,154$4.9m
10 Jimmy Walker 04 $5.9m $4,793,350$4.8m

A blank in the 2013-14 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 2014-15 golf money list

Every player we hold a 2014-15 prize figure for

275 players

# Player Tour purses Majors Bonuses Career rank 2014-15
001 Jordan Spieth United States $6.9m $5.1m $1000k 13 $13,030,465$13.0m
002 Jason Day Australia $6.8m $2.6m $535k 25 $9,938,330$9.9m
003 Bubba Watson United States $6.7m $138k $413k 30 $7,289,297$7.3m
004 Rickie Fowler United States $5.5m $315k $143k 29 $5,915,930$5.9m
005 Justin Rose England $3.7m $1.7m $143k 17 $5,605,177$5.6m
006 Dustin Johnson United States $4.0m $1.5m 4 $5,509,467$5.5m
007 Henrik Stenson Sweden $4.4m $317k $400k 55 $5,155,070$5.2m
008 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland $4.0m $863k $250k 1 $5,113,312$5.1m
009 Zach Johnson United States $2.7m $2.1m $127k 39 $4,928,154$4.9m
010 Jimmy Walker United States $4.4m $128k $272k 104 $4,793,350$4.8m
011 J.B. Holmes United States $3.9m $150k $63k 110 $4,099,930$4.1m
012 Charley Hoffman United States $3.8m $270k 76 $4,041,089$4.0m
013 Danny Lee New Zealand $3.9m $30k 173 $3,965,933$4.0m
014 Robert Streb United States $3.5m $415k 193 $3,947,424$3.9m
015 Jim Furyk United States $3.6m $162k $200k 24 $3,932,664$3.9m
016 Patrick Reed United States $3.2m $402k $290k 18 $3,880,566$3.9m
017 Hideki Matsuyama Japan $3.1m $682k $109k 22 $3,867,619$3.9m
018 Brandt Snedeker United States $3.2m $466k $78k 60 $3,775,556$3.8m
019 Brooks Koepka United States $2.8m $751k 12 $3,571,900$3.6m
020 Kevin Kisner United States $3.4m $193k 86 $3,567,939$3.6m
021 Paul Casey England $3.0m $461k 28 $3,488,311$3.5m
022 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa $1.3m $1.9m 35 $3,251,174$3.3m
023 Matt Kuchar United States $2.2m $541k $369k 31 $3,143,337$3.1m
024 Bill Haas United States $2.8m $215k $55k 92 $3,119,024$3.1m
025 Steven Bowditch Australia $3.0m $63k 299 $3,075,410$3.1m
026 Daniel Berger United States $3.0m 88 $3,028,901$3.0m
027 Kevin Na United States $2.6m $258k 40 $2,820,766$2.8m
028 Scott Piercy United States $2.8m $26k 117 $2,780,027$2.8m
029 David Lingmerth Sweden $2.5m $208k 217 $2,736,378$2.7m
030 Ben Martin United States $2.7m $46k 225 $2,717,305$2.7m
031 Gary Woodland United States $2.6m $25k $95k 67 $2,700,083$2.7m
032 Sergio Garcia Spain $2.1m $597k 10 $2,670,229$2.7m
033 Ryan Moore United States $2.4m $235k 83 $2,642,306$2.6m
034 Sangmoon Bae South Korea $2.5m $73k 302 $2,599,632$2.6m
035 Chris Kirk United States $2.3m $75k $106k 75 $2,475,326$2.5m
036 Jason Bohn United States $2.3m $39k 168 $2,324,048$2.3m
037 Harris English United States $1.9m $49k $342k 48 $2,314,187$2.3m
038 Justin Thomas United States $2.2m $126k 8 $2,278,564$2.3m
039 Cameron Tringale United States $1.7m $92k $385k 84 $2,222,164$2.2m
040 Russell Henley United States $1.7m $401k $75k 36 $2,185,774$2.2m
041 Phil Mickelson United States $1.0m $1.1m 6 $2,154,200$2.2m
042 Webb Simpson United States $1.9m $171k $55k 53 $2,101,260$2.1m
043 Tony Finau United States $1.7m $400k 34 $2,095,186$2.1m
044 Troy Merritt United States $2.1m $23k 171 $2,092,669$2.1m
045 Billy Horschel United States $1.5m $223k $342k 51 $2,077,418$2.1m
046 James Hahn United States $2.1m 197 $2,064,783$2.1m
047 Keegan Bradley United States $1.4m $177k $492k 32 $2,057,579$2.1m
048 Ryan Palmer United States $1.8m $146k $80k 85 $2,054,523$2.1m
049 Matt Jones Australia $1.8m $161k 77 $1,995,553$2.0m
050 Russell Knox Scotland $1.9m 156 $1,916,666$1.9m
051 Ian Poulter England $1.3m $362k $130k 56 $1,820,587$1.8m
052 David Hearn Canada $1.8m 240 $1,817,043$1.8m
053 Brendon Todd United States $1.6m $162k 144 $1,809,192$1.8m
054 Hunter Mahan United States $1.3m $329k $165k 82 $1,782,973$1.8m
