2008 FedEx St. Jude Championship prize money
Justin Leonard won the 2008 FedEx St. Jude Championship on 8 June 2008 and took $1,080,000. Below is every one of the 35 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $11,940 Troy Matteson collected for finishing T69.
Justin Leonard 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 2008 FedEx St. Jude Championship
8 June 2008
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Leonard | USA | -4 | 276 | $1,080,000 |
| 2 | Robert Allenby | AUS | -4 | 276 | $528,000 |
| 2 | Trevor Immelman | RSA | -4 | 276 | $528,000 |
| T4 | Alex Cejka | GER | -3 | 277 | $236,250 |
| T4 | Boo Weekley | USA | -3 | 277 | $236,250 |
| T4 | Padraig Harrington | IRL | -3 | 277 | $236,250 |
| T4 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -3 | 277 | $236,250 |
| T11 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -1 | 279 | $144,000 |
| T13 | Bob Estes | USA | 0 | 280 | $109,200 |
| T13 | Jason Dufner | USA | 0 | 280 | $109,200 |
| T13 | Tim Herron | USA | 0 | 280 | $109,200 |
| T18 | Bill Haas | USA | 1 | 281 | $75,600 |
| T18 | Camilo Villegas | COL | 1 | 281 | $75,600 |
| T24 | Davis Love III | USA | 2 | 282 | $43,446 |
| T24 | Heath Slocum | USA | 2 | 282 | $43,446 |
| T24 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | 2 | 282 | $43,446 |
| T24 | Omar Uresti | USA | 2 | 282 | $43,445 |
| T35 | Brandt Snedeker | USA | 3 | 283 | $31,650 |
| T37 | David Toms | USA | 4 | 284 | $27,000 |
| T37 | Richard Johnson | SWE | 4 | 284 | $27,000 |
| T37 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 4 | 284 | $27,000 |
| T42 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 5 | 285 | $19,834 |
| T42 | Michael Bradley | USA | 5 | 285 | $19,834 |
| T42 | Rich Beem | USA | 5 | 285 | $19,834 |
| T49 | Ken Duke | USA | 6 | 286 | $14,660 |
| T49 | Lucas Glover | USA | 6 | 286 | $14,660 |
| T55 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 7 | 287 | $13,740 |
| T57 | Jimmy Walker | USA | 8 | 288 | $13,440 |
| T60 | Brian Gay | USA | 9 | 289 | $13,020 |
| T60 | Kevin Streelman | USA | 9 | 289 | $13,020 |
| T64 | Charley Hoffman | USA | 10 | 290 | $12,660 |
| T64 | Webb Simpson | USA | 10 | 290 | $12,660 |
| T66 | Dicky Pride | USA | 11 | 291 | $12,360 |
| T69 | Eric Axley | USA | 12 | 292 | $11,940 |
| T69 | Troy Matteson | USA | 12 | 292 | $11,940 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $3,790,692 between them, against $403,143 shared by the other twenty players paid.
The 35 cheques above come to $4,193,835 between them. We hold 68 players for the week in all, so 33 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 2007 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2009 ladder is the one after, won by Brian Gay. The FedEx St. Jude Championship 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 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
Justin Leonard, on 8 June 2008, in a playoff. The win paid $1,080,000.
How much did the 2008 FedEx St. Jude Championship pay out?
The 35 cheques on this page come to $4,193,835 between them, from $1,080,000 at the top down to $11,940.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2008 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
$11,940, which Troy Matteson collected for finishing T69.
How many players were paid at the 2008 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
35. We hold 68 players for that week in all, so 33 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.