2006 Buick Open prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2006 Buick Open on 6 August 2006 and took $864,000. Below is every one of the 34 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,456 Ryuji Imada collected for finishing T70.
Every cheque at the 2006 Buick Open
6 August 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -24 | 264 | $864,000 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | USA | -21 | 267 | $518,400 |
| T4 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -19 | 269 | $198,400 |
| T4 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -19 | 269 | $198,400 |
| T11 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -17 | 271 | $105,600 |
| T11 | Craig Barlow | USA | -17 | 271 | $105,600 |
| T11 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -17 | 271 | $105,600 |
| T15 | Brian Gay | USA | -16 | 272 | $76,800 |
| T15 | Lucas Glover | USA | -16 | 272 | $76,800 |
| T15 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -16 | 272 | $76,800 |
| T20 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -14 | 274 | $53,952 |
| T20 | John Rollins | USA | -14 | 274 | $53,952 |
| T20 | Mike Weir | CAN | -14 | 274 | $53,952 |
| T25 | Fred Funk | USA | -13 | 275 | $39,200 |
| T28 | Dicky Pride | USA | -12 | 276 | $32,640 |
| T28 | J.J. Henry | USA | -12 | 276 | $32,640 |
| T28 | Paul Goydos | USA | -12 | 276 | $32,640 |
| T33 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | -11 | 277 | $24,823 |
| T33 | Shane Bertsch | USA | -11 | 277 | $24,823 |
| T33 | Zach Johnson | USA | -11 | 277 | $24,823 |
| T40 | James Driscoll | USA | -10 | 278 | $16,387 |
| T40 | Jimmy Walker | USA | -10 | 278 | $16,387 |
| T40 | Mark Wilson | USA | -10 | 278 | $16,387 |
| T50 | John Daly | USA | -9 | 279 | $11,808 |
| T53 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -8 | 280 | $11,059 |
| T53 | Nick Watney | USA | -8 | 280 | $11,059 |
| T58 | Bob Estes | USA | -7 | 281 | $10,704 |
| T60 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -6 | 282 | $10,320 |
| T60 | Olin Browne | USA | -6 | 282 | $10,320 |
| T60 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -6 | 282 | $10,320 |
| T67 | Alex Cejka | GER | -4 | 284 | $9,792 |
| T70 | Bill Haas | USA | -3 | 285 | $9,456 |
| T70 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -3 | 285 | $9,456 |
| T70 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -3 | 285 | $9,456 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,560,096 between them, against $302,660 shared by the other nineteen players paid.
The 34 cheques above come to $2,862,756 between them. We hold 60 players for the week in all, so 26 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 Open years
twelve editions, 1997 to 2009
The 2005 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Vijay Singh. The 2007 ladder is the one after. The Buick Open 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 Buick Open?
Tiger Woods, on 6 August 2006. The win paid $864,000.
How much did the 2006 Buick Open pay out?
The 34 cheques on this page come to $2,862,756 between them, from $864,000 at the top down to $9,456.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 Buick Open?
$9,456, which Ryuji Imada collected for finishing T70.
How many players were paid at the 2006 Buick Open?
34. We hold 60 players for that week in all, so 26 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.