2005 BellSouth Classic prize money
Phil Mickelson won the 2005 BellSouth Classic on 3 April 2005 and took $900,000. Below is every one of the 35 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,500 Bo Van Pelt collected for finishing 75.
Phil Mickelson won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2005 BellSouth Classic
3 April 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -8 | 208 | $900,000 |
| 2 | Arjun Atwal | IND | -8 | 208 | $330,000 |
| 2 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -8 | 208 | $330,000 |
| 2 | Rich Beem | USA | -8 | 208 | $330,000 |
| T6 | Tag Ridings | USA | -7 | 209 | $161,875 |
| T10 | Lucas Glover | USA | -6 | 210 | $115,000 |
| T15 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -5 | 211 | $75,000 |
| T22 | Omar Uresti | USA | -4 | 212 | $50,000 |
| T22 | Retief Goosen | RSA | -4 | 212 | $50,000 |
| T26 | J.J. Henry | USA | -3 | 213 | $36,250 |
| T26 | Zach Johnson | USA | -3 | 213 | $36,250 |
| T32 | Alex Cejka | GER | -2 | 214 | $27,071 |
| T32 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -2 | 214 | $27,071 |
| T39 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -1 | 215 | $18,500 |
| T39 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -1 | 215 | $18,500 |
| T39 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -1 | 215 | $18,500 |
| T39 | Ted Purdy | USA | -1 | 215 | $18,500 |
| T48 | D.A. Points | USA | 0 | 216 | $12,211 |
| T48 | Jason Bohn | USA | 0 | 216 | $12,211 |
| T48 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 0 | 216 | $12,211 |
| T48 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 0 | 216 | $12,211 |
| T57 | David Hearn | CAN | 1 | 217 | $11,100 |
| T57 | Eric Axley | USA | 1 | 217 | $11,100 |
| T57 | Heath Slocum | USA | 1 | 217 | $11,100 |
| T57 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 1 | 217 | $11,100 |
| T62 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 2 | 218 | $10,750 |
| T62 | Steve Stricker | USA | 2 | 218 | $10,750 |
| T64 | Hideto Tanihara | JPN | 3 | 219 | $10,450 |
| T64 | Stewart Cink | USA | 3 | 219 | $10,450 |
| T68 | Casey Wittenberg | USA | 4 | 220 | $10,100 |
| T68 | Paul Goydos | USA | 4 | 220 | $10,100 |
| 71 | Jimmy Walker | USA | 5 | 221 | $9,900 |
| 72 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | 6 | 222 | $9,800 |
| 73 | Nick Watney | USA | 8 | 224 | $9,700 |
| 75 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | 10 | 226 | $9,500 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,505,517 between them, against $231,744 shared by the other twenty players paid.
The 35 cheques above come to $2,737,261 between them. We hold 56 players for the week in all, so 21 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 BellSouth Classic years
twelve editions, 1996 to 2008
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Zach Johnson. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Phil Mickelson. The BellSouth Classic 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 BellSouth Classic?
Phil Mickelson, on 3 April 2005, in a playoff. The win paid $900,000.
How much did the 2005 BellSouth Classic pay out?
The 35 cheques on this page come to $2,737,261 between them, from $900,000 at the top down to $9,500.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 BellSouth Classic?
$9,500, which Bo Van Pelt collected for finishing 75.
How many players were paid at the 2005 BellSouth Classic?
35. We hold 56 players for that week in all, so 21 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.