055 Marc Leishman Australia $925k $837k 27 $1,762,267$1.8m
056 Brendan Steele United States $1.6m $185k 140 $1,759,484$1.8m
057 Shawn Stefani United States $1.8m 311 $1,757,803$1.8m
058 Sean O'Hair United States $1.6m $18k $75k 107 $1,737,300$1.7m
059 Nick Watney United States $1.7m $56k 95 $1,733,873$1.7m
060 Boo Weekley United States $1.7m $39k 162 $1,689,914$1.7m
061 Daniel Summerhays United States $1.6m $64k 271 $1,633,957$1.6m
062 Rory Sabbatini Slovakia $1.5m $84k 74 $1,609,534$1.6m
063 Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe $1.6m $19k 210 $1,594,935$1.6m
064 Pat Perez United States $1.6m 50 $1,588,664$1.6m
065 Brian Harman United States $1.5m 44 $1,548,352$1.5m
066 Kevin Streelman United States $1.3m $218k 105 $1,525,774$1.5m
067 Matt Every United States $1.5m 239 $1,521,816$1.5m
068 Martin Kaymer Germany $539k $348k $600k 119 $1,486,378$1.5m
069 Branden Grace South Africa $288k $1.2m 38 $1,471,160$1.5m
070 Jerry Kelly United States $1.3m $95k 97 $1,431,607$1.4m
071 John Senden Australia $1.2m $240k 133 $1,422,033$1.4m
072 Adam Scott Australia $719k $663k 19 $1,382,365$1.4m
073 Charles Howell III United States $1.2m $19k $84k 21 $1,341,111
074 George McNeill United States $1.3m 207 $1,331,768
075 Padraig Harrington Ireland $1.2m $96k 94 $1,330,852
076 Kevin Chappell United States $1.2m $67k 155 $1,281,552
077 Davis Love III United States $1.3m 49 $1,250,064
078 Zac Blair United States $1.2m 266 $1,244,676
079 Alex Cejka Germany $1.2m 184 $1,227,196
080 Charl Schwartzel South Africa $795k $414k 46 $1,209,528
081 Jon Curran United States $1.0m $150k 391 $1,199,549
082 Jim Herman United States $1.2m 274 $1,199,246
083 Carl Pettersson Sweden $1.2m $17k 126 $1,186,763
084 Greg Owen England $1.1m $96k 279 $1,180,794
085 Kyle Reifers United States $1.2m 368 $1,179,228
086 Willy Wilcox United States $1.2m 423 $1,168,302
087 Bryce Molder United States $1.2m 221 $1,165,547
088 Scott Brown United States $1.2m 226 $1,161,750
089 Chesson Hadley United States $1.1m $20k 206 $1,135,529
090 Martin Laird Scotland $1.1m 127 $1,124,988
091 Johnson Wagner United States $1.1m 204 $1,118,127
092 Morgan Hoffmann United States $962k $150k 319 $1,111,240
093 Jason Gore United States $1.1m 300 $1,101,246
094 Nick Taylor Canada $1.1m $18k 112 $1,072,360
095 Colt Knost United States $1.1m 364 $1,066,553
096 J.J. Henry United States $1.0m $18k 161 $1,046,123
097 Patrick Rodgers United States $1.0m 141 $1,038,291
098 Jason Kokrak United States $1.0m 62 $1,033,489
099 Luke Donald England $809k $217k 69 $1,026,643
100 Chad Campbell United States $1.0m 108 $1,015,707
101 Jason Dufner United States $826k $182k 99 $1,007,997
102 William McGirt United States $1.0m 216 $1,004,696
103 Francesco Molinari Italy $867k $130k 146 $997,389
104 Retief Goosen South Africa $826k $96k $72k 90 $994,330
105 Graham DeLaet Canada $965k $23k 220 $988,349
106 Cameron Smith Australia $495k $482k 14 $976,297
107 Steve Wheatcroft United States $973k 407 $973,024
108 Carlos Ortiz Mexico $964k 64 $964,137
109 Hudson Swafford United States $959k 213 $959,391
110 Lee Westwood England $826k $121k 70 $946,628
111 Jamie Donaldson Wales $855k $83k 429 $938,664
112 Adam Hadwin Canada $938k 116 $937,611
113 Andres Gonzales United States $925k 427 $925,335
114 Scott Stallings United States $920k 149 $919,619
115 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland $633k $53k $207k 63 $893,938
116 Will MacKenzie United States $864k 282 $863,563
117 Mark Wilson United States $852k 177 $851,845
118 Ryo Ishikawa Japan $851k 342 $851,044
119 Camilo Villegas Colombia $697k $22k $130k 115 $848,497
120 Spencer Levin United States $837k 278 $836,698
121 Ken Duke United States $818k 229 $817,675
122 Charlie Beljan United States $669k $114k 382 $782,546
