2001 Farmers Insurance Open prize money
Phil Mickelson won the 2001 Farmers Insurance Open on 11 February 2001 and took $630,000. Below is every one of the 21 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $6,580 Jerry Kelly collected for finishing T75.
Phil Mickelson 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 2001 Farmers Insurance Open
11 February 2001
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -19 | 269 | $630,000 |
| 2 | Davis Love III | USA | -19 | 269 | $308,000 |
| 4 | Tiger Woods | USA | -17 | 271 | $168,000 |
| T5 | Mike Weir | CAN | -16 | 272 | $133,000 |
| T7 | Jay Don Blake | USA | -15 | 273 | $109,083 |
| T10 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -14 | 274 | $87,500 |
| T10 | Chris Smith | USA | -14 | 274 | $87,500 |
| T13 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -13 | 275 | $60,000 |
| T13 | Tom Lehman | USA | -13 | 275 | $60,000 |
| T25 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -11 | 277 | $29,400 |
| T27 | Fred Funk | USA | -10 | 278 | $22,808 |
| T27 | J.J. Henry | USA | -10 | 278 | $22,808 |
| T36 | Jason Gore | USA | -9 | 279 | $16,485 |
| T41 | Bob Estes | USA | -8 | 280 | $12,250 |
| T41 | Rich Beem | USA | -8 | 280 | $12,250 |
| T48 | Fred Couples | USA | -7 | 281 | $8,797 |
| T48 | John Daly | USA | -7 | 281 | $8,797 |
| T48 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -7 | 281 | $8,797 |
| T58 | Paul Goydos | USA | -5 | 283 | $7,490 |
| T72 | Craig Barlow | USA | -3 | 285 | $6,790 |
| T75 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -2 | 286 | $6,580 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,759,084 between them, against $47,251 shared by the other six players paid.
The 21 cheques above come to $1,806,335 between them. We hold 36 players for the week in all, so fifteen 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 Farmers Insurance Open years
31 editions, 1996 to 2026
The 2000 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Phil Mickelson. The 2002 ladder is the one after, won by José María Olazábal. The Farmers Insurance Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2001 golf year
39 other tournaments we hold a 2001 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2001 was the $1,080,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2001 Farmers Insurance Open?
Phil Mickelson, on 11 February 2001, in a playoff. The win paid $630,000.
How much did the 2001 Farmers Insurance Open pay out?
The 21 cheques on this page come to $1,806,335 between them, from $630,000 at the top down to $6,580.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2001 Farmers Insurance Open?
$6,580, which Jerry Kelly collected for finishing T75.
How many players were paid at the 2001 Farmers Insurance Open?
21. We hold 36 players for that week in all, so fifteen 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.