2008 Farmers Insurance Open prize money
Tiger Woods won the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open on 27 January 2008 and took $936,000. Below is every one of the 51 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,880 Y.E. Yang collected for finishing T67.
Every cheque at the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open
27 January 2008
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -19 | 269 | $936,000 |
| 2 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -11 | 277 | $561,600 |
| T3 | Rory Sabbatini | SVK | -9 | 279 | $301,600 |
| T3 | Stewart Cink | USA | -9 | 279 | $301,600 |
| 5 | Justin Leonard | USA | -7 | 281 | $208,000 |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -6 | 282 | $180,700 |
| T8 | Fred Couples | USA | -5 | 283 | $150,800 |
| T8 | John Senden | AUS | -5 | 283 | $150,800 |
| T8 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -5 | 283 | $150,800 |
| T11 | Troy Matteson | USA | -4 | 284 | $124,800 |
| T13 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -3 | 285 | $91,867 |
| T13 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -3 | 285 | $91,867 |
| T13 | Charles Howell III | USA | -3 | 285 | $91,867 |
| T19 | Boo Weekley | USA | -2 | 286 | $65,260 |
| T19 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -2 | 286 | $65,260 |
| T23 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -1 | 287 | $44,980 |
| T23 | Matt Jones | AUS | -1 | 287 | $44,980 |
| T23 | Matt Kuchar | USA | -1 | 287 | $44,980 |
| T23 | Steve Marino | USA | -1 | 287 | $44,980 |
| T23 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -1 | 287 | $44,980 |
| T29 | Bill Haas | USA | 0 | 288 | $33,063 |
| T29 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 0 | 288 | $33,063 |
| T29 | Kevin Streelman | USA | 0 | 288 | $33,063 |
| T29 | Parker McLachlin | USA | 0 | 288 | $33,063 |
| T35 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 1 | 289 | $27,430 |
| T37 | Dustin Johnson | USA | 2 | 290 | $22,360 |
| T37 | Jim Furyk | USA | 2 | 290 | $22,360 |
| T37 | Kevin Stadler | USA | 2 | 290 | $22,360 |
| T37 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 2 | 290 | $22,360 |
| T44 | J.B. Holmes | USA | 3 | 291 | $17,160 |
| T47 | Bubba Watson | USA | 4 | 292 | $14,664 |
| T49 | Chris Stroud | USA | 5 | 293 | $12,506 |
| T49 | George McNeill | USA | 5 | 293 | $12,506 |
| T49 | Jason Day | AUS | 5 | 293 | $12,506 |
| T49 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 5 | 293 | $12,506 |
| 57 | Tim Herron | USA | 6 | 294 | $11,752 |
| T58 | Craig Barlow | USA | 7 | 295 | $11,596 |
| T60 | Jason Gore | USA | 8 | 296 | $11,388 |
| 63 | Tag Ridings | USA | 9 | 297 | $11,232 |
| 65 | John Rollins | USA | 14 | 302 | $11,024 |
| T67 | Alex Cejka | GER | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Ben Crane | USA | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Jason Bohn | USA | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Lucas Glover | USA | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Martin Laird | SCO | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Omar Uresti | USA | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
| T67 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | 1 | 145 | $9,880 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,472,821 between them, against $721,542 shared by the other 36 players paid.
The 51 cheques above come to $4,194,363 between them. We hold 80 players for the week in all, so 29 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 2007 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2009 ladder is the one after, won by Nick Watney. The Farmers Insurance Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 2008 golf year
46 other tournaments we hold a 2008 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 2008 was the $1,710,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Sergio Garcia.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open?
Tiger Woods, on 27 January 2008. The win paid $936,000.
How much did the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open pay out?
The 51 cheques on this page come to $4,194,363 between them, from $936,000 at the top down to $9,880.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open?
$9,880, which Y.E. Yang collected for finishing T67.
How many players were paid at the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open?
51. We hold 80 players for that week in all, so 29 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.