2006 Farmers Insurance Open prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2006 Farmers Insurance Open on 29 January 2006 and took $918,000. Below is every one of the 44 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,078 Nicholas Thompson collected for finishing 81.
Tiger Woods 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 2006 Farmers Insurance Open
29 January 2006
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -10 | 278 | $918,000 |
| 2 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -10 | 278 | $448,800 |
| T4 | Arjun Atwal | IND | -9 | 279 | $200,812 |
| T4 | John Rollins | USA | -9 | 279 | $200,812 |
| T4 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | -9 | 279 | $200,812 |
| T4 | Lucas Glover | USA | -9 | 279 | $200,812 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -8 | 280 | $153,000 |
| T8 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -8 | 280 | $153,000 |
| T10 | Rod Pampling | AUS | -7 | 281 | $117,300 |
| T16 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -5 | 283 | $69,233 |
| T16 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -5 | 283 | $69,233 |
| T16 | Tom Lehman | USA | -5 | 283 | $69,233 |
| T24 | Davis Love III | USA | -4 | 284 | $43,478 |
| T24 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -4 | 284 | $43,478 |
| T24 | Luke Donald | ENG | -4 | 284 | $43,478 |
| T24 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -4 | 284 | $43,478 |
| T28 | Chad Campbell | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,186 |
| T28 | Craig Barlow | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,186 |
| T28 | J.B. Holmes | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,186 |
| T28 | Robert Garrigus | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,186 |
| T28 | Stewart Cink | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,186 |
| T28 | Troy Matteson | USA | -3 | 285 | $33,186 |
| T35 | D.A. Points | USA | -2 | 286 | $25,691 |
| T35 | Ryan Palmer | USA | -2 | 286 | $25,691 |
| T39 | Charles Howell III | USA | -1 | 287 | $21,420 |
| T39 | Pat Perez | USA | -1 | 287 | $21,420 |
| T39 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -1 | 287 | $21,420 |
| T43 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 0 | 288 | $16,354 |
| T43 | James Driscoll | USA | 0 | 288 | $16,354 |
| T49 | Nick Watney | USA | 1 | 289 | $12,357 |
| T49 | Ted Purdy | USA | 1 | 289 | $12,357 |
| T49 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 1 | 289 | $12,357 |
| T49 | Zach Johnson | USA | 1 | 289 | $12,357 |
| T56 | Bubba Watson | USA | 2 | 290 | $11,322 |
| T56 | Daniel Chopra | SWE | 2 | 290 | $11,322 |
| T63 | Brian Davis | ENG | 3 | 291 | $10,608 |
| T63 | Chris Smith | USA | 3 | 291 | $10,608 |
| T63 | Fred Couples | USA | 3 | 291 | $10,608 |
| T63 | John Daly | USA | 3 | 291 | $10,608 |
| T70 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 4 | 292 | $9,945 |
| T70 | Shane Bertsch | USA | 4 | 292 | $9,945 |
| T76 | Chris Couch | USA | 5 | 293 | $9,486 |
| T79 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | 6 | 294 | $9,231 |
| 81 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | 8 | 296 | $9,078 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,931,481 between them, against $553,133 shared by the other 29 players paid.
The 44 cheques above come to $3,484,614 between them. We hold 71 players for the week in all, so 27 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 2005 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2007 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 2006 golf year
47 other tournaments we hold a 2006 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2006 was the $1,338,480 paid at the Open Championship, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2006 Farmers Insurance Open?
Tiger Woods, on 29 January 2006, in a playoff. The win paid $918,000.
How much did the 2006 Farmers Insurance Open pay out?
The 44 cheques on this page come to $3,484,614 between them, from $918,000 at the top down to $9,078.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2006 Farmers Insurance Open?
$9,078, which Nicholas Thompson collected for finishing 81.
How many players were paid at the 2006 Farmers Insurance Open?
44. We hold 71 players for that week in all, so 27 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.