BUICK CHALLENGE · 1996

1996 Buick Challenge prize money

Q: How much did the 1996 Buick Challenge pay out?

The fifteen cheques on this page come to $451,650 between them, from $180,000 at the top down to $1,870.

Q: What was the smallest cheque at the 1996 Buick Challenge?

$1,870, which Paul Goydos collected for finishing T68.

Michael Bradley won the 1996 Buick Challenge on 29 September 1996 and took $180,000. Below is every one of the fifteen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $1,870 Paul Goydos collected for finishing T68.

Michael Bradley won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.

WINNER Michael Bradley

WHAT IT PAID $180,000

PLAYERS PAID 15

SMALLEST CHEQUE $1,870

Every cheque at the 1996 Buick Challenge

29 September 1996

15 paid of 24 held

Every player paid at the 1996 Buick Challenge, in finishing order, with the country played for, the score and the cheque.
PLACE	PLAYER	COUNTRY	TO PAR	TOTAL	PRIZE MONEY
1	Michael Bradley	USA	-10	134	$180,000
2	Davis Love III	USA	-10	134	$66,000
2	Fred Funk	USA	-10	134	$66,000
T6	Fred Couples	USA	-9	135	$33,500
T9	Stewart Cink	USA	-8	136	$28,000
T14	Jerry Kelly	USA	-6	138	$16,500
T14	Jim Furyk	USA	-6	138	$16,500
T14	Neal Lancaster	USA	-6	138	$16,500
T14	Olin Browne	USA	-6	138	$16,500
T55	Jay Haas	USA	-2	142	$2,180
T55	Tim Herron	USA	-2	142	$2,180
T55	Vijay Singh	FIJ	-2	142	$2,180
T68	Chris Smith	USA	-1	143	$1,870
T68	David Toms	USA	-1	143	$1,870
T68	Paul Goydos	USA	-1	143	$1,870

The top of the ladder

Michael Bradley $180k Davis Love III $66k Fred Funk $66k Fred Couples $33k Stewart Cink $28k Jerry Kelly $16k Jim Furyk $16k Neal Lancaster $16k Olin Browne $16k Jay Haas $2,180 Tim Herron $2,180 Vijay Singh $2,180 Chris Smith $1,870 David Toms $1,870 Paul Goydos $1,870

The fifteen cheques paid came to $451,650

The fifteen cheques above come to $451,650 between them. We hold 24 players for the week in all, so nine 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 Buick Challenge years

five editions, 1996 to 2002

2002 2001 2000 19991996

The 1999 ladder is the one after, won by David Toms. The Buick Challenge roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.

The rest of the 1996 golf year

fourteen other tournaments we hold a 1996 prize list for, in the order they were played.

Chrysler Classic of Tucson WM Phoenix Open Farmers Insurance Open Genesis Invitational Doral-Ryder Open Arnold Palmer Invitational PLAYERS Championship BellSouth Classic U.S. Open BMW Championship Open Championship PGA Championship International Shriners Children's Open

The biggest cheque of 1996 was the $630,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Fred Couples.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 1996 Buick Challenge?

Michael Bradley, on 29 September 1996, in a playoff. The win paid $180,000.

How much did the 1996 Buick Challenge pay out?

The fifteen cheques on this page come to $451,650 between them, from $180,000 at the top down to $1,870.

What was the smallest cheque at the 1996 Buick Challenge?

$1,870, which Paul Goydos collected for finishing T68.

How many players were paid at the 1996 Buick Challenge?

fifteen. We hold 24 players for that week in all, so nine 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.