1997 Memorial Tournament prize money
Vijay Singh won the 1997 Memorial Tournament on 1 June 1997 and took $342,000. Below is every one of the seventeen cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $3,648 John Daly collected for finishing 74.
Every cheque at the 1997 Memorial Tournament
1 June 1997
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -14 | 202 | $342,000 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk | USA | -12 | 204 | $167,200 |
| T8 | Tim Herron | USA | -8 | 208 | $57,000 |
| T10 | Davis Love III | USA | -7 | 209 | $45,600 |
| T21 | Jay Haas | USA | -4 | 212 | $19,760 |
| T26 | Paul Goydos | USA | -3 | 213 | $13,775 |
| T26 | Tom Lehman | USA | -3 | 213 | $13,775 |
| T32 | Jay Don Blake | USA | -2 | 214 | $10,513 |
| T38 | Ernie Els | RSA | -1 | 215 | $7,600 |
| T38 | Michael Bradley | USA | -1 | 215 | $7,600 |
| T38 | Steve Stricker | USA | -1 | 215 | $7,600 |
| T46 | Justin Leonard | USA | 0 | 216 | $5,007 |
| T54 | Fred Funk | USA | 1 | 217 | $4,370 |
| T67 | Omar Uresti | USA | 5 | 221 | $3,800 |
| T67 | Peter Lonard | AUS | 5 | 221 | $3,800 |
| T67 | Tiger Woods | USA | 5 | 221 | $3,800 |
| 74 | John Daly | USA | 11 | 227 | $3,648 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $709,400 between them, against $7,448 shared by the other two players paid.
The seventeen cheques above come to $716,848 between them. We hold twenty players for the week in all, so three 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 Memorial Tournament years
30 editions, 1997 to 2026
The 1998 ladder is the one after, won by Fred Couples. The Memorial Tournament roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1997 golf year
sixteen other tournaments we hold a 1997 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1997 was the $470,000 paid at the PGA Championship, won by Davis Love III.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1997 Memorial Tournament?
Vijay Singh, on 1 June 1997. The win paid $342,000.
How much did the 1997 Memorial Tournament pay out?
The seventeen cheques on this page come to $716,848 between them, from $342,000 at the top down to $3,648.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1997 Memorial Tournament?
$3,648, which John Daly collected for finishing 74.
How many players were paid at the 1997 Memorial Tournament?
seventeen. We hold twenty players for that week in all, so three 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.