1999 BMW Championship prize money
Tiger Woods won the 1999 BMW Championship on 4 July 1999 and took $450,000. Below is every one of the nineteen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $4,800 Brian Gay collected for finishing 74.
Every cheque at the 1999 BMW Championship
4 July 1999
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -15 | 273 | $450,000 |
| 2 | Mike Weir | CAN | -12 | 276 | $270,000 |
| 4 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -10 | 278 | $120,000 |
| 5 | Dicky Pride | USA | -9 | 279 | $100,000 |
| T13 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -5 | 283 | $46,875 |
| T17 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -4 | 284 | $37,500 |
| T20 | David Toms | USA | -3 | 285 | $26,071 |
| T20 | Justin Leonard | USA | -3 | 285 | $26,071 |
| T34 | Jay Don Blake | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,094 |
| T34 | Jim Furyk | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,094 |
| T42 | Michael Bradley | USA | 0 | 288 | $8,264 |
| T42 | Neal Lancaster | USA | 0 | 288 | $8,264 |
| T49 | Craig Barlow | USA | 1 | 289 | $6,108 |
| T49 | Ted Purdy | USA | 1 | 289 | $6,108 |
| T55 | Steve Stricker | USA | 2 | 290 | $5,625 |
| T61 | Omar Uresti | USA | 3 | 291 | $5,325 |
| T68 | Bob Estes | USA | 5 | 293 | $5,000 |
| T68 | Olin Browne | USA | 5 | 293 | $5,000 |
| 74 | Brian Gay | USA | 7 | 295 | $4,800 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,135,074 between them, against $20,125 shared by the other four players paid.
The nineteen cheques above come to $1,155,199 between them. We hold 30 players for the week in all, so eleven 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 1997 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2000 ladder is the one after, won by Robert Allenby. The BMW Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1999 golf year
37 other tournaments we hold a 1999 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1999 was the $1,000,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1999 BMW Championship?
Tiger Woods, on 4 July 1999. The win paid $450,000.
How much did the 1999 BMW Championship pay out?
The nineteen cheques on this page come to $1,155,199 between them, from $450,000 at the top down to $4,800.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1999 BMW Championship?
$4,800, which Brian Gay collected for finishing 74.
How many players were paid at the 1999 BMW Championship?
nineteen. We hold 30 players for that week in all, so eleven 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.