2009 Farmers Insurance Open prize money
Nick Watney won the 2009 Farmers Insurance Open on 8 February 2009 and took $954,000. Below is every one of the 54 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,434 Gary Woodland collected for finishing T81.
Every cheque at the 2009 Farmers Insurance Open
8 February 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Watney | USA | -11 | 277 | $954,000 |
| 2 | John Rollins | USA | -10 | 278 | $572,400 |
| T3 | Camilo Villegas | COL | -9 | 279 | $307,400 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | USA | -9 | 279 | $307,400 |
| 5 | Matt Jones | AUS | -7 | 281 | $212,000 |
| T7 | Ben Crane | USA | -5 | 283 | $159,662 |
| T7 | Bubba Watson | USA | -5 | 283 | $159,662 |
| T7 | Charley Hoffman | USA | -5 | 283 | $159,662 |
| T7 | Luke Donald | ENG | -5 | 283 | $159,662 |
| T11 | Aaron Baddeley | AUS | -4 | 284 | $108,650 |
| T11 | Bill Haas | USA | -4 | 284 | $108,650 |
| T11 | Hunter Mahan | USA | -4 | 284 | $108,650 |
| T11 | J.J. Henry | USA | -4 | 284 | $108,650 |
| T17 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | -3 | 285 | $82,150 |
| T17 | Paul Goydos | USA | -3 | 285 | $82,150 |
| T19 | Dustin Johnson | USA | -2 | 286 | $64,236 |
| T19 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -2 | 286 | $64,236 |
| T19 | Webb Simpson | USA | -2 | 286 | $64,236 |
| T24 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -1 | 287 | $48,760 |
| T26 | Jason Dufner | USA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | J.B. Holmes | USA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | Marc Leishman | AUS | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | Retief Goosen | RSA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | Robert Garrigus | USA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | Tag Ridings | USA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | Ted Purdy | USA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T26 | Tommy Gainey | USA | 0 | 288 | $36,069 |
| T35 | Davis Love III | USA | 1 | 289 | $25,024 |
| T35 | George McNeill | USA | 1 | 289 | $25,024 |
| T35 | Jason Day | AUS | 1 | 289 | $25,024 |
| T35 | Rod Pampling | AUS | 1 | 289 | $25,024 |
| T42 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | 2 | 290 | $17,053 |
| T42 | Charles Howell III | USA | 2 | 290 | $17,053 |
| T42 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 2 | 290 | $17,053 |
| T50 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | 3 | 291 | $13,038 |
| T50 | John Senden | AUS | 3 | 291 | $13,038 |
| T53 | Arjun Atwal | IND | 4 | 292 | $12,270 |
| T53 | Ricky Barnes | USA | 4 | 292 | $12,270 |
| T57 | James Driscoll | USA | 5 | 293 | $11,713 |
| T57 | Pat Perez | USA | 5 | 293 | $11,713 |
| T57 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 5 | 293 | $11,713 |
| T57 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | 5 | 293 | $11,713 |
| T63 | Fred Couples | USA | 6 | 294 | $11,130 |
| T63 | Jason Gore | USA | 6 | 294 | $11,130 |
| T68 | D.A. Points | USA | 8 | 296 | $10,759 |
| T68 | Parker McLachlin | USA | 8 | 296 | $10,759 |
| 71 | Johnson Wagner | USA | 13 | 301 | $10,600 |
| T72 | Colt Knost | USA | 6 | 222 | $10,282 |
| T72 | Tim Petrovic | USA | 6 | 222 | $10,282 |
| T77 | Alex Cejka | GER | 7 | 223 | $9,805 |
| T77 | Chris Stroud | USA | 7 | 223 | $9,805 |
| T77 | Greg Owen | ENG | 7 | 223 | $9,805 |
| T81 | Gary Woodland | USA | 8 | 224 | $9,434 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,590,748 between them, against $928,603 shared by the other 39 players paid.
The 54 cheques above come to $4,519,351 between them. We hold 83 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 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2010 ladder is the one after, won by Ben Crane. The Farmers Insurance Open 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.
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 Farmers Insurance Open?
Nick Watney, on 8 February 2009. The win paid $954,000.
How much did the 2009 Farmers Insurance Open pay out?
The 54 cheques on this page come to $4,519,351 between them, from $954,000 at the top down to $9,434.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Farmers Insurance Open?
$9,434, which Gary Woodland collected for finishing T81.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Farmers Insurance Open?
54. We hold 83 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.