2006 BMW Championship prize money
Trevor Immelman won the 2006 BMW Championship on 9 July 2006 and took $900,000. Below is every one of the 49 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $8,850 Nick Watney collected for finishing T82.
Every cheque at the 2006 BMW Championship
9 July 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -13 | 271 | $900,000 |
| T2 | Tiger Woods | USA | -11 | 273 | $440,000 |
| T4 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -9 | 275 | $181,250 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | USA | -9 | 275 | $181,250 |
| T4 | Stewart Cink | USA | -9 | 275 | $181,250 |
| T4 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -9 | 275 | $181,250 |
| T10 | Jason Gore | USA | -8 | 276 | $130,000 |
| T10 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | -8 | 276 | $130,000 |
| T12 | Heath Slocum | USA | -7 | 277 | $105,000 |
| T12 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -7 | 277 | $105,000 |
| T15 | Lucas Glover | USA | -6 | 278 | $82,500 |
| T15 | Robert Garrigus | USA | -6 | 278 | $82,500 |
| T15 | Tag Ridings | USA | -6 | 278 | $82,500 |
| T19 | Justin Rose | ENG | -5 | 279 | $67,500 |
| T21 | Adam Scott | AUS | -4 | 280 | $45,667 |
| T21 | Brian Davis | ENG | -4 | 280 | $45,667 |
| T21 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -4 | 280 | $45,667 |
| T21 | Luke Donald | ENG | -4 | 280 | $45,667 |
| T21 | Rich Beem | USA | -4 | 280 | $45,667 |
| T21 | Zach Johnson | USA | -4 | 280 | $45,667 |
| T30 | Bill Haas | USA | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T30 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T30 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T30 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T30 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T30 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T30 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T30 | Shaun Micheel | USA | -3 | 281 | $27,850 |
| T40 | James Driscoll | USA | -2 | 282 | $21,000 |
| T42 | Brian Gay | USA | -1 | 283 | $16,088 |
| T42 | Davis Love III | USA | -1 | 283 | $16,088 |
| T42 | Mike Weir | CAN | -1 | 283 | $16,088 |
| T42 | Shane Bertsch | USA | -1 | 283 | $16,088 |
| T42 | Steve Stricker | USA | -1 | 283 | $16,088 |
| T42 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -1 | 283 | $16,088 |
| T50 | Mark Wilson | USA | 0 | 284 | $12,175 |
| T54 | Ryan Moore | USA | 1 | 285 | $11,500 |
| T58 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | 2 | 286 | $11,000 |
| T65 | Bob Estes | USA | 3 | 287 | $10,350 |
| T65 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 3 | 287 | $10,350 |
| T65 | John Senden | AUS | 3 | 287 | $10,350 |
| T65 | Pat Perez | USA | 3 | 287 | $10,350 |
| T65 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 3 | 287 | $10,350 |
| T71 | Jerry Smith | USA | 4 | 288 | $9,700 |
| T71 | John Daly | USA | 4 | 288 | $9,700 |
| T71 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 4 | 288 | $9,700 |
| T78 | Tim Herron | USA | 6 | 290 | $9,200 |
| T82 | Eric Axley | USA | 8 | 292 | $8,850 |
| T82 | Nick Watney | USA | 8 | 292 | $8,850 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,895,667 between them, against $711,088 shared by the other 34 players paid.
The 49 cheques above come to $3,606,755 between them. We hold 74 players for the week in all, so 25 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 2005 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Jim Furyk. The 2007 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 2006 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2006 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2006 was the $1,338,480 paid at the Open Championship, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2006 BMW Championship?
Trevor Immelman, on 9 July 2006. The win paid $900,000.
How much did the 2006 BMW Championship pay out?
The 49 cheques on this page come to $3,606,755 between them, from $900,000 at the top down to $8,850.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 BMW Championship?
$8,850, which Nick Watney collected for finishing T82.
How many players were paid at the 2006 BMW Championship?
49. We hold 74 players for that week in all, so 25 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.