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The cut in golf: who gets paid at every tournament

We hold 109,699 results across 1,305 editions of 66 tournaments. 65,169 of them made the cut and were paid off the finishing ladder, and 41,916 missed it. The 3M Open pays the smallest share of the players we hold, 49%.

RESULTS HELD 109,699
MADE THE CUT 65,169 59%
MISSED THE CUT 41,916 38%
TOURNAMENTS 66

Where the cut is hardest

Share of the players we hold that the ladder paid, the 20 lowest

3M Open 49.5% Zurich Classic of New Orleans 50.4% Rocket Classic 50.7% Genesis Scottish Open 51.3% U.S. Open 51.6% John Deere Classic 51.6% The RSM Classic 52.1% THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 52.7% Wyndham Championship 53.0% The Greenbrier Classic 53.0% Procore Championship 53.6% Farmers Insurance Open 53.7% Valspar Championship 53.9% The American Express 54.0% THE PLAYERS Championship 54.2% RBC Canadian Open 54.9% Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 54.9% Valero Texas Open 55.7% Travelers Championship 55.9% AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 56.1%

A full-field tour event pays roughly half the players we hold. An invitational with a small field and no cut pays nearly all of them, which is why the order runs from the regular stops at the top to the limited fields at the bottom of the table below.

Every tournament, by share paid

Lowest first. The name opens that tournament's cut, edition by edition.

66 tournaments
Every golf tournament we hold, ranked by the share of held players the finishing ladder paid, with the editions, the players paid and missed, and the last cheque at the latest edition.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID MISSED CUT SHARE PAID LATEST LAST CHEQUE
1 3M Open 8 588 573 49.5% $18,744
2 Zurich Classic of New Orleans 27 1,387 1,332 50.4% $19,095
3 Rocket Classic 8 607 574 50.7% $19,900
4 Genesis Scottish Open 5 373 346 51.3% $18,900
5 U.S. Open 31 1,428 1,276 51.6% $42,858
6 John Deere Classic 24 1,301 1,152 51.6% $16,632
7 The RSM Classic 16 1,117 997 52.1% $14,000
8 THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 28 1,464 1,274 52.7% $21,115
9 Wyndham Championship 29 1,516 1,286 53.0% $15,725
10 The Greenbrier Classic 9 592 502 53.0% $15,825
11 Procore Championship 20 1,236 1,044 53.6% $12,300
12 Farmers Insurance Open 31 1,625 1,359 53.7% $18,912
13 Valspar Championship 25 1,434 1,185 53.9% $17,927
14 The American Express 28 1,516 1,264 54.0% $18,308
15 THE PLAYERS Championship 31 1,611 1,315 54.2% $49,750
16 RBC Canadian Open 26 1,325 1,040 54.9% $19,502
17 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 28 1,510 1,187 54.9% $20,256
18 Valero Texas Open 27 1,391 1,032 55.7% $20,090
19 Travelers Championship 28 1,479 1,130 55.9% $36,000
20 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 30 1,544 1,165 56.1% $32,250
21 Texas Children's Houston Open 27 1,478 1,090 56.2% $19,305
22 Buick Challenge 5 85 65 56.3% $7,585
23 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill 6 79 56 56.4% $7,400
24 Shriners Children's Open 27 1,346 1,009 56.4% $15,050
25 BellSouth Classic 12 268 192 56.5% $10,560
26 Truist Championship 23 1,434 1,055 56.6% $36,000
27 Sanderson Farms Championship 24 1,210 877 56.7% $12,660
28 The Open Championship 30 1,394 1,022 56.9% $39,700
29 Barracuda Championship 27 1,221 884 56.9% $8,560
30 WM Phoenix Open 29 1,472 1,074 56.9% $19,104
31 ISCO Championship 11 786 552 57.5% $8,560
32 Sony Open in Hawaii 28 1,578 1,146 57.6% $17,927
33 Buick Open 12 319 226 57.9% $10,098
34 PGA Championship 31 1,677 1,133 59.0% $23,900
35 The Genesis Invitational 31 1,562 1,036 59.2% $51,500
36 World Wide Technology Championship 19 1,148 741 59.3% $11,700
37 Kemper Open 10 228 141 59.7% $9,950
38 Corales Puntacana Championship 8 584 373 60.1% $7,240
39 84 LUMBER Classic 7 182 109 60.3% $8,648
40 Butterfield Bermuda Championship 7 496 305 60.7% $12,420
41 Charles Schwab Challenge 28 1,534 920 61.3% $19,404
42 RBC Heritage 29 1,536 892 62.2% $30,000
43 THE NORTHERN TRUST 23 1,257 732 62.3% $18,525
44 Chrysler Classic of Tucson 10 182 106 62.5% $6,210
45 FedEx St. Jude Championship 27 1,311 718 62.6% $41,200
46 The International 12 292 167 62.7% $11,330
47 Greater Milwaukee Open 10 247 139 63.0% $7,360
48 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic 15 495 279 63.2% $8,742
49 Puerto Rico Open 17 998 550 63.4% $8,600
50 Quicken Loans National 12 769 396 64.5% $13,632
51 Masters Tournament 29 1,188 614 64.7% $52,200
52 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions 11 390 0 65.1% $46,000
53 Memorial Tournament 30 1,555 776 65.4% $49,000
54 Arnold Palmer Invitational 31 1,585 796 65.5% $54,000
55 Doral-Ryder Open 10 266 126 67.3% $10,780
56 B.C. Open 8 252 112 68.3% $7,920
57 Deutsche Bank Championship 16 964 322 74.1% $16,920
58 World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession 21 834 0 77.4% $32,500
59 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational 17 762 0 81.1% $47,750
60 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play 22 937 0 86.0% $67,500
61 BMW Championship 29 1,447 152 89.0% $70,000
62 The Sentry 21 686 0 97.9% $48,500
63 TOUR Championship 22 605 0 98.4% $355,000
64 Baycurrent Classic 7 525 0 98.7% $12,960
65 THE CJ CUP 6 439 0 98.9% $16,905
66 CIMB Classic 9 522 0 99.4% $11,480

