2005 Farmers Insurance Open prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2005 Farmers Insurance Open on 23 January 2005 and took $864,000. Below is every one of the 41 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $8,640 Will MacKenzie collected for finishing 80.
Every cheque at the 2005 Farmers Insurance Open
23 January 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -16 | 272 | $864,000 |
| T2 | Charles Howell III | USA | -13 | 275 | $358,400 |
| T2 | Luke Donald | ENG | -13 | 275 | $358,400 |
| T2 | Tom Lehman | USA | -13 | 275 | $358,400 |
| 5 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -11 | 277 | $192,000 |
| T6 | Ernie Els | RSA | -10 | 278 | $150,240 |
| T6 | Pat Perez | USA | -10 | 278 | $150,240 |
| T11 | Jason Bohn | USA | -9 | 279 | $110,400 |
| T11 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -9 | 279 | $110,400 |
| T14 | Peter Lonard | AUS | -8 | 280 | $84,000 |
| T18 | Bill Haas | USA | -7 | 281 | $69,600 |
| T20 | Bob Estes | USA | -6 | 282 | $55,920 |
| T20 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | -6 | 282 | $55,920 |
| T20 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -6 | 282 | $55,920 |
| T20 | Scott Hend | AUS | -6 | 282 | $55,920 |
| T24 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -5 | 283 | $38,880 |
| T24 | James Driscoll | USA | -5 | 283 | $38,880 |
| T24 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -5 | 283 | $38,880 |
| T24 | Zach Johnson | USA | -5 | 283 | $38,880 |
| T30 | Brian Davis | ENG | -4 | 284 | $28,526 |
| T30 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -4 | 284 | $28,526 |
| T30 | Craig Barlow | USA | -4 | 284 | $28,526 |
| T30 | John Rollins | USA | -4 | 284 | $28,526 |
| T37 | Chris Smith | USA | -3 | 285 | $21,600 |
| T37 | Fred Couples | USA | -3 | 285 | $21,600 |
| T37 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | -3 | 285 | $21,600 |
| T37 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -3 | 285 | $21,600 |
| T42 | D.J. Trahan | USA | -2 | 286 | $17,760 |
| T42 | J.J. Henry | USA | -2 | 286 | $17,760 |
| T42 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -2 | 286 | $17,760 |
| T45 | Jay Haas | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,655 |
| T45 | Kevin Na | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,655 |
| T45 | Mark Wilson | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,655 |
| T45 | Ted Purdy | USA | -1 | 287 | $12,655 |
| T56 | Alex Cejka | GER | 0 | 288 | $10,656 |
| T56 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 0 | 288 | $10,656 |
| T56 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 0 | 288 | $10,656 |
| T72 | Charlie Wi | KOR | 6 | 294 | $9,264 |
| T72 | John Daly | USA | 6 | 294 | $9,264 |
| T76 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | 7 | 295 | $8,976 |
| 80 | Will MacKenzie | USA | 9 | 297 | $8,640 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,029,760 between them, against $528,036 shared by the other 26 players paid.
The 41 cheques above come to $3,557,796 between them. We hold 65 players for the week in all, so 24 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 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by John Daly. The 2006 ladder is the one after, won by Tiger Woods. The Farmers Insurance Open 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 Farmers Insurance Open?
Tiger Woods, on 23 January 2005. The win paid $864,000.
How much did the 2005 Farmers Insurance Open pay out?
The 41 cheques on this page come to $3,557,796 between them, from $864,000 at the top down to $8,640.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 Farmers Insurance Open?
$8,640, which Will MacKenzie collected for finishing 80.
How many players were paid at the 2005 Farmers Insurance Open?
41. We hold 65 players for that week in all, so 24 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.