2009 Buick Open prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2009 Buick Open on 2 August 2009 and took $918,000. Below is every one of the 41 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,098 Carlos Franco collected for finishing 71.
Every cheque at the 2009 Buick Open
2 August 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -20 | 268 | $918,000 |
| T2 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -17 | 271 | $380,800 |
| T2 | John Senden | AUS | -17 | 271 | $380,800 |
| 5 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | -16 | 272 | $204,000 |
| T6 | Ben Crane | USA | -15 | 273 | $177,225 |
| T8 | Jimmy Walker | USA | -14 | 274 | $132,600 |
| T8 | John Rollins | USA | -14 | 274 | $132,600 |
| T8 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | -14 | 274 | $132,600 |
| T14 | Justin Leonard | USA | -13 | 275 | $89,250 |
| T14 | Troy Matteson | USA | -13 | 275 | $89,250 |
| T18 | Bill Haas | USA | -12 | 276 | $62,074 |
| T18 | Bill Lunde | USA | -12 | 276 | $62,074 |
| T18 | Matt Jones | AUS | -12 | 276 | $62,074 |
| T18 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -12 | 276 | $62,074 |
| T18 | Paul Goydos | USA | -12 | 276 | $62,074 |
| T18 | Tim Herron | USA | -12 | 276 | $62,074 |
| T25 | Chad Campbell | USA | -11 | 277 | $41,650 |
| T25 | Jim Furyk | USA | -11 | 277 | $41,650 |
| T25 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -11 | 277 | $41,650 |
| T28 | Bob Estes | USA | -10 | 278 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jason Bohn | USA | -10 | 278 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jason Day | AUS | -10 | 278 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jason Gore | USA | -10 | 278 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -10 | 278 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -10 | 278 | $31,790 |
| T28 | Scott Piercy | USA | -10 | 278 | $31,790 |
| T37 | Brian Gay | USA | -9 | 279 | $20,910 |
| T37 | Greg Owen | ENG | -9 | 279 | $20,910 |
| T37 | Heath Slocum | USA | -9 | 279 | $20,910 |
| T37 | Marc Leishman | AUS | -9 | 279 | $20,910 |
| T46 | Kevin Na | USA | -8 | 280 | $13,872 |
| T46 | Nick Watney | USA | -8 | 280 | $13,872 |
| T46 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -8 | 280 | $13,872 |
| T52 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -7 | 281 | $11,893 |
| T57 | Charlie Wi | KOR | -6 | 282 | $11,271 |
| T57 | Chris Stroud | USA | -6 | 282 | $11,271 |
| T57 | Craig Barlow | USA | -6 | 282 | $11,271 |
| T57 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -6 | 282 | $11,271 |
| T68 | Michael Bradley | USA | -4 | 284 | $10,302 |
| T68 | Spencer Levin | USA | -4 | 284 | $10,302 |
| 71 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -3 | 285 | $10,098 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,947,495 between them, against $622,489 shared by the other 26 players paid.
The 41 cheques above come to $3,569,984 between them. We hold 82 players for the week in all, so 41 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 2008 ladder is the edition before this one. The Buick Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2009 golf year
45 other tournaments we hold a 2009 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2009 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Henrik Stenson.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2009 Buick Open?
Tiger Woods, on 2 August 2009. The win paid $918,000.
How much did the 2009 Buick Open pay out?
The 41 cheques on this page come to $3,569,984 between them, from $918,000 at the top down to $10,098.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Buick Open?
$10,098, which Carlos Franco collected for finishing 71.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Buick Open?
41. We hold 82 players for that week in all, so 41 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.