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COGNIZANT CLASSIC IN THE PALM BEACHES · 2009

2009 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches prize money

Y.E. Yang won the 2009 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches on 8 March 2009 and took $1,008,000. Below is every one of the 47 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,192 J.J. Henry collected for finishing 79.

WINNER Y.E. Yang
WHAT IT PAID $1.0m
PLAYERS PAID 47
SMALLEST CHEQUE $10,192

Every cheque at the 2009 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches

8 March 2009

47 paid of 82 held
Every player paid at the 2009 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, in finishing order, with the country played for, the score and the cheque.
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY TO PAR TOTAL PRIZE MONEY
1 Y.E. Yang KOR -9 271 $1,008,000
2 John Rollins USA -8 272 $604,800
3 Ben Crane USA -6 274 $380,800
T5 Freddie Jacobson SWE -4 276 $196,700
T5 Robert Allenby AUS -4 276 $196,700
T5 Scott Piercy USA -4 276 $196,700
T5 Will MacKenzie USA -4 276 $196,700
T9 Charlie Wi KOR -3 277 $145,600
T9 D.A. Points USA -3 277 $145,600
T9 Jason Dufner USA -3 277 $145,600
T13 Alex Cejka GER -2 278 $90,222
T13 Davis Love III USA -2 278 $90,222
T13 Greg Owen ENG -2 278 $90,222
T13 Kevin Streelman USA -2 278 $90,222
T13 Rory McIlroy NIR -2 278 $90,222
T13 Sergio Garcia ESP -2 278 $90,222
T22 Ernie Els RSA -1 279 $53,760
T22 Greg Chalmers AUS -1 279 $53,760
T27 John Merrick USA 0 280 $39,760
T27 John Senden AUS 0 280 $39,760
T27 Spencer Levin USA 0 280 $39,760
T32 Ángel Cabrera ARG 1 281 $30,320
T32 Brendon Todd USA 1 281 $30,320
T32 Casey Wittenberg USA 1 281 $30,320
T32 George McNeill USA 1 281 $30,320
T32 Steve Marino USA 1 281 $30,320
T32 Tim Herron USA 1 281 $30,320
T39 Lucas Glover USA 2 282 $22,960
T39 Matt Kuchar USA 2 282 $22,960
T44 Brendon de Jonge ZIM 3 283 $16,184
T44 Erik Compton USA 3 283 $16,184
T52 Brian Gay USA 4 284 $12,805
T52 Justin Leonard USA 4 284 $12,805
T52 Robert Garrigus USA 4 284 $12,805
T52 Ryan Palmer USA 4 284 $12,805
T52 Shaun Micheel USA 4 284 $12,805
T52 Stewart Cink USA 4 284 $12,805
T61 Nicholas Thompson USA 5 285 $12,152
T64 Chris Stroud USA 7 287 $11,648
T64 Johnson Wagner USA 7 287 $11,648
T64 Tim Wilkinson NZL 7 287 $11,648
69 Boo Weekley USA 8 288 $11,312
70 Marc Leishman AUS 9 289 $11,200
T71 Carl Pettersson SWE 11 291 $11,032
T73 Derek Fathauer USA 7 217 $10,640
T73 Gary Woodland USA 7 217 $10,640
79 J.J. Henry USA 9 219 $10,192

The top of the ladder

Y.E. Yang $1.0m John Rollins $605k Ben Crane $381k Freddie Jacobson $197k Robert Allenby $197k Scott Piercy $197k Will MacKenzie $197k Charlie Wi $146k D.A. Points $146k Jason Dufner $146k Alex Cejka $90k Davis Love III $90k Greg Owen $90k Kevin Streelman $90k Rory McIlroy $90k

The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,668,310 between them, against $766,172 shared by the other 32 players paid.

The 47 cheques above come to $4,434,482 between them. We hold 82 players for the week in all, so 35 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

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The 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Ernie Els. The 2010 ladder is the one after, won by Camilo Villegas. The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 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.

SentrySony Open in HawaiiAmerican ExpressWM Phoenix OpenFarmers Insurance OpenAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmGenesis InvitationalWorld Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match PlayWorld Wide Technology ChampionshipPuerto Rico OpenWorld Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The ConcessionValspar ChampionshipArnold Palmer InvitationalTexas Children's Houston OpenMasters TournamentRBC HeritageZurich Classic of New OrleansTruist ChampionshipPLAYERS ChampionshipValero Texas OpenCJ CUP Byron NelsonCharles Schwab ChallengeMemorial TournamentFedEx St. Jude ChampionshipU.S. OpenTravelers ChampionshipQuicken Loans NationalJohn Deere ClassicGreater Milwaukee OpenOpen ChampionshipRBC Canadian OpenBuick OpenBarracuda ChampionshipWorld Golf Championships-Bridgestone InvitationalPGA ChampionshipWyndham ChampionshipNORTHERN TRUSTDeutsche Bank ChampionshipBMW ChampionshipTOUR ChampionshipB.C. OpenShriners Children's OpenProcore ChampionshipWorld Golf Championships-HSBC ChampionsChildren's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic

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 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?

Y.E. Yang, on 8 March 2009. The win paid $1,008,000.

How much did the 2009 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches pay out?

The 47 cheques on this page come to $4,434,482 between them, from $1,008,000 at the top down to $10,192.

What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?

$10,192, which J.J. Henry collected for finishing 79.

How many players were paid at the 2009 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?

47. We hold 82 players for that week in all, so 35 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.