123 John Peterson United States $780k 436 $779,509
124 Blayne Barber United States $768k 412 $768,383
125 Whee Kim South Korea $756k 349 $755,998
126 Vijay Singh Fiji $690k $62k 26 $752,462
127 Chad Collins United States $748k 374 $747,899
128 Chris Stroud United States $747k 192 $746,814
129 David Toms United States $742k 65 $742,470
130 Erik Compton United States $652k $25k $55k 367 $731,602
131 Jonas Blixt Sweden $636k $68k 232 $703,664
132 Seung-Yul Noh South Korea $658k $40k 277 $698,077
133 Stewart Cink United States $599k $96k 57 $694,655
134 Tom Hoge United States $690k 102 $690,319
135 Brian Stuard United States $687k 209 $687,109
136 John Huh United States $679k 222 $678,556
137 Nicholas Thompson United States $667k 326 $667,185
138 Brian Davis England $657k 183 $656,534
139 Geoff Ogilvy Australia $469k $185k 96 $653,925
140 Brice Garnett United States $638k 264 $637,789
141 Alex Prugh United States $636k 411 $636,373
142 Bo Van Pelt United States $567k $63k 121 $629,579
143 Scott Langley United States $625k 394 $624,650
144 Andres Romero Argentina $460k $157k 253 $617,253
145 Ricky Barnes United States $614k 257 $614,455
146 Michael Thompson United States $600k 199 $599,835
147 Billy Hurley III United States $591k 338 $591,450
148 Sam Saunders United States $547k $32k 393 $578,571
149 Cameron Percy Australia $576k 329 $575,943
150 Michael Putnam United States $558k 417 $557,803
151 Tiger Woods United States $294k $155k $103k 5 $551,098
152 Austin Cook United States $538k 304 $537,648
153 Steve Stricker United States $146k $124k $266k 52 $535,201
154 Vaughn Taylor United States $533k 150 $533,036
155 Lucas Glover United States $515k 61 $515,241
156 Shane Lowry Ireland $267k $235k 66 $502,517
157 Anirban Lahiri India $34k $456k 54 $490,003
158 Derek Fathauer United States $482k 403 $482,023
159 Ernie Els South Africa $235k $219k 42 $453,579
160 Martin Flores United States $449k 340 $449,274
161 K.J. Choi South Korea $449k 89 $448,864
162 Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela $446k 130 $446,345
163 Aaron Baddeley Australia $440k 122 $439,925
164 Jonathan Byrd United States $433k 142 $433,200
165 Andrew Svoboda United States $419k 461 $418,963
166 Freddie Jacobson Sweden $416k 148 $416,259
167 Danny Willett England $40k $368k 272 $408,435
168 John Merrick United States $392k 265 $391,513
169 Max Homa United States $380k 58 $380,339
170 D.A. Points United States $352k $25k 211 $377,075
171 Emiliano Grillo Argentina $328k $20k 113 $348,407
172 Chez Reavie United States $332k 125 $331,623
173 Derek Ernst United States $320k 432 $320,095
174 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño Spain $312k 431 $312,053
175 Justin Leonard United States $219k $84k 80 $302,925
176 Mark Hubbard United States $294k 194 $293,980
177 Greg Chalmers Australia $266k $25k 223 $291,016
178 Andrew Putnam United States $283k 152 $282,879
179 Robert Allenby Australia $272k 103 $271,887
180 Jonathan Randolph United States $256k 486 $256,066
181 Robert Garrigus United States $254k 169 $253,699
182 Kyle Stanley United States $246k 159 $245,504
183 Steven Alker New Zealand $237k 517 $236,862
184 Joost Luiten Netherlands $187k $48k 497 $235,074
185 Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand $211k $18k 365 $229,250
186 Tim Petrovic United States $223k 208 $222,551
187 John Rollins United States $218k 153 $218,064
188 Chris Smith United States $213k 339 $212,910
189 Ben Crane United States $203k 128 $203,254
190 Andrew Loupe United States $184k 441 $183,850
191 Roberto Castro United States $180k 290 $179,723
192 Andy Sullivan England $116k $63k 495 $179,325
193 Rod Pampling Australia $176k 163 $175,523
194 Tim Wilkinson New Zealand $172k 361 $171,654
195 Eric Axley United States $171k 402 $170,687
