2005 BMW Championship prize money
Jim Furyk won the 2005 BMW Championship on 3 July 2005 and took $900,000. Below is every one of the 35 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,250 Ryan Palmer collected for finishing T67.
Every cheque at the 2005 BMW Championship
3 July 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | USA | -14 | 270 | $900,000 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | USA | -12 | 272 | $540,000 |
| T5 | Pat Perez | USA | -7 | 277 | $190,000 |
| T7 | Heath Slocum | USA | -6 | 278 | $155,833 |
| T7 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -6 | 278 | $155,833 |
| T10 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -5 | 279 | $125,000 |
| T10 | Tim Herron | USA | -5 | 279 | $125,000 |
| T13 | Chris Couch | USA | -4 | 280 | $96,667 |
| T13 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -4 | 280 | $96,667 |
| T16 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -3 | 281 | $75,000 |
| T16 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -3 | 281 | $75,000 |
| T21 | Alex Cejka | GER | -2 | 282 | $48,357 |
| T21 | Brian Gay | USA | -2 | 282 | $48,357 |
| T21 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -2 | 282 | $48,357 |
| T21 | James Driscoll | USA | -2 | 282 | $48,357 |
| T21 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -2 | 282 | $48,357 |
| T28 | Chris Smith | USA | -1 | 283 | $33,250 |
| T28 | D.A. Points | USA | -1 | 283 | $33,250 |
| T28 | David Hearn | CAN | -1 | 283 | $33,250 |
| T28 | Luke Donald | ENG | -1 | 283 | $33,250 |
| T28 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -1 | 283 | $33,250 |
| T34 | Bernhard Langer | GER | 0 | 284 | $25,250 |
| T34 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | 0 | 284 | $25,250 |
| T34 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 0 | 284 | $25,250 |
| T40 | Bob Estes | USA | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T40 | Camilo Villegas | COL | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T40 | Chad Campbell | USA | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T40 | John Senden | AUS | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T40 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T40 | Neal Lancaster | USA | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T40 | Scott Piercy | USA | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T40 | Ted Purdy | USA | 1 | 285 | $16,300 |
| T56 | J.J. Henry | USA | 4 | 288 | $11,250 |
| T56 | K.J. Choi | KOR | 4 | 288 | $11,250 |
| T67 | Ryan Palmer | USA | 11 | 295 | $10,250 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,728,428 between them, against $453,507 shared by the other twenty players paid.
The 35 cheques above come to $3,181,935 between them. We hold 63 players for the week in all, so 28 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 2004 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Trevor Immelman. The BMW 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 BMW Championship?
Jim Furyk, on 3 July 2005. The win paid $900,000.
How much did the 2005 BMW Championship pay out?
The 35 cheques on this page come to $3,181,935 between them, from $900,000 at the top down to $10,250.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 BMW Championship?
$10,250, which Ryan Palmer collected for finishing T67.
How many players were paid at the 2005 BMW Championship?
35. We hold 63 players for that week in all, so 28 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.