2005 FedEx St. Jude Championship prize money
Justin Leonard won the 2005 FedEx St. Jude Championship on 29 May 2005 and took $882,000. Below is every one of the 32 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,506 Scott Gutschewski collected for finishing T72.
Every cheque at the 2005 FedEx St. Jude Championship
29 May 2005
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | USA | -14 | 266 | $882,000 |
| 2 | David Toms | USA | -13 | 267 | $529,200 |
| 3 | Fred Funk | USA | -9 | 271 | $333,200 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | USA | -8 | 272 | $215,600 |
| T4 | Heath Slocum | USA | -8 | 272 | $215,600 |
| T6 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | -7 | 273 | $170,275 |
| T6 | Richard Johnson | SWE | -7 | 273 | $170,275 |
| T8 | Bob Estes | USA | -6 | 274 | $142,100 |
| T8 | Neal Lancaster | USA | -6 | 274 | $142,100 |
| T12 | Paul Goydos | USA | -4 | 276 | $96,040 |
| T17 | J.J. Henry | USA | -3 | 277 | $64,120 |
| T17 | Olin Browne | USA | -3 | 277 | $64,120 |
| T24 | Carl Pettersson | SWE | -2 | 278 | $40,670 |
| T24 | Tag Ridings | USA | -2 | 278 | $40,670 |
| T24 | Tim Herron | USA | -2 | 278 | $40,670 |
| T29 | Ryuji Imada | JPN | -1 | 279 | $32,585 |
| T33 | Hunter Mahan | USA | 0 | 280 | $25,888 |
| T33 | Jason Bohn | USA | 0 | 280 | $25,888 |
| T39 | Ben Crane | USA | 1 | 281 | $20,090 |
| T39 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 1 | 281 | $20,090 |
| T44 | Lucas Glover | USA | 2 | 282 | $14,161 |
| T44 | Steve Stricker | USA | 2 | 282 | $14,161 |
| T52 | Arjun Atwal | IND | 3 | 283 | $11,258 |
| T52 | Casey Wittenberg | USA | 3 | 283 | $11,258 |
| T60 | Sean O'Hair | USA | 4 | 284 | $10,731 |
| T62 | John Rollins | USA | 5 | 285 | $10,437 |
| T66 | Hideto Tanihara | JPN | 7 | 287 | $10,045 |
| T66 | Will MacKenzie | USA | 7 | 287 | $10,045 |
| T70 | David Hearn | CAN | 8 | 288 | $9,751 |
| T72 | John Daly | USA | 9 | 289 | $9,506 |
| T72 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 9 | 289 | $9,506 |
| T72 | Scott Gutschewski | USA | 9 | 289 | $9,506 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,146,640 between them, against $254,906 shared by the other seventeen players paid.
The 32 cheques above come to $3,401,546 between them. We hold 47 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 FedEx St. Jude Championship years
27 editions, 1999 to 2025
The 2004 ladder is the edition before this one, won by David Toms. The 2006 ladder is the one after. The FedEx St. Jude Championship 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 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
Justin Leonard, on 29 May 2005. The win paid $882,000.
How much did the 2005 FedEx St. Jude Championship pay out?
The 32 cheques on this page come to $3,401,546 between them, from $882,000 at the top down to $9,506.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2005 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
$9,506, which Scott Gutschewski collected for finishing T72.
How many players were paid at the 2005 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
32. We hold 47 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.