2005 Barracuda Championship prize money
Vaughn Taylor won the 2005 Barracuda Championship on 21 August 2005 and took $540,000. Below is every one of the 26 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $5,880 Hideto Tanihara collected for finishing 72.
Every cheque at the 2005 Barracuda Championship
21 August 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -21 | 267 | $540,000 |
| 2 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -18 | 270 | $324,000 |
| T4 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -15 | 273 | $124,000 |
| T4 | J.J. Henry | USA | -15 | 273 | $124,000 |
| 7 | Tag Ridings | USA | -14 | 274 | $100,500 |
| 8 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -13 | 275 | $93,000 |
| T9 | Steve Allan | AUS | -12 | 276 | $78,000 |
| T15 | Craig Barlow | USA | -10 | 278 | $51,000 |
| T15 | Justin Rose | ENG | -10 | 278 | $51,000 |
| T18 | Kevin Na | USA | -9 | 279 | $39,120 |
| T18 | Rich Beem | USA | -9 | 279 | $39,120 |
| T23 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -8 | 280 | $27,600 |
| T27 | D.A. Points | USA | -7 | 281 | $19,550 |
| T27 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -7 | 281 | $19,550 |
| T27 | Olin Browne | USA | -7 | 281 | $19,550 |
| T27 | Spencer Levin | USA | -7 | 281 | $19,550 |
| T27 | Tim Herron | USA | -7 | 281 | $19,550 |
| T36 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -6 | 282 | $14,130 |
| T36 | Nick Watney | USA | -6 | 282 | $14,130 |
| T41 | Brian Gay | USA | -5 | 283 | $10,215 |
| T41 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -5 | 283 | $10,215 |
| T49 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | -4 | 284 | $7,485 |
| T59 | Arjun Atwal | IND | -1 | 287 | $6,510 |
| T67 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | 1 | 289 | $6,150 |
| 69 | Charlie Wi | KOR | 2 | 290 | $6,060 |
| 72 | Hideto Tanihara | JPN | 8 | 296 | $5,880 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,649,990 between them, against $119,875 shared by the other eleven players paid.
The 26 cheques above come to $1,769,865 between them. We hold 42 players for the week in all, so sixteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Barracuda Championship years
27 editions, 1999 to 2025
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Vaughn Taylor. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Will MacKenzie. The Barracuda Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2005 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2005 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2005 was the $1,440,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Funk.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2005 Barracuda Championship?
Vaughn Taylor, on 21 August 2005. The win paid $540,000.
How much did the 2005 Barracuda Championship pay out?
The 26 cheques on this page come to $1,769,865 between them, from $540,000 at the top down to $5,880.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 Barracuda Championship?
$5,880, which Hideto Tanihara collected for finishing 72.
How many players were paid at the 2005 Barracuda Championship?
26. We hold 42 players for that week in all, so sixteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.