2009 Greater Milwaukee Open prize money
Bo Van Pelt won the 2009 Greater Milwaukee Open on 19 July 2009 and took $720,000. Below is every one of the 35 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $7,360 Peter Lonard collected for finishing T76.
Bo Van Pelt 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 2009 Greater Milwaukee Open
19 July 2009
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | -13 | 267 | $720,000 |
| 3 | Jerry Kelly | USA | -12 | 268 | $272,000 |
| T4 | Dicky Pride | USA | -11 | 269 | $165,333 |
| T7 | Brendon de Jonge | ZIM | -10 | 270 | $104,250 |
| T7 | Jason Gore | USA | -10 | 270 | $104,250 |
| T7 | Kevin Na | USA | -10 | 270 | $104,250 |
| T7 | Omar Uresti | USA | -10 | 270 | $104,250 |
| T7 | Spencer Levin | USA | -10 | 270 | $104,250 |
| T7 | Tim Petrovic | USA | -10 | 270 | $104,250 |
| T15 | Casey Wittenberg | USA | -9 | 271 | $68,000 |
| T15 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -9 | 271 | $68,000 |
| T24 | Parker McLachlin | USA | -7 | 273 | $31,657 |
| T31 | Johnson Wagner | USA | -6 | 274 | $23,720 |
| T31 | Mark Wilson | USA | -6 | 274 | $23,720 |
| T31 | Tag Ridings | USA | -6 | 274 | $23,720 |
| T36 | Cameron Beckman | USA | -5 | 275 | $18,433 |
| T36 | George McNeill | USA | -5 | 275 | $18,433 |
| T42 | Brian Davis | ENG | -4 | 276 | $14,400 |
| T42 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -4 | 276 | $14,400 |
| T42 | Chris Stroud | USA | -4 | 276 | $14,400 |
| T42 | Kevin Stadler | USA | -4 | 276 | $14,400 |
| T46 | Nicholas Thompson | USA | -3 | 277 | $11,340 |
| T50 | Matt Jones | AUS | -2 | 278 | $9,396 |
| T50 | Tim Herron | USA | -2 | 278 | $9,396 |
| T59 | Kevin Streelman | USA | -1 | 279 | $8,680 |
| T59 | Tommy Gainey | USA | -1 | 279 | $8,680 |
| T65 | Bill Haas | USA | 0 | 280 | $8,320 |
| T65 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | 0 | 280 | $8,320 |
| T65 | Kyle Stanley | USA | 0 | 280 | $8,320 |
| T68 | Colt Knost | USA | 1 | 281 | $8,080 |
| T68 | John Rollins | USA | 1 | 281 | $8,080 |
| 71 | Heath Slocum | USA | 2 | 282 | $7,920 |
| T74 | Shaun Micheel | USA | 3 | 213 | $7,640 |
| T74 | Troy Matteson | USA | 3 | 213 | $7,640 |
| T76 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 4 | 214 | $7,360 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,021,650 between them, against $213,638 shared by the other twenty players paid.
The 35 cheques above come to $2,235,288 between them. We hold 52 players for the week in all, so seventeen 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 Greater Milwaukee Open years
ten editions, 1999 to 2009
The 2008 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Richard Johnson. The Greater Milwaukee 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 Greater Milwaukee Open?
Bo Van Pelt, on 19 July 2009, in a playoff. The win paid $720,000.
How much did the 2009 Greater Milwaukee Open pay out?
The 35 cheques on this page come to $2,235,288 between them, from $720,000 at the top down to $7,360.
What was the smallest cheque at the 2009 Greater Milwaukee Open?
$7,360, which Peter Lonard collected for finishing T76.
How many players were paid at the 2009 Greater Milwaukee Open?
35. We hold 52 players for that week in all, so seventeen 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.