The most missed cuts

Across every tournament we hold

The players with the most missed cuts across the tournaments we hold.
PLAYER STARTS MADE MISSED
Brian Gay 645 373 262
J.J. Henry 568 332 231
Rory Sabbatini 595 365 217
Aaron Baddeley 532 311 215
Ryan Palmer 540 327 211
Greg Chalmers 473 260 207
D.A. Points 383 174 204
Lucas Glover 583 375 202
Jonathan Byrd 489 286 199
Nick Watney 501 304 195
Tim Herron 508 316 192
Dicky Pride 349 153 191
John Rollins 438 248 187
Cameron Beckman 414 218 182
Jerry Kelly 552 362 182
Robert Allenby 491 305 177
Bo Van Pelt 460 281 176
Charley Hoffman 539 356 176
John Daly 386 173 175
Rich Beem 353 164 175
Stewart Cink 647 469 175
Chris Stroud 399 205 174
Chez Reavie 431 255 173
Johnson Wagner 361 187 172
Jason Dufner 455 281 170

The longest careers miss the most cuts because they start the most tournaments. The table below turns the same counts into a rate.

The surest cut makers

Share of starts that ended on the ladder, 100 starts or more

The players with at least 100 starts who made the cut most often, as a share of their starts.
PLAYER STARTS MADE RATE
Xander Schauffele 216 190 88%
Tiger Woods 333 292 88%
Scottie Scheffler 165 144 87%
Jon Rahm 160 138 86%
Rory McIlroy 288 245 85%
Viktor Hovland 146 122 84%
Hideki Matsuyama 306 255 83%
Collin Morikawa 154 128 83%
Adam Scott 442 366 83%
Phil Mickelson 544 444 82%
Patrick Cantlay 217 177 82%
Tommy Fleetwood 178 145 81%
Justin Thomas 274 223 81%
Jim Furyk 522 424 81%
Dustin Johnson 322 259 80%
Sergio Garcia 408 328 80%
Sahith Theegala 141 113 80%
Jordan Spieth 319 254 80%
Tony Finau 301 237 79%
Patrick Reed 282 222 79%
Corey Conners 223 174 78%
Joohyung Kim 111 86 77%
Sungjae Im 226 175 77%
Cameron Young 123 95 77%
Vijay Singh 530 409 77%

Frequently asked questions

What share of golfers make the cut?

Across the 109,699 results we hold at 66 tournaments, 59% made the cut and were paid off the finishing ladder and 38% missed it. The rest withdrew, were disqualified or finished without a cheque.

Which golf tournament has the hardest cut?

The 3M Open, where the ladder has paid 49% of the players we hold across 8 editions. At the other end, the CIMB Classic paid 99%, because a small invitational field has little or no cut to make.

Who has missed the most cuts?

Brian Gay, 262 missed cuts in 645 starts at the tournaments we hold, against 373 made.

Who makes the cut most reliably?

Among players with at least 100 starts here, Xander Schauffele: 190 cuts made in 216 starts, 88%.

Do players who miss the cut get paid?

Not from the finishing ladder, which is the money these pages count. The ladder pays the players who make the cut, from the winner down, and a player whose week ends at the cut is not on it.

Where to next

The rest of the golf money

Golf tournament prize money carries every champion and what the win paid, and golf prize money ranks the players by what they have won across their careers.