1997 BMW Championship prize money
Tiger Woods won the 1997 BMW Championship on 6 July 1997 and took $360,000. Below is every one of the twelve cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $3,780 Omar Uresti collected for finishing T74.
Every cheque at the 1997 BMW Championship
6 July 1997
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -13 | 275 | $360,000 |
| T3 | Justin Leonard | USA | -9 | 279 | $104,000 |
| 6 | Jim Furyk | USA | -8 | 280 | $72,000 |
| T7 | Davis Love III | USA | -7 | 281 | $56,167 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -7 | 281 | $56,167 |
| T17 | David Toms | USA | -4 | 284 | $29,000 |
| T28 | Steve Stricker | USA | -2 | 286 | $13,300 |
| T52 | Tom Lehman | USA | 2 | 290 | $4,664 |
| T57 | Bob Estes | USA | 3 | 291 | $4,440 |
| T57 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 3 | 291 | $4,440 |
| T62 | Fred Couples | USA | 4 | 292 | $4,220 |
| T74 | Omar Uresti | USA | 8 | 296 | $3,780 |
The top of the ladder
The twelve cheques paid came to $712,178
The twelve cheques above come to $712,178 between them. We hold 22 players for the week in all, so ten 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 BMW Championship years
29 editions, 1996 to 2025
The 1996 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Steve Stricker. The 1999 ladder is the one after, won by Tiger Woods. The BMW Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1997 golf year
sixteen other tournaments we hold a 1997 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1997 was the $470,000 paid at the PGA Championship, won by Davis Love III.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1997 BMW Championship?
Tiger Woods, on 6 July 1997. The win paid $360,000.
How much did the 1997 BMW Championship pay out?
The twelve cheques on this page come to $712,178 between them, from $360,000 at the top down to $3,780.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1997 BMW Championship?
$3,780, which Omar Uresti collected for finishing T74.
How many players were paid at the 1997 BMW Championship?
twelve. We hold 22 players for that week in all, so ten 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.