2005 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches prize money
Padraig Harrington won the 2005 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches on 13 March 2005 and took $990,000. Below is every one of the 40 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,230 Jonathan Byrd collected for finishing 77.
Padraig Harrington won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.
Every cheque at the 2005 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
13 March 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -14 | 274 | $990,000 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -14 | 274 | $484,000 |
| 4 | Pat Perez | USA | -13 | 275 | $264,000 |
| 5 | David Toms | USA | -12 | 276 | $220,000 |
| T6 | Geoff Ogilvy | AUS | -11 | 277 | $184,250 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | USA | -10 | 278 | $154,000 |
| T9 | Lucas Glover | USA | -10 | 278 | $154,000 |
| T11 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -9 | 279 | $126,500 |
| T11 | Greg Owen | ENG | -9 | 279 | $126,500 |
| T14 | Justin Rose | ENG | -8 | 280 | $99,000 |
| T14 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -8 | 280 | $99,000 |
| T17 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -7 | 281 | $77,000 |
| T17 | Nick Watney | USA | -7 | 281 | $77,000 |
| T17 | Sean O'Hair | USA | -7 | 281 | $77,000 |
| T22 | Brian Gay | USA | -6 | 282 | $43,817 |
| T22 | Charlie Wi | KOR | -6 | 282 | $43,817 |
| T22 | Fred Couples | USA | -6 | 282 | $43,817 |
| T22 | Kevin Na | USA | -6 | 282 | $43,817 |
| T22 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -6 | 282 | $43,817 |
| T22 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -6 | 282 | $43,817 |
| T34 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -5 | 283 | $29,013 |
| T38 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | -4 | 284 | $22,000 |
| T38 | Justin Leonard | USA | -4 | 284 | $22,000 |
| T38 | Tim Herron | USA | -4 | 284 | $22,000 |
| T46 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -3 | 285 | $14,960 |
| T46 | Tag Ridings | USA | -3 | 285 | $14,960 |
| T52 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -2 | 286 | $12,760 |
| T52 | Chad Campbell | USA | -2 | 286 | $12,760 |
| T52 | John Senden | AUS | -2 | 286 | $12,760 |
| T52 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | -2 | 286 | $12,760 |
| T58 | Bob Estes | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,100 |
| T58 | James Driscoll | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,100 |
| T63 | Mark Wilson | USA | 0 | 288 | $11,715 |
| T65 | Graeme McDowell | NIR | 1 | 289 | $11,330 |
| T65 | Jason Bohn | USA | 1 | 289 | $11,330 |
| T65 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 1 | 289 | $11,330 |
| T70 | Brian Davis | ENG | 2 | 290 | $10,890 |
| T70 | Davis Love III | USA | 2 | 290 | $10,890 |
| T73 | Omar Uresti | USA | 3 | 291 | $10,505 |
| 77 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 5 | 293 | $10,230 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,176,067 between them, against $507,478 shared by the other 25 players paid.
The 40 cheques above come to $3,683,545 between them. We hold 58 players for the week in all, so eighteen 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 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches years
28 editions, 1999 to 2026
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Luke Donald. The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 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 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?
Padraig Harrington, on 13 March 2005, in a playoff. The win paid $990,000.
How much did the 2005 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches pay out?
The 40 cheques on this page come to $3,683,545 between them, from $990,000 at the top down to $10,230.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?
$10,230, which Jonathan Byrd collected for finishing 77.
How many players were paid at the 2005 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?
40. We hold 58 players for that week in all, so eighteen 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.