196 Tyrone Van Aswegen South Africa $168k 400 $168,234
197 Peter Uihlein United States $165k 71 $165,333
198 Marc Warren Scotland $31k $133k 569 $163,922
199 Ollie Schniederjans United States $160k 370 $160,107
200 Bernd Wiesberger Austria $39k $116k 301 $155,149
201 Oscar Fraustro Mexico $153k 576 $153,351
202 Thomas Aiken South Africa $46k $107k 508 $153,350
203 Fabián Gómez Argentina $149k 389 $149,177
204 Jamie Lovemark United States $32k $114k 306 $146,138
205 Mike Weir Canada $73k $72k 100 $145,300
206 Ryan Armour United States $144k 280 $144,229
207 Fred Funk United States $141k 123 $141,171
208 Stuart Appleby Australia $139k 98 $138,968
209 Roger Sloan Canada $133k 399 $133,048
210 Rafa Cabrera Bello Spain $86k $43k 273 $129,450
211 Mark Anderson United States $129k 473 $129,215
212 Heath Slocum United States $122k 164 $122,480
213 Marcel Siem Germany $95k $26k 501 $120,950
214 Marcus Fraser Australia $120k 584 $119,760
215 Bill Lunde United States $115k 385 $115,256
216 James Morrison England $113k 626 $113,238
217 Garrett Osborn United States $100k 657 $100,000
218 Hiroshi Iwata Japan $98k 504 $97,667
219 John Daly United States $92k 212 $91,933
220 Zack Sucher United States $86k 498 $85,614
221 Josh Teater United States $80k 316 $80,359
222 Brandon Hagy United States $77k 401 $77,111
223 Trevor Immelman South Africa $75k 188 $74,660
224 Tyrrell Hatton England $75k 106 $74,600
225 Tommy Gainey United States $70k 324 $70,137
226 C.T. Pan Chinese Taipei $41k $24k 215 $65,056
227 Alexander Levy France $64k 610 $64,126
228 Tommy Fleetwood England $64k 33 $64,126
229 Arjun Atwal India $64k 331 $63,909
230 Byeong Hun An South Korea $63k 129 $63,450
231 Y.E. Yang South Korea $24k $26k 252 $50,024
232 Martin Piller United States $47k 464 $47,250
233 Troy Matteson United States $42k 260 $42,450
234 Kevin Stadler United States $42k 251 $42,160
235 Charlie Wi South Korea $39k 242 $39,480
236 Dicky Pride United States $39k 321 $39,414
237 D.H. Lee South Korea $39k 471 $38,985
238 David Lipsky United States $13k $25k 283 $38,264
239 Brad Fritsch Canada $37k 485 $37,090
240 D.J. Trahan United States $37k 218 $36,855
241 Cody Gribble United States $34k 418 $34,229
242 Hyung-Sung Kim South Korea $33k 729 $33,280
243 Cameron Beckman United States $33k 250 $32,995
244 Wes Homan United States $32k 744 $31,789
245 Eddie Pepperell England $29k 479 $29,227
246 Ryan Fox New Zealand $29k 203 $29,227
247 Adam Svensson Canada $29k 267 $28,669
248 Rikard Karlberg Sweden $27k 757 $27,300
249 Richie Ramsay Scotland $23k 654 $23,331
250 Ross Fisher England $23k 416 $23,331
251 Bernhard Langer Germany $22k 201 $22,082
252 John Parry England $22k 470 $22,067
253 Wes Roach United States $20k 443 $20,495
254 J.J. Spaun United States $20k 79 $20,300
255 Steve Lewton England $19k 795 $19,180
256 Fabrizio Zanotti Paraguay $19k 643 $18,736
257 Michael Bradley United States $19k 325 $18,736
258 Sebastian Cappelen Denmark $18k 556 $18,475
259 Shaun Micheel United States $16k 259 $16,321
260 Scott Gutschewski United States $15k 449 $14,697
261 Danny Chia Malaysia $14k 712 $14,420
262 Kevin Tway United States $14k 268 $14,322
263 Ángel Cabrera Argentina $14k 205 $14,317
264 Tom Johnson United States $13k 618 $12,967
265 Patton Kizzire United States $13k 182 $12,544
266 Daniel Chopra Sweden $12k 276 $11,700
267 Patrick Cantlay United States $11k 15 $11,468
268 Chris Naegel United States $11k 658 $11,336
269 Alex Kang United States $8k 665 $7,613
270 Parker McLachlin United States $8k 421 $7,560
271 Smylie Kaufman United States $7k 388 $7,210
272 Ted Purdy United States $6k 289 $6,386
273 John Chin Jamaica $6k 616 $6,262
274 James Driscoll United States $6k 323 $5,820
275 Tim Herron United States $6k 151 $5,820

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.

2014-15 against every other season

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

47 seasons

Who won it, by country

The 2014-15 money split by the flag on the entry

33 countries

# Country Players paid Top earner Won in 2014-15
01 United States 166 Jordan Spieth $205,240,868$205.2m
02 Australia 15 Jason Day $23,219,202$23.2m
03 England 16 Justin Rose $15,658,203$15.7m
04 Sweden 7 Henrik Stenson $10,237,134$10.2m
05 South Africa 8 Louis Oosthuizen $7,776,015$7.8m
06 Northern Ireland 2 Rory McIlroy $6,007,250$6.0m
07 Canada 8 David Hearn $5,159,470$5.2m
08 Japan 3 Hideki Matsuyama $4,816,330$4.8m
09 South Korea 9 Sangmoon Bae $4,727,790$4.7m
10 New Zealand 4 Danny Lee $4,403,676$4.4m
11 Scotland 4 Russell Knox $3,228,907$3.2m
12 Spain 3 Sergio Garcia $3,111,732$3.1m
13 Germany 4 Martin Kaymer $2,856,606$2.9m
14 Ireland 2 Padraig Harrington $1,833,369$1.8m
15 Slovakia 1 Rory Sabbatini $1,609,534$1.6m
16 Zimbabwe 1 Brendon de Jonge $1,594,935$1.6m
17 Argentina 4 Andres Romero $1,129,154
18 Mexico 2 Carlos Ortiz $1,117,488
19 Italy 1 Francesco Molinari $997,389
20 Wales 1 Jamie Donaldson $938,664
21 Colombia 1 Camilo Villegas $848,497
22 Fiji 1 Vijay Singh $752,462
23 India 2 Anirban Lahiri $553,912
24 Venezuela 1 Jhonattan Vegas $446,345
25 Netherlands 1 Joost Luiten $235,074

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in golf in 2014-15?

Jordan Spieth, $13,030,465. That is 4.2% of everything the 275 players on this list won that season.

How much prize money did golf pay out in 2014-15?

$309,071,480 to 275 players. The season is up 5.6% on 2013-14, and is the 12th biggest of the 47 seasons we hold.

How many golfers won a million dollars in 2014-15?

102 of the 275 paid that season.

What share of 2014-15 golf money came from the majors?

12.0%. Regular tour purses paid 85.1%, bonus pools 2.9%.

Which country won the most golf prize money in 2014-15?

United States, $205,240,868 across 166 players, out of 33 countries paid that season.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras and the 2014-15 field

The 2013-14 money list · The 2015-16 money list