1999 Memorial Tournament prize money
Tiger Woods won the 1999 Memorial Tournament on 6 June 1999 and took $459,000. Below is every one of the 22 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $5,534 Fred Couples collected for finishing T59.
Every cheque at the 1999 Memorial Tournament
6 June 1999
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | -15 | 273 | $459,000 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | -13 | 275 | $275,400 |
| T3 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -9 | 279 | $132,600 |
| T3 | Olin Browne | USA | -9 | 279 | $132,600 |
| T7 | Ernie Els | RSA | -7 | 281 | $76,819 |
| T7 | Justin Leonard | USA | -7 | 281 | $76,819 |
| T11 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -6 | 282 | $58,650 |
| T11 | Sergio Garcia | ESP | -6 | 282 | $58,650 |
| T19 | Tom Lehman | USA | -4 | 284 | $30,906 |
| T24 | K.J. Choi | KOR | -3 | 285 | $20,181 |
| T24 | Mike Weir | CAN | -3 | 285 | $20,181 |
| T24 | Steve Stricker | USA | -3 | 285 | $20,181 |
| T24 | Stewart Cink | USA | -3 | 285 | $20,181 |
| T31 | Stuart Appleby | AUS | -2 | 286 | $15,459 |
| T35 | Fred Funk | USA | -1 | 287 | $11,777 |
| T35 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | -1 | 287 | $11,777 |
| T35 | Jay Haas | USA | -1 | 287 | $11,777 |
| T35 | Tim Herron | USA | -1 | 287 | $11,777 |
| T43 | Jim Furyk | USA | 0 | 288 | $8,415 |
| T48 | Bob Estes | USA | 1 | 289 | $6,579 |
| T52 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 2 | 290 | $6,069 |
| T59 | Fred Couples | USA | 5 | 293 | $5,534 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $1,409,404 between them, against $61,928 shared by the other seven players paid.
The 22 cheques above come to $1,471,332 between them. We hold 27 players for the week in all, so five 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 edition before this one, won by Fred Couples. The 2000 ladder is the one after, won by Tiger Woods. The Memorial Tournament roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1999 golf year
37 other tournaments we hold a 1999 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1999 was the $1,000,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1999 Memorial Tournament?
Tiger Woods, on 6 June 1999. The win paid $459,000.
How much did the 1999 Memorial Tournament pay out?
The 22 cheques on this page come to $1,471,332 between them, from $459,000 at the top down to $5,534.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1999 Memorial Tournament?
$5,534, which Fred Couples collected for finishing T59.
How many players were paid at the 1999 Memorial Tournament?
22. We hold 27 players for that week in all, so